- Northern Ireland local government elections, 1973
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Local government in Northern Ireland was reorganised in 1973 by the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 and the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972. The county councils, county borough and municipal borough corporations and urban and rural district councils were replaced by twenty-six local government districts.
Elections took place for all the seats on the district councils on 30 May 1973. Elections were by proportional representation, using the single transferable vote system. The district councils came into their powers on 1 October.[1][2][3][4]
Results
Overall
Party[5] Councillors Votes Total +/- % share Total Ulster Unionist 194 N/A 17.0 255,187 Alliance 63 N/A 13.7 94,474 SDLP 82 N/A 13.4 92,600 Independent 52 N/A 7.0 48,947 Independent Unionist 26 N/A 4.4 31,866 United Loyalist 20 N/A 4.2 28,906 Democratic Unionist 21 N/A 4.1 28,811 Republican Clubs 8 N/A 3.0 20,680 Labour (NI) 4 N/A 2.5 17,422 Independent Loyalist 16 N/A 1.4 17,360 Vanguard 10 N/A 1.6 13,305 Unity 6 N/A 1.5 10,281 Loyalist Coalition 3 N/A 1.0 7,495 Nationalist (NI) 4 N/A 0.5 3,784 Independent Community 3 N/A 0.4 3,036 Republican Labour 0 N/A 0.4 2,594 Independent Republican 3 N/A 0.2 1,911 Liberal 0 N/A 0.1 704 Independent Ratepayer 1 N/A 0.1 841 Independent Radical 1 N/A 0.1 533 Communist Party 0 N/A 0.1 363 Irish Labour 0 N/A 0.0 290 Independent Nationalist 0 N/A 0.0 147 Independent Labour 0 N/A 0.0 91 By council
Antrim
Ards
Armagh
Ballymena
Banbridge
Belfast
Belfast A[6] Party Candidate 1st Pref Ulster Unionist Grace Bannister 6,328 Ulster Unionist Ben Horan 2,768 Ulster Unionist T. Gildea 1,598 Ulster Unionist W. Blair 1,498 Labour (NI) Erskine Holmes 1,337 Vanguard W. H. Elliot 1,322 Alliance Cllr Carson 1,315 SDLP Ben Caraher 1,302 United Loyalist Dougherty 1,198 Democratic Unionist Thomas Wright 1,158 Ulster Unionist John McKeown 1,021 Democratic Unionist Greene 874 Alliance Sam Edgerton 702 Ulster Unionist Dunbar 546 Independent Unionist Keenan 432 Alliance Hopkirk 430 Labour (NI) Murray 421 Loyalist Coalition Lindsay Mason 271 Alliance Maguire 192 Communist Party Moore 101 Turnout 25,174 Belfast B[6] Party Candidate 1st Pref Ulster Unionist Joshua Cardwell 6,708 Ulster Unionist John Allen 3,910 United Loyalist H. K. Dickey 3,371 Alliance Michael Brown 2,549 Ulster Unionist Tommy Patton 1,833 Ulster Unionist William Corry 1,488 Ulster Unionist Dorothy Dunlop 1,428 Alliance D. Wonnacott 1,205 Ulster Unionist H. Cranston 1,085 Alliance Coulson 878 Labour (NI) W. J. Gunning 631 Alliance Miller 534 Labour (NI) Conway 507 Labour (NI) Kirkpatrick 332 Turnout 26,788 Belfast C[6] Party Candidate 1st Pref Ulster Unionist J. Webster 2,770 Ulster Unionist John William Kennedy 2,611 Ulster Unionist W. D. Gilmore 2,522 Ulster Unionist F. J. McGibben 2,247 Alliance David Cook 2,241 United Loyalist McNarry 1,693 Ulster Unionist Preston 1,404 Alliance Muriel Pritchard 1,172 SDLP M. O. Scott 948 Labour (NI) Brian Garrett 817 Alliance W. H. Jeffrey 731 Alliance McDonough 681 Independent RTPY Donaghy 610 Republican Clubs Callaghan 503 Labour (NI) Copley 186 Turnout 21,346 Belfast D[6] Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP J. Gillespie 2,306 SDLP Desmond O'Donnell 1,332 Alliance P. D. Corrie 1,159 Alliance Wilson 1,080 Ulster Unionist Shaw 1,045 SDLP J. P. McCarron 871 Alliance Reginald Donnelly 822 Republican Clubs John Brady 758 Republican Clubs McAllister 684 Republican Clubs Raymond O'Hagan 649 Alliance McGrogan 569 SDLP McKenna 530 SDLP O'Connor 524 Republican Labour Barnes 360 Republican Clubs Bernard McDonagh 340 Alliance Slavin 332 Labour (NI) Hannon 326 Republican Clubs McElroy 276 Republican Labour McNamee 256 Republican Labour Flanigan 241 Labour (NI) Watson 169 Labour (NI) Moyna 109 Republican Labour Lavelle 90 Republican Labour McDermott 86 Turnout 15,915 Belfast E[6] Party Candidate 1st Pref Ulster Unionist William Christie 7,875 Democratic Unionist Fred Proctor 2,156 Independent Unionist Hugh Smyth 2,145 Labour (NI) Billy Boyd 1,758 Alliance James Robinson 1,452 United Loyalist D. Smylie 1,210 SDLP Goan 1,012 Republican Labour Fleming 842 Democratic Unionist Hoy 514 SDLP Tanney 432 Labour (NI) G. Chambers 264 Independent Moore 88 Turnout 20,015 Belfast F[6] Party Candidate 1st Pref Ulster Unionist H. Fletcher 3,441 Ulster Unionist James Stewart 3,320 SDLP Paddy Devlin 2,242 Democratic Unionist William Spence 1,190 Ulster Unionist T. G. Murphy 1,000 Republican Clubs John Sullivan 735 Republican Clubs S. O'Hare 700 Republican Clubs Dornan 560 Republican Clubs Sean Flynn 538 SDLP Owen Allen 475 Alliance Maureen Smyth 370 Labour (NI) Magee 232 SDLP Desmond Gillespie 230 Alliance Woods 230 Labour (NI) W. Ritchie 165 Republican Labour Clarke 129 Communist Party Betty Sinclair 110 Republican Labour McKenna 72 Republican Labour Marron 29 Turnout 16,390 Belfast G[6] Party Candidate 1st Pref Ulster Unionist M. Laird 3,632 Ulster Unionist Herbert Ditty 3,556 SDLP Gerry Fitt 2,876 Ulster Unionist H. H. Kidd 2,651 Independent Unionist Sammy Millar 2,291 Alliance M. J. V. McKeown 572 Republican Clubs John McAlea 376 Labour (NI) Boyle 368 Republican Clubs McGlade 291 Republican Labour Kitty O'Kane 193 Labour (NI) Pakenham 182 Republican Labour S. O'Hare 174 Labour (NI) Jack Sharkey 132 Independent Saunders 52 Republican Labour Scullion 19 Independent Rigby 13 Turnout 17,895 Belfast H[6] Party Candidate 1st Pref Ulster Unionist John Carson 5,518 Ulster Unionist Frank Millar 3,993 SDLP Thomas Donnelly 2,667 Alliance John Ferguson 2,271 Ulster Unionist Myles Humphreys 1,935 Ulster Unionist Shannon 1,263 Ulster Unionist H. E. Smith 1,245 Alliance McManus 974 Independent United Loyalist David M. Riddelsdell 967 Ulster Unionist Mary Creighton 730 Alliance Lantin 700 Ulster Unionist Lavery 689 Labour (NI) Barbour 432 Labour (NI) Simpson 407 Labour (NI) Boyd 327 Republican Labour Loughran 277 Liberal R. A. Smith 172 Independent Unionist McAuley 129 Independent Daly 115 Turnout 25,144 Carrickfergus
Castlereagh
Coleraine
Cookstown
Craigavon
Derry
Down
Dungannon
Fermanagh
Larne
Limavady
Lisburn
Magherafelt
Moyle
Newry and Mourne
Newtownabbey
North Down
Omagh
Strabane
References
- ^ Local Government Elections 1973 (Ark Social & Political Archive)
- ^ Big Roman Catholic turnout in poll despite threats, The Times, 31 May 1973
- ^ Party accused over Ulster poll, The Times, 31 May 1973
- ^ Unionist supporters elect many hard-line men in Ulster local government poll, The Times, 2 June 1973
- ^ Local Government Elections 1973, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ a b c d e f g h The Local Government Elections 1973–1981: Belfast, Northern Ireland Elections
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