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1973 Antrim District Council election
Elections to Antrim District Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.
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All 15 seats to Antrim District Council 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results edit
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Ulster Unionist | 9 | 7,038 | 49.4 | |||
Alliance | 2 | 2,291 | 16.1 | |||
Independent | 1 | 2,079 | 14.6 | |||
Vanguard | 1 | 866 | 6.1 | |||
DUP | 1 | 748 | 5.3 | |||
Independent Nationalist | 1 | 584 | 4.1 | |||
SDLP | 0 | 343 | 2.4 | |||
NI Labour | 0 | 287 | 2.0 | |||
Totals | 15 | 14,236 | 100.0 | — |
Districts summary edit
Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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UUP | Alliance | Vanguard | DUP | Others | |||||||
Area A | 32.2 | 2 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.2 | 1 | 43.9 | 2 | 5 |
Area B | 72.9 | 4 | 12.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 5 |
Area C | 46.1 | 3 | 26.3 | 1 | 15.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.7 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 49.4 | 9 | 16.1 | 2 | 6.1 | 1 | 5.3 | 1 | 23.1 | 2 | 15 |
Districts results edit
Area A edit
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
DUP | Stewart Dunlop | 16.19% | 748 | 756 | 836 | |||
Independent Nationalist | John Heffron | 12.64% | 584 | 632 | 634 | 634.81 | 939.81 | |
Independent | Hugh O'Donnell | 13.96% | 645 | 719 | 724 | 724 | 837 | |
Ulster Unionist | Bolton Minford | 13.03% | 602 | 662 | 755 | 763.91 | 773.91 | |
Ulster Unionist | James Graham | 10.32% | 477 | 492 | 714 | 760.17 | 763.17 | |
Independent | R. C. Rainey | 8.81% | 407 | 458 | 474 | 482.1 | 497.1 | |
Independent | James Totten | 8.48% | 392 | 462 | 462 | 462.81 | ||
Ulster Unionist | John Blakeley | 8.87% | 410 | 423 | ||||
Alliance | Bill Simpson | 5.15% | 238 | |||||
Alliance | Bob McElroy | 2.55% | 118 | |||||
Electorate: 6,461 Valid: 4,621 (71.52%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 771 Turnout: 4,708 (72.87%) |
Area B edit
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Edgar Wallace | 19.90% | 832 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | George Dundas | 14.69% | 614 | 629.84 | 635.32 | 722.32 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Erwin | 15.31% | 640 | 669.92 | 680.88 | 705.88 | ||||
Alliance | John McCourt | 6.70% | 280 | 280.8 | 452.24 | 498.88 | 782.88 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Alexander Wilson | 10.64% | 445 | 492.84 | 503.12 | 524.76 | 543.76 | 597.96 | 606.76 | |
Ulster Unionist | William Jones | 12.32% | 515 | 545.72 | 555.52 | 564.32 | 566.48 | 581.48 | 597.32 | |
SDLP | Francis O'Brien | 8.20% | 343 | 343.16 | 357.16 | 420.16 | ||||
NI Labour | William Gregg | 6.86% | 287 | 288.76 | 300.56 | |||||
Alliance | Patricia MacKean | 5.38% | 225 | 230.76 | ||||||
Electorate: 6,211 Valid: 4,181 (67.32%) Spoilt: 55 Quota: 697 Turnout: 4,236 (68.20%) |
Area C edit
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Alliance | Michael O'Donoghue | 17.28% | 939 | ||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel McCombe | 14.89% | 809 | 809.18 | 810.24 | 874.24 | 876.24 | 899.27 | 908.27 | ||||
Vanguard | James Clarke | 9.85% | 535 | 535.06 | 536.06 | 538.06 | 541.06 | 566.06 | 878.06 | 936.06 | |||
Ulster Unionist | James Craig | 10.01% | 544 | 544.06 | 547.06 | 572.06 | 573.09 | 600.09 | 609.09 | 694.18 | 700.18 | 947.21 | |
Ulster Unionist | Jack Allen | 8.63% | 469 | 469.15 | 470.27 | 504.27 | 507.3 | 548.3 | 553.3 | 600.36 | 613.11 | 895.92 | |
Alliance | William Gawn | 3.28% | 178 | 182.41 | 298.83 | 300.83 | 479.72 | 513.14 | 514.14 | 696.4 | 699.4 | 733.43 | |
Ulster Unionist | William Clarke | 9.33% | 507 | 507.06 | 510.09 | 522.09 | 525.09 | 541.09 | 544.09 | 599.12 | 607.37 | ||
Independent | Thomas Simpson | 7.31% | 397 | 398.29 | 399.5 | 412.5 | 418.65 | 490.86 | 497.86 | ||||
Vanguard | David McCreight | 6.09% | 331 | 331 | 331 | 336 | 337 | 349 | |||||
Independent | Peter Neish | 4.38% | 238 | 238.39 | 240.48 | 257.48 | 256.69 | ||||||
Alliance | Charlie Greer | 3.11% | 169 | 172.36 | 203.49 | 206.49 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | R. W. Rutherford-Browne | 3.20% | 174 | 174 | 176 | ||||||||
Alliance | Alan Finlay | 2.65% | 144 | 162.06 | |||||||||
Electorate: 9,206 Valid: 5,434 (59.03%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 906 Turnout: 5,523 (59.99%) |