1973 Limavady District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1973

Elections to Limavady Borough 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.

1973 Limavady Borough Council election

30 May 1973 (1973-05-30) 1977 →
All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party United Unionist SDLP Alliance Seats won 8 4 2   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 1

Election results

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	United Unionist	8		5,535	47.6%
	SDLP	4		3,485	30.0%
	Alliance	2		1,305	11.2%
	Independent	1		810	7.0%
	Republican Clubs	0		483	4.1%
Totals		15		11,618	100%	—

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Districts summary

Results of the Limavady Borough Council election, 1973
by district^[1]

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	SDLP		Alliance		Others
Area A	37.5	2	14.3	1	48.2	3	6
Area B	32.8	2	1.7	0	65.5	3	5
Area C	18.1	0	17.8	1	64.1	3	4
Total	30.0	4	11.2	2	58.8	9	15

Districts results

Area A

1973: 3 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

Limavady Area A - 6 seats^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	United Unionist	Florence Sloan	16.40%	690
	United Unionist	Robert Grant	15.11%	636
	SDLP	Michael Nicholas	14.64%	616
	United Unionist	James Gilfillan	13.95%	587	667.76
	Alliance	James Boylan	7.03%	296	296.12	297.2	302.8	305.04	305.16	341.46	341.5	558.72
	SDLP	Eddie McGowan	7.89%	332	332	332	332	332	335.76	359.24	519.5	539.68
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty	10.41%	438	438	438	438.4	438.4	439.66	475.06	506.72	526.34
	Alliance	J. Barr	5.82%	245	245.48	252.32	270.32	281.08	281.54	315.98	322.1
	SDLP	Donal Morgan	4.54%	191	191	191	191	192	197.08	203.28
	Independent	Rosalind Deighan	1.35%	57	57.12	57.12	58.32	59.32	60.04
	Republican Clubs	P. J. Loughrey	1.38%	58	58	58	58.4	59.4	59.98
	Alliance	Bill Cunningham	1.12%	47	47.6	48.08	52.08	54.96	55.08
	Alliance	Desmond Wallace	0.36%	15	15.6	16.68	20.28
Electorate: 5,298   Valid: 4,208 (79.43%)   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 602   Turnout: 4,248 (80.18%)

Area B

1973: 2 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

Limavady Area B - 5 seats^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	United Unionist	William Ross	21.73%	836
	United Unionist	Max Gault	20.17%	776
	SDLP	Raymond Brady	8.37%	322	322	323	334	439	457	664
	SDLP	Perry O'Connor	10.24%	394	394	398	407	469	500	600	618.8
	Independent	Denis Farren	6.58%	253	352	376	420	429	518	543	543.5
	Republican Clubs	A. D. Hegarty	11.05%	425	425	425	427	438	494	534	534.8
	SDLP	James Mulhern	8.47%	326	326	326	328	355	391
	Independent	James McLaughlin	5.98%	230	243	245	263	268
	SDLP	Vincent McMacken	5.67%	218	219	219	222
	Alliance	Neil Strouts	1.74%	67	111	138
Electorate: 5,059   Valid: 3,847 (76.04%)   Spoilt: 57   Quota: 642   Turnout: 3,904 (77.17%)

Area C

1973: 3 x United Unionist, 1 x Alliance

Limavady Area C - 4 seats^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	United Unionist	William Barbour	23.97%	854
	United Unionist	Ronald Nicholl	18.78%	669	707.08	707.24	707.24	781.24
	United Unionist	Stanley Gault	13.67%	487	575.48	576.48	576.48	628.52	671.52	701.32
	Alliance	William Archibald	7.72%	275	277.24	282.24	325.24	385.04	394.04	695.52
	SDLP	Jim Tierney	16.62%	592	592.16	637.16	653.16	668.16	668.16	690.16
	Alliance	Brian Brown	7.66%	273	274.44	275.44	301.44	361.76	371.76
	Independent	Alastair Smyth	4.21%	150	152.08	154.08	157.24
	Independent	C. G. H. Charlton	3.37%	120	123.36	123.36	123.36
	Alliance	Syd Houghton	2.44%	87	87.16	88.16
	SDLP	Shaun Burke	1.57%	56	56.16
Electorate: 4,322   Valid: 3,563 (82.44%)   Spoilt: 41   Quota: 713   Turnout: 3,604 (83.39%)

References

1. "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Limavady". Retrieved 18 July 2021.
2. "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 18 July 2021.