The 1973 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly took place following the publication of the British government's white paperNorthern Ireland Constitutional Proposals which proposed a 78-member Northern Ireland Assembly, elected by proportional representation. The proposals for a Northern Ireland Assembly contained in the White Paper were put into effect through the Northern Ireland Assembly Act 1973 in May 1973.[1]
1973, northern, ireland, assembly, election, 1973, elections, northern, ireland, assembly, took, place, following, publication, british, government, white, paper, northern, ireland, constitutional, proposals, which, proposed, member, northern, ireland, assembl. The 1973 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly took place following the publication of the British government s white paper Northern Ireland Constitutional Proposals which proposed a 78 member Northern Ireland Assembly elected by proportional representation The proposals for a Northern Ireland Assembly contained in the White Paper were put into effect through the Northern Ireland Assembly Act 1973 in May 1973 1 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election 1969 28 June 1973 1975 outgoing membersMLAs elected All 78 seats to the Northern Ireland Assembly 40 seats were needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Leader Brian Faulkner Gerry Fitt Ian PaisleyParty Ulster Unionist SDLP DUPLeader s seat South Down Belfast North North AntrimSeats won 31 nb 1 19 8Seat change 5 new 8Popular vote 258 790 159 773 78 228Percentage 35 8 22 1 10 8 Swing 12 4 new 7 0 Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Oliver Napier William Craig NoneParty Alliance Vanguard West Belfast Loyalist CoalitionLeader s seat Belfast East North Antrim NoneSeats won 8 7 3Seat change new new newPopular vote 66 541 75 709 16 869Percentage 9 2 10 5 2 3 Swing new new new Seventh party Leader Vivian SimpsonParty NI LabourLeader s seat Belfast NorthSeats won 1Seat change 1Popular vote 18 675Percentage 2 6 Swing 5 5 Percentage of seats gained by each of the partyChief Executive before electionBrian Faulkner as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Chief Executive after election Brian FaulknerA cross community coalition of the Ulster Unionist Party UUP under Brian Faulkner the Social Democratic and Labour Party SDLP and the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland was agreed in November and following the Sunningdale Agreement a Power Sharing Executive was established from 1 January 1974 After opposition from within the UUP and the Ulster Workers Council Strike the executive and assembly collapsed in May 1974 Contents 1 Result 2 Votes summary 3 Seats summary 4 See also 5 References 6 Footnotes 7 SourcesResult EditThe election results were Party Votes Vote Seats Seats UUP Pro White Paper 182 696 25 3 24 30 8SDLP 159 773 22 1 19 24 4DUP 78 228 10 8 8 10 3UUP Anti White Paper 76 094 10 5 7 9 0Vanguard 75 709 10 5 7 9 0Alliance 66 541 9 2 8 10 3NI Labour 18 675 2 6 1 1 3West Belfast Loyalist Coalition 16 869 2 3 3 3 8Ind Unionist 13 755 1 9 1 1 3Republican Clubs 13 064 1 8 0 Nationalist 6 270 0 9 0 Independent 4 091 0 6 0 Loyalist 2 752 0 4 0 Independent pro White Paper 2 008 0 3 0 Independent Nationalist 2 000 0 3 0 Republican Labour 1 750 0 2 0 Ulster Liberal 811 0 1 0 National Front 591 0 1 0 Ulster Constitution 202 0 0 0 Independent Loyalist 189 0 0 0 Communist Party 123 0 0 0 Total 722 151 100 78 100All parties listed 24 19 8 8 7 7 3 1 1UUP Pro SDLP DUP APNI UUP Anti VanguardVotes summary EditPopular voteUUP Pro White Paper 25 3 SDLP 22 1 Democratic Unionist 10 8 UUP Anti White Paper 10 5 Vanguard 10 5 Alliance 9 2 NI Labour 2 6 West Belfast Loyalist 2 3 Independent Unionist 1 9 Republican Clubs 1 8 Nationalist 0 9 Independent 0 6 Other 1 5 Seats summary EditParliamentary seatsUUP pro white paper 30 8 SDLP 24 4 Democratic Unionist 10 3 Alliance 10 3 UUP anti white paper 9 0 Vanguard 9 0 West Belfast Loyalist 3 8 NI Labour 1 3 Independent Unionist 1 3 See also EditMembers of the Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 1973References Edit Northern Ireland Assembly Act 1973 legislation gov uk The National Archives 1973 c 17Footnotes Edit 24 Ulster Unionist AMs were supportive of the White Paper while 7 UUP AMs were against it Sources Edithttp www ark ac uk elections fa73 htm Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election amp oldid 1087819705, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
