^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
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1973, northern, ireland, local, elections, local, government, northern, ireland, reorganised, 1973, local, government, boundaries, northern, ireland, 1971, local, government, northern, ireland, 1972, county, councils, county, borough, municipal, borough, corpo. 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 1973 Northern Ireland local elections30 May 1973 1977 All council seats First party Second party Third party Leader Brian Faulkner Gerry Fitt Oliver NapierParty Ulster Unionist SDLP AllianceSeats won 194 82 63Popular vote 255 187 92 600 94 474Percentage 37 4 13 4 13 7 Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader N A N A Ian PaisleyParty Independent Ind Unionist DUPSeats won 52 26 21Popular vote 48 947 31 866 28 811Percentage 7 0 4 4 4 1 Colours denote the winning party with outright controlColours denote the party with the most seatsElections 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 Contents 1 Results 1 1 Overall 1 2 Results by council 2 ReferencesResults editOverall edit Party 5 Councillors VotesTotal share TotalUlster Unionist 194 N A 37 4 255 187Alliance 63 N A 13 7 94 474SDLP 82 N A 13 4 92 600Independent 52 N A 7 0 48 947Ind Unionist 26 N A 4 4 31 866United Loyalist 20 N A 4 2 28 906DUP 21 N A 4 1 28 811Republican Clubs 8 N A 3 0 20 680NI Labour 4 N A 2 5 17 422Independent Loyalist 16 N A 1 4 17 360Vanguard 10 N A 1 6 13 305Unity 6 N A 1 5 10 281Loyalist Coalition 3 N A 1 0 7 495Nationalist 4 N A 0 5 3 784Independent Community 3 N A 0 4 3 036Republican Labour 0 N A 0 4 2 594Independent Republican 3 N A 0 2 1 911Ulster Liberal 0 N A 0 1 704Independent Ratepayer 1 N A 0 1 841Independent Radical 1 N A 0 1 533Communist 0 N A 0 1 363Irish Labour 0 N A 0 0 290Independent Nationalist 0 N A 0 0 147Independent Labour 0 N A 0 0 91Total 462 nbsp 100 0 681 628Results by council edit Council Control 1st party 1973 2nd party 1973 CouncillorsAntrim Ulster Unionist Ulster Unionist 8 Alliance 2 15Belfast City No overall control Ulster Unionist 25 Alliance 8 51Ards Ulster Unionist Ulster Unionist 11 Alliance 2 17Armagh No overall control Ulster Unionist 10 SDLP 4 20Ballymena No overall controlBallymoney No overall controlBanbridge Ulster UnionistCarrickfergus No overall controlCastlereagh No overall controlColeraine Ulster UnionistCookstown No overall controlCraigavon No overall controlDown No overall controlDungannon Ulster UnionistFermanagh No overall controlLarne Loyalist Loyalist 8 Alliance 3 15Limavady United Unionist United Unionist 8 SDLP 4 15Lisburn Ulster Unionist Ulster Unionist 14 Alliance 3 23Londonderry No overall control SDLP 10 United Loyalist 9 27Magherafelt No overall controlMoyle No overall controlNewry and Mourne No overall controlNewtownabbey No overall controlNorth Down No overall controlOmagh No overall controlStrabane No overall controlAll councils Ulster Unionist 194 SDLP 82 517References edit Local Government Elections 1973 Ark Social amp 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1973 Northern Ireland local elections amp oldid 1185564700, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
