1973 Northern Ireland local elections














Northern Ireland local elections, 1973

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30 May 1973
1977 →

All council seats































































 
 First party
 Second party
 Third party
 


Leader
James Glencairn Cunningham
Gerry Fitt
Oliver Napier
Party
UUP
SDLP
Alliance
Seats won
 194
 82
 63
 
 Fourth party
 Fifth party
 Sixth party
 


Leader
 N/A
 N/A
Ian Paisley
Party
Independent
Independent Unionist
DUP
Seats won
 52
 26
 21



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Northern Ireland 1973–98
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This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Northern Ireland

Interim bodies



  • Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)

  • Northern Ireland Executive (1974)

  • Constitutional Convention (1975)

  • Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)

  • Northern Ireland Forum (1996)

Elections



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  • 1982

  • 1996

Members



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  • 1982

  • 1996

See also



  • Anglo-Irish Agreement

  • New Ireland Forum

  • Northern Ireland by-elections, 1986

  • Northern Ireland sovereignty referendum, 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]




Contents






  • 1 Results


    • 1.1 Overall


    • 1.2 By council


      • 1.2.1 Antrim


      • 1.2.2 Ards


      • 1.2.3 Armagh


      • 1.2.4 Ballymena


      • 1.2.5 Banbridge


      • 1.2.6 Belfast


      • 1.2.7 Carrickfergus


      • 1.2.8 Castlereagh


      • 1.2.9 Coleraine


      • 1.2.10 Cookstown


      • 1.2.11 Craigavon


      • 1.2.12 Derry


      • 1.2.13 Down


      • 1.2.14 Dungannon


      • 1.2.15 Fermanagh


      • 1.2.16 Larne


      • 1.2.17 Limavady


      • 1.2.18 Lisburn


      • 1.2.19 Magherafelt


      • 1.2.20 Moyle


      • 1.2.21 Newry and Mourne


      • 1.2.22 Newtownabbey


      • 1.2.23 North Down


      • 1.2.24 Omagh


      • 1.2.25 Strabane






  • 2 References





Results



Overall














































































































































































































Party[5]
 Councillors
 Votes
Total
 +/-
 % share
 Total


UUP
 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


DUP
 21
N/A
 4.1
 28,811


Republican Clubs
 8
N/A
 3.0
 20,680


NI Labour
 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
 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


Ulster 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


UUP
Grace Bannister
 6,328


UUP
Ben Horan
 2,768


UUP
Thomas Gildea
 1,598


UUP
William Blair
 1,498


NI Labour
Erskine Holmes
 1,337


Vanguard
W. H. Elliot
 1,322


Alliance
Patricia Carson
 1,315


SDLP
Ben Caraher
 1,302

United Loyalist
 W. Dougherty
 1,198


DUP
 Thomas Wright
 1,158


UUP
 John McKeown
 1,021


DUP
 Greene
 874


Alliance
 Sam Edgerton
 702


UUP
 Emma Dunbar
 546


Independent Unionist
 J. Keenan
 432


Alliance
 Bernadette Hopkirk
 430


NI Labour
 J. Murray
 421


Loyalist Coalition
Lindsay Mason
 271


Alliance
 Jacqueline Maguire
 192


Communist Party
 H. Moore
 101

Turnout
 25,174
































































































Belfast B[6]
Party
 Candidate
 1st Pref


UUP
Joshua Cardwell
 6,708


UUP
John Allen
 3,910

United Loyalist
H. K. Dickey
 3,371


Alliance
Michael Brown
 2,549


UUP
Thomas Patton
 1,833


UUP
William Corry
 1,488


UUP
Dorothy Dunlop
 1,428


Alliance
 D. Wonnacott
 1,205


UUP
H. Cranston
 1,085


Alliance
 Coulson
 878


NI Labour
 W. J. Gunning
 631


Alliance
 Miller
 534


NI Labour
 Conway
 507


NI Labour
 Kirkpatrick
 332

Turnout
 26,788






































































































Belfast C[6]
Party
 Candidate
 1st Pref


UUP
J. Webster
 2,770


UUP
John William Kennedy
 2,611


UUP
W. D. Gilmore
 2,522


UUP
F. J. McGibben
 2,247


Alliance
David Cook
 2,241

United Loyalist
 McNarry
 1,693


UUP
 Preston
 1,404


Alliance
 Muriel Pritchard
 1,172


SDLP
 M. O. Scott
 948


NI Labour
 Brian Garrett
 817


Alliance
 W. H. Jeffrey
 731


Alliance
 McDonough
 681


Independent RTPY
 Donaghy
 610


Republican Clubs
 Callaghan
 503


NI Labour
 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


UUP
 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


NI Labour
 Hannon
 326


Republican Clubs
 McElroy
 276


Republican Labour
 McNamee
 256


Republican Labour
 Flanigan
 241


NI Labour
 Watson
 169


NI Labour
 Moyna
 109


Republican Labour
 Lavelle
 90


Republican Labour
 McDermott
 86

Turnout
 15,915




















































































Belfast E[6]
Party
 Candidate
 1st Pref


UUP
William Christie
 7,875


DUP
Fred Proctor
 2,156


Independent Unionist
Hugh Smyth
 2,145


NI Labour
Billy Boyd
 1,758


Alliance
James Robinson
 1,452

United Loyalist
 D. Smylie
 1,210


SDLP
 Goan
 1,012


Republican Labour
 Fleming
 842


DUP
 Hoy
 514


SDLP
 Tanney
 432


NI Labour
 G. Chambers
 264


Independent
 Moore
 88

Turnout
 20,015






























































































































Belfast F[6]
Party
 Candidate
 1st Pref


UUP
H. Fletcher
 3,441


UUP
James Stewart
 3,320


SDLP
Paddy Devlin
 2,242


DUP
William Spence
 1,190


UUP
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


NI Labour
 Magee
 232


SDLP
Desmond Gillespie
 230


Alliance
 Woods
 230


NI Labour
 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


UUP
M. Laird
 3,632


UUP
Herbert Ditty
 3,556


SDLP
Gerry Fitt
 2,876


UUP
H. H. Kidd
 2,651


Independent Unionist
Sammy Millar
 2,291


Alliance
M. J. V. McKeown
 572


Republican Clubs
 John McAlea
 376


NI Labour
 Boyle
 368


Republican Clubs
 McGlade
 291


Republican Labour
 Jim O'Kane
 193


NI Labour
 Pakenham
 182


Republican Labour
 S. O'Hare
 174


NI Labour
 Jack Sharkey
 132


Independent
 Moya Saunders
 52


Republican Labour
 Scullion
 19


Independent
 Rigby
 13

Turnout
 17,895






























































































































Belfast H[6]
Party
 Candidate
 1st Pref


UUP
John Carson
 5,518


UUP
Frank Millar
 3,993


SDLP
Thomas Donnelly
 2,667


Alliance
John Ferguson
 2,271


UUP
Myles Humphreys
 1,935


UUP
Shannon
 1,263


UUP
 H. E. Smith
 1,245


Alliance
 McManus
 974


Independent United Loyalist
 David M. Riddelsdell
 967


UUP
Mary Creighton
 730


Alliance
 Lantin
 700


UUP
 Lavery
 689


NI Labour
 Barbour
 432


NI Labour
 Simpson
 407


NI Labour
 Boyd
 327


Republican Labour
 Loughran
 277


Ulster 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





  1. ^ Local Government Elections 1973 (Ark Social & Political Archive)


  2. ^ Big Roman Catholic turnout in poll despite threats, The Times, 31 May 1973


  3. ^ Party accused over Ulster poll, The Times, 31 May 1973


  4. ^ Unionist supporters elect many hard-line men in Ulster local government poll, The Times, 2 June 1973


  5. ^ Local Government Elections 1973, Northern Ireland Elections


  6. ^ abcdefgh The Local Government Elections 1973–1981: Belfast, Northern Ireland Elections











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