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% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
editArea A
edit1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| UUP | Bolton Minford | 13.03% | 602 | 662 | 755 | 763.91 | 773.91 | |
| UUP | 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 | ||
| UUP | 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
edit1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| UUP | Edgar Wallace | 19.90% | 832 | |||||||
| UUP | George Dundas | 14.69% | 614 | 629.84 | 635.32 | 722.32 | ||||
| UUP | 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 | |||
| UUP | Alexander Wilson | 10.64% | 445 | 492.84 | 503.12 | 524.76 | 543.76 | 597.96 | 606.76 | |
| UUP | 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
edit1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Alliance | Michael O'Donoghue | 17.28% | 939 | ||||||||||
| UUP | 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 | |||
| UUP | James Craig | 10.01% | 544 | 544.06 | 547.06 | 572.06 | 573.09 | 600.09 | 609.09 | 694.18 | 700.18 | 947.21 | |
| UUP | 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 | |
| UUP | 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 | |||||||
| UUP | 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%) | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Antrim". Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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