Elections to Armagh District Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.
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All 20 seats to Armagh District Council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results
edit| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 11 | 10,405 | 45.4 | |||
| SDLP | 5 | 5,200 | 22.7 | |||
| DUP | 2 | 2,601 | 11.3 | |||
| Alliance | 1 | 1,785 | 7.8 | |||
| Independent | 1 | 1,130 | 4.9 | |||
| Republican Clubs | 0 | 1,070 | 4.7 | |||
| NI Labour | 0 | 583 | 2.5 | |||
| Unity | 0 | 153 | 0.7 | |||
| Totals | 20 | 22,927 | 100.0 | — | ||
Districts summary
edit| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | SDLP | DUP | Alliance | Others | |||||||
| Area A | 34.3 | 2 | 14.6 | 0 | 24.8 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 21.0 | 1 | 4 |
| Area B | 53.6 | 4 | 14.4 | 1 | 20.5 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 6 |
| Area C | 44.1 | 2 | 34.8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 14.1 | 0 | 5 |
| Area D | 44.4 | 3 | 28.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.7 | 0 | 18.9 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 45.4 | 11 | 22.7 | 5 | 11.3 | 2 | 7.8 | 1 | 12.8 | 1 | 20 |
Districts results
editArea A
edit1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| DUP | Douglas Hutchinson | 24.83% | 1,076 | ||||||||
| UUP | Mary Huey | 16.87% | 731 | 847.55 | 849.97 | 849.97 | 930.97 | ||||
| UUP | Samuel Foster | 17.44% | 756 | 837.9 | 837.9 | 837.9 | 876.9 | ||||
| Independent | D. Magee | 11.14% | 483 | 484.05 | 517.26 | 528.26 | 570.73 | 590.73 | 680.94 | 795.94 | |
| SDLP | Francis McIlvanna | 8.84% | 383 | 383 | 398 | 415.21 | 435.21 | 437.21 | 606.21 | 729.21 | |
| Republican Clubs | T. C. McGleenan | 3.39% | 147 | 147 | 198 | 320 | 323 | 323 | 349 | ||
| SDLP | S. R. D. Coyle | 5.81% | 252 | 252 | 263 | 267 | 302.21 | 303.21 | |||
| Alliance | R. W. Anderson | 5.31% | 230 | 235.46 | 237.46 | 238.46 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | P. McCusker | 3.32% | 144 | 144.21 | 157.21 | ||||||
| Republican Clubs | M. J. Toal | 1.75% | 76 | 76 | |||||||
| NI Labour | P. Hunter | 0.74% | 32 | 32.84 | |||||||
| Independent | P. Fox | 0.55% | 24 | 24 | |||||||
| Electorate: 5,667 Valid: 4,334 (76.48%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 867 Turnout: 4,422 (78.03%) | |||||||||||
Area B
edit1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| DUP | Thomas Black | 20.51% | 1,525 | ||||||||
| UUP | Nathaniel McMahon | 16.26% | 1,209 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Seamus Mallon | 14.41% | 1,071 | ||||||||
| UUP | William Henning | 14.10% | 1,048 | 1,168.45 | |||||||
| UUP | Nelson Huddleston | 10.17% | 756 | 838.5 | 890.46 | 929.76 | 931.76 | 961.08 | 994.87 | 1,127.87 | |
| UUP | Andrew Crothers | 6.66% | 495 | 646.14 | 687.06 | 729.66 | 729.99 | 748.44 | 763.25 | 942.29 | |
| UUP | Thomas Hutchinson | 6.40% | 476 | 543.32 | 586.64 | 607.64 | 609.76 | 642.93 | 678.69 | 781.7 | |
| Alliance | Austin Best | 4.32% | 321 | 326.61 | 328.17 | 328.47 | 334.8 | 416.57 | 638.41 | ||
| Alliance | John Lamb | 3.23% | 240 | 249.24 | 252.6 | 252.9 | 267.9 | 329.9 | |||
| Alliance | Harden Glendinning | 1.56% | 116 | 119.63 | 120.35 | 120.35 | 141.47 | ||||
| Independent | Robert Newell | 1.30% | 97 | 108.55 | 110.95 | 112.15 | 112.15 | ||||
| NI Labour | Eamon McCann | 1.08% | 80 | 80.66 | 81.02 | 81.02 | |||||
| Electorate: 9,667 Valid: 7,434 (76.90%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 1,063 Turnout: 7,549 (78.09%) | |||||||||||
Area C
edit1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| UUP | J. Reid | 28.39% | 1,544 | ||||||
| SDLP | Patrick Fegan | 17.93% | 975 | ||||||
| UUP | W. Shilliday | 15.66% | 852 | 1,474.79 | |||||
| SDLP | M. Cunningham | 11.33% | 616 | 616.82 | 618.46 | 653.88 | 895.25 | 1,026.25 | |
| Alliance | Eugene Connolly | 7.04% | 383 | 385.46 | 559.3 | 563.78 | 584.89 | 696.09 | |
| Independent | E. Conroy | 8.99% | 489 | 489.41 | 494.74 | 501.25 | 521.36 | 571.52 | |
| NI Labour | J. Fullerton | 5.11% | 278 | 281.69 | 334.99 | 340.87 | 363.77 | ||
| SDLP | P. Nugent | 5.55% | 302 | 302.41 | 303.23 | 318.7 | |||
| Electorate: 7,398 Valid: 5,439 (73.52%) Spoilt: 166 Quota: 907 Turnout: 5,605 (75.76%) | |||||||||
Area D
edit1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| UUP | Frederick Armstrong | 27.69% | 1,584 | ||||||||||||||
| SDLP | Bernard McManus | 11.63% | 665 | 665 | 668 | 677 | 678 | 684 | 711 | 749 | 822 | 827 | 837 | 1,071 | |||
| UUP | Robert Mercer | 8.27% | 473 | 779.54 | 779.54 | 779.54 | 779.54 | 779.54 | 781.54 | 781.54 | 781.54 | 802.85 | 802.85 | 805.85 | 910.12 | ||
| SDLP | Oliver Tobin | 7.06% | 404 | 404.39 | 404.39 | 406.39 | 406.39 | 407.39 | 427.39 | 436.39 | 534.39 | 540.39 | 544.39 | 675.39 | 875.39 | 984.58 | |
| UUP | Norman Creswell | 8.41% | 481 | 772.72 | 772.72 | 773.5 | 773.5 | 773.5 | 775.89 | 780.06 | 780.06 | 790.93 | 794.62 | 797.62 | 888.91 | 888.91 | |
| Republican Clubs | Patrick Houlahan | 4.65% | 266 | 266 | 275 | 276 | 297 | 368 | 377 | 398 | 403 | 405 | 720 | 747 | 769 | 775.71 | |
| Alliance | J. Fitzgerald | 4.81% | 275 | 282.8 | 282.8 | 287.8 | 287.8 | 288.8 | 309.8 | 313.8 | 323.8 | 523.75 | 530.75 | 553.75 | |||
| SDLP | T. M. McIntegart | 5.26% | 301 | 301 | 305 | 311 | 314 | 321 | 350 | 369 | 417 | 423 | 431 | ||||
| Republican Clubs | A. P. Cassin | 4.62% | 264 | 264.39 | 270.39 | 271.39 | 297.39 | 323.39 | 327.39 | 365.39 | 367.39 | 369.39 | |||||
| Alliance | M. K. Lamb | 3.85% | 220 | 227.02 | 227.02 | 227.41 | 227.41 | 229.41 | 251.41 | 251.41 | 258.41 | ||||||
| SDLP | M. M. McReynolds | 4.04% | 231 | 231 | 231 | 232 | 233 | 234 | 244 | 246 | |||||||
| Unity | Patrick Agnew | 2.67% | 153 | 154.17 | 164.17 | 165.17 | 167.17 | 171.17 | 177.17 | ||||||||
| NI Labour | Paddy Grimes | 2.48% | 142 | 142.39 | 142.39 | 164.39 | 164.39 | 164.39 | |||||||||
| Republican Clubs | J. Trainor | 1.80% | 103 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 120 | ||||||||||
| Republican Clubs | E. P. Reilly | 1.22% | 70 | 70 | 71 | 71 | |||||||||||
| NI Labour | G. J. McCreesh | 0.89% | 51 | 52.17 | 52.17 | ||||||||||||
| Independent | G. R. Mackey | 0.65% | 37 | 37 | |||||||||||||
| Electorate: 8,434 Valid: 5,720 (67.82%) Spoilt: 122 Quota: 954 Turnout: 5,842 (69.27%) | |||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Banbridge". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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