Elections to Ballymoney Borough 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 16 councillors.
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All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council 9 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results
edit| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 4 | 2,933 | 33.3% | |||
| Ind. Unionist | 4 | 1,898 | 21.5% | |||
| Independent | 3 | 1,877 | 21.3% | |||
| SDLP | 2 | 824 | 9.3% | |||
| Independent Nationalist | 1 | 702 | 8.0% | |||
| DUP | 1 | 687 | 7.8% | |||
| Alliance | 1 | 679 | 7.7% | |||
| Totals | 16 | 8,815 | 100.0% | — | ||
Districts summary
edit| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | SDLP | DUP | Alliance | Others | |||||||
| Area A | 17.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 34.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 48.7 | 2 | 4 |
| Area B | 35.9 | 3 | 19.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 40.9 | 3 | 8 |
| Area C | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 20.1 | 1 | 78.2 | 3 | 4 |
| Total | 33.3 | 4 | 9.3 | 2 | 7.8 | 1 | 7.7 | 1 | 41.9 | 8 | 16 |
Districts results
editArea A
edit1973: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Ind. Unionist | Kenneth Bamford | 22.59% | 453 | |||||
| UUP | R. D. Gilmour | 17.06% | 342 | 352.67 | 418.67 | |||
| DUP | David Hanna | 19.25% | 386 | 389.41 | 401.41 | 402.66 | ||
| Independent | W. Campbell | 9.18% | 184 | 210.51 | 226.26 | 237.76 | 374.36 | |
| DUP | T. Milligan | 15.01% | 301 | 303.64 | 316.64 | 317.64 | 347.08 | |
| Independent | T. L. McElderry | 10.32% | 207 | 209.64 | 230.97 | 233.47 | ||
| Independent | M. A. Hunter | 6.58% | 132 | 135.08 | ||||
| Electorate: 3,947 Valid: 2,005 (50.80%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 402 Turnout: 2,034 (51.53%) | ||||||||
Area B
edit1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent Nationalist | Edward McClements | 16.42% | 702 | ||||||||
| Ind. Unionist | Joe Gaston | 14.11% | 603 | ||||||||
| SDLP | John Mulholland | 10.79% | 461 | 573.96 | |||||||
| Ind. Unionist | William Logan | 10.34% | 442 | 442.32 | 519.81 | ||||||
| SDLP | Harry Connolly | 8.49% | 363 | 466.36 | 466.36 | 556.52 | |||||
| UUP | Patricia Ellis | 9.80% | 419 | 419.32 | 424.36 | 424.64 | 424.64 | 490.48 | |||
| UUP | Samuel Montgomery | 7.81% | 334 | 335.28 | 342.63 | 342.91 | 345.39 | 391.81 | 441.88 | 458.13 | |
| UUP | Robert Chestnutt | 8.12% | 347 | 347 | 364.22 | 364.22 | 364.84 | 382.58 | 415.47 | 435.23 | |
| UUP | J. F. Jamison | 6.62% | 283 | 283 | 295.81 | 295.81 | 296.43 | 316.05 | 356.3 | 362.41 | |
| Alliance | T. Stuart | 3.93% | 168 | 172.16 | 173.21 | 179.09 | 255.35 | 255.56 | |||
| UUP | J. G. Lyons | 3.56% | 152 | 152.32 | 154.84 | 154.84 | 155.46 | ||||
| Electorate: 7,161 Valid: 4,274 (59.68%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 475 Turnout: 4,346 (60.69%) | |||||||||||
Area C
edit1973: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Independent | Robert McComb | 29.69% | 753 | |||||
| Independent | Mary Holmes | 14.16% | 359 | 438.56 | 482.78 | 502.2 | 579.2 | |
| Alliance | Brendan Smyth | 14.83% | 376 | 390.96 | 395.64 | 496.36 | 516.36 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Frederick Holland | 15.77% | 400 | 436.72 | 456.76 | 466.12 | 514.76 | |
| UUP | James Simpson | 10.69% | 271 | 301.6 | 325.08 | 334.42 | 377.98 | |
| Independent | G. S. H. Hughes | 5.95% | 151 | 191.8 | 210.28 | 222.3 | ||
| Alliance | J. A. Scott | 5.32% | 135 | 144.18 | 152.88 | |||
| Independent | J. Pollock | 3.59% | 91 | 121.94 | ||||
| Electorate: 4,073 Valid: 2,536 (62.26%) Spoilt: 22 Quota: 508 Turnout: 2,558 (62.80%) | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Ballymoney". Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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