Elections to Coleraine 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 20 councillors.
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All 20 seats to Coleraine Borough Council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results
edit| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 13 | 12,451 | 57.2 | |||
| Alliance | 3 | 2,869 | 13.2 | |||
| Independent | 2 | 2,677 | 12.3 | |||
| SDLP | 1 | 1,483 | 6.8 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1,121 | 5.1 | |||
| Republican Clubs | 0 | 659 | 3.0 | |||
| Loyalist | 0 | 325 | 1.5 | |||
| NI Labour | 0 | 200 | 0.9 | |||
| Totals | 20 | 21,785 | 100.0 | — | ||
Districts summary
edit| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Alliance | SDLP | Others | ||||||
| Area A | 51.8 | 4 | 4.7 | 0 | 15.9 | 1 | 27.6 | 1 | 6 |
| Area B | 63.4 | 5 | 21.3 | 2 | 5.3 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Area C | 56.1 | 4 | 13.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 30.8 | 2 | 7 |
| Total | 57.2 | 13 | 13.2 | 3 | 6.8 | 1 | 22.8 | 3 | 20 |
Districts results
editArea A
edit1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Ind. Unionist | William Watt | 16.24% | 1,121 | |||||||||||
| UUP | Leslie Morrell | 15.57% | 1,075 | |||||||||||
| UUP | James Anderson | 13.41% | 926 | 941.36 | 987.52 | |||||||||
| UUP | J. H. McElfatrick | 9.34% | 645 | 678.12 | 689.16 | 706 | 718.48 | 767.32 | 768.44 | 803.52 | 807.52 | 1,099.52 | ||
| SDLP | Patrick Cassidy | 7.87% | 543 | 543.12 | 543.36 | 545.48 | 572.2 | 574.32 | 596.32 | 702.56 | 970.64 | 972.72 | 972.72 | |
| UUP | Robert McMaster | 7.88% | 544 | 568.6 | 577.96 | 583.8 | 595.44 | 629.4 | 630.4 | 658.32 | 660.32 | 850.48 | 961.66 | |
| SDLP | P. McIntyre | 8.00% | 552 | 552.24 | 552.24 | 552.24 | 555.32 | 555.44 | 566.44 | 631.68 | 744.04 | 745.32 | 745.32 | |
| UUP | G. Campbell | 5.58% | 385 | 396.64 | 408.64 | 420.4 | 435.68 | 476.72 | 477.72 | 533.84 | 533.84 | |||
| Republican Clubs | J. B. McNicholl | 3.98% | 275 | 275.24 | 275.24 | 275.24 | 276.36 | 276.36 | 467.36 | 474.56 | ||||
| Alliance | J. B. Austin | 4.74% | 327 | 330.24 | 331.92 | 332.16 | 345.68 | 351.6 | 351.6 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | Jerry Mullan | 3.22% | 222 | 222 | 222 | 222 | 230.12 | 230.12 | ||||||
| Independent | H. McMaster | 2.20% | 152 | 164.6 | 167.96 | 176.4 | 182.88 | |||||||
| Independent | C. R. Lee | 1.22% | 84 | 109.56 | 110.12 | 112.24 | ||||||||
| Independent | S. Boyd | 0.77% | 53 | 57.8 | 58.28 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 8,878 Valid: 6,904 (77.77%) Spoilt: 64 Quota: 987 Turnout: 6,968 (78.49%) | ||||||||||||||
Area B
edit1973: 5 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| UUP | Albert Clarke | 15.94% | 1,163 | ||||||||||
| UUP | Alexander Sharpe | 11.01% | 803 | 824.84 | 830.84 | 910.85 | 914.75 | ||||||
| Alliance | J. Fawcett | 8.39% | 612 | 623.34 | 627.55 | 651.39 | 747.44 | 755.65 | 889.07 | 1,048.07 | |||
| UUP | John Earl | 8.72% | 636 | 716.85 | 720.9 | 750.58 | 757.42 | 795.2 | 805.62 | 815.62 | 817.62 | 959.62 | |
| UUP | William Glenn | 9.06% | 661 | 685.99 | 687.99 | 698.07 | 708.49 | 761.27 | 777.27 | 779.27 | 779.27 | 954.27 | |
| UUP | Robert Stafford | 11.10% | 810 | 821.13 | 828.13 | 832.91 | 839.59 | 851.06 | 862.48 | 865.69 | 867.69 | 939.69 | |
| Alliance | Thomas Wilson | 5.59% | 408 | 409.89 | 414.89 | 417.1 | 468.52 | 468.52 | 639.73 | 786.73 | 910.73 | 933.73 | |
| Loyalist | Hagan | 4.46% | 325 | 330.46 | 365.3 | 372.3 | 372.51 | 559.19 | 563.19 | 565.4 | 565.4 | 615.4 | |
| UUP | T. D. McVeigh | 5.41% | 395 | 401.51 | 403.51 | 435.98 | 443.98 | 468.61 | 479.61 | 480.61 | 480.61 | ||
| SDLP | Isobel Boylan | 5.32% | 388 | 388.21 | 388.21 | 392.21 | 396.21 | 396.42 | 401.42 | ||||
| Alliance | R. J. Smyth | 4.10% | 299 | 300.05 | 301.05 | 306.05 | 362.69 | 369.1 | |||||
| Independent | C. Dunlop | 3.62% | 264 | 274.92 | 345.76 | 354.81 | 355.81 | ||||||
| Alliance | J. Hamill | 3.19% | 233 | 237.2 | 241.2 | 247.62 | |||||||
| UUP | Katherine McConaghy | 2.14% | 156 | 214.38 | 219.01 | ||||||||
| Independent | J. A. Taggart | 1.88% | 137 | 140.15 | |||||||||
| Independent | G. Woods | 0.01% | 5 | 5.42 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 10,508 Valid: 7,295 (69.42%) Spoilt: 74 Quota: 912 Turnout: 7,369 (70.13%) | |||||||||||||
Area C
edit1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | ||||
| UUP | Robert White | 16.73% | 1,269 | |||||||||||||||||
| UUP | James Edwards | 16.03% | 1,216 | |||||||||||||||||
| UUP | Matthew Adams | 14.66% | 1,112 | |||||||||||||||||
| Independent | James McFeely | 9.58% | 727 | 733.75 | 735.51 | 738.17 | 740.17 | 746.62 | 769.56 | 848.7 | 852.09 | 927.34 | 934.26 | 962.26 | ||||||
| Alliance | William Mathews | 5.75% | 436 | 450.25 | 466.75 | 470.53 | 470.53 | 539.35 | 540.74 | 543.74 | 543.99 | 640.93 | 645.59 | 727.45 | 730.3 | 748.19 | 1,017.19 | |||
| UUP | I. Wilson | 4.13% | 313 | 476 | 597.88 | 617.76 | 618.4 | 624.34 | 633.48 | 633.48 | 641.35 | 646.82 | 688.52 | 706.03 | 706.6 | 786.61 | 796.93 | 822.13 | 1,065.13 | |
| Independent | Randall Crawford | 5.10% | 387 | 402.5 | 407.78 | 422.06 | 435.31 | 436.31 | 496.72 | 496.72 | 628.96 | 628.96 | 674.81 | 694.76 | 695.9 | 753.63 | 754.1 | 758.3 | 803.81 | |
| Independent | J. Doherty | 4.27% | 324 | 335.5 | 339.8 | 359.92 | 362.06 | 365.31 | 369.92 | 373.92 | 384.12 | 386.12 | 400.55 | 428.8 | 429.94 | 501.06 | 514.45 | 545.65 | 609.49 | |
| UUP | J. Hamill | 2.66% | 202 | 251 | 330.2 | 349.94 | 356.44 | 358.91 | 364.47 | 364.47 | 369 | 370.5 | 450.21 | 463.12 | 463.69 | 515.54 | 520.21 | 526.81 | ||
| Alliance | W. E. O'Hara | 3.11% | 236 | 239.5 | 242.14 | 242.28 | 242.28 | 253.53 | 253.53 | 258.67 | 260.67 | 303.67 | 303.67 | 327.06 | 333.9 | 337.34 | ||||
| Independent | S. J. Walker | 3.05% | 231 | 245.5 | 256.06 | 267.54 | 271.82 | 274.21 | 279.46 | 279.46 | 287.1 | 289.32 | 310.23 | 331.25 | 331.25 | |||||
| NI Labour | R. E. Adams | 2.64% | 200 | 204 | 210.16 | 214.5 | 214.5 | 217.64 | 220.78 | 236.78 | 243.06 | 249.06 | 249.89 | |||||||
| UUP | R. H. S. Edmundson | 1.85% | 140 | 158.5 | 169.94 | 211.38 | 213.66 | 214.13 | 226.55 | 226.55 | 238.34 | 239.62 | ||||||||
| Alliance | Eileen Farrell | 2.73% | 207 | 208 | 209.1 | 209.66 | 209.66 | 218.66 | 219.8 | 233.8 | 234.8 | |||||||||
| Independent | J. Anderson | 1.70% | 129 | 132.5 | 133.16 | 142.4 | 155.79 | 158.04 | 196.62 | 196.62 | ||||||||||
| Republican Clubs | J. A. Fleming | 2.14% | 162 | 162 | 162 | 162.14 | 162.14 | 162.14 | 162.28 | |||||||||||
| Independent | A. Eakin | 1.58% | 120 | 122.75 | 124.73 | 127.95 | 148 | 148.34 | ||||||||||||
| Alliance | Hamilton | 1.46% | 111 | 115 | 117.42 | 117.98 | 117.98 | |||||||||||||
| Independent | K. Ferguson | 0.84% | 64 | 66.25 | 66.69 | 68.09 | ||||||||||||||
| Electorate: 10,886 Valid: 7,586 (69.69%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 949 Turnout: 7,694 (70.68%) | ||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Coleraine". Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
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