Elections to Cookstown 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 Cookstown District Council 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results
edit| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 8 | 6,428 | 43.7 | |||
| SDLP | 3 | 2,671 | 18.2 | |||
| Independent Nationalist | 2 | 1,276 | 8.7 | |||
| Republican Clubs | 1 | 1,741 | 11.8 | |||
| Loyalist Coalition | 1 | 1,652 | 11.2 | |||
| Alliance | 0 | 925 | 6.3 | |||
| Totals | 15 | 14,693 | 100.0 | — | ||
Districts summary
edit| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | SDLP | RC | Others | ||||||
| Area A | 34.0 | 2 | 7.8 | 0 | 17.9 | 1 | 40.3 | 2 | 5 |
| Area B | 48.1 | 3 | 25.4 | 2 | 9.6 | 0 | 16.9 | 1 | 6 |
| Area C | 49.3 | 3 | 20.5 | 1 | 7.8 | 0 | 22.4 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 43.7 | 8 | 18.2 | 3 | 11.8 | 1 | 26.3 | 3 | 15 |
Districts results
editArea A
edit1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist Coalition, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Loyalist Coalition | Samuel Parke | 23.27% | 1,137 | |||||||
| Independent Nationalist | Laurence Loughran | 11.27% | 551 | 551 | 556 | 616.31 | 661.31 | 967.31 | ||
| Republican Clubs | G. McElhatton | 8.64% | 422 | 422 | 458 | 466 | 808 | 885 | ||
| UUP | N. Glasgow | 13.16% | 643 | 737.24 | 737.24 | 755.24 | 757.24 | 762.24 | 775.24 | |
| UUP | S. Glasgow | 10.99% | 537 | 693.55 | 693.55 | 708.86 | 708.86 | 711.86 | 716.86 | |
| UUP | J. Gourley | 9.90% | 484 | 545.69 | 548.69 | 563.69 | 563.69 | 570.69 | 599.69 | |
| SDLP | G. McKeown | 7.78% | 380 | 380.31 | 397.31 | 494.31 | 516.31 | |||
| Republican Clubs | P. Monaghan | 6.51% | 318 | 318 | 408 | 424 | ||||
| Alliance | T. P. Sharpe | 4.71% | 230 | 232.48 | 265.48 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | C. O'Neill | 2.72% | 133 | 133.31 | ||||||
| Alliance | J. E. McGurk | 1.06% | 52 | 52 | ||||||
| Electorate: 5,947 Valid: 4,887 (82.18%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 815 Turnout: 5,010 (84.24%) | ||||||||||
Area B
edit1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| UUP | James Howard | 18.23% | 1,050 | |||||||
| UUP | Victor McGahie | 17.43% | 1,004 | |||||||
| SDLP | Paddy Duffy | 17.41% | 1,003 | |||||||
| UUP | William McIntyre | 12.43% | 716 | 915.92 | ||||||
| Independent Nationalist | J. J. O'Kane | 12.58% | 725 | 725 | 727.76 | 748.46 | 749.31 | 772.29 | 987.29 | |
| SDLP | Joseph Davidson | 7.98% | 460 | 460.42 | 460.88 | 586.34 | 586.51 | 611.67 | 774.85 | |
| Alliance | Austin Hutchinson | 4.34% | 250 | 269.32 | 444.12 | 450.6 | 537.81 | 541.71 | 554.15 | |
| Republican Clubs | F. Crozier | 4.88% | 281 | 281 | 281 | 291.8 | 291.97 | 515.73 | ||
| Republican Clubs | Rita Heron | 4.72% | 272 | 272 | 272.46 | 285.42 | 285.42 | |||
| Electorate: 7,153 Valid: 5,761 (80.54%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 824 Turnout: 5,859 (81.91%) | ||||||||||
Area C
edit1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| UUP | Espie Donaldson | 25.44% | 1,029 | ||||||||||
| UUP | Alexander McConnell | 12.81% | 518 | 658.49 | 658.49 | 684.53 | 703.58 | 703.58 | 837.5 | ||||
| UUP | John Warwick | 11.05% | 447 | 481.65 | 481.65 | 490.91 | 492.33 | 492.33 | 530.38 | 550.78 | 918.78 | ||
| SDLP | Brigid Neeson | 11.59% | 469 | 469.21 | 469.21 | 471.21 | 472.21 | 565.21 | 637.21 | 639.85 | 641.75 | 652.75 | |
| SDLP | J. McCrystal | 8.88% | 359 | 359 | 379 | 379 | 389 | 509 | 575 | 576.68 | 578.18 | 586.18 | |
| Loyalist Coalition | G. B. Somerville | 9.62% | 389 | 413.36 | 413.36 | 506.93 | 509.35 | 510.35 | 532.4 | 534.8 | |||
| Alliance | Basil McNamee | 5.69% | 230 | 232.21 | 232.21 | 233.52 | 369.94 | 379.94 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | S. McElroy | 4.55% | 184 | 184 | 288 | 288 | 290 | ||||||
| Alliance | Mary Lennox | 4.03% | 163 | 165.52 | 170.52 | 173.73 | |||||||
| Loyalist Coalition | R. J. K. Loughran | 3.11% | 126 | 136.29 | 136.29 | ||||||||
| Republican Clubs | H. Bradley | 3.24% | 131 | 131 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 5,159 Valid: 4,045 (78.41%) Spoilt: 48 Quota: 810 Turnout: 4,093 (79.34%) | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Cookstown". Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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