Elections to Fermanagh District Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.
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All 20 seats to Fermanagh District Council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results
edit| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 8 | 8,412 | 28.2 | |||
| Unity | 4 | 7,212 | 24.3 | |||
| SDLP | 4 | 3,540 | 11.9 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | 2 | 3,504 | 11.7 | |||
| Independent Nationalist | 2 | 1,924 | 6.4 | |||
| Alliance | 0 | 2,285 | 7.7 | |||
| DUP | 0 | 1,495 | 5.0 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 1,482 | 5.0 | |||
| Totals | 20 | 29,854 | 100.0 | — | ||
Districts summary
edit| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Unity | SDLP | Others | ||||||
| Area A | 0.0 | 0 | 33.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 66.5 | 2 | 4 |
| Area B | 56.4 | 2 | 33.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.4 | 0 | 4 |
| Area C | 33.7 | 2 | 35.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 30.9 | 1 | 4 |
| Area D | 38.9 | 2 | 6.9 | 0 | 31.3 | 2 | 22.9 | 0 | 4 |
| Area E | 13.3 | 1 | 11.6 | 0 | 28.3 | 2 | 46.8 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 28.2 | 8 | 24.3 | 4 | 11.9 | 4 | 35.6 | 4 | 20 |
Districts results
editArea A
edit1973: 2 x Unity, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Ind. Unionist | Jack Leahy | 20.07% | 1,242 | |||
| Unity | John McCusker | 19.59% | 1,212 | 1,242 | ||
| Independent Nationalist | Thomas Murray | 15.94% | 986 | 1,049 | 1,068 | |
| Unity | John McMahon | 13.88% | 859 | 897 | 913 | |
| Independent | Hugh Reilly | 12.90% | 798 | 871 | 880 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Samuel Hutchinson | 12.38% | 766 | 836 | ||
| Alliance | Maurice Watts | 5.24% | 324 | |||
| Electorate: 7,332 Valid: 6,187 (84.38%) Spoilt: 86 Quota: 1,238 Turnout: 6,273 (85.56%) | ||||||
Area B
edit1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Unity
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Unity | James Breen | 27.49% | 1,584 | ||||
| UUP | Cecil Noble | 25.13% | 1,448 | ||||
| UUP | Norman Brown | 18.48% | 1,065 | 1,068.51 | 1,167.51 | ||
| UUP | James Nethercott | 12.83% | 739 | 741.43 | 910.23 | 1,251.23 | |
| Unity | Margaret Traynor | 5.73% | 330 | 727.71 | 727.91 | 838.67 | |
| DUP | Irene Hughes | 5.38% | 310 | 311.35 | 327.75 | ||
| Alliance | James Henderson | 4.96% | 286 | 302.2 | 306.8 | ||
| Electorate: 6,666 Valid: 5,762 (86.44%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,153 Turnout: 5,850 (87.76%) | |||||||
Area C
edit1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Unity, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| UUP | Wilson Elliott | 26.20% | 1,581 | ||||||
| Independent Nationalist | Patrick Flanagan | 15.54% | 938 | 939.38 | 939.38 | 1,297.38 | |||
| Unity | Francis Stewart | 13.19% | 796 | 796.69 | 802.15 | 848.38 | 917.88 | 1,201.86 | |
| UUP | Richard Thornton | 7.46% | 450 | 732.9 | 962.74 | 962.97 | 962.97 | 1,050.56 | |
| Unity | Patrick McCaffrey | 13.70% | 827 | 827.92 | 828.92 | 840.92 | 851.17 | 1,037.84 | |
| Alliance | Brian Finn | 10.97% | 662 | 673.96 | 690.87 | 781.1 | 789.85 | ||
| Unity | Patrick O'Flanagan | 8.47% | 511 | 511.69 | 512.69 | ||||
| DUP | Kenneth Scott | 4.47% | 270 | 330.72 | |||||
| Electorate: 6,855 Valid: 6,035 (88.04%) Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,208 Turnout: 6,119 (89.26%) | |||||||||
Area D
edit1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| UUP | Francis Gage | 18.87% | 1,143 | 1,160 | 1,168 | 1,194 | 1,282 | |||||||
| SDLP | John Maguire | 13.21% | 800 | 801 | 802 | 857 | 857 | 857 | 1,082 | 1,363 | ||||
| UUP | Ben Loane | 11.51% | 697 | 706 | 712 | 724 | 836 | 884 | 885 | 885 | 1,411 | |||
| SDLP | Thomas Daly | 11.13% | 674 | 674 | 674 | 690 | 690 | 690 | 756 | 976 | 976 | 978 | 1,125.32 | |
| Independent | David Brien | 11.29% | 684 | 697 | 700 | 778 | 850 | 856 | 871 | 882 | 919 | 1,095 | 1,097.32 | |
| UUP | Warren Loane | 8.50% | 515 | 516 | 520 | 534 | 572 | 583 | 583 | 584 | ||||
| SDLP | John Monaghan | 7.00% | 424 | 430 | 430 | 438 | 438 | 438 | 536 | |||||
| Unity | James Gallagher | 6.90% | 418 | 418 | 418 | 426 | 427 | 428 | ||||||
| DUP | Crowe | 4.94% | 299 | 299 | 383 | 383 | ||||||||
| Alliance | Anthony Ruddy | 1.80% | 109 | 137 | 137 | |||||||||
| Alliance | Robert Stewart | 1.68% | 102 | 113 | 113 | |||||||||
| DUP | Samuel Robinson | 1.75% | 106 | 106 | ||||||||||
| Alliance | Jack Askwith | 1.44% | 87 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 6,993 Valid: 6,058 (86.63%) Spoilt: 60 Quota: 1,212 Turnout: 6,118 (87.49%) | ||||||||||||||
Area E
edit1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Ind. Unionist | George Cathcart | 25.74% | 1,496 | ||||||||||
| UUP | Thomas Scott | 13.32% | 774 | 1,007.42 | 1,007.42 | 1,008.96 | 1,009.18 | 1,012.06 | 1,012.06 | 1,429.06 | |||
| SDLP | James Lunny | 12.04% | 700 | 700 | 715 | 723 | 738 | 778.44 | 1,007.32 | 1,020.98 | 1,024.98 | 1,263.98 | |
| SDLP | Mary Corrigan | 9.64% | 560 | 561.54 | 568.54 | 572.54 | 578.54 | 590.54 | 706.54 | 712.76 | 713.76 | 939.76 | |
| Alliance | Marjorie Moore | 4.70% | 273 | 290.6 | 307.6 | 405.98 | 407.98 | 599.26 | 611.26 | 659.74 | 721.74 | 745.4 | |
| Unity | John McManus | 6.62% | 385 | 385.22 | 426.22 | 427.44 | 638.44 | 645.66 | 678.66 | 688.66 | 689.66 | ||
| DUP | Robert Donaldson | 8.77% | 510 | 560.82 | 561.82 | 576.02 | 578.02 | 582.78 | 586.78 | ||||
| SDLP | James Donnelly | 6.57% | 382 | 382.88 | 388.88 | 392.88 | 397.88 | 408.88 | |||||
| Alliance | James Falconer | 3.66% | 213 | 219.82 | 231.82 | 281.46 | 281.46 | ||||||
| Unity | Anthony Maguire | 3.65% | 212 | 212 | 245.22 | 247.22 | |||||||
| Alliance | Herfort Ritchie | 2.89% | 168 | 181.86 | 187.86 | ||||||||
| Unity | Joseph Owens | 1.34% | 78 | 78 | |||||||||
| Alliance | Edward Love | 1.05% | 61 | 61.44 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 7,232 Valid: 5,812 (80.37%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 1,163 Turnout: 5,887 (81.40%) | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Fermanagh". Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
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