Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used six district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.
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All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results
edit| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | 13 | 10,291 | 35.3 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | 5 | 4,412 | 15.1 | |||
| Alliance | 4 | 3,939 | 13.5 | |||
| UUP | 3 | 3,757 | 12.9 | |||
| Republican Clubs | 2 | 3,160 | 10.8 | |||
| Independent Nationalist | 2 | 1,256 | 4.3 | |||
| Ind. Republican | 1 | 881 | 3.0 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 886 | 3.0 | |||
| Irish Labour | 0 | 290 | 1.0 | |||
| Ulster Liberal | 0 | 288 | 1.0 | |||
| Totals | 30 | 29,160 | 100.0 | — | ||
Districts summary
edit| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | Alliance | UUP | RC | Others | |||||||
| Area A | 17.8 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 52.7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 25.2 | 1 | 5 |
| Area B | 37.9 | 2 | 19.8 | 1 | 13.0 | 0 | 12.8 | 0 | 29.3 | 1 | 4 |
| Area C | 40.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 46.3 | 2 | 4 |
| Area D | 38.4 | 3 | 10.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 15.7 | 1 | 35.0 | 2 | 7 |
| Area E | 46.3 | 3 | 5.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.1 | 1 | 32.3 | 2 | 6 |
| Area F | 37.8 | 2 | 42.1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 35.3 | 13 | 13.5 | 4 | 12.9 | 3 | 10.8 | 2 | 27.5 | 8 | 30 |
Districts results
editArea A
edit1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| UUP | William Russell | 20.86% | 1,254 | |||||||||||
| UUP | Arthur Coulter | 17.76% | 1,068 | |||||||||||
| UUP | Norman Gordon | 14.12% | 849 | 1,088.4 | ||||||||||
| Independent Nationalist | Arthur Doran | 6.62% | 398 | 399.2 | 401.4 | 405 | 408 | 427.2 | 439.2 | 473.8 | 562.6 | 684.6 | 889.2 | |
| SDLP | Anne Marie Cunningham | 7.70% | 463 | 463 | 463.2 | 463.2 | 470.2 | 505 | 545 | 561 | 637 | 808 | 877.4 | |
| SDLP | Hugh Cunningham | 7.47% | 449 | 449.2 | 450 | 450.4 | 452.4 | 467.4 | 548.4 | 566.4 | 648.4 | 743.8 | 775 | |
| Ulster Liberal | Stanley Archer | 4.79% | 288 | 293.2 | 318.8 | 352 | 355.8 | 361.8 | 363.8 | 483 | 520.2 | 556.6 | ||
| Ind. Republican | Paul O'Reilly | 6.34% | 381 | 381 | 381 | 381.8 | 385.8 | 400.8 | 408.8 | 417.2 | 498.2 | |||
| Independent | Michael Hardy | 5.59% | 336 | 336.2 | 338.2 | 341.4 | 348 | 357 | 368 | 397.4 | ||||
| Alliance | Margaret Hall | 2.56% | 154 | 156.2 | 168.4 | 188.4 | 265.2 | 267.6 | 273.6 | |||||
| SDLP | Patrick Murphy | 2.68% | 161 | 161 | 161 | 161.4 | 162.4 | 165.4 | ||||||
| Independent Nationalist | Austin Crawford | 1.80% | 108 | 108 | 108.4 | 110 | 110 | |||||||
| Alliance | P. J. McKeown | 1.71% | 103 | 104.4 | 106.4 | 108 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 8,589 Valid: 6,012 (70.00%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 1,003 Turnout: 6,130 (71.37%) | ||||||||||||||
Area B
edit1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SDLP | Jim McCart | 21.99% | 994 | |||||||||
| Independent Nationalist | John McAteer | 16.59% | 750 | 758.1 | 762.73 | 781.54 | 799.63 | 805.72 | 816.17 | 873.76 | 993.76 | |
| Alliance | Anthony Williamson | 12.99% | 587 | 592.4 | 595.4 | 602.12 | 631.39 | 641.66 | 800.1 | 825.24 | 852.59 | |
| SDLP | John Tinnelly | 8.54% | 386 | 398.69 | 401.69 | 427.2 | 432.32 | 454.65 | 457.83 | 645.71 | 759.4 | |
| UUP | William Gordon | 12.96% | 586 | 587.53 | 588.53 | 588.62 | 591.62 | 591.62 | 634.98 | 640.25 | 649.61 | |
| Republican Clubs | Gerard Burns | 8.67% | 392 | 395.96 | 428.14 | 435.77 | 452.77 | 562.31 | 563.4 | 586.18 | ||
| SDLP | Edward Byrne | 4.65% | 210 | 242.76 | 244.94 | 309.74 | 313.1 | 317.46 | 326.18 | |||
| Alliance | Roland Gordon | 3.69% | 167 | 170.24 | 170.24 | 175.42 | 231.42 | 231.42 | ||||
| Republican Clubs | Gerald Sherry | 2.88% | 130 | 130.9 | 141.53 | 144.71 | 153.71 | |||||
| Alliance | Michael Gallagher | 3.10% | 140 | 140.9 | 140.9 | 142.99 | ||||||
| SDLP | William Trainor | 2.68% | 121 | 138.01 | 140.1 | |||||||
| Republican Clubs | James McGivern | 1.26% | 57 | 58.71 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 6,662 Valid: 4,520 (67.85%) Spoilt: 140 Quota: 905 Turnout: 4,660 (69.95%) | ||||||||||||
Area C
edit1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Ind. Unionist | David Little | 27.02% | 1,166 | ||||||
| Ind. Unionist | Violet Cromie | 19.23% | 830 | 1,118.08 | |||||
| SDLP | Joseph Brannigan | 16.33% | 705 | 705.26 | 705.52 | 714.04 | 834.3 | 905.3 | |
| SDLP | Nan Sands | 14.60% | 630 | 630.78 | 631.82 | 634.82 | 667.82 | 710.82 | |
| SDLP | Finian Sands | 9.36% | 404 | 404 | 406.08 | 413.34 | 466.4 | 500.6 | |
| Alliance | David Crory | 4.59% | 198 | 206.32 | 285.1 | 357.48 | 365.48 | ||
| Republican Clubs | Daniel Mussen | 4.26% | 184 | 184.26 | 184.52 | 187.52 | |||
| Republican Clubs | Seamus Murray | 2.78% | 120 | 120.26 | 120.26 | 120.52 | |||
| Alliance | Violet Watts | 1.83% | 79 | 81.34 | 101.62 | ||||
| Electorate: 6,477 Valid: 4,316 (66.64%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 864 Turnout: 4,427 (68.35%) | |||||||||
Area D
edit1973: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Republican Clubs
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||||
| Ind. Unionist | Clarence Morrow | 19.03% | 1,297 | ||||||||||||||||
| SDLP | John Bell | 13.25% | 903 | ||||||||||||||||
| SDLP | John McEvoy | 10.98% | 748 | 748.34 | 758.34 | 763.44 | 765.44 | 767.44 | 774.44 | 785.44 | 837.89 | 860.89 | |||||||
| Ind. Unionist | Arthur Lockhart | 5.85% | 399 | 823.66 | 823.66 | 824.66 | 824.66 | 825.66 | 825.66 | 825.66 | 825.66 | 826.66 | 829.66 | 831.66 | 835 | 835 | 859 | ||
| SDLP | Thomas McGrath | 4.80% | 327 | 327 | 331.55 | 339.65 | 345.7 | 348.7 | 353.75 | 364.25 | 435.55 | 440.99 | 446.08 | 489.28 | 505.88 | 506.51 | 564.15 | 937.15 | |
| Alliance | Victor Frizell | 5.46% | 372 | 376.08 | 377.98 | 381.42 | 381.42 | 382.42 | 386.47 | 397.92 | 403.17 | 443.66 | 445.76 | 456.76 | 710.15 | 713.93 | 809.14 | 833.37 | |
| Republican Clubs | Noel Collins | 6.59% | 449 | 449 | 451.65 | 455.7 | 478.75 | 507.75 | 513.8 | 523.7 | 533.05 | 534.2 | 554.3 | 690.95 | 697.15 | 697.78 | 753.17 | 769.27 | |
| Republican Clubs | Thomas Moore | 3.82% | 260 | 260 | 261.65 | 262.3 | 277.3 | 301.35 | 307.35 | 311.4 | 313.45 | 318.55 | 376.75 | 447.55 | 452.8 | 453.43 | 492.58 | 520.58 | |
| SDLP | Denis Smyth | 6.10% | 416 | 416 | 416.55 | 417.55 | 421.55 | 421.55 | 421.55 | 423.65 | 428 | 431.2 | 439.5 | 442.5 | 453.95 | 456.47 | 483.86 | ||
| Independent | Basil McGinn | 4.93% | 336 | 343.48 | 343.93 | 346.93 | 347.93 | 348.93 | 392.93 | 406.32 | 411.62 | 413.96 | 429.06 | 438.16 | 446.16 | 446.79 | |||
| Alliance | Monica Sweeney | 2.92% | 199 | 200.02 | 201.82 | 203.82 | 204.82 | 204.82 | 205.87 | 208.07 | 212.27 | 308.02 | 334.32 | 340.47 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | Hugh Golding | 2.96% | 202 | 202 | 204.25 | 212.25 | 221.25 | 244.3 | 248.35 | 255.65 | 257.9 | 262.9 | 268.25 | ||||||
| Independent | Thomas Hollywood | 3.14% | 214 | 214.34 | 215.69 | 216.74 | 219.74 | 219.74 | 225.84 | 226.94 | 232.39 | 234.59 | |||||||
| Alliance | Maureen McMahon | 2.58% | 176 | 177.02 | 178.12 | 180.17 | 182.17 | 182.17 | 185.17 | 187.32 | 192.77 | ||||||||
| SDLP | John Hillen | 1.89% | 129 | 129 | 135.5 | 136.65 | 137.7 | 137.7 | 140.9 | 171.65 | |||||||||
| SDLP | R. Blair | 1.35% | 92 | 92.34 | 100.89 | 100.94 | 100.94 | 103.94 | 107.09 | ||||||||||
| Irish Labour | Patrick Lynch | 1.19% | 81 | 81 | 81.55 | 97.7 | 98.7 | 100.7 | |||||||||||
| Republican Clubs | Daniel Hughes | 1.17% | 80 | 80 | 80.1 | 80.1 | 89.1 | ||||||||||||
| Republican Clubs | Martin McAlinden | 1.13% | 77 | 77 | 77.1 | 78.15 | |||||||||||||
| Irish Labour | Michael Murphy | 0.85% | 58 | 58.68 | 59.58 | ||||||||||||||
| Electorate: 11,514 Valid: 6,815 (59.19%) Spoilt: 194 Quota: 852 Turnout: 7,009 (60.87%) | |||||||||||||||||||
Area E
edit1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent Republican
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Ind. Unionist | Caroline Donaldson | 19.06% | 720 | |||||||
| SDLP | Peter McMahon | 13.92% | 526 | 526 | 529 | 550 | ||||
| Ind. Republican | Sean McCreesh | 13.23% | 500 | 504.6 | 510.6 | 541.6 | ||||
| SDLP | Pat Toner | 9.16% | 346 | 346.46 | 349.46 | 365.46 | 368.16 | 442.62 | 536.62 | |
| SDLP | Jim Murphy | 8.42% | 318 | 318.92 | 332.92 | 343.38 | 345.18 | 434.08 | 541.08 | |
| Republican Clubs | Bernard McKeown | 7.91% | 299 | 300.38 | 309.38 | 441.84 | 443.64 | 473.64 | 499.64 | |
| Alliance | John Magowan | 5.29% | 200 | 362.38 | 362.38 | 366.84 | 368.64 | 403.32 | 462.32 | |
| SDLP | James McPartland | 7.57% | 286 | 286.92 | 289.92 | 310.38 | 311.28 | 356.2 | ||
| SDLP | Owen Kelly | 7.23% | 273 | 279.9 | 281.9 | 298.9 | 299.8 | |||
| Republican Clubs | Michael Rafferty | 3.94% | 149 | 149.92 | 163.92 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | Joseph Daly | 2.57% | 97 | 98.38 | 105.38 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | Oliver Toner | 1.69% | 64 | 64 | ||||||
| Electorate: 8,870 Valid: 3,778 (42.59%) Spoilt: 112 Quota: 540 Turnout: 3,890 (43.86%) | ||||||||||
Area F
edit1973: 2 x Alliance, 2 x SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Alliance | Michael McVerry | 26.16% | 973 | ||||||||
| Alliance | Hugh Breslin | 15.89% | 591 | 733.62 | |||||||
| SDLP | Sean Hollywood | 16.32% | 607 | 620.11 | 624.01 | 629.01 | 682.23 | 752.23 | |||
| SDLP | Arthur Ruddy | 8.85% | 329 | 332.68 | 334.78 | 342.01 | 366 | 464.38 | 484.9 | 749.9 | |
| Republican Clubs | Samuel Dowling | 8.58% | 319 | 321.07 | 321.37 | 363.37 | 388.55 | 398.07 | 587.13 | 615.13 | |
| SDLP | Patrick Crilly | 7.23% | 269 | 274.29 | 279.15 | 279.21 | 303.44 | 340.57 | 352.86 | ||
| Republican Clubs | Colman Rowntree | 3.93% | 146 | 147.15 | 147.21 | 217.39 | 230.8 | 234.8 | |||
| SDLP | Kevin Reynolds | 5.35% | 199 | 205.44 | 209.34 | 209.4 | 227.64 | ||||
| Irish Labour | Francis Burns | 4.06% | 151 | 156.75 | 166.89 | 178.18 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | Jean Rooney | 1.91% | 71 | 71.23 | 71.47 | ||||||
| Republican Clubs | Peter Shields | 1.72% | 64 | 64.23 | 64.41 | ||||||
| Electorate: 6,649 Valid: 3,719 (55.93%) Spoilt: 269 Quota: 744 Turnout: 3,988 (59.98%) | |||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Newry and Mourne". Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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