1973 Antrim District Council election

30 May 1973 (1973-05-30)

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All 15 seats to Antrim District Council
8 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Ulster Unionist	Alliance	Vanguard
Seats won	9	2	1

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	DUP	Independent	Independent Nationalist
Seats won	1	1	1

Elections to Antrim 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.

Election results

Party		Seats	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	9	7,038	49.4
	Alliance	2	2,291	16.1
	Independent	1	2,079	14.6
	Vanguard	1	866	6.1
	DUP	1	748	5.3
	Independent Nationalist	1	584	4.1
	SDLP	0	343	2.4
	NI Labour	0	287	2.0
Totals		15	14,236	100.0	—

^[1]

Districts summary

Results of the Antrim District Council election, 1973
by district^[1]
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		Alliance		Vanguard		DUP		Others		Total Cllrs
Area A	32.2	2	7.7	0	0.0	0	16.2	1	43.9	2	5
Area B	72.9	4	12.1	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	15.0	0	5
Area C	46.1	3	26.3	1	15.9	1	0.0	0	11.7	0	5
Total	49.4	9	16.1	2	6.1	1	5.3	1	23.1	2	15

Districts results

Area A

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Antrim Area A - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Stewart Dunlop	16.19%	748	756	836
	Independent Nationalist	John Heffron	12.64%	584	632	634	634.81	939.81
	Independent	Hugh O'Donnell	13.96%	645	719	724	724	837
	Ulster Unionist	Bolton Minford	13.03%	602	662	755	763.91	773.91
	Ulster Unionist	James Graham	10.32%	477	492	714	760.17	763.17
	Independent	R. C. Rainey	8.81%	407	458	474	482.1	497.1
	Independent	James Totten	8.48%	392	462	462	462.81
	Ulster Unionist	John Blakeley	8.87%	410	423
	Alliance	Bill Simpson	5.15%	238
	Alliance	Bob McElroy	2.55%	118
Electorate: 6,461 Valid: 4,621 (71.52%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 771 Turnout: 4,708 (72.87%)

Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

Antrim Area B - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ulster Unionist	Edgar Wallace	19.90%	832
	Ulster Unionist	George Dundas	14.69%	614	629.84	635.32	722.32
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Erwin	15.31%	640	669.92	680.88	705.88
	Alliance	John McCourt	6.70%	280	280.8	452.24	498.88	782.88
	Ulster Unionist	Alexander Wilson	10.64%	445	492.84	503.12	524.76	543.76	597.96	606.76
	Ulster Unionist	William Jones	12.32%	515	545.72	555.52	564.32	566.48	581.48	597.32
	SDLP	Francis O'Brien	8.20%	343	343.16	357.16	420.16
	NI Labour	William Gregg	6.86%	287	288.76	300.56
	Alliance	Patricia MacKean	5.38%	225	230.76
Electorate: 6,211 Valid: 4,181 (67.32%) Spoilt: 55 Quota: 697 Turnout: 4,236 (68.20%)

Area C

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard

Antrim Area C - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Alliance	Michael O'Donoghue	17.28%	939
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel McCombe	14.89%	809	809.18	810.24	874.24	876.24	899.27	908.27
	Vanguard	James Clarke	9.85%	535	535.06	536.06	538.06	541.06	566.06	878.06	936.06
	Ulster Unionist	James Craig	10.01%	544	544.06	547.06	572.06	573.09	600.09	609.09	694.18	700.18	947.21
	Ulster Unionist	Jack Allen	8.63%	469	469.15	470.27	504.27	507.3	548.3	553.3	600.36	613.11	895.92
	Alliance	William Gawn	3.28%	178	182.41	298.83	300.83	479.72	513.14	514.14	696.4	699.4	733.43
	Ulster Unionist	William Clarke	9.33%	507	507.06	510.09	522.09	525.09	541.09	544.09	599.12	607.37
	Independent	Thomas Simpson	7.31%	397	398.29	399.5	412.5	418.65	490.86	497.86
	Vanguard	David McCreight	6.09%	331	331	331	336	337	349
	Independent	Peter Neish	4.38%	238	238.39	240.48	257.48	256.69
	Alliance	Charlie Greer	3.11%	169	172.36	203.49	206.49
	Ulster Unionist	R. W. Rutherford-Browne	3.20%	174	174	176
	Alliance	Alan Finlay	2.65%	144	162.06
Electorate: 9,206 Valid: 5,434 (59.03%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 906 Turnout: 5,523 (59.99%)

References

^ ^a ^b "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Antrim". Retrieved 29 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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