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1973 Castlereagh District Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1973
1973 Castlereagh Borough Council election parliamentary no 1973 05 30 y 1977 Castlereagh Borough Council election 1977 All 19 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council 10 Ulster Unionist Party 10 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 5 United Loyalist 2 Loyalist Coalition 1 Independent (politician) 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Castlereagh 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 19 councillors.
Election results
PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% Ulster Unionist Party1014,28250.6 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland56,24822.1United Loyalist23,80913.5Loyalist Coalition11,0623.8 Independent (politician)19023.2 Northern Ireland Labour Party01,5645.5 Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party03441.2Totals1928,213100.0—
https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgcastlereagh.htm Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Castlereagh 7 June 2021
Districts summary
Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 1973by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|55.4
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3
|25.8
|2
|18.8
|1
|6
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|41.2
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|4
|20.8
|2
|38.0
|2
|8
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|59.6
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3
|19.9
|2
|20.5
|1
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|50.6
|10
|22.1
|5
|27.3
|4
|19
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist
Castlereagh Area A - 6 seatsLocal Government Results 1973 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/76aa0570-21f1-4b65-9c6e-764faf19cdb4/local_government_election_results_1973 EONI 8 July 2021
8
Ulster Unionist Party
Frederick Kane
1,364
15.10%
Ulster Unionist Party
Bertie Barker
1,318
14.59%
United Loyalist
Marlene Currie
1,305
14.44%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Stewart
1,298
14.37%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Thomas Hawthorne
861
9.53%
864.05
965.1
966.1
1,058.26
1,068.05
1,431.05
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Sarah Bell
696
7.70%
698.05
838.1
839.72
976.95
991.55
1,201.4
1,335.56
Ulster Unionist Party
H. Russell
634
7.02%
652.55
652.65
657.61
684.85
1,131.49
1,145.31
1,148.82
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
F. J. Smith
455
5.04%
456.1
512.15
512.69
589.83
596.36
Ulster Unionist Party
J. Lennon
394
4.36%
435.5
439.75
456.71
494.48
Northern Ireland Labour Party
L. Lannie
391
4.33%
391.9
405.9
406.68
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
W. Clarke
319
3.53%
319.5
8
13,994
9,035 (64.56%)
77
1,291
9,112 (65.11%)
Area B
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Loyalist Coalition
Castlereagh Area B - 8 seats
12
Ulster Unionist Party
Leslie Farrington
2,312
19.75%
Ulster Unionist Party
J. G. McKeown
1,440
12.30%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Catherine Condy
1,053
9.00%
1,068.48
1,071.18
1,163.22
1,187.22
1,173.74
1,181.83
1,244.53
1,534.53
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Addie Morrow
667
5.70%
686.78
690.02
753.54
761.97
765.4
768.92
1,196.06
1,337.06
Loyalist Coalition
Michael Brooks
1,062
9.07%
1,081.35
1,084.05
1,088.05
1,108.05
1,251.61
1,297.7
1,300.7
1,322.7
United Loyalist
John Scott
687
5.87%
695.17
696.34
699.34
820.06
842.58
893.44
894.96
899.39
907.39
1,548.39
Ulster Unionist Party
Ronald McLean
381
3.25%
991.17
1,058.31
1,063.98
1,072.07
1,101.4
1,121.39
1,129.34
1,178.6
1,238.6
1,268.81
1,298.51
Ulster Unionist Party
Joseph O'Hara
691
5.90%
930.51
972.63
975.49
984.44
998.45
1,022.02
1,038.49
1,056.09
1,110.09
1,143.87
1,190.85
United Loyalist
J. A. Humphreys
647
5.53%
672.37
674.26
676.26
685.26
767.82
860.25
861.25
871.68
882.68
963.92
1,130.78
United Loyalist
James Scott
469
4.01%
475.45
476.89
478.32
572.93
594.36
805.92
809.35
816.35
823.35
Northern Ireland Labour Party
J. Getty
540
4.61%
549.03
550.2
559.76
560.94
565.12
567.21
578.64
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
W. R. Morrow
520
6.59%
525.59
527.3
534.73
537.73
537.82
537.82
United Loyalist
G. L. McVeigh
378
3.23%
386.6
387.68
391.68
439.97
462.06
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Thomas Lyons
344
2.94%
353.46
354.63
356.15
357.15
Unionist Loyalist
P. G. Moles
323
2.76%
327.73
328.27
328.27
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Annie Ground
192
1.64%
200.17
201.16
12
18,373
11,706 (63.71%)
132
1,301
11,838 (64.43%)
Area C
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
Castlereagh Area C - 5 seats
8
Ulster Unionist Party
J. Black
1,811
24.24%
Ulster Unionist Party
Walter McFarland
1,549
20.73%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Samuel Finlay
780
10.44%
798.6
804.87
925.25
1,380.25
Ulster Unionist Party
F. H. Gray
444
5.94%
874.28
1,077.01
1,089.51
1,098.94
1,111.48
1,633.48
Independent (politician)
C. R. Beacon
904
12.10%
940.58
949.13
956.63
995.32
1,031.62
1,157.55
1,400.55
Northern Ireland Labour Party
R. Bingham
633
8.47%
641.99
649.78
664.4
712.9
794.74
854.31
922.31
Ulster Unionist Party
C. Moore
646
8.65%
702.73
765.81
768.5
772.62
775.26
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
M. G. McConville
444
5.94%
446.17
446.93
555.93
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
H. McLernon
261
3.49%
266.89
271.07
8
11,051
7,472 (67.61%)
99
1,246
7,571 (68.51%)
References
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