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1973 Antrim District Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1973
1973 Antrim District Council election parliamentary no 1973 05 30 y 1977 Antrim Borough Council election 1977 All 15 seats to Antrim District Council 8 Ulster Unionist Party 9 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 2 Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party 1 Democratic Unionist Party 1 Independent (politician) 1 Independent Nationalist 1 Party with the most votes by district.
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
PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% Ulster Unionist Party97,03849.4 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland22,29116.1 Independent (politician)12,07914.6 Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party18666.1 Democratic Unionist Party17485.3 Independent Nationalist15844.1 Social Democratic and Labour Party03432.4 Northern Ireland Labour Party02872.0Totals1514,236100.0—
https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgantrim.htm Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Antrim 29 June 2021
Districts summary
Results of the Antrim District Council election, 1973by district yes
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!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
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!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="Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party" | Vanguard
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|32.2
|2
|7.7
|0
|0.0
|0
|16.2
|1
|bgcolor="DDDDDD"|43.9
|bgcolor="DDDDDD"|2
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|72.9
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|12.1
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|15.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|46.1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|26.3
|1
|15.9
|1
|0.0
|0
|11.7
|0
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| 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 seatsLocal Government Results 1973 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/76aa0570-21f1-4b65-9c6e-764faf19cdb4/local_government_election_results_1973 EONI 8 July 2021
5
Democratic Unionist Party
Stewart Dunlop
748
16.19%
756
836
Independent Nationalist
John Heffron
584
12.64%
632
634
634.81
939.81
Independent (politician)
Hugh O'Donnell
645
13.96%
719
724
724
837
Ulster Unionist Party
Bolton Minford
602
13.03%
662
755
763.91
773.91
Ulster Unionist Party
James Graham
477
10.32%
492
714
760.17
763.17
Independent (politician)
R. C. Rainey
407
8.81%
458
474
482.1
497.1
Independent (politician)
James Totten
392
8.48%
462
462
462.81
Ulster Unionist Party
John Blakeley
410
8.87%
423
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Bill Simpson
238
5.15%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Bob McElroy
118
2.55%
5
6,461
4,621 (71.52%)
87
771
4,708 (72.87%)
Area B
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Antrim Area B - 5 seats
7
Ulster Unionist Party
Edgar Wallace
832
19.90%
Ulster Unionist Party
George Dundas
614
14.69%
629.84
635.32
722.32
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Erwin
640
15.31%
669.92
680.88
705.88
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John McCourt
280
6.70%
280.8
452.24
498.88
782.88
Ulster Unionist Party
Alexander Wilson
445
10.64%
492.84
503.12
524.76
543.76
597.96
606.76
Ulster Unionist Party
William Jones
515
12.32%
545.72
555.52
564.32
566.48
581.48
597.32
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Francis O'Brien
343
8.20%
343.16
357.16
420.16
Northern Ireland Labour Party
William Gregg
287
6.86%
288.76
300.56
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Patricia MacKean
225
5.38%
230.76
7
6,211
4,181 (67.32%)
55
697
4,236 (68.20%)
Area C
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
Antrim Area C - 5 seats
10
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Michael O'Donoghue
939
17.28%
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel McCombe
809
14.89%
809.18
810.24
874.24
876.24
899.27
908.27
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
James Clarke
535
9.85%
535.06
536.06
538.06
541.06
566.06
878.06
936.06
Ulster Unionist Party
James Craig
544
10.01%
544.06
547.06
572.06
573.09
600.09
609.09
694.18
700.18
947.21
Ulster Unionist Party
Jack Allen
469
8.63%
469.15
470.27
504.27
507.3
548.3
553.3
600.36
613.11
895.92
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Gawn
178
3.28%
182.41
298.83
300.83
479.72
513.14
514.14
696.4
699.4
733.43
Ulster Unionist Party
William Clarke
507
9.33%
507.06
510.09
522.09
525.09
541.09
544.09
599.12
607.37
Independent (politician)
Thomas Simpson
397
7.31%
398.29
399.5
412.5
418.65
490.86
497.86
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
David McCreight
331
6.09%
331
331
336
337
349
Independent (politician)
Peter Neish
238
4.38%
238.39
240.48
257.48
256.69
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Charlie Greer
169
3.11%
172.36
203.49
206.49
Ulster Unionist Party
R. W. Rutherford-Browne
174
3.20%
174
176
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Alan Finlay
144
2.65%
162.06
10
9,206
5,434 (59.03%)
89
906
5,523 (59.99%)
References
Category:Antrim Borough Council elections
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