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1973 Ards Borough Council election
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Northern Ireland local election
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1973
1973 Ards Borough Council election parliamentary no 1973 05 30 y 1977 Ards Borough Council election 1977 All 17 seats to Ards Borough Council 9 Ulster Unionist Party 11 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 2 Northern Ireland Labour Party 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 1 Independent Unionist 1 Loyalist Coalition 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Ards 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 17 councillors.
The elections were the first following the reorganisation of local government in Northern Ireland, brought about by the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 & Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972, which replaced the previous FPTP ward system with a new system of proportional representation using multi-member district electoral areas.
Election results
PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% Ulster Unionist Party1111,49954.5 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland23,13314.8Loyalist Coalition11,6088.0 Social Democratic and Labour Party11,1805.6 Northern Ireland Labour Party11,1145.3 Independent Unionist18954.2 Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party01,5107.2 Ulster Liberal Party01670.8Totals1721,106100.0—
https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgards.htm Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Ards 7 June 2021
Districts summary
Results of the Ards Borough Council election, 1973by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!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="Northern Ireland Labour Party" | NILP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|67.4
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|6
|10.8
|0
|0.7
|0
|14.7
|1
|6.4
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.6
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|15.4
|1
|13.1
|1
|1.0
|0
|22.9
|1
|6
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.5
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|19.5
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|35.0
|1
|4
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|54.5
|11
|14.8
|2
|5.3
|1
|5.6
|1
|19.8
|2
|17
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1973: 6 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
Ards Area A - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 1973 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/76aa0570-21f1-4b65-9c6e-764faf19cdb4/local_government_election_results_1973 EONI 8 July 2021
9
Social Democratic and Labour Party
J. B. McPolin
1,101
14.68%
Ulster Unionist Party
Henry Cosbey
961
12.81%
Ulster Unionist Party
John Scott
845
11.27%
845
847.17
854.17
879.51
1,029.51
Ulster Unionist Party
J. Donnan
905
12.07%
906.87
910.55
925.55
937.89
1,020.89
Ulster Unionist Party
T. G. H. Pollock
873
11.64%
873.17
873.51
891.51
904.51
990.51
Ulster Unionist Party
Oliver Johnston
719
9.59%
719.17
722.17
730.34
742.34
814.34
870.58
915.58
944.83
Ulster Unionist Party
G. McMordie
754
10.05%
755.02
757.02
760.19
778.7
836.7
871.48
891.48
914.73
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
C. McNamara
315
4.20%
416.49
451.74
510.8
817.24
823.92
823.92
824.92
824.92
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
R. H. Willis
478
6.37%
478.68
484.19
940.36
492.36
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
M. Leroux
264
3.52%
268.25
278.25
403.35
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Sheldon
230
3.07%
234.59
249.67
Northern Ireland Labour Party
J. M. Paden
55
0.73%
100.22
9
13,393
7,500 (56.00%)
92
938
7,592 (56.69%)
Area B
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x Loyalist Coalition
Ards Area B - 6 seats
14
Ulster Unionist Party
John Algie
1,568
19.38%
Ulster Unionist Party
Cecilia Cooke
954
11.79%
1,120.14
1,120.14
1,130.14
1,146.92
1,228.92
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Owen Dorrian
668
8.26%
671.9
719.9
755.9
830.42
835.68
836.59
1,207.59
Ulster Unionist Party
William Spratt
712
8.80%
777.26
777.26
791.26
793.26
949.34
986.65
1,005.69
1,016.89
1,039.62
1,328.62
Loyalist Coalition
Robert Brown
558
6.90%
573.86
573.86
580.86
581.38
587.9
589.72
593.72
593.88
961.9
1,009.53
1,044.53
1,605.53
Northern Ireland Labour Party
Robert Gaw
566
7.00%
584.46
591.46
630.46
648.72
652.72
652.72
687.93
702.33
712.43
789.12
815.12
858.26
934.26
Northern Ireland Labour Party
William Allen
493
6.09%
515.62
522.62
550.88
556.88
562.88
562.88
583.79
593.55
608.75
670.86
699.86
729.73
784.73
Loyalist Coalition
William Hannigan
537
6.64%
541.94
542.2
543.2
546.2
550.72
552.54
554.54
555.98
642.28
674.99
697.99
Ulster Unionist Party
Georgina Foulis
371
4.59%
430.54
430.54
443.8
449.06
512.7
539.09
560.39
570.31
607.3
Democratic Unionist Party
Irene Brown
513
6.34%
533.54
534.54
537.54
540.54
545.54
547.36
550.88
552.64
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
W. H. Forsythe
339
4.19%
343.68
344.68
354.68
477.68
481.68
484.41
Ulster Unionist Party
H. McGimpsey
325
4.02%
344.76
344.76
349.28
351.28
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
G. Hirst
240
2.97%
242.34
242.34
254.34
Ulster Liberal Party
Albert McElroy
167
2.06%
168.04
182.04
Social Democratic and Labour Party
D. G. C. Devaney
79
0.98%
79.26
14
13,801
8,090 (58.62%)
127
1,156
8,217 (59.54%)
Area C
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
Ards Area C - 4 seats
7
Ulster Unionist Party
D. Hamilton
645
11.69%
653
669
973
1,249
Ulster Unionist Party
Hamilton McKeag
727
13.18%
740
777
881
1,201
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Jim McBriar
682
12.36%
1,003
1,011
1,037
1,068
1,105.4
Independent Unionist
James Caughey
895
16.23%
920
939
969
1,004
1,065.2
1,123.85
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
W. Crawford
593
10.75%
594
936
953
977
1,022.9
1,060.64
Ulster Unionist Party
Harold Porter
582
10.55%
595
605
692
Ulster Unionist Party
J. H. Cromie
558
10.12%
561
572
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
D. McCreery
439
7.96%
445
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Alice Rudnitzky
395
7.16%
7
8,762
5,516 (62.95%)
83
1,104
5,599 (63.90%)
References
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