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Northern Ireland local election
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1973
1973 North Down Borough Council election parliamentary no 1973 05 30 y 1977 North Down Borough Council election 1977 All 20 seats to North Down Borough Council 11 Ulster Unionist Party 9 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 7 Loyalist 4 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to North Down Borough Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 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 Party911,97746.0 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland77,69129.5Loyalist44,63817.8 Independent (politician)01,2824.9 Independent Unionist03151.2 Northern Ireland Labour Party01480.6Totals2026,393100.0—
https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgnorthdown.htm Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: North Down 3 June 2021
Districts summary
Results of the North Down 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"|57.5
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|31.0
|2
|11.5
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|44.5
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|21.5
|1
|34.0
|2
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|28.8
|2
|33.0
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area D
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|42.6
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|36.9
|2
|20.5
|1
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|46.0
|9
|29.5
|7
|24.5
|4
|20
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
North Down 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
8
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Topping
1,786
25.99%
Ulster Unionist Party
Maurice Butler
976
14.20%
1,180.8
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Bertie McConnell
1,055
15.35%
1,090.35
1,102.55
1,103.99
1,109.49
1,248.49
Ulster Unionist Party
Edmund Mills
555
8.08%
686.95
800.25
804.09
832.96
845.8
848.96
1,279.96
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James Hamilton
705
10.26%
727.05
731.1
731.48
740.58
926.39
1,052
1,166.93
Loyalist
Thomas Barkley
444
6.46%
452.4
460.45
460.63
740.92
744.97
744.97
837.39
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert McCready
494
7.19%
615.1
693.05
698.13
729.98
741.12
743.49
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Anne Mayne
373
5.43%
377.9
385.35
385.49
388.86
Loyalist
Campbell McCormick
344
4.17%
365.7
372.45
372.69
Ulster Unionist Party
James Warden
139
2.02%
232.1
8
9,818
6,871 (69.99%)
64
1,146
6,935 (70.64%)
Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Loyalist, 1 x Alliance
North Down Area B - 5 seats
9
Ulster Unionist Party
John Preston
1,276
19.24%
Loyalist
George Green
934
14.09%
962
969.02
973.28
990.49
1,316.49
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James Magee
541
8.16%
543
546.64
783.68
804.02
821.41
824.76
1,415.76
Ulster Unionist Party
Amy Corry
718
10.83%
722
760.22
765.48
892.35
930.38
941.77
956.42
1,121.22
Loyalist
Thomas Braniff
685
10.33%
754
757.9
762.03
771.55
898.37
1,080.61
1,090.06
1,114.86
Ulster Unionist Party
Arminella McMullan
553
8.34%
553
586.28
591.93
869.78
907.77
919.16
929.81
1,047.41
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Clifford Creighton
544
8.20%
544
545.69
624.21
629.47
635.99
636.66
Loyalist
Bruce Mulligan
498
7.51%
526
532.89
535.89
561.92
Ulster Unionist Party
Mary Norman
404
6.09%
407
474.21
483.47
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Denis Mayne
342
5.16%
344
347.12
Loyalist
Thomas O'Brien
136
2.05%
9
10,509
6,631 (63.10%)
112
1,106
6,743 (64.16%)
Area C
1973: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist
North Down Area C - 5 seats
8
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Campbell
1,352
21.86%
Ulster Unionist Party
David Belshaw
739
11.95%
853.17
864.23
868.69
879.92
887.84
1,040.65
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John Calvert
789
12.76%
797.05
808.05
844.05
844.05
975.43
988.58
1,080.58
Loyalist
Mary O'Fee
638
10.32%
655.94
672.4
677.63
941.7
943.93
966.46
1,071.46
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Jean Foster
684
11.06%
695.73
726.73
793.96
799.42
974.88
989.41
1,044.82
Independent (politician)
James Stark
506
8.18%
522.56
546.79
573.79
577.02
588.71
614.7
735.76
Independent Unionist
Henry Garner
315
5.09%
376.64
380.87
383.87
390.56
397.56
534.55
Ulster Unionist Party
Henry Patton
274
4.43%
342.08
347.77
347.77
351.23
356.46
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Thomas Rollins
310
5.01%
313.91
328.91
341.91
341.91
Loyalist
Christopher Millar
286
4.62%
290.14
294.14
296.14
Northern Ireland Labour Party
Harold Parkhill
148
2.39%
148.92
170.92
Independent (politician)
Brian Wilson
143
2.31%
145.3
8
9,067
6,184 (68.20%)
53
1,031
6,237 (68.79%)
Area D
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Loyalist
North Down Area D - 5 seats
10
Ulster Unionist Party
John Auld
948
14.89%
959
967
1,022
1,152
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Keith Jones
1,024
16.09%
1,030
1,031
1,033
1,046
1,261
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James Shannon
922
14.49%
937
940
953
972
1,122
Ulster Unionist Party
Kathleen McClure
779
12.24%
785
792
866
942
951
995
1,049.76
1,066.76
Loyalist
Ian Kerr
461
7.24%
467
652
659
671
677
683
690.4
692.9
894.54
Independent (politician)
Henry McCourt
540
8.48%
573
575
576
578
599
695
696.48
729.48
881.18
Ulster Unionist Party
David McCormick
479
7.53%
482
491
549
586
599
627
653.64
661.14
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John Marks
402
6.32%
405
406
411
416
Ulster Unionist Party
Maurice Davison
272
4.27%
272
275
294
Ulster Unionist Party
Richard Thompson
233
3.66%
233
235
Loyalist
Arthur Millar
212
3.33%
222
Independent (politician)
Francis McKeag
93
1.46%
10
9,077
6,365 (70.12%)
113
1,061
6,478 (71.37%)
References
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