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1973 Ballymena Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1973
1973 Ballymena Borough Council election parliamentary no 1973 05 30 y 1977 Ballymena Borough Council election 1977 All 21 seats to Ballymena Borough Council 11 Ulster Unionist Party 9 Democratic Unionist Party 5 Independent Unionist 3 Independent (politician) 2 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1 Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Ballymena 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 21 councillors.
Election results
PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% Ulster Unionist Party98,68837.9% Democratic Unionist Party55,60737.9% Independent Unionist32,1429.3% Independent (politician)23,32414.5% Alliance Party of Northern Ireland11,4696.4% Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party11,2765.6% Northern Ireland Labour Party04381.9%Totals2122,944100.0%—
https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgballymena.htm Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Ballymena 9 July 2021
Districts summary
Results of the Ballymena 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="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party" | Vanguard
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.3
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|13.6
|1
|2.3
|0
|0.0
|0
|38.8
|1
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|16.0
|1
|39.1
|2
|5.3
|0
|0.0
|0
|bgcolor="DDDDDD"|39.6
|bgcolor="DDDDDD"|3
|6
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|40.9
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|18.4
|1
|4.5
|0
|22.4
|1
|13.8
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area D
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|50.8
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|22.8
|1
|11.7
|1
|0.0
|0
|14.7
|1
|6
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|37.9
|9
|24.2
|5
|6.4
|1
|5.6
|1
|25.9
|5
|21
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Ballymena Area A - 4 seatsLocal Government Results 1973 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/76aa0570-21f1-4b65-9c6e-764faf19cdb4/local_government_election_results_1973 EONI 9 July 2021
6
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Hume
934
21.74%
Independent Unionist
Clifford Davison
894
20.81%
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas McCaughey
639
14.87%
666
1,036
Democratic Unionist Party
William Wilson
586
13.64%
592
612
759.4
818.57
849.95
Independent (politician)
J. J. O'Hagan
773
17.99%
792
794
822.6
835.02
835.46
Ulster Unionist Party
D. McCarthy
374
8.70%
409
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
S. O. Nesbitt
97
2.26%
6
6,576
4,297 (65.34%)
57
860
4,354 (66.21%)
Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
Ballymena Area B - 4 seats
6
Independent (politician)
A. Simpson
1,390
22.30%
Democratic Unionist Party
Sandy Spence
1,251
20.07%
Democratic Unionist Party
Roy Gillespie
1,188
19.06%
Ulster Unionist Party
W. Dickey
734
11.78%
930.8
Independent Unionist
Hugh Simpson
467
7.49%
541
648.3
728.34
814.64
894.12
Independent Unionist
Thomas Smyth
376
6.03%
431.6
504.1
607.6
693.1
786.54
Ulster Unionist Party
W. O. Given
261
4.19%
305.8
433.98
481.36
569.28
685.18
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Maeve Kyle
330
5.30%
398.4
413.48
420.38
435.78
Independent (politician)
W. R. McNeilly
235
3.77%
291
324.64
378
6
9,474
6,232 (65.78%)
61
891
6,293 (66.42%)
Area C
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard
Ballymena Area C - 5 seats
11
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
David Allen
1,169
20.65%
Democratic Unionist Party
John McAuley
1,039
18.35%
Ulster Unionist Party
George Sloane
974
17.20%
Ulster Unionist Party
A. Hyndman
496
8.76%
514.24
521.17
525.69
551.96
559.58
616.08
621.47
687.04
750.6
823.03
Ulster Unionist Party
W. McWilliams
465
8.21%
477.92
484.58
489.15
513.53
523.58
565.82
570.23
639.26
693.06
744.59
Ulster Unionist Party
F. McNeill
381
6.73%
390.88
394.03
394.22
416.31
421.68
437.53
438.56
491.07
524.02
566.39
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
M. M. McAleese
254
4.49%
255.33
255.33
259.33
265.33
265.93
272.14
418.23
449.66
453.36
Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party
Elizabeth Roulton
107
1.89%
264.51
329.04
329.23
348.44
349.7
377.8
382.08
400.1
Independent Unionist
William Simpson
212
3.74%
216.37
218.62
219.8
241.74
243.9
274.19
298.19
Northern Ireland Labour Party
F. R. Kelly
173
3.06%
174.14
174.5
213.59
226.59
226.71
238.86
Independent Unionist
Robert McCosh
193
3.41%
199.84
205.87
206.96
211.15
212.92
Independent (politician)
J. Montgomery
144
2.54%
147.23
148.67
149.67
Northern Ireland Labour Party
B. Galbraith
55
0.97%
57.85
58.21
11
9,068
5,662 (62.44%)
89
944
5,751 (63.42%)
Area D
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
Ballymena Area D - 6 seats
9
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Henry
2,321
34.37%
Democratic Unionist Party
Maurice Mills
1,338
19.81%
Independent (politician)
Patrick Burke
782
11.58%
823.18
826.54
903.82
907.82
955.46
967.36
Ulster Unionist Party
R. L. D. Pinkerton
183
2.71%
555.94
574.98
579.58
625.38
653.44
912.32
1,065.32
Ulster Unionist Party
David Thompson
357
5.29%
663.24
678.64
688.96
790.46
813.4
890.72
1,063.72
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
J. O'Mullan
505
7.48%
527.04
528.72
577.58
580.9
770.64
804.86
830.76
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Democratic Unionist Party
H. S. Roulton
205
3.04%
266.48
574.2
584.22
594.58
597.86
617.8
694.34
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Ulster Unionist Party
J. D. Walker
275
4.07%
420
427
429.58
517.1
531.26
565.92
Ulster Unionist Party
John Magaughin
129
1.91%
368.54
376.66
388
416.36
428.68
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Phyllis Doloughan
283
4.19%
297.5
298.06
339.34
346.36
Ulster Unionist Party
Dorothy Smith
165
2.44%
283.32
287.8
292.68
Northern Ireland Labour Party
S. McQuiston
111
1.64%
126.08
127.2
Northern Ireland Labour Party
J. A. Rooney
99
1.47%
99
100.96
9
10,323
6,753 (65.42%)
91
965
6,844 (66.30%)
Data missing from stage 9
References
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