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1973 Larne Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1973
1973 Larne Borough Council election parliamentary no 1973 05 30 y 1977 Larne Borough Council election 1977 All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council 8 Loyalist 8 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 3 Independent (politician) 2 Ulster Unionist Party 1 Independent Unionist 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Larne 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 15 councillors.
Election results
PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%Loyalist86,41147.9 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland33,41125.5 Independent (politician)21,2549.4 Independent Unionist19557.2 Ulster Unionist Party16414.8 Social Democratic and Labour Party05434.1 Northern Ireland Labour Party01821.4Totals1513,397100.0—
https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lglarne.htm Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Larne 5 July 2021
Districts summary
Results of the Larne 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="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|18.4
|1
|18.7
|0
|bgcolor="darkorange"|62.9
|bgcolor="darkorange"|2
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|16.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|bgcolor="darkorange"|83.2
|bgcolor="darkorange"|3
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|33.6
|2
|0.0
|0
|bgcolor="darkorange"|66.4
|bgcolor="darkorange"|5
|7
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|25.5
|3
|4.8
|1
|69.7
|11
|15
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1973: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist, 1 x Independent
Larne Area A - 4 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
Loyalist
Samuel Martin
751
21.92%
Ulster Unionist Party
Douglas Harper
641
18.71%
983
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Hugh Wilson
631
18.42%
668
810
Independent (politician)
F. J. O'Neill
465
13.57%
469
526
583
639.4
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Turnley
543
15.85%
543
544
546
553.52
Independent Unionist
A. Crooks
395
11.53%
5
5,026
3,426 (68.17%)
33
686
3,459 (68.82%)
Area B
1973: 3 x Loyalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
Larne Area B - 4 seats
3
Loyalist
Roy Beggs
691
20.47%
Loyalist
Robert Semple
661
19.59%
814
Loyalist
Nelson Stewart
541
16.03%
690
Independent Unionist
Alexander Hunter
560
16.59%
592
637
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
R. Boyd
566
16.77%
584
596
Loyalist
Bob Morrow
356
10.55%
3
4,961
3,375 (68.03%)
57
676
3,432 (69.18%)
Area C
1973: 4 x Loyalist, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
Larne Area C - 7 seats
12
Loyalist
Thomas Seymour
1,213
18.39%
Loyalist
Jack McKee
1,077
16.33%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Kelly
1,048
15.89%
Loyalist
Rosalie Armstrong
424
6.43%
554.24
606.22
607.69
662.13
668.6
684.58
722.91
903.91
Loyalist
Thomas McKeever
337
5.11%
454.44
514.01
515.06
580.71
587.94
611.6
662.01
874.29
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Thomas Benson
520
7.88%
525.76
526.22
567.38
568.38
614.7
629.46
648.31
653.61
662.61
663.76
866.76
Independent (politician)
A. Girvan
341
5.17%
352.52
364.82
358.6
359.7
373.12
452.57
610.41
619.61
643.61
645.22
728.22
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Margaret McIlgorm
305
4.62%
305.64
306.56
415.87
417.29
484.23
489.67
493.72
495.16
496.16
496.39
586.39
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Alexander Marrs
341
5.17%
348.68
351.21
399.72
403.78
427.83
447.75
468.7
474.72
477.72
478.41
Loyalist
A. Milliken
279
4.23%
326.36
378.11
379.58
426.86
432.33
436.3
453.16
Independent (politician)
William Workman
232
3.36%
242.88
247.25
249.77
252.14
258.89
333.17
Independent (politician)
J. Sandford
216
3.27%
226.56
230.01
231.27
234.01
243.54
Northern Ireland Labour Party
R. Thompson
182
2.76%
186.8
188.87
196.43
198.12
Loyalist
Horace Stronge
81
1.23%
120.36
184.07
184.49
12
10,139
6,596 (65.06%)
79
825
6,675 (65.83%)
References
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