1973 Antrim District Council election

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1973 Antrim District Council election

30 May 1973 (1973-05-30)
All 15 seats to Antrim District Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP Alliance Vanguard Seats won 9 2 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party DUP Independent Ind. Nationalist Seats won 1 1 1

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

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	UUP	9		7,038	49.4
	Alliance	2		2,291	16.1
	Independent	1		2,079	14.6
	Vanguard	1		866	6.1
	DUP	1		748	5.3
	Ind. Nationalist	1		584	4.1
	SDLP	0		343	2.4
	NI Labour	0		287	2.0
Totals		15		14,236	100.0	—

Districts summary

Results of the Antrim District Council election, 1973
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		Alliance		Vanguard		DUP		Others
Area A	32.2	2	7.7	0	0.0	0	16.2	1	43.9	2	5
Area B	72.9	4	12.1	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	15.0	0	5
Area C	46.1	3	26.3	1	15.9	1	0.0	0	11.7	0	5
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 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Stewart Dunlop	16.19%	748	756	836
	Ind. Nationalist	John Heffron	12.64%	584	632	634	634.81	939.81
	Independent	Hugh O'Donnell	13.96%	645	719	724	724	837
	UUP	Bolton Minford	13.03%	602	662	755	763.91	773.91
	UUP	James Graham	10.32%	477	492	714	760.17	763.17
	Independent	R. C. Rainey	8.81%	407	458	474	482.1	497.1
	Independent	James Totten	8.48%	392	462	462	462.81
	UUP	John Blakeley	8.87%	410	423
	Alliance	Bill Simpson	5.15%	238
	Alliance	Bob McElroy	2.55%	118
Electorate: 6,461   Valid: 4,621 (71.52%)   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 771   Turnout: 4,708 (72.87%)

Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

Antrim Area B - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Edgar Wallace	19.90%	832
	UUP	George Dundas	14.69%	614	629.84	635.32	722.32
	UUP	Robert Erwin	15.31%	640	669.92	680.88	705.88
	Alliance	John McCourt	6.70%	280	280.8	452.24	498.88	782.88
	UUP	Alexander Wilson	10.64%	445	492.84	503.12	524.76	543.76	597.96	606.76
	UUP	William Jones	12.32%	515	545.72	555.52	564.32	566.48	581.48	597.32
	SDLP	Francis O'Brien	8.20%	343	343.16	357.16	420.16
	NI Labour	William Gregg	6.86%	287	288.76	300.56
	Alliance	Patricia MacKean	5.38%	225	230.76
Electorate: 6,211   Valid: 4,181 (67.32%)   Spoilt: 55   Quota: 697   Turnout: 4,236 (68.20%)

Area C

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard

Antrim Area C - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Alliance	Michael O'Donoghue	17.28%	939
	UUP	Samuel McCombe	14.89%	809	809.18	810.24	874.24	876.24	899.27	908.27
	Vanguard	James Clarke	9.85%	535	535.06	536.06	538.06	541.06	566.06	878.06	936.06
	UUP	James Craig	10.01%	544	544.06	547.06	572.06	573.09	600.09	609.09	694.18	700.18	947.21
	UUP	Jack Allen	8.63%	469	469.15	470.27	504.27	507.3	548.3	553.3	600.36	613.11	895.92
	Alliance	William Gawn	3.28%	178	182.41	298.83	300.83	479.72	513.14	514.14	696.4	699.4	733.43
	UUP	William Clarke	9.33%	507	507.06	510.09	522.09	525.09	541.09	544.09	599.12	607.37
	Independent	Thomas Simpson	7.31%	397	398.29	399.5	412.5	418.65	490.86	497.86
	Vanguard	David McCreight	6.09%	331	331	331	336	337	349
	Independent	Peter Neish	4.38%	238	238.39	240.48	257.48	256.69
	Alliance	Charlie Greer	3.11%	169	172.36	203.49	206.49
	UUP	R. W. Rutherford-Browne	3.20%	174	174	176
	Alliance	Alan Finlay	2.65%	144	162.06
Electorate: 9,206   Valid: 5,434 (59.03%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 906   Turnout: 5,523 (59.99%)