1973 Moyle District Council election

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1973 Moyle District Council election

30 May 1973 (1973-05-30)
All 16 seats to Moyle District Council 9 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Independent UUP SDLP Seats won 7 5 2   Fourth party   Party Ind. Unionist Seats won 2

Elections to Moyle 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 16 councillors.

Election results

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Independent	7		3,156	47.3
	UUP	5		1,457	21.9
	SDLP	2		799	12.0
	Ind. Unionist	2		488	7.3
	Alliance	0		334	5.0
	Ulster Liberal	0		77	1.2
Totals		16		6,668	100.0	—

Districts summary

Results of the Moyle District Council election, 1973
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		SDLP		Others
Area A	0.0	0	4.6	0	95.4	4	4
Area B	48.4	4	0.0	0	51.6	4	8
Area C	27.9	1	43.1	2	29.0	1	4
Total	21.9	5	12.0	2	66.1	9	16

Districts results

Area A

1973: 4 x Independent

Moyle Area A - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Alistair McSparran	23.87%	533
	Independent	Fergus Wheeler	21.67%	484
	Independent	Patrick McCarry	15.94%	356	360.32	361.84	379.08	388.64	493.64
	Independent	Arthur McAlister	8.82%	197	238.44	249.24	268.1	329.6	353.04	372.29	458.29
	Independent	P. McCambridge	8.82%	149	163.56	175.88	188.68	214.48	227	245.48	????
	Independent	P. P. Delargy	8.33%	186	192.24	196.48	210.44	224.4	233.04	241.51
	Independent	J. McCaughan	5.69%	127	129.08	130.2	159.76	161.89
	SDLP	Joseph Lynn	4.61%	103	114.68	118.36	125.92
	Alliance	W. Grace	2.24%	50	51.92	52.32
	Independent	D. McAlister	2.15%	48	49.12	50.32
Electorate: 2,644   Valid: 2,233 (84.46%)   Spoilt: 15   Quota: 447   Turnout: 2,248 (85.02%)

• Data missing from McCambridge's vote in stage 8, because the count was not continued after McAlister was elected over the quota for the final seat.

Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x Independent

Moyle Area B - 8 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Robert McKay	18.96%	535
	UUP	Price McConaghy	12.66%	357
	Ind. Unionist	Samuel Adams	9.75%	275	299.6	306.56	331.56
	UUP	W. Baxter	9.22%	260	307.15	313.39	316.59
	Ind. Unionist	Hugh Acheson	7.55%	213	272.45	276.77	309.54	331.54
	Independent	James Gault	9.25%	261	283.55	292.31	313.9	330.9
	UUP	S. Montgomery	7.52%	212	254.23	263.71	283.65	327.65
	Independent	James McShane	8.83%	249	249.82	250.3	250.83	275.83	278.83	283.83
	Independent	James McToal	8.26%	233	233	233	233	236.12	237.12	238.12
	Alliance	R. Irwin	4.57%	129	137.2	138.52	143.28
	DUP	R. W. Taggart	3.44%	97	110.12	113.96
Electorate: 4,655   Valid: 2,821 (60.60%)   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 314   Turnout: 2,849 (61.20%)

Area C

1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

Moyle Area C - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Elizabeth Johnston	20.07%	324
	SDLP	John Black	17.10%	276	281	302	336
	SDLP	John McAfee	10.90%	176	190	210	223	227	360
	Independent	Archibald McAuley	10.47%	169	176	186	194	243	286	311.85
	Alliance	E. Molloy	9.60%	155	168	181	183	229	250	261
	SDLP	C. Lynn	9.91%	160	165	173	202	208
	UUP	J. Greer	7.81%	126	140	142	146
	SDLP	F. Duncan	5.20%	84	89	91
	Ulster Liberal	J. B. Bakewell	4.77%	77	80
	Independent	A. J. Watt	4.15%	67
Electorate: 2,185   Valid: 1,614 (73.87%)   Spoilt: 19   Quota: 323   Turnout: 1,633 (74.74%)