1973 Ballymena Borough Council election
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All 21 seats to Ballymena Borough Council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[edit]
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Ulster Unionist | 9 | 8,688 | 37.9% | |||
Democratic Unionist | 5 | 5,607 | 37.9% | |||
Ind. Unionist | 3 | 2,142 | 9.3% | |||
Independent | 2 | 3,324 | 14.5% | |||
Alliance | 1 | 1,469 | 6.4% | |||
Vanguard | 1 | 1,276 | 5.6% | |||
NI Labour | 0 | 438 | 1.9% | |||
Totals | 21 | 22,944 | 100.0% | — |
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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UUP | DUP | Alliance | Vanguard | Others | |||||||
Area A | 45.3 | 2 | 13.6 | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 38.8 | 1 | 4 |
Area B | 16.0 | 1 | 39.1 | 2 | 5.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | 3 | 6 |
Area C | 40.9 | 3 | 18.4 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 22.4 | 1 | 13.8 | 0 | 5 |
Area D | 50.8 | 3 | 22.8 | 1 | 11.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 14.7 | 1 | 6 |
Total | 37.9 | 9 | 24.2 | 5 | 6.4 | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 25.9 | 5 | 21 |
Districts results[edit]
Area A[edit]
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Hume | 21.74% | 934 | ||||||
Ind. Unionist | Clifford Davison | 20.81% | 894 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas McCaughey | 14.87% | 639 | 666 | 1,036 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | William Wilson | 13.64% | 586 | 592 | 612 | 759.4 | 818.57 | 849.95 | |
Independent | J. J. O'Hagan | 17.99% | 773 | 792 | 794 | 822.6 | 835.02 | 835.46 | |
Ulster Unionist | D. McCarthy | 8.70% | 374 | 409 | |||||
Alliance | S. O. Nesbitt | 2.26% | 97 | ||||||
Electorate: 6,576 Valid: 4,297 (65.34%) Spoilt: 57 Quota: 860 Turnout: 4,354 (66.21%) |
Area B[edit]
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Independent | A. Simpson | 22.30% | 1,390 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | Sandy Spence | 20.07% | 1,251 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | Roy Gillespie | 19.06% | 1,188 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | W. Dickey | 11.78% | 734 | 930.8 | |||||
Ind. Unionist | Hugh Simpson | 7.49% | 467 | 541 | 648.3 | 728.34 | 814.64 | 894.12 | |
Ind. Unionist | Thomas Smyth | 6.03% | 376 | 431.6 | 504.1 | 607.6 | 693.1 | 786.54 | |
Ulster Unionist | W. O. Given | 4.19% | 261 | 305.8 | 433.98 | 481.36 | 569.28 | 685.18 | |
Alliance | Maeve Kyle | 5.30% | 330 | 398.4 | 413.48 | 420.38 | 435.78 | ||
Independent | W. R. McNeilly | 3.77% | 235 | 291 | 324.64 | 378 | |||
Electorate: 9,474 Valid: 6,232 (65.78%) Spoilt: 61 Quota: 891 Turnout: 6,293 (66.42%) |
Area C[edit]
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Vanguard | David Allen | 20.65% | 1,169 | |||||||||||
Democratic Unionist | John McAuley | 18.35% | 1,039 | |||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | George Sloane | 17.20% | 974 | |||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | A. Hyndman | 8.76% | 496 | 514.24 | 521.17 | 525.69 | 551.96 | 559.58 | 616.08 | 621.47 | 687.04 | 750.6 | 823.03 | |
Ulster Unionist | W. McWilliams | 8.21% | 465 | 477.92 | 484.58 | 489.15 | 513.53 | 523.58 | 565.82 | 570.23 | 639.26 | 693.06 | 744.59 | |
Ulster Unionist | F. McNeill | 6.73% | 381 | 390.88 | 394.03 | 394.22 | 416.31 | 421.68 | 437.53 | 438.56 | 491.07 | 524.02 | 566.39 | |
Alliance | M. M. McAleese | 4.49% | 254 | 255.33 | 255.33 | 259.33 | 265.33 | 265.93 | 272.14 | 418.23 | 449.66 | 453.36 | ||
Vanguard | Elizabeth Roulton | 1.89% | 107 | 264.51 | 329.04 | 329.23 | 348.44 | 349.7 | 377.8 | 382.08 | 400.1 | |||
Ind. Unionist | William Simpson | 3.74% | 212 | 216.37 | 218.62 | 219.8 | 241.74 | 243.9 | 274.19 | 298.19 | ||||
NI Labour | F. R. Kelly | 3.06% | 173 | 174.14 | 174.5 | 213.59 | 226.59 | 226.71 | 238.86 | |||||
Ind. Unionist | Robert McCosh | 3.41% | 193 | 199.84 | 205.87 | 206.96 | 211.15 | 212.92 | ||||||
Independent | J. Montgomery | 2.54% | 144 | 147.23 | 148.67 | 149.67 | ||||||||
NI Labour | B. Galbraith | 0.97% | 55 | 57.85 | 58.21 | |||||||||
Electorate: 9,068 Valid: 5,662 (62.44%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 944 Turnout: 5,751 (63.42%) |
Area D[edit]
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Henry | 34.37% | 2,321 | |||||||||
Democratic Unionist | Maurice Mills | 19.81% | 1,338 | |||||||||
Independent | Patrick Burke | 11.58% | 782 | 823.18 | 826.54 | 903.82 | 907.82 | 955.46 | 967.36 | |||
Ulster Unionist | R. L. D. Pinkerton | 2.71% | 183 | 555.94 | 574.98 | 579.58 | 625.38 | 653.44 | 912.32 | 1,065.32 | ||
Ulster Unionist | David Thompson | 5.29% | 357 | 663.24 | 678.64 | 688.96 | 790.46 | 813.4 | 890.72 | 1,063.72 | ||
Alliance | J. O'Mullan | 7.48% | 505 | 527.04 | 528.72 | 577.58 | 580.9 | 770.64 | 804.86 | 830.76 | ???? | |
Democratic Unionist | H. S. Roulton | 3.04% | 205 | 266.48 | 574.2 | 584.22 | 594.58 | 597.86 | 617.8 | 694.34 | ???? | |
Ulster Unionist | J. D. Walker | 4.07% | 275 | 420 | 427 | 429.58 | 517.1 | 531.26 | 565.92 | |||
Ulster Unionist | John Magaughin | 1.91% | 129 | 368.54 | 376.66 | 388 | 416.36 | 428.68 | ||||
Alliance | Phyllis Doloughan | 4.19% | 283 | 297.5 | 298.06 | 339.34 | 346.36 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Dorothy Smith | 2.44% | 165 | 283.32 | 287.8 | 292.68 | ||||||
NI Labour | S. McQuiston | 1.64% | 111 | 126.08 | 127.2 | |||||||
NI Labour | J. A. Rooney | 1.47% | 99 | 99 | 100.96 | |||||||
Electorate: 10,323 Valid: 6,753 (65.42%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 965 Turnout: 6,844 (66.30%) |
- Data missing from stage 9
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Ballymena". Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 9 July 2021.