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Local government election in Northern Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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All 21 seats to Ballymena Borough Council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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UUP | 9 | 8,688 | 37.9% | |||
DUP | 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% | — |
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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 |
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 | ||||
UUP | Thomas Hume | 21.74% | 934 | ||||||
Ind. Unionist | Clifford Davison | 20.81% | 894 | ||||||
UUP | Thomas McCaughey | 14.87% | 639 | 666 | 1,036 | ||||
DUP | 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 | |
UUP | 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%) |
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 | ||||||
DUP | Sandy Spence | 20.07% | 1,251 | ||||||
DUP | Roy Gillespie | 19.06% | 1,188 | ||||||
UUP | 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 | |
UUP | 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%) |
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 | |||||||||||
DUP | John McAuley | 18.35% | 1,039 | |||||||||||
UUP | George Sloane | 17.20% | 974 | |||||||||||
UUP | 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 | |
UUP | 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 | |
UUP | 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%) |
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 | ||||
UUP | Samuel Henry | 34.37% | 2,321 | |||||||||
DUP | Maurice Mills | 19.81% | 1,338 | |||||||||
Independent | Patrick Burke | 11.58% | 782 | 823.18 | 826.54 | 903.82 | 907.82 | 955.46 | 967.36 | |||
UUP | R. L. D. Pinkerton | 2.71% | 183 | 555.94 | 574.98 | 579.58 | 625.38 | 653.44 | 912.32 | 1,065.32 | ||
UUP | 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 | ???? | |
DUP | H. S. Roulton | 3.04% | 205 | 266.48 | 574.2 | 584.22 | 594.58 | 597.86 | 617.8 | 694.34 | ???? | |
UUP | J. D. Walker | 4.07% | 275 | 420 | 427 | 429.58 | 517.1 | 531.26 | 565.92 | |||
UUP | 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 | |||||
UUP | 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%) |
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