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Local government election in Northern Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.
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Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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UUP | 4 | 2,933 | 33.3% | |||
Ind. Unionist | 4 | 1,898 | 21.5% | |||
Independent | 3 | 1,877 | 21.3% | |||
SDLP | 2 | 824 | 9.3% | |||
Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 702 | 8.0% | |||
DUP | 1 | 687 | 7.8% | |||
Alliance | 1 | 679 | 7.7% | |||
Totals | 16 | 8,815 | 100.0% | — |
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UUP | SDLP | DUP | Alliance | Others | |||||||
Area A | 17.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 34.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 48.7 | 2 | 4 |
Area B | 35.9 | 3 | 19.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 40.9 | 3 | 8 |
Area C | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 20.1 | 1 | 78.2 | 3 | 4 |
Total | 33.3 | 4 | 9.3 | 2 | 7.8 | 1 | 7.7 | 1 | 41.9 | 8 | 16 |
1973: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Ind. Unionist | Kenneth Bamford | 22.59% | 453 | |||||
UUP | R. D. Gilmour | 17.06% | 342 | 352.67 | 418.67 | |||
DUP | David Hanna | 19.25% | 386 | 389.41 | 401.41 | 402.66 | ||
Independent | W. Campbell | 9.18% | 184 | 210.51 | 226.26 | 237.76 | 374.36 | |
DUP | T. Milligan | 15.01% | 301 | 303.64 | 316.64 | 317.64 | 347.08 | |
Independent | T. L. McElderry | 10.32% | 207 | 209.64 | 230.97 | 233.47 | ||
Independent | M. A. Hunter | 6.58% | 132 | 135.08 | ||||
Electorate: 3,947 Valid: 2,005 (50.80%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 402 Turnout: 2,034 (51.53%) |
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Ind. Nationalist | Edward McClements | 16.42% | 702 | ||||||||
Ind. Unionist | Joe Gaston | 14.11% | 603 | ||||||||
SDLP | John Mulholland | 10.79% | 461 | 573.96 | |||||||
Ind. Unionist | William Logan | 10.34% | 442 | 442.32 | 519.81 | ||||||
SDLP | Harry Connolly | 8.49% | 363 | 466.36 | 466.36 | 556.52 | |||||
UUP | Patricia Ellis | 9.80% | 419 | 419.32 | 424.36 | 424.64 | 424.64 | 490.48 | |||
UUP | Samuel Montgomery | 7.81% | 334 | 335.28 | 342.63 | 342.91 | 345.39 | 391.81 | 441.88 | 458.13 | |
UUP | Robert Chestnutt | 8.12% | 347 | 347 | 364.22 | 364.22 | 364.84 | 382.58 | 415.47 | 435.23 | |
UUP | J. F. Jamison | 6.62% | 283 | 283 | 295.81 | 295.81 | 296.43 | 316.05 | 356.3 | 362.41 | |
Alliance | T. Stuart | 3.93% | 168 | 172.16 | 173.21 | 179.09 | 255.35 | 255.56 | |||
UUP | J. G. Lyons | 3.56% | 152 | 152.32 | 154.84 | 154.84 | 155.46 | ||||
Electorate: 7,161 Valid: 4,274 (59.68%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 475 Turnout: 4,346 (60.69%) |
1973: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Independent | Robert McComb | 29.69% | 753 | |||||
Independent | Mary Holmes | 14.16% | 359 | 438.56 | 482.78 | 502.2 | 579.2 | |
Alliance | Brendan Smyth | 14.83% | 376 | 390.96 | 395.64 | 496.36 | 516.36 | |
Ind. Unionist | Frederick Holland | 15.77% | 400 | 436.72 | 456.76 | 466.12 | 514.76 | |
UUP | James Simpson | 10.69% | 271 | 301.6 | 325.08 | 334.42 | 377.98 | |
Independent | G. S. H. Hughes | 5.95% | 151 | 191.8 | 210.28 | 222.3 | ||
Alliance | J. A. Scott | 5.32% | 135 | 144.18 | 152.88 | |||
Independent | J. Pollock | 3.59% | 91 | 121.94 | ||||
Electorate: 4,073 Valid: 2,536 (62.26%) Spoilt: 22 Quota: 508 Turnout: 2,558 (62.80%) |
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