1973 Ards Borough Council election

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1973 Ards Borough Council election
30 May 1973 (1973-05-30) 1977 →
All 17 seats to Ards Borough Council
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP Alliance NI Labour
Seats won 11 2 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party SDLP Ind. Unionist Loyalist Coalition
Seats won 1 1 1

Elections to Ards 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 17 councillors.

The elections were the first following the reorganisation of local government in Northern Ireland, brought about by the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 & Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972, which replaced the previous FPTP ward system with a new system of proportional representation using multi-member district electoral areas.

Election results

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Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
UUP 11 11,499 54.5
Alliance 2 3,133 14.8
Loyalist Coalition 1 1,608 8.0
SDLP 1 1,180 5.6
NI Labour 1 1,114 5.3
Ind. Unionist 1 895 4.2
Vanguard 0 1,510 7.2
Ulster Liberal 0 167 0.8
Totals 17 21,106 100.0 —

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Districts summary

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Results of the Ards Borough Council election, 1973
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP Alliance NILP SDLP Others
Area A 67.4 6 10.8 0 0.7 0 14.7 1 6.4 0 7
Area B 48.6 3 15.4 1 13.1 1 1.0 0 22.9 1 6
Area C 45.5 2 19.5 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 35.0 1 4
Total 54.5 11 14.8 2 5.3 1 5.6 1 19.8 2 17

Districts results

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Area A

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1973: 6 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

Ards Area A - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SDLP J. B. McPolin 14.68% 1,101                
UUP Henry Cosbey 12.81% 961                
UUP John Scott 11.27% 845 845 847.17 854.17 879.51 1,029.51      
UUP J. Donnan 12.07% 905 906.87 910.55 925.55 937.89 1,020.89      
UUP T. G. H. Pollock 11.64% 873 873.17 873.51 891.51 904.51 990.51      
UUP Oliver Johnston 9.59% 719 719.17 722.17 730.34 742.34 814.34 870.58 915.58 944.83
UUP G. McMordie 10.05% 754 755.02 757.02 760.19 778.7 836.7 871.48 891.48 914.73
Alliance C. McNamara 4.20% 315 416.49 451.74 510.8 817.24 823.92 823.92 824.92 824.92
Vanguard R. H. Willis 6.37% 478 478.68 484.19 940.36 492.36        
Alliance M. Leroux 3.52% 264 268.25 278.25 403.35          
Alliance William Sheldon 3.07% 230 234.59 249.67            
NI Labour J. M. Paden 0.73% 55 100.22              
Electorate: 13,393   Valid: 7,500 (56.00%)   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 938   Turnout: 7,592 (56.69%)  

Area B

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1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x Loyalist Coalition

Ards Area B - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
UUP John Algie 19.38% 1,568                          
UUP Cecilia Cooke 11.79% 954 1,120.14 1,120.14 1,130.14 1,146.92 1,228.92                
Alliance Owen Dorrian 8.26% 668 671.9 719.9 755.9 830.42 835.68 836.59 1,207.59            
UUP William Spratt 8.80% 712 777.26 777.26 791.26 793.26 949.34 986.65 1,005.69 1,016.89 1,039.62 1,328.62      
Loyalist Coalition Robert Brown 6.90% 558 573.86 573.86 580.86 581.38 587.9 589.72 593.72 593.88 961.9 1,009.53 1,044.53 1,605.53  
NI Labour Robert Gaw 7.00% 566 584.46 591.46 630.46 648.72 652.72 652.72 687.93 702.33 712.43 789.12 815.12 858.26 934.26
NI Labour William Allen 6.09% 493 515.62 522.62 550.88 556.88 562.88 562.88 583.79 593.55 608.75 670.86 699.86 729.73 784.73
Loyalist Coalition William Hannigan 6.64% 537 541.94 542.2 543.2 546.2 550.72 552.54 554.54 555.98 642.28 674.99 697.99    
UUP Georgina Foulis 4.59% 371 430.54 430.54 443.8 449.06 512.7 539.09 560.39 570.31 607.3        
DUP Irene Brown 6.34% 513 533.54 534.54 537.54 540.54 545.54 547.36 550.88 552.64          
Alliance W. H. Forsythe 4.19% 339 343.68 344.68 354.68 477.68 481.68 484.41              
UUP H. McGimpsey 4.02% 325 344.76 344.76 349.28 351.28                  
Alliance G. Hirst 2.97% 240 242.34 242.34 254.34                    
Ulster Liberal Albert McElroy 2.06% 167 168.04 182.04                      
SDLP D. G. C. Devaney 0.98% 79 79.26                        
Electorate: 13,801   Valid: 8,090 (58.62%)   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 1,156   Turnout: 8,217 (59.54%)  

Area C

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1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

Ards Area C - 4 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
UUP D. Hamilton 11.69% 645 653 669 973 1,249    
UUP Hamilton McKeag 13.18% 727 740 777 881 1,201    
Alliance Jim McBriar 12.36% 682 1,003 1,011 1,037 1,068 1,105.4  
Ind. Unionist James Caughey 16.23% 895 920 939 969 1,004 1,065.2 1,123.85
Vanguard W. Crawford 10.75% 593 594 936 953 977 1,022.9 1,060.64
UUP Harold Porter 10.55% 582 595 605 692      
UUP J. H. Cromie 10.12% 558 561 572        
Vanguard D. McCreery 7.96% 439 445          
Alliance Alice Rudnitzky 7.16% 395            
Electorate: 8,762   Valid: 5,516 (62.95%)   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 1,104   Turnout: 5,599 (63.90%)  

References

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  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Ards". Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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