1973 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

30 May 1973 (1973-05-30)

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All 15 seats to Carrickfergus Borough Council
8 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	United Loyalist	Ulster Unionist	Alliance
Seats won	5	5	3

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Loyalist	Independent
Seats won	1	1

Elections to Carrickfergus 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 15 councillors.

Election results

Party		Seats	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	United Loyalist	5	3,843	31.6%
	Ulster Unionist	5	3,440	28.3%
	Alliance	3	2,716	22.3%
	Independent	1	1,129	9.3%
	Loyalist	1	559	4.6%
	NI Labour	0	472	3.9%
Totals		15	12,159	100.0%	—

^[1]

Districts summary

Results of the Carrickfergus Borough Council election, 1973
by district^[1]
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		Alliance		Others		Total Cllrs
Area A	39.8	2	26.6	1	33.6	2	5
Area B	25.1	2	25.5	1	49.4	2	5
Area C	20.8	1	15.2	1	64.0	3	5
Total	28.3	5	22.3	3	49.4	7	15

Districts results

Area A

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Alliance

Carrickfergus Area A - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulster Unionist	Robert McAllister	16.68%	646
	Ulster Unionist	Edward Simms	12.03%	466	468	482	807
	United Loyalist	Charles Johnston	15.00%	581	586	591	618	669
	United Loyalist	Robert Gordon	15.34%	594	599	603	633	681
	Alliance	Joan Tomlin	10.72%	415	461	577	603	634.2	638.4
	Alliance	Alison Lowry	8.86%	343	386	528	555	585	590.4
	Ulster Unionist	C. W. W. Torrance	11.05%	428	430	443
	Alliance	H. Munnis	7.07%	274	294
	NI Labour	P. V. Cachart	3.25%	126
Electorate: 5,759 Valid: 3,873 (67.25%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 646 Turnout: 3,943 (68.47%)

Area B

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Independent

Carrickfergus Area B - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	United Loyalist	J. Craig	29.81%	1,231
	Ulster Unionist	David McCune	14.04%	580	853.24
	Ulster Unionist	Hugh McLean	11.02%	455	581.5	707.5
	Alliance	R. Lorimer	15.33%	633	649.56	650.96	707.96
	Independent	S. Campbell	9.88%	408	495.86	513.22	517.98	731.98
	Alliance	E. McGowan	10.15%	419	429.58	433.22	499.18	529.18
	Independent	S. Niblock	6.17%	255	275.24	282.8	299.48
	NI Labour	H. McKeown	3.61%	149	155.9	158.98
Electorate: 6,154 Valid: 4,130 (67.11%) Spoilt: 49 Quota: 689 Turnout: 4,179 (67.91%)

Area C

1973: 2 x United Loyalist, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Loyalist

Carrickfergus Area C - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	United Loyalist	Gladys Ritchie	18.98%	789
	United Loyalist	Ken McFaul	12.42%	516	566.88	574	575	586.36	707.36
	Alliance	W. Black	10.83%	450	450.36	451.36	453.36	460.36	460.84	550.84	748.84
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Simms	8.76%	364	367.72	372.72	373.72	395.84	400.6	405.72	417.84	434.94	563.66	566.72	838.72
	Loyalist	Ernest Burton	13.45%	559	567.04	587.28	589.4	596.52	615.32	621.32	623.8	626.05	643.98	653.33	685.45
	Independent	T. Patterson	7.56%	314	314.6	318.6	318.6	336.84	337.92	356.92	364.52	387.47	404.1	404.44	440.09
	Ulster Unionist	T. Wilson	6.16%	256	258.4	259.4	260.4	273.4	277.84	279.84	285.08	291.83	398.07	399.43
	Ulster Unionist	S. Steele	5.90%	245	246.92	248.92	248.92	259.92	263.48	267.48	271.48	277.33
	Alliance	P. Wallace	4.38%	182	183.56	187.56	193.56	202.68	205.52	239.52
	NI Labour	R. Binnie	3.42%	142	142	144	183	184.12
	United Loyalist	E. Loughlin	3.18%	132	154.8	155.92	157.04	163.16
	Independent	J. Henderson	2.43%	101	102.08	104.08	106.08
	NI Labour	J. Polley	1.32%	55	55.24	55.24
	Independent	J. Hunter	1.23%	51	51.48
Electorate: 6,578 Valid: 4,156 (63.18%) Spoilt: 69 Quota: 693 Turnout: 4,225 (64.23%)

References

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

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