1973 Cookstown District Council election

Local govt election in Northern Ireland

30 May 1973 (1973-05-30)

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All 15 seats to Cookstown District Council
8 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Ulster Unionist	Social Democratic and Labour	Independent Nationalist
Seats won	8	3	2

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Republican Clubs	Loyalist Coalition
Seats won	1	1

Elections to Cookstown District 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%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	8	6,428	43.7
	Social Democratic and Labour	3	2,671	18.2
	Independent Nationalist	2	1,276	8.7
	Republican Clubs	1	1,741	11.8
	Loyalist Coalition	1	1,652	11.2
	Alliance	0	925	6.3
Totals		15	14,693	100.0	—

^[1]

Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1973
by district^[1]
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		SDLP		RC		Others		Total Cllrs
Area A	34.0	2	7.8	0	17.9	1	40.3	2	5
Area B	48.1	3	25.4	2	9.6	0	16.9	1	6
Area C	49.3	3	20.5	1	7.8	0	22.4	0	4
Total	43.7	8	18.2	3	11.8	1	26.3	3	15

Districts results

Area A

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist Coalition, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Cookstown Area A - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Loyalist Coalition	Samuel Parke	23.27%	1,137
	Independent Nationalist	Laurence Loughran	11.27%	551	551	556	616.31	661.31	967.31
	Republican Clubs	G. McElhatton	8.64%	422	422	458	466	808	885
	Ulster Unionist	N. Glasgow	13.16%	643	737.24	737.24	755.24	757.24	762.24	775.24
	Ulster Unionist	S. Glasgow	10.99%	537	693.55	693.55	708.86	708.86	711.86	716.86
	Ulster Unionist	J. Gourley	9.90%	484	545.69	548.69	563.69	563.69	570.69	599.69
	Social Democratic and Labour	G. McKeown	7.78%	380	380.31	397.31	494.31	516.31
	Republican Clubs	P. Monaghan	6.51%	318	318	408	424
	Alliance	T. P. Sharpe	4.71%	230	232.48	265.48
	Republican Clubs	C. O'Neill	2.72%	133	133.31
	Alliance	J. E. McGurk	1.06%	52	52
Electorate: 5,947 Valid: 4,887 (82.18%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 815 Turnout: 5,010 (84.24%)

Area B

1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Cookstown Area B - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ulster Unionist	James Howard	18.23%	1,050
	Ulster Unionist	Victor McGahie	17.43%	1,004
	Social Democratic and Labour	Paddy Duffy	17.41%	1,003
	Ulster Unionist	William McIntyre	12.43%	716	915.92
	Independent Nationalist	J. J. O'Kane	12.58%	725	725	727.76	748.46	749.31	772.29	987.29
	Social Democratic and Labour	Joseph Davidson	7.98%	460	460.42	460.88	586.34	586.51	611.67	774.85
	Alliance	Austin Hutchinson	4.34%	250	269.32	444.12	450.6	537.81	541.71	554.15
	Republican Clubs	F. Crozier	4.88%	281	281	281	291.8	291.97	515.73
	Republican Clubs	Rita Heron	4.72%	272	272	272.46	285.42	285.42
Electorate: 7,153 Valid: 5,761 (80.54%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 824 Turnout: 5,859 (81.91%)

Area C

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

Cookstown Area C - 4 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Ulster Unionist	Espie Donaldson	25.44%	1,029
	Ulster Unionist	Alexander McConnell	12.81%	518	658.49	658.49	684.53	703.58	703.58	837.5
	Ulster Unionist	John Warwick	11.05%	447	481.65	481.65	490.91	492.33	492.33	530.38	550.78	918.78
	Social Democratic and Labour	Brigid Neeson	11.59%	469	469.21	469.21	471.21	472.21	565.21	637.21	639.85	641.75	652.75
	Social Democratic and Labour	J. McCrystal	8.88%	359	359	379	379	389	509	575	576.68	578.18	586.18
	Loyalist Coalition	G. B. Somerville	9.62%	389	413.36	413.36	506.93	509.35	510.35	532.4	534.8
	Alliance	Basil McNamee	5.69%	230	232.21	232.21	233.52	369.94	379.94
	Republican Clubs	S. McElroy	4.55%	184	184	288	288	290
	Alliance	Mary Lennox	4.03%	163	165.52	170.52	173.73
	Loyalist Coalition	R. J. K. Loughran	3.11%	126	136.29	136.29
	Republican Clubs	H. Bradley	3.24%	131	131
Electorate: 5,159 Valid: 4,045 (78.41%) Spoilt: 48 Quota: 810 Turnout: 4,093 (79.34%)

References

^ ^a ^b "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Cookstown". Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

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