1973 Moyle District Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

30 May 1973 (1973-05-30)

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All 16 seats to Moyle District Council
9 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Independent	Ulster Unionist	Social Democratic and Labour
Seats won	7	5	2

	Fourth party

Party	Ind. Unionist
Seats won	2

Elections to Moyle 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 16 councillors.

Election results

Party		Seats	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Independent	7	3,156	47.3
	Ulster Unionist	5	1,457	21.9
	Social Democratic and Labour	2	799	12.0
	Ind. Unionist	2	488	7.3
	Alliance	0	334	5.0
	Ulster Liberal	0	77	1.2
Totals		16	6,668	100.0	—

^[1]

Districts summary

Results of the Moyle District Council election, 1973
by district^[1]
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		SDLP		Others		Total Cllrs
Area A	0.0	0	4.6	0	95.4	4	4
Area B	48.4	4	0.0	0	51.6	4	8
Area C	27.9	1	43.1	2	29.0	1	4
Total	21.9	5	12.0	2	66.1	9	16

Districts results

Area A

1973: 4 x Independent

Moyle Area A - 4 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Alistair McSparran	23.87%	533
	Independent	Fergus Wheeler	21.67%	484
	Independent	Patrick McCarry	15.94%	356	360.32	361.84	379.08	388.64	493.64
	Independent	Arthur McAlister	8.82%	197	238.44	249.24	268.1	329.6	353.04	372.29	458.29
	Independent	P. McCambridge	8.82%	149	163.56	175.88	188.68	214.48	227	245.48	????
	Independent	P. P. Delargy	8.33%	186	192.24	196.48	210.44	224.4	233.04	241.51
	Independent	J. McCaughan	5.69%	127	129.08	130.2	159.76	161.89
	Social Democratic and Labour	Joseph Lynn	4.61%	103	114.68	118.36	125.92
	Alliance	W. Grace	2.24%	50	51.92	52.32
	Independent	D. McAlister	2.15%	48	49.12	50.32
Electorate: 2,644 Valid: 2,233 (84.46%) Spoilt: 15 Quota: 447 Turnout: 2,248 (85.02%)

Data missing from McCambridge's vote in stage 8, because the count was not continued after McAlister was elected over the quota for the final seat.

Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x Independent

Moyle Area B - 8 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ulster Unionist	Robert McKay	18.96%	535
	Ulster Unionist	Price McConaghy	12.66%	357
	Ind. Unionist	Samuel Adams	9.75%	275	299.6	306.56	331.56
	Ulster Unionist	W. Baxter	9.22%	260	307.15	313.39	316.59
	Ind. Unionist	Hugh Acheson	7.55%	213	272.45	276.77	309.54	331.54
	Independent	James Gault	9.25%	261	283.55	292.31	313.9	330.9
	Ulster Unionist	S. Montgomery	7.52%	212	254.23	263.71	283.65	327.65
	Independent	James McShane	8.83%	249	249.82	250.3	250.83	275.83	278.83	283.83
	Independent	James McToal	8.26%	233	233	233	233	236.12	237.12	238.12
	Alliance	R. Irwin	4.57%	129	137.2	138.52	143.28
	Democratic Unionist	R. W. Taggart	3.44%	97	110.12	113.96
Electorate: 4,655 Valid: 2,821 (60.60%) Spoilt: 28 Quota: 314 Turnout: 2,849 (61.20%)

Area C

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

Moyle Area C - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ulster Unionist	Elizabeth Johnston	20.07%	324
	Social Democratic and Labour	John Black	17.10%	276	281	302	336
	Social Democratic and Labour	John McAfee	10.90%	176	190	210	223	227	360
	Independent	Archibald McAuley	10.47%	169	176	186	194	243	286	311.85
	Alliance	E. Molloy	9.60%	155	168	181	183	229	250	261
	Social Democratic and Labour	C. Lynn	9.91%	160	165	173	202	208
	Ulster Unionist	J. Greer	7.81%	126	140	142	146
	Social Democratic and Labour	F. Duncan	5.20%	84	89	91
	Ulster Liberal	J. B. Bakewell	4.77%	77	80
	Independent	A. J. Watt	4.15%	67
Electorate: 2,185 Valid: 1,614 (73.87%) Spoilt: 19 Quota: 323 Turnout: 1,633 (74.74%)

References

^ ^a ^b "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Moyle". Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

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