1973 Craigavon Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
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Elections to Craigavon Borough Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 25 councillors.
| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 10 | 11,589 | 36.9% | |||
| Alliance | 4 | 5,014 | 16.0% | |||
| Vanguard | 4 | 5,014 | 16.0% | |||
| DUP | 3 | 3,647 | 11.6% | |||
| SDLP | 2 | 2,092 | 6.7% | |||
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 821 | 2.6% | |||
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 621 | 2.0% | |||
| Republican Clubs | 0 | 1,879 | 6.0% | |||
| NI Labour | 0 | 363 | 1.2% | |||
| Independent | 0 | 384 | 1.2% | |||
| Totals | 25 | 32,662 | 100.0% | — | ||
Districts summary
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| UUP | Alliance | Vanguard | DUP | SDLP | Others | ||||||||
| Area A | 22.2 | 1 | 14.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.8 | 1 | 17.7 | 1 | 20.9 | 1 | 5 |
| Area B | 35.5 | 2 | 21.7 | 2 | 19.8 | 2 | 8.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 14.9 | 1 | 7 |
| Area C | 33.2 | 3 | 16.2 | 1 | 18.9 | 1 | 5.5 | 0 | 14.3 | 1 | 11.9 | 0 | 6 |
| Area D | 50.4 | 4 | 11.0 | 0 | 20.0 | 1 | 18.6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 36.9 | 10 | 16.0 | 4 | 16.0 | 4 | 11.6 | 3 | 6.7 | 2 | 12.8 | 2 | 25 |
Districts results
Area A
1973: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| SDLP | Patrick Crilly | 8.91% | 521 | 535 | 569 | 569 | 594 | 1,023 | |||||
| UUP | W. N. Rodgers | 11.63% | 680 | 680 | 680 | 760 | 760 | 760 | 1,304 | ||||
| DUP | Frederick Baird | 7.05% | 412 | 412 | 412 | 710 | 710 | 710 | 767 | 1,058.2 | |||
| Alliance | Donnell Deeny | 9.99% | 584 | 603 | 808 | 808 | 832 | 890 | 904 | 929.9 | 967.7 | 975.89 | |
| Ind. Nationalist | James McDonald | 14.04% | 821 | 844 | 861 | 861 | 888 | 913 | 915 | 923.4 | 936 | 969.28 | |
| Republican Clubs | T. Fleville | 7.13% | 417 | 478 | 495 | 495 | 864 | 891 | 891 | 891 | 891 | 897.24 | |
| UUP | W. Monroe | 10.53% | 616 | 616 | 616 | 622 | 622 | 622 | |||||
| SDLP | T. Mackle | 8.84% | 517 | 528 | 537 | 537 | 548 | ||||||
| Republican Clubs | J. Mulholland | 6.60% | 386 | 452 | 464 | 464 | |||||||
| DUP | William Stothers | 6.74% | 394 | 394 | 394 | ||||||||
| Alliance | B. Casey | 4.74% | 277 | 297 | |||||||||
| Ind. Republican | K. Toman | 3.81% | 223 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 9,065 Valid: 5,848 (64.51%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 975 Turnout: 6,003 (66.22%) | |||||||||||||
Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x Vanguard, 1 x Independent Unionist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| UUP | Herbert Whitten | 25.44% | 2,273 | ||||||||||||
| Alliance | Sean Hagan | 16.32% | 1,458 | ||||||||||||
| Vanguard | Samuel McCammick | 7.65% | 683 | 710.03 | 710.26 | 711.77 | 742.3 | 804.87 | 808.38 | 808.61 | 823.12 | 1,197.12 | |||
| Vanguard | C. Atkinson | 10.14% | 906 | 936.6 | 936.83 | 937.83 | 954.85 | 988.89 | 990.12 | 991.12 | 1,008.32 | 1,170.22 | |||
| Alliance | William Ramsay | 4.32% | 386 | 416.09 | 535.23 | 541.38 | 542.4 | 550.44 | 735.99 | 883.13 | 1,114.79 | 1,124.79 | |||
| UUP | Alan Locke | 6.32% | 565 | 972.49 | 972.49 | 973.49 | 979.02 | 994.1 | 1,001.58 | 1,001.58 | 1,071.92 | 1,110.53 | 1,116.53 | 1,120.6 | |
| Ind. Unionist | John Wright | 6.96% | 621 | 720.45 | 723.44 | 723.67 | 730.2 | 762.26 | 767.61 | 793.6 | 850.99 | 916.54 | 971.54 | 1,012.61 | |
| UUP | J. Toal | 3.77% | 337 | 826.6 | 826.6 | 826.6 | 831.15 | 843.17 | 845.17 | 845.17 | 891.29 | 923.37 | 937.37 | 944.77 | |
| DUP | James Forsythe | 6.06% | 541 | 551.71 | 551.71 | 553.28 | 650.75 | 688.26 | 688.26 | 688.26 | 698.77 | ||||
| NI Labour | T. Newell | 3.45% | 308 | 335.03 | 355.73 | 393.62 | 397.62 | 401.64 | 427.33 | 488.61 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | M. Smith | 4.04% | 361 | 361 | 404.47 | 405.39 | 405.39 | 405.39 | 415.06 | ||||||
| Alliance | O. Henry | 1.05% | 94 | 96.55 | 231.56 | 243.55 | 245.55 | 245.55 | |||||||
| Vanguard | J. Robinson | 2.00% | 179 | 195.83 | 195.83 | 195.83 | 205.34 | ||||||||
| DUP | A. Gracey | 1.86% | 166 | 177.73 | 177.73 | 178.73 | |||||||||
| NI Labour | J. Clarke | 0.62% | 55 | 56.53 | 63.43 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 12,948 Valid: 8,933 (68.99%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,117 Turnout: 9,056 (69.94%) | |||||||||||||||
Area C
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Vanguard | Frederick Crowe | 18.85% | 1,385 | ||||||||||||
| SDLP | Hugh News | 10.27% | 771 | 771 | 788 | 789 | 841 | 841 | 874 | 874 | 1,046.24 | 1,085.24 | |||
| Alliance | Brian English | 7.74% | 581 | 583.64 | 584.64 | 625.64 | 648.64 | 630.6 | 696.6 | 705.84 | 728.84 | 741.84 | 1,096.84 | ||
| UUP | J. A. Johnston | 11.29% | 848 | 879.44 | 879.44 | 883.44 | 883.44 | 888.88 | 892.88 | 984 | 984.24 | 986.24 | 1,003.96 | 1,076.96 | |
| UUP | H. McCourt | 9.41% | 707 | 736.52 | 736.52 | 737.52 | 737.52 | 746.68 | 746.68 | 831.28 | 831.28 | 832.28 | 838.52 | 984.88 | |
| UUP | Frank Dale | 8.55% | 642 | 707.04 | 707.04 | 711.04 | 711.04 | 718.4 | 718.4 | 781.84 | 783.08 | 783.08 | 795.32 | 977.96 | |
| Republican Clubs | P. Mallon | 5.42% | 407 | 407 | 410 | 412 | 484 | 484 | 496 | 496 | 520 | 813 | 831 | 831.24 | |
| DUP | H. W. Glass | 3.41% | 256 | 397.84 | 398.84 | 398.84 | 398.84 | 559.84 | 560.84 | 564.56 | 565.8 | 565.8 | 570.8 | ||
| Alliance | M. Qvam | 3.25% | 244 | 244.48 | 244.48 | 313.72 | 313.72 | 314.96 | 419.96 | 421.44 | 428.44 | 431.44 | |||
| Republican Clubs | T. E. Bell | 4.10% | 308 | 308 | 310 | 312 | 335 | 335 | 346 | 346 | 369 | ||||
| SDLP | M. J. Duggan | 2.73% | 205 | 205.96 | 245.96 | 248.96 | 256.96 | 256.96 | 269.96 | 269.96 | |||||
| UUP | Jack Mathers | 3.20% | 240 | 249.12 | 249.12 | 251.12 | 251.12 | 256.08 | 256.08 | ||||||
| Alliance | L. McParland | 2.80% | 210 | 210 | 215 | 243 | 251 | 251 | |||||||
| DUP | W. H. Percy | 1.94% | 146 | 192.8 | 192.8 | 192.8 | 192.8 | ||||||||
| Ind. Republican | P. J. McNally | 2.14% | 161 | 161 | 167 | 169 | |||||||||
| Alliance | J. M. Smythe | 2.10% | 158 | 158.24 | 160.24 | ||||||||||
| SDLP | J. J. Durkin | 1.04% | 78 | 78 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 13,624 Valid: 7,510 (55.12%) Spoilt: 325 Quota: 1,073 Turnout: 7,835 (57.51%) | |||||||||||||||
Area D
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| UUP | James Baird | 22.59% | 2,100 | |||||||||||||
| UUP | Sydney Cairns | 12.76% | 1,186 | |||||||||||||
| UUP | Thomas Creith | 7.51% | 698 | 1,280.56 | ||||||||||||
| Vanguard | Philip Black | 9.04% | 840 | 873 | 875.08 | 875.08 | 884.12 | 953.72 | 954.72 | 1,124.76 | 1,125.51 | 1,165.99 | ||||
| DUP | David Calvert | 5.84% | 543 | 568.08 | 569.28 | 569.28 | 624.6 | 634.6 | 638.6 | 666.68 | 667.63 | 958.35 | 969.36 | 1,281.36 | ||
| UUP | Thomas Megarrell | 7.50% | 697 | 868.6 | 957 | 958.24 | 966.24 | 971.68 | 988.56 | 1,007.8 | 1,015.57 | 1,026.38 | 1,068.92 | 1,164.64 | ||
| DUP | Thomas Willey | 6.71% | 624 | 641.16 | 642.84 | 643.84 | 688.92 | 694.36 | 700.56 | 727 | 727.84 | 882.39 | 840.33 | 992.15 | 1,105.83 | |
| Alliance | M. Damaglou | 3.65% | 339 | 345.16 | 346.6 | 392.64 | 392.64 | 392.64 | 522 | 523 | 523.28 | 526.73 | 923.05 | 935.23 | 939.64 | |
| Vanguard | L. Adamson | 5.77% | 536 | 547.88 | 548.92 | 549.92 | 538.08 | 616.4 | 616.48 | 695.48 | 695.76 | 720.79 | 724.23 | |||
| Alliance | H. Gregg | 3.23% | 300 | 314.52 | 315.64 | 344.52 | 346.52 | 348.52 | 490.64 | 491.88 | 492.16 | 497.61 | ||||
| DUP | D. C. Biggerstaff | 4.40% | 409 | 442.88 | 444.08 | 444.08 | 459.6 | 463.6 | 465.58 | 488.2 | 488.68 | |||||
| Vanguard | I. Major | 2.89% | 269 | 274.28 | 275.08 | 275.08 | 283.08 | 354.2 | 354.28 | |||||||
| Alliance | C. Philips | 2.88% | 268 | 274.6 | 275.68 | 311.88 | 312.84 | 314.84 | ||||||||
| Vanguard | J. E. McCambley | 2.32% | 216 | 219.52 | 220.4 | 221.4 | 228 | |||||||||
| DUP | R. Dawson | 1.68% | 156 | 162.16 | 164 | 164 | ||||||||||
| Alliance | J. A. Lewis | 1.24% | 115 | 116.76 | 117.16 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 13,194 Valid: 9,296 (70.46%) Spoilt: 184 Quota: 1,163 Turnout: 9,480 (71.85%) | ||||||||||||||||
References
- 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Craigavon". Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
