1973 Lisburn Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
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Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.
| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 14 | 15,979 | 48.9 | |||
| DUP | 4 | 5,482 | 16.8 | |||
| Alliance | 3 | 5,916 | 18.1 | |||
| Vanguard | 1 | 2,166 | 6.6 | |||
| SDLP | 1 | 1,721 | 5.3 | |||
| NI Labour | 0 | 749 | 2.3 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 445 | 1.4 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | 0 | 204 | 0.6 | |||
| Totals | 23 | 32,662 | 100.0 | — | ||
Districts summary
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| UUP | DUP | Alliance | Vanguard | SDLP | Others | ||||||||
| Area A | 52.7 | 3 | 16.5 | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.8 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Area B | 57.1 | 4 | 19.5 | 1 | 13.4 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Area C | 38.3 | 2 | 20.4 | 1 | 12.9 | 1 | 13.2 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Area D | 50.9 | 3 | 10.7 | 1 | 24.8 | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Area E | 48.5 | 2 | 18.7 | 1 | 26.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.6 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 48.9 | 14 | 16.8 | 4 | 18.1 | 3 | 6.6 | 1 | 5.3 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 23 |
Districts results
Area A
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| UUP | John Maze | 18.43% | 857 | 876 | 919 | 1,003 | |||||
| SDLP | Patrick Ritchie | 17.83% | 829 | 857 | 861 | 970 | |||||
| UUP | George McCartney | 16.07% | 747 | 759 | 768 | 808 | 940 | ||||
| UUP | Thomas Wilson | 11.51% | 535 | 536 | 560 | 588 | 776 | 832 | 868 | 876.8 | |
| DUP | Charles Woodburne | 16.54% | 769 | 769 | 817 | 827 | 855 | 863 | 865 | 865.4 | |
| UUP | William Moore | 6.73% | 313 | 316 | 354 | 381 | |||||
| Alliance | James Megarry | 4.54% | 211 | 330 | 337 | ||||||
| Ind. Unionist | Henry Stewart | 4.39% | 204 | 205 | |||||||
| Alliance | Patrick Dorrian | 3.96% | 184 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 7,210 Valid: 4,649 (64.48%) Spoilt: 58 Quota: 930 Turnout: 4,707 (65.28%) | |||||||||||
Area B
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| UUP | David Titterington | 19.70% | 1,102 | ||||||||
| DUP | Charles Poots | 19.46% | 1,089 | ||||||||
| UUP | Elsie Kelsey | 17.23% | 964 | ||||||||
| UUP | James Lilley | 9.85% | 551 | 607.55 | 621.83 | 640.64 | 648.56 | 659.42 | 678.93 | 864.41 | |
| UUP | Ivan McKeever | 10.35% | 579 | 660 | 674.98 | 682.48 | 684.96 | 697.93 | 714.56 | 857.02 | |
| Alliance | Oliver Hunter | 8.10% | 453 | 457.95 | 459.49 | 460.18 | 542.66 | 715.93 | 721.21 | 733.28 | |
| Vanguard | Robert Rush | 5.42% | 303 | 311.1 | 388.8 | 389.34 | 389.34 | 390.48 | 648.28 | ||
| Vanguard | David Williamson | 4.61% | 258 | 263.85 | 302.49 | 302.85 | 306.18 | 308.13 | |||
| Alliance | Nancy McIntyre | 2.81% | 157 | 159.55 | 160.11 | 160.62 | 204.4 | ||||
| Alliance | Moore Sinnerton | 2.48% | 139 | 141.25 | 142.37 | 142.52 | |||||
| Electorate: 9,328 Valid: 5,595 (59.98%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 933 Turnout: 5,682 (60.91%) | |||||||||||
Area C
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| DUP | William Belshaw | 16.53% | 1,222 | 1,230 | 1,231 | 1,234 | |||||||
| UUP | Norman Bicker | 12.57% | 929 | 953 | 955 | 955 | 966 | 975 | 1,062 | 1,107 | 1,298 | ||
| UUP | James McKeown | 12.20% | 902 | 954 | 956 | 960 | 984 | 988 | 1,026 | 1,171 | 1,283 | ||
| Alliance | Seamus Close | 8.17% | 604 | 607 | 661 | 727 | 727 | 943 | 946 | 950 | 1,027 | 1,486 | |
| Vanguard | George Morrison | 9.57% | 707 | 712 | 712 | 713 | 921 | 926 | 1,072 | 1,081 | 1,136 | 1,140 | |
| UUP | William Gardiner-Watson | 7.28% | 538 | 563 | 567 | 575 | 580 | 593 | 618 | 701 | 776 | 780 | |
| SDLP | Peter O'Hagan | 6.18% | 457 | 457 | 461 | 551 | 551 | 561 | 561 | 561 | 572 | ||
| Independent | Robert Allen | 6.02% | 445 | 447 | 454 | 470 | 475 | 501 | 534 | 551 | |||
| UUP | William Matthews | 4.07% | 301 | 334 | 334 | 336 | 337 | 348 | 361 | ||||
| DUP | David Shanks | 3.91% | 289 | 294 | 294 | 295 | 310 | 310 | |||||
| Alliance | W. Ferris | 2.50% | 185 | 185 | 269 | 295 | 297 | ||||||
| Vanguard | Thomas Herron | 3.67% | 271 | 273 | 273 | 273 | |||||||
| NI Labour | A. Whitby | 2.90% | 214 | 215 | 224 | ||||||||
| Alliance | W. G. Hammond | 2.25% | 166 | 167 | |||||||||
| UUP | Harold McClure | 2.18% | 161 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 13,617 Valid: 7,391 (54.28%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,232 Turnout: 7,518 (55.21%) | |||||||||||||
Area D
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| UUP | Samuel Semple | 26.52% | 2,294 | ||||||||||
| UUP | Robert Kirkwood | 13.02% | 1,126 | 1,508.58 | |||||||||
| Alliance | G. W. C. McCartney | 14.36% | 1,242 | 1,282.33 | 1,285.75 | 1,325.75 | 1,325.75 | 1,333.41 | 1,353.27 | 1,506.27 | |||
| DUP | Ivan Davis | 10.66% | 922 | 955.3 | 957.52 | 958.89 | 993.29 | 995.09 | 1,008.06 | 1,015.49 | 1,025.49 | 1,479.49 | |
| UUP | William Henry | 9.19% | 795 | 974.08 | 1,000.24 | 1,005.67 | 1,009.58 | 1,083.64 | 1,324.76 | 1,337.65 | 1,341.02 | 1,432.33 | |
| Alliance | George Boyd | 6.97% | 603 | 613.73 | 614.51 | 632.88 | 632.88 | 635.62 | 641.82 | 783.9 | 1,131.27 | 1,138.7 | |
| Vanguard | James Davis | 5.61% | 485 | 501.28 | 502.3 | 502.3 | 605.32 | 609.11 | 613.46 | 613.89 | 614.89 | ||
| SDLP | P. J. Rowen | 5.03% | 435 | 436.11 | 436.11 | 463.11 | 463.11 | 463.11 | 463.11 | 469.48 | |||
| Alliance | Hazel Ervine | 3.47% | 300 | 305.55 | 305.85 | 319.85 | 320.22 | 322.34 | 328 | ||||
| UUP | Myrtle McMaster | 1.04% | 90 | 220.98 | 233.82 | 236.19 | 240.25 | 303.93 | |||||
| UUP | James Hutchinson | 1.17% | 101 | 138.37 | 152.65 | 156.77 | 159.51 | ||||||
| Vanguard | Marjorie Lockhart | 1.64% | 142 | 150.88 | 151.3 | 152.3 | |||||||
| NI Labour | R. N. Hill | 1.34% | 116 | 117.48 | 117.66 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 10,564 Valid: 8,651 (81.89%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,442 Turnout: 8,723 (82.57%) | |||||||||||||
Area E
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| UUP | John Gilchrist | 23.20% | 1,479 | |||||||
| Alliance | John Cousins | 18.38% | 1,172 | 1,177.99 | 1,185.63 | 1,447.63 | ||||
| UUP | Walter Groves | 13.68% | 872 | 981.72 | 1,072 | 1,093.26 | 1,096.1 | 1,126.49 | 1,613.49 | |
| DUP | Robert McNeice | 11.29% | 720 | 727.02 | 754.54 | 760.8 | 761.51 | 1,193.07 | 1,266.46 | |
| Alliance | J. W. Patterson | 7.84% | 500 | 504.55 | 514.59 | 610.85 | 774.86 | 783.86 | 827.56 | |
| UUP | Samuel Neill | 7.36% | 469 | 516.06 | 639.22 | 649.61 | 651.74 | 670.26 | ||
| DUP | Henry Winton | 7.39% | 471 | 472.95 | 491.47 | 491.47 | 491.47 | |||
| NI Labour | W. J. B. McIldoon | 6.57% | 419 | 420.04 | 426.17 | |||||
| UUP | Elizabeth Wright | 4.30% | 274 | 288.95 | ||||||
| Electorate: 10,414 Valid: 6,376 (61.23%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 1,276 Turnout: 6,479 (62.21%) | ||||||||||
References
- 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Lisburn". Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
