1973 Newtownabbey District Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
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Elections to Newtownabbey 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 21 councillors.
| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 12 | 14,070 | 47.8 | |||
| Alliance | 3 | 5,565 | 18.9 | |||
| DUP | 3 | 4,158 | 14.1 | |||
| NI Labour | 1 | 1,793 | 6.1 | |||
| Loyalist | 1 | 1,504 | 5.1 | |||
| United Loyalist | 1 | 748 | 2.5 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 660 | 2.2 | |||
| SDLP | 0 | 508 | 1.7 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | 0 | 278 | 0.9 | |||
| Communist | 0 | 152 | 0.5 | |||
| Totals | 21 | 29,436 | 100.0 | — | ||
Districts summary
| Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Alliance | DUP | NILP | Others | |||||||
| Area A | 69.3 | 4 | 12.8 | 0 | 16.8 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Area B | 38.0 | 2 | 13.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.9 | 1 | 35.1 | 2 | 6 |
| Area C | 43.8 | 3 | 25.6 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Area D | 47.6 | 3 | 22.1 | 1 | 15.8 | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 12.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 47.8 | 12 | 18.9 | 3 | 14.1 | 3 | 6.1 | 1 | 13.1 | 2 | 21 |
Districts results
Area A
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| UUP | Sidney Cameron | 26.45% | 1,379 | ||||||
| DUP | Thomas Bell | 16.84% | 878 | ||||||
| UUP | James Craig | 15.46% | 806 | 1,085.35 | |||||
| UUP | Arthur Templeton | 11.10% | 579 | 642.64 | 643.01 | 674.93 | 680.78 | 912.17 | |
| UUP | Samuel Todd | 11.37% | 593 | 684.39 | 684.39 | 737.87 | 757.28 | 890.28 | |
| Alliance | T. A. Peoples | 7.04% | 367 | 382.17 | 398.17 | 409.93 | 699.52 | 749.92 | |
| UUP | Margaret McGregor | 4.95% | 258 | 306.84 | 309.21 | 409.19 | 442.93 | ||
| Alliance | Elizabeth McDowell | 5.77% | 301 | 309.51 | 343.25 | 354.45 | |||
| NI Labour | Alex Byrne | 1.02% | 53 | 54.85 | |||||
| Electorate: 8,286 Valid: 5,214 (62.93%) Spoilt: 60 Quota: 870 Turnout: 5,274 (63.65%) | |||||||||
Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x Loyalist, 1 x United Loyalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| UUP | Alex McGowan | 20.58% | 1,665 | |||||||||||||
| Loyalist | Cecil Stringer | 13.67% | 1,106 | 1,121.3 | 1,122.3 | 1,122.3 | 1,124.3 | 1,124.3 | 1,142.6 | 1,142.6 | 1,463.6 | |||||
| United Loyalist | Thomas Gourley | 9.25% | 748 | 761.8 | 762.8 | 762.8 | 764.4 | 767.4 | 777.5 | 777.5 | 853.5 | 1,118.31 | 1,121.31 | 1,244.31 | ||
| Alliance | John Elliott | 9.75% | 789 | 794.1 | 804.1 | 807.1 | 814.1 | 1,043.4 | 1,051.1 | 1,067.1 | 1,068.1 | 1,068.1 | 1,153.1 | 1,237.1 | ||
| UUP | Doris Robb | 6.03% | 488 | 744.5 | 745.5 | 747.8 | 747.8 | 756.1 | 894.6 | 895.6 | 898.8 | 917.23 | 918.23 | 1,100.01 | 1,158.97 | |
| NI Labour | Robert Kidd | 5.40% | 437 | 440.3 | 460.3 | 485.3 | 602.2 | 609.2 | 612.1 | 658.1 | 659.1 | 664.92 | 1,034.92 | 1,124.52 | 1,128.04 | |
| UUP | Agnes Moore | 8.76% | 709 | 823.3 | 823.3 | 826.3 | 828.3 | 834.3 | 914.8 | 914.8 | 916.6 | 923.39 | 925.69 | 995.48 | 1,021.36 | |
| Independent | Edna Stack | 5.97% | 483 | 493.8 | 497.8 | 505.8 | 508.4 | 515.4 | 534.8 | 540.8 | 545.8 | 557.44 | 579.44 | |||
| NI Labour | William Byrne | 2.66% | 215 | 215 | 230 | 266 | 285.3 | 292.3 | 293.3 | 511.3 | 511.3 | 511.3 | ||||
| Loyalist | John Watson | 4.92% | 398 | 402.8 | 403.8 | 403.8 | 404.8 | 405.8 | 410.3 | 410.3 | ||||||
| NI Labour | Deirdre Byrne | 2.58% | 209 | 209.3 | 238.3 | 271.3 | 282.3 | 288.3 | 288.3 | |||||||
| UUP | Joseph Sherrard | 2.60% | 210 | 279.6 | 279.6 | 280.6 | 281.6 | 282.9 | ||||||||
| Alliance | Phyllis Fortune | 3.26% | 264 | 264.9 | 268.9 | 271.9 | 275.9 | |||||||||
| NI Labour | R. Johnston | 1.87% | 151 | 153.4 | 158.4 | 168.4 | ||||||||||
| NI Labour | Colm Mullan | 1.37% | 111 | 111.3 | 124.3 | |||||||||||
| Communist | Joseph Bowers | 1.32% | 107 | 107 | ||||||||||||
| Electorate: 13,188 Valid: 8,090 (61.34%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 1,156 Turnout: 8,200 (62.18%) | ||||||||||||||||
Area C
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| UUP | Bertram Biggerstaff | 26.62% | 2,117 | |||||||
| DUP | Samuel Neill | 24.96% | 1,985 | |||||||
| UUP | Letitia McCartney | 4.69% | 373 | 872.13 | 1,066.27 | 1,066.61 | 1,094.31 | 1,119.57 | 1,386.51 | |
| UUP | Trevor Strain | 7.24% | 576 | 657.46 | 897.78 | 898.12 | 912.02 | 926.21 | 1,309.34 | |
| Alliance | P. H. Johnston | 11.49% | 914 | 932.13 | 940.97 | 941.97 | 1,116.66 | 1,290.19 | 1,319.49 | |
| Alliance | George Jones | 8.10% | 644 | 659.54 | 666 | 666.34 | 734.57 | 1,080.94 | 1,124.49 | |
| UUP | James McWatters | 5.29% | 421 | 557.16 | 721.72 | 723.72 | 744.61 | 762.85 | ||
| Alliance | Claire Martin | 6.05% | 481 | 498.39 | 505.19 | 507.19 | 594.29 | |||
| NI Labour | J. W. McDowell | 2.26% | 180 | 186.66 | 193.8 | 234.52 | ||||
| NI Labour | D. Doris | 2.53% | 201 | 207.29 | 214.43 | 234.45 | ||||
| NI Labour | Thomas Williamson | 0.78% | 62 | 62 | 66.76 | |||||
| Electorate: 12,142 Valid: 7,954 (65.51%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,326 Turnout: 8,032 (66.15%) | ||||||||||
Area D
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| UUP | Arthur Kell | 16.89% | 1,381 | ||||||||||||||
| UUP | William McKee | 16.19% | 1,324 | 1,326.39 | 1,327.39 | 1,327.39 | 1,328.39 | 1,333.39 | 1,349.41 | 1,353.43 | 1,430.43 | ||||||
| DUP | James Smith | 15.84% | 1,295 | 1,295.29 | 1,295.29 | 1,299.29 | 1,299.29 | 1,307.29 | 1,329.29 | 1,332.3 | 1,348.43 | 1,355.79 | 1,457.79 | ||||
| UUP | M. J. Alexander | 6.30% | 515 | 516.52 | 516.52 | 516.52 | 516.52 | 520.52 | 556.53 | 559.54 | 750.89 | 750.89 | 884.02 | 922.02 | 1,364.9 | ||
| Alliance | John Drysdale | 10.88% | 890 | 890.21 | 891.21 | 891.21 | 893.21 | 925.21 | 930.22 | 1,055.24 | 1,058.25 | 1,060.09 | 1,097.11 | 1,098.11 | 1,115.12 | 1,270.04 | |
| Alliance | Daniel Leckey | 8.30% | 679 | 679.24 | 682.24 | 683.24 | 685.24 | 713.24 | 714.24 | 830.26 | 831.28 | 833.12 | 860.12 | 864.12 | 876.44 | 1,201.44 | |
| SDLP | A. Carlin | 6.21% | 508 | 508.01 | 512.01 | 523.01 | 527.01 | 559.01 | 559.01 | 563.01 | 563.01 | 563.01 | 568.01 | 569.01 | 570.94 | ||
| UUP | George Rae | 4.63% | 379 | 382.65 | 384.65 | 384.65 | 385.65 | 386.65 | 388.67 | 388.68 | 414.19 | 469.39 | 523.44 | 545.44 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | George Herron | 3.40% | 278 | 278.16 | 278.16 | 280.16 | 281.16 | 287.16 | 373.18 | 379.18 | 385.23 | 385.23 | |||||
| UUP | R. Martin | 3.63% | 297 | 302.09 | 303.09 | 303.09 | 307.11 | 312.11 | 321.11 | 325.13 | |||||||
| Alliance | M. Johnston | 2.89% | 236 | 236.1 | 238.1 | 242.1 | 245.1 | 269.1 | 269.11 | ||||||||
| Independent | R. G. Maxwell | 2.16% | 177 | 177.09 | 177.09 | 177.09 | 177.09 | 181.09 | |||||||||
| NI Labour | Eleanor McDowell | 0.84% | 69 | 69 | 90 | 99 | 163 | ||||||||||
| NI Labour | David Lowrie | 0.78% | 64 | 64.02 | 69.02 | 82.02 | |||||||||||
| Communist | William Somerset | 0.55% | 45 | 45 | 46 | ||||||||||||
| NI Labour | James McFall | 0.50% | 41 | 41 | |||||||||||||
| Electorate: 11,933 Valid: 8,178 (68.53%) Spoilt: 63 Quota: 1,364 Turnout: 8,241 (69.06%) | |||||||||||||||||
References
- 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Newtownabbey". Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
