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All 21 seats to Ballymena Borough Council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Ballymena 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% | ±% | |
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Ulster Unionist | 9 | 8,688 | 37.9% | |||
DUP | 5 | 5,607 | 37.9% | |||
Ind. Unionist | 3 | 2,142 | 9.3% | |||
Independent | 2 | 3,324 | 14.5% | |||
Alliance | 1 | 1,469 | 6.4% | |||
Vanguard | 1 | 1,276 | 5.6% | |||
NI Labour | 0 | 438 | 1.9% | |||
Totals | 21 | 22,944 | 100.0% | — |
Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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UUP | DUP | Alliance | Vanguard | Others | |||||||
Area A | 45.3 | 2 | 13.6 | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 38.8 | 1 | 4 |
Area B | 16.0 | 1 | 39.1 | 2 | 5.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | 3 | 6 |
Area C | 40.9 | 3 | 18.4 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 22.4 | 1 | 13.8 | 0 | 5 |
Area D | 50.8 | 3 | 22.8 | 1 | 11.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 14.7 | 1 | 6 |
Total | 37.9 | 9 | 24.2 | 5 | 6.4 | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 25.9 | 5 | 21 |
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Hume | 21.74% | 934 | ||||||
Ind. Unionist | Clifford Davison | 20.81% | 894 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas McCaughey | 14.87% | 639 | 666 | 1,036 | ||||
DUP | William Wilson | 13.64% | 586 | 592 | 612 | 759.4 | 818.57 | 849.95 | |
Independent | J. J. O'Hagan | 17.99% | 773 | 792 | 794 | 822.6 | 835.02 | 835.46 | |
Ulster Unionist | D. McCarthy | 8.70% | 374 | 409 | |||||
Alliance | S. O. Nesbitt | 2.26% | 97 | ||||||
Electorate: 6,576 Valid: 4,297 (65.34%) Spoilt: 57 Quota: 860 Turnout: 4,354 (66.21%) |
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Independent | A. Simpson | 22.30% | 1,390 | ||||||
DUP | Sandy Spence | 20.07% | 1,251 | ||||||
DUP | Roy Gillespie | 19.06% | 1,188 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | W. Dickey | 11.78% | 734 | 930.8 | |||||
Ind. Unionist | Hugh Simpson | 7.49% | 467 | 541 | 648.3 | 728.34 | 814.64 | 894.12 | |
Ind. Unionist | Thomas Smyth | 6.03% | 376 | 431.6 | 504.1 | 607.6 | 693.1 | 786.54 | |
Ulster Unionist | W. O. Given | 4.19% | 261 | 305.8 | 433.98 | 481.36 | 569.28 | 685.18 | |
Alliance | Maeve Kyle | 5.30% | 330 | 398.4 | 413.48 | 420.38 | 435.78 | ||
Independent | W. R. McNeilly | 3.77% | 235 | 291 | 324.64 | 378 | |||
Electorate: 9,474 Valid: 6,232 (65.78%) Spoilt: 61 Quota: 891 Turnout: 6,293 (66.42%) |
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Vanguard | David Allen | 20.65% | 1,169 | |||||||||||
DUP | John McAuley | 18.35% | 1,039 | |||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | George Sloane | 17.20% | 974 | |||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | A. Hyndman | 8.76% | 496 | 514.24 | 521.17 | 525.69 | 551.96 | 559.58 | 616.08 | 621.47 | 687.04 | 750.6 | 823.03 | |
Ulster Unionist | W. McWilliams | 8.21% | 465 | 477.92 | 484.58 | 489.15 | 513.53 | 523.58 | 565.82 | 570.23 | 639.26 | 693.06 | 744.59 | |
Ulster Unionist | F. McNeill | 6.73% | 381 | 390.88 | 394.03 | 394.22 | 416.31 | 421.68 | 437.53 | 438.56 | 491.07 | 524.02 | 566.39 | |
Alliance | M. M. McAleese | 4.49% | 254 | 255.33 | 255.33 | 259.33 | 265.33 | 265.93 | 272.14 | 418.23 | 449.66 | 453.36 | ||
Vanguard | Elizabeth Roulton | 1.89% | 107 | 264.51 | 329.04 | 329.23 | 348.44 | 349.7 | 377.8 | 382.08 | 400.1 | |||
Ind. Unionist | William Simpson | 3.74% | 212 | 216.37 | 218.62 | 219.8 | 241.74 | 243.9 | 274.19 | 298.19 | ||||
NI Labour | F. R. Kelly | 3.06% | 173 | 174.14 | 174.5 | 213.59 | 226.59 | 226.71 | 238.86 | |||||
Ind. Unionist | Robert McCosh | 3.41% | 193 | 199.84 | 205.87 | 206.96 | 211.15 | 212.92 | ||||||
Independent | J. Montgomery | 2.54% | 144 | 147.23 | 148.67 | 149.67 | ||||||||
NI Labour | B. Galbraith | 0.97% | 55 | 57.85 | 58.21 | |||||||||
Electorate: 9,068 Valid: 5,662 (62.44%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 944 Turnout: 5,751 (63.42%) |
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Henry | 34.37% | 2,321 | |||||||||
DUP | Maurice Mills | 19.81% | 1,338 | |||||||||
Independent | Patrick Burke | 11.58% | 782 | 823.18 | 826.54 | 903.82 | 907.82 | 955.46 | 967.36 | |||
Ulster Unionist | R. L. D. Pinkerton | 2.71% | 183 | 555.94 | 574.98 | 579.58 | 625.38 | 653.44 | 912.32 | 1,065.32 | ||
Ulster Unionist | David Thompson | 5.29% | 357 | 663.24 | 678.64 | 688.96 | 790.46 | 813.4 | 890.72 | 1,063.72 | ||
Alliance | J. O'Mullan | 7.48% | 505 | 527.04 | 528.72 | 577.58 | 580.9 | 770.64 | 804.86 | 830.76 | ???? | |
DUP | H. S. Roulton | 3.04% | 205 | 266.48 | 574.2 | 584.22 | 594.58 | 597.86 | 617.8 | 694.34 | ???? | |
Ulster Unionist | J. D. Walker | 4.07% | 275 | 420 | 427 | 429.58 | 517.1 | 531.26 | 565.92 | |||
Ulster Unionist | John Magaughin | 1.91% | 129 | 368.54 | 376.66 | 388 | 416.36 | 428.68 | ||||
Alliance | Phyllis Doloughan | 4.19% | 283 | 297.5 | 298.06 | 339.34 | 346.36 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Dorothy Smith | 2.44% | 165 | 283.32 | 287.8 | 292.68 | ||||||
NI Labour | S. McQuiston | 1.64% | 111 | 126.08 | 127.2 | |||||||
NI Labour | J. A. Rooney | 1.47% | 99 | 99 | 100.96 | |||||||
Electorate: 10,323 Valid: 6,753 (65.42%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 965 Turnout: 6,844 (66.30%) |
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Ballymena Area B was one of the four district electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected six members to Ballymena Borough Council, and formed part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Ballymena Area C was one of the four district electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Ballymena Borough Council, and formed part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Ballymena Area D was one of the four district electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected six members to Ballymena Borough Council, and formed part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.