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All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Larne Borough 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 15 councillors.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Loyalist | 8 | 6,411 | 47.9 | |||
Alliance | 3 | 3,411 | 25.5 | |||
Independent | 2 | 1,254 | 9.4 | |||
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 955 | 7.2 | |||
UUP | 1 | 641 | 4.8 | |||
SDLP | 0 | 543 | 4.1 | |||
NI Labour | 0 | 182 | 1.4 | |||
Totals | 15 | 13,397 | 100.0 | — |
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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Alliance | UUP | Others | |||||
Area A | 18.4 | 1 | 18.7 | 0 | 62.9 | 2 | 4 |
Area B | 16.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 83.2 | 3 | 4 |
Area C | 33.6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 66.4 | 5 | 7 |
Total | 25.5 | 3 | 4.8 | 1 | 69.7 | 11 | 15 |
Districts results
[edit]Area A
[edit]1973: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist, 1 x Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Loyalist | Samuel Martin | 21.92% | 751 | |||||
UUP | D. Harper | 18.71% | 641 | 983 | ||||
Alliance | Hugh Wilson | 18.42% | 631 | 668 | 810 | |||
Independent | F. J. O'Neill | 13.57% | 465 | 469 | 526 | 583 | 639.4 | |
SDLP | John Turnley | 15.85% | 543 | 543 | 544 | 546 | 553.52 | |
Ind. Unionist | A. Crooks | 11.53% | 395 | |||||
Electorate: 5,026 Valid: 3,426 (68.17%) Spoilt: 33 Quota: 686 Turnout: 3,459 (68.82%) |
Area B
[edit]1973: 3 x Loyalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Loyalist | Roy Beggs | 20.47% | 691 | |||
Loyalist | Robert Semple | 19.59% | 661 | 814 | ||
Loyalist | Nelson Stewart | 16.03% | 541 | 690 | ||
Ind. Unionist | Alexander Hunter | 16.59% | 560 | 592 | 637 | |
Alliance | R. Boyd | 16.77% | 566 | 584 | 596 | |
Loyalist | Bob Morrow | 10.55% | 356 | |||
Electorate: 4,961 Valid: 3,375 (68.03%) Spoilt: 57 Quota: 676 Turnout: 3,432 (69.18%) |
Area C
[edit]1973: 4 x Loyalist, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
Loyalist | Thomas Seymour | 18.39% | 1,213 | ||||||||||||
Loyalist | Jack McKee | 16.33% | 1,077 | ||||||||||||
Alliance | William Kelly | 15.89% | 1,048 | ||||||||||||
Loyalist | Rosalie Armstrong | 6.43% | 424 | 554.24 | 606.22 | 607.69 | 662.13 | 668.6 | 684.58 | 722.91 | 903.91 | ||||
Loyalist | Thomas McKeever | 5.11% | 337 | 454.44 | 514.01 | 515.06 | 580.71 | 587.94 | 611.6 | 662.01 | 874.29 | ||||
Alliance | Thomas Benson | 7.88% | 520 | 525.76 | 526.22 | 567.38 | 568.38 | 614.7 | 629.46 | 648.31 | 653.61 | 662.61 | 663.76 | 866.76 | |
Independent | A. Girvan | 5.17% | 341 | 352.52 | 364.82 | 358.6 | 359.7 | 373.12 | 452.57 | 610.41 | 619.61 | 643.61 | 645.22 | 728.22 | |
Alliance | Margaret McIlgorm | 4.62% | 305 | 305.64 | 306.56 | 415.87 | 417.29 | 484.23 | 489.67 | 493.72 | 495.16 | 496.16 | 496.39 | 586.39 | |
Alliance | Alexander Marrs | 5.17% | 341 | 348.68 | 351.21 | 399.72 | 403.78 | 427.83 | 447.75 | 468.7 | 474.72 | 477.72 | 478.41 | ||
Loyalist | A. Milliken | 4.23% | 279 | 326.36 | 378.11 | 379.58 | 426.86 | 432.33 | 436.3 | 453.16 | |||||
Independent | William Workman | 3.36% | 232 | 242.88 | 247.25 | 249.77 | 252.14 | 258.89 | 333.17 | ||||||
Independent | J. Sandford | 3.27% | 216 | 226.56 | 230.01 | 231.27 | 234.01 | 243.54 | |||||||
NI Labour | R. Thompson | 2.76% | 182 | 186.8 | 188.87 | 196.43 | 198.12 | ||||||||
Loyalist | Horace Stronge | 1.23% | 81 | 120.36 | 184.07 | 184.49 | |||||||||
Electorate: 10,139 Valid: 6,596 (65.06%) Spoilt: 79 Quota: 825 Turnout: 6,675 (65.83%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Larne". Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.