1973 Strabane District Council election
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All 15 seats to Strabane District Council 8 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Strabane District 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% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulster Unionist | 6 | 7,120 | 38.9 | |||
| SDLP | 4 | 4,789 | 26.2 | |||
| Independent Nationalist | 2 | 2,025 | 11.1 | |||
| Alliance | 2 | 1,757 | 9.6 | |||
| United Loyalist Coalition | 1 | 1,048 | 5.7 | |||
| Republican Clubs | 0 | 709 | 3.9 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 459 | 2.5 | |||
| Independent Labour | 0 | 91 | 0.5 | |||
| Totals | 15 | 18,298 | 100.0 | — | ||
Districts summary[edit]
| Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | SDLP | Alliance | Others | ||||||
| Area A | 57.1 | 3 | 22.5 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 14.8 | 1 | 5 |
| Area B | 36.7 | 2 | 27.6 | 1 | 11.8 | 1 | 23.9 | 1 | 5 |
| Area C | 20.6 | 1 | 34.2 | 2 | 11.7 | 1 | 33.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 38.9 | 6 | 26.2 | 4 | 9.6 | 2 | 25.3 | 3 | 15 |
Districts results[edit]
Area A[edit]
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Bobby Moore | 19.99% | 1,279 | ||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Ernest Young | 19.55% | 1,251 | ||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Frances Hamilton | 17.55% | 1,123 | ||||||||||
| SDLP | Daniel Gallagher | 15.18% | 971 | 974 | 974 | 975.11 | 987.11 | 989.11 | 996.11 | 1,019.48 | 1,457.48 | ||
| Independent Nationalist | Denis McCrory | 13.46% | 861 | 861 | 861 | 862.48 | 874.48 | 874.48 | 877.48 | 879.85 | 902.8 | 1,011.8 | |
| Alliance | Thomas Riddell | 1.83% | 117 | 165 | 298.95 | 325.96 | 341.7 | 377.1 | 385.42 | 563.8 | 581.8 | 606.8 | |
| SDLP | Patrick McCallion | 7.28% | 466 | 475 | 476.9 | 479.12 | 484.12 | 487.12 | 527.12 | 537.07 | |||
| Alliance | Lala Nabney | 1.47% | 94 | 129 | 141.35 | 145.79 | 187.9 | 239.13 | 252.03 | ||||
| Independent Labour | Robert King | 1.42% | 91 | 119 | 130.4 | 135.58 | 136.58 | 138.53 | |||||
| Alliance | James Smyth | 0.81% | 52 | 81 | 104.75 | 116.22 | 121.22 | ||||||
| Alliance | Eileen Lynch | 1.45% | 93 | 96 | 96 | 97.85 | |||||||
| Electorate: 7,897 Valid: 6,398 (81.02%) Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,067 Turnout: 6,474 (81.98%) | |||||||||||||
Area B[edit]
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist Coalition
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Mary Britton | 20.45% | 1,291 | |||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Henry Henderson | 16.25% | 1,026 | 1,128 | ||||||||
| United Loyalist Coalition | Samuel Rogers | 16.60% | 1,048 | 1,069.42 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Seamus Kearney | 14.84% | 937 | 937 | 937 | 946 | 947 | 953 | 1,118 | |||
| Alliance | Tom Gormley | 9.09% | 574 | 517.24 | 534.04 | 544.04 | 584.76 | 772.5 | 856.5 | 876.3 | 1,051.2 | |
| SDLP | John Melaugh | 6.76% | 427 | 427 | 427 | 465 | 468.8 | 469.8 | 503.8 | 536.36 | 731.64 | |
| Independent | James McCormick | 5.72% | 361 | 361.54 | 363.14 | 389.14 | 393.14 | 402.92 | 476.92 | 488.8 | ||
| SDLP | Francis McConnell | 5.99% | 378 | 378 | 378 | 389 | 389 | 391 | ||||
| Alliance | Edward Brown | 2.28% | 144 | 152.28 | 200.28 | 200.28 | 292.62 | |||||
| Alliance | Robert Sproule | 1.39% | 88 | 91.42 | 190.62 | 190.62 | ||||||
| Independent | John Tracey | 1.55% | 98 | 98 | 98 | |||||||
| Electorate: 7,343 Valid: 6,312 (85.96%) Spoilt: 54 Quota: 1,053 Turnout: 6,366 (86.69%) | ||||||||||||
Area C[edit]
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Independent Nationalist | John O'Kane | 20.83% | 1,164 | |||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | C. Russell | 20.58% | 1,150 | |||||||||||
| SDLP | John McKelvey | 11.31% | 632 | 664.76 | 667.58 | 673.1 | 691.4 | 772.84 | 791.44 | 895.06 | ???? | |||
| SDLP | William Carlin | 8.70% | 486 | 525.78 | 525.78 | 536.34 | 544.38 | 584.84 | 597.54 | 703.38 | ???? | ???? | ||
| Alliance | Douglas Cooper | 6.10% | 341 | 356.6 | 498.54 | 502.27 | 577.51 | 589.55 | 792.15 | 798.45 | ???? | ???? | ???? | |
| Republican Clubs | Ivan Barr | 10.95% | 612 | 648.14 | 650.49 | 723.21 | 724.73 | 738.59 | 744.11 | 765.23 | ???? | ???? | ???? | |
| SDLP | John McGurk | 6.57% | 367 | 381.82 | 382.76 | 385.02 | 391.28 | 432.84 | 439.3 | 483.16 | ||||
| SDLP | Bridie McMenamin | 3.94% | 220 | 247.56 | 247.56 | 250.08 | 253.6 | 293.46 | 295.98 | |||||
| Alliance | Sheila Sinclair | 2.42% | 135 | 147.48 | 203.88 | 208.96 | 279.18 | 285.96 | ||||||
| SDLP | Margaret Duddy | 3.67% | 205 | 225.8 | 226.74 | 231.78 | 242.34 | |||||||
| Alliance | Patrick McDaid | 3.20% | 179 | 191.74 | 197.38 | 199.38 | ||||||||
| Republican Clubs | Thomas Barr | 0.79% | 44 | 50.76 | 53.58 | |||||||||
| Republican Clubs | Joseph Dillon | 0.50% | 28 | 31.12 | 31.12 | |||||||||
| Republican Clubs | Brendan Douglas | 0.45% | 25 | 27.34 | 28.75 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 7,752 Valid: 5,588 (72.08%) Spoilt: 121 Quota: 932 Turnout: 5,709 (73.65%) | ||||||||||||||
- Data missing from stages 9 to 11
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Strabane". Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
