1973 Larne Borough Council election
30 May 1973 (1973-05-30)
All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Loyalist Alliance Independent
Seats won 8 3 2
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Ulster Unionist Ind. Unionist
Seats won 1 1

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

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Loyalist 8 6,411 47.9
Alliance 3 3,411 25.5
Independent 2 1,254 9.4
Ind. Unionist 1 955 7.2
Ulster Unionist 1 641 4.8
SDLP 0 543 4.1
NI Labour 0 182 1.4
Totals 15 13,397 100.0 —

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Districts summary

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Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 1973
by district
Ward  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
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

Area A

1973: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist, 1 x Independent

Larne Area A - 4 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Loyalist Samuel Martin 21.92% 751        
Ulster Unionist 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

    1973: 3 x Loyalist, 1 x Independent Unionist

    Larne Area B - 4 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123
    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

      1973: 4 x Loyalist, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

      Larne Area C - 7 seats[2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789101112
      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

        1. 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Larne". Retrieved 5 July 2021.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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