Elections to Castlereagh 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 19 councillors.
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All 19 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council 10 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results
edit| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 10 | 14,282 | 50.6 | |||
| Alliance | 5 | 6,248 | 22.1 | |||
| United Loyalist | 2 | 3,809 | 13.5 | |||
| Loyalist Coalition | 1 | 1,062 | 3.8 | |||
| Independent | 1 | 902 | 3.2 | |||
| NI Labour | 0 | 1,564 | 5.5 | |||
| Vanguard | 0 | 344 | 1.2 | |||
| Totals | 19 | 28,213 | 100.0 | — | ||
Districts summary
edit| Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Alliance | Others | |||||
| Area A | 55.4 | 3 | 25.8 | 2 | 18.8 | 1 | 6 |
| Area B | 41.2 | 4 | 20.8 | 2 | 38.0 | 2 | 8 |
| Area C | 59.6 | 3 | 19.9 | 2 | 20.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 50.6 | 10 | 22.1 | 5 | 27.3 | 4 | 19 |
Districts results
editArea A
edit1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| UUP | Frederick Kane | 15.10% | 1,364 | ||||||||
| UUP | Bertie Barker | 14.59% | 1,318 | ||||||||
| United Loyalist | Marlene Currie | 14.44% | 1,305 | ||||||||
| UUP | William Stewart | 14.37% | 1,298 | ||||||||
| Alliance | Thomas Hawthorne | 9.53% | 861 | 864.05 | 965.1 | 966.1 | 1,058.26 | 1,068.05 | 1,431.05 | ||
| Alliance | Sarah Bell | 7.70% | 696 | 698.05 | 838.1 | 839.72 | 976.95 | 991.55 | 1,201.4 | 1,335.56 | |
| UUP | H. Russell | 7.02% | 634 | 652.55 | 652.65 | 657.61 | 684.85 | 1,131.49 | 1,145.31 | 1,148.82 | |
| Alliance | F. J. Smith | 5.04% | 455 | 456.1 | 512.15 | 512.69 | 589.83 | 596.36 | |||
| UUP | J. Lennon | 4.36% | 394 | 435.5 | 439.75 | 456.71 | 494.48 | ||||
| NI Labour | L. Lannie | 4.33% | 391 | 391.9 | 405.9 | 406.68 | |||||
| Alliance | W. Clarke | 3.53% | 319 | 319.5 | |||||||
| Electorate: 13,994 Valid: 9,035 (64.56%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 1,291 Turnout: 9,112 (65.11%) | |||||||||||
Area B
edit1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Loyalist Coalition
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| UUP | Leslie Farrington | 19.75% | 2,312 | ||||||||||||
| UUP | J. G. McKeown | 12.30% | 1,440 | ||||||||||||
| Alliance | Catherine Condy | 9.00% | 1,053 | 1,068.48 | 1,071.18 | 1,163.22 | 1,187.22 | 1,173.74 | 1,181.83 | 1,244.53 | 1,534.53 | ||||
| Alliance | Addie Morrow | 5.70% | 667 | 686.78 | 690.02 | 753.54 | 761.97 | 765.4 | 768.92 | 1,196.06 | 1,337.06 | ||||
| Loyalist Coalition | Michael Brooks | 9.07% | 1,062 | 1,081.35 | 1,084.05 | 1,088.05 | 1,108.05 | 1,251.61 | 1,297.7 | 1,300.7 | 1,322.7 | ||||
| United Loyalist | John Scott | 5.87% | 687 | 695.17 | 696.34 | 699.34 | 820.06 | 842.58 | 893.44 | 894.96 | 899.39 | 907.39 | 1,548.39 | ||
| UUP | Ronald McLean | 3.25% | 381 | 991.17 | 1,058.31 | 1,063.98 | 1,072.07 | 1,101.4 | 1,121.39 | 1,129.34 | 1,178.6 | 1,238.6 | 1,268.81 | 1,298.51 | |
| UUP | Joseph O'Hara | 5.90% | 691 | 930.51 | 972.63 | 975.49 | 984.44 | 998.45 | 1,022.02 | 1,038.49 | 1,056.09 | 1,110.09 | 1,143.87 | 1,190.85 | |
| United Loyalist | J. A. Humphreys | 5.53% | 647 | 672.37 | 674.26 | 676.26 | 685.26 | 767.82 | 860.25 | 861.25 | 871.68 | 882.68 | 963.92 | 1,130.78 | |
| United Loyalist | James Scott | 4.01% | 469 | 475.45 | 476.89 | 478.32 | 572.93 | 594.36 | 805.92 | 809.35 | 816.35 | 823.35 | |||
| NI Labour | J. Getty | 4.61% | 540 | 549.03 | 550.2 | 559.76 | 560.94 | 565.12 | 567.21 | 578.64 | |||||
| Alliance | W. R. Morrow | 6.59% | 520 | 525.59 | 527.3 | 534.73 | 537.73 | 537.82 | 537.82 | ||||||
| United Loyalist | G. L. McVeigh | 3.23% | 378 | 386.6 | 387.68 | 391.68 | 439.97 | 462.06 | |||||||
| Vanguard | Thomas Lyons | 2.94% | 344 | 353.46 | 354.63 | 356.15 | 357.15 | ||||||||
| Unionist Loyalist | P. G. Moles | 2.76% | 323 | 327.73 | 328.27 | 328.27 | |||||||||
| Alliance | Annie Ground | 1.64% | 192 | 200.17 | 201.16 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 18,373 Valid: 11,706 (63.71%) Spoilt: 132 Quota: 1,301 Turnout: 11,838 (64.43%) | |||||||||||||||
Area C
edit1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| UUP | J. Black | 24.24% | 1,811 | ||||||||
| UUP | Walter McFarland | 20.73% | 1,549 | ||||||||
| Alliance | Samuel Finlay | 10.44% | 780 | 798.6 | 804.87 | 925.25 | 1,380.25 | ||||
| UUP | F. H. Gray | 5.94% | 444 | 874.28 | 1,077.01 | 1,089.51 | 1,098.94 | 1,111.48 | 1,633.48 | ||
| Independent | C. R. Beacon | 12.10% | 904 | 940.58 | 949.13 | 956.63 | 995.32 | 1,031.62 | 1,157.55 | 1,400.55 | |
| NI Labour | R. Bingham | 8.47% | 633 | 641.99 | 649.78 | 664.4 | 712.9 | 794.74 | 854.31 | 922.31 | |
| UUP | C. Moore | 8.65% | 646 | 702.73 | 765.81 | 768.5 | 772.62 | 775.26 | |||
| Alliance | M. G. McConville | 5.94% | 444 | 446.17 | 446.93 | 555.93 | |||||
| Alliance | H. McLernon | 3.49% | 261 | 266.89 | 271.07 | ||||||
| Electorate: 11,051 Valid: 7,472 (67.61%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 1,246 Turnout: 7,571 (68.51%) | |||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Castlereagh". Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.