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.
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All 15 seats to Strabane District Council 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results
edit| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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| UUP | 6 | 7,120 | 38.9 | |||
| SDLP | 4 | 4,789 | 26.2 | |||
| Ind. 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 | % |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
editArea A
edit1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| UUP | Bobby Moore | 19.99% | 1,279 | ||||||||||
| UUP | Ernest Young | 19.55% | 1,251 | ||||||||||
| UUP | 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 | ||
| Ind. 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
edit1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist Coalition
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| UUP | Mary Britton | 20.45% | 1,291 | |||||||||
| UUP | 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
edit1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Ind. Nationalist | John O'Kane | 20.83% | 1,164 | |||||||||||
| UUP | 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.