1973 Strabane District Council election

Local govt election in Northern Ireland

30 May 1973 (1973-05-30)

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All 15 seats to Strabane District Council
8 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	UUP	SDLP	Alliance
Seats won	6	4	2

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Independent Nationalist	United Loyalist Coalition
Seats won	2	1

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

Party		Seats	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	UUP	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	—

^[1]

Districts summary

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1973
by district^[1]
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		SDLP		Alliance		Others		Total Cllrs
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

Area A

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Strabane Area A - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	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

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist Coalition

Strabane Area B - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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

1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Strabane Area C - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent 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

^ ^a ^b "Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Strabane". Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

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