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All 20 seats to Coleraine Borough Council 11 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Coleraine 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 20 councillors.
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Ulster Unionist | 13 | 12,451 | 57.2 | |||
Alliance | 3 | 2,869 | 13.2 | |||
Independent | 2 | 2,677 | 12.3 | |||
SDLP | 1 | 1,483 | 6.8 | |||
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1,121 | 5.1 | |||
Republican Clubs | 0 | 659 | 3.0 | |||
Loyalist | 0 | 325 | 1.5 | |||
NI Labour | 0 | 200 | 0.9 | |||
Totals | 20 | 21,785 | 100.0 | — |
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UUP | Alliance | SDLP | Others | ||||||
Area A | 51.8 | 4 | 4.7 | 0 | 15.9 | 1 | 27.6 | 1 | 6 |
Area B | 63.4 | 5 | 21.3 | 2 | 5.3 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 7 |
Area C | 56.1 | 4 | 13.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 30.8 | 2 | 7 |
Total | 57.2 | 13 | 13.2 | 3 | 6.8 | 1 | 22.8 | 3 | 20 |
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Ind. Unionist | William Watt | 16.24% | 1,121 | |||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Leslie Morrell | 15.57% | 1,075 | |||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | James Anderson | 13.41% | 926 | 941.36 | 987.52 | |||||||||
Ulster Unionist | J. H. McElfatrick | 9.34% | 645 | 678.12 | 689.16 | 706 | 718.48 | 767.32 | 768.44 | 803.52 | 807.52 | 1,099.52 | ||
SDLP | Patrick Cassidy | 7.87% | 543 | 543.12 | 543.36 | 545.48 | 572.2 | 574.32 | 596.32 | 702.56 | 970.64 | 972.72 | 972.72 | |
Ulster Unionist | Robert McMaster | 7.88% | 544 | 568.6 | 577.96 | 583.8 | 595.44 | 629.4 | 630.4 | 658.32 | 660.32 | 850.48 | 961.66 | |
SDLP | P. McIntyre | 8.00% | 552 | 552.24 | 552.24 | 552.24 | 555.32 | 555.44 | 566.44 | 631.68 | 744.04 | 745.32 | 745.32 | |
Ulster Unionist | G. Campbell | 5.58% | 385 | 396.64 | 408.64 | 420.4 | 435.68 | 476.72 | 477.72 | 533.84 | 533.84 | |||
Republican Clubs | J. B. McNicholl | 3.98% | 275 | 275.24 | 275.24 | 275.24 | 276.36 | 276.36 | 467.36 | 474.56 | ||||
Alliance | J. B. Austin | 4.74% | 327 | 330.24 | 331.92 | 332.16 | 345.68 | 351.6 | 351.6 | |||||
Republican Clubs | Jerry Mullan | 3.22% | 222 | 222 | 222 | 222 | 230.12 | 230.12 | ||||||
Independent | H. McMaster | 2.20% | 152 | 164.6 | 167.96 | 176.4 | 182.88 | |||||||
Independent | C. R. Lee | 1.22% | 84 | 109.56 | 110.12 | 112.24 | ||||||||
Independent | S. Boyd | 0.77% | 53 | 57.8 | 58.28 | |||||||||
Electorate: 8,878 Valid: 6,904 (77.77%) Spoilt: 64 Quota: 987 Turnout: 6,968 (78.49%) |
1973: 5 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Albert Clarke | 15.94% | 1,163 | ||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Alexander Sharpe | 11.01% | 803 | 824.84 | 830.84 | 910.85 | 914.75 | ||||||
Alliance | J. Fawcett | 8.39% | 612 | 623.34 | 627.55 | 651.39 | 747.44 | 755.65 | 889.07 | 1,048.07 | |||
Ulster Unionist | John Earl | 8.72% | 636 | 716.85 | 720.9 | 750.58 | 757.42 | 795.2 | 805.62 | 815.62 | 817.62 | 959.62 | |
Ulster Unionist | William Glenn | 9.06% | 661 | 685.99 | 687.99 | 698.07 | 708.49 | 761.27 | 777.27 | 779.27 | 779.27 | 954.27 | |
Ulster Unionist | Robert Stafford | 11.10% | 810 | 821.13 | 828.13 | 832.91 | 839.59 | 851.06 | 862.48 | 865.69 | 867.69 | 939.69 | |
Alliance | Thomas Wilson | 5.59% | 408 | 409.89 | 414.89 | 417.1 | 468.52 | 468.52 | 639.73 | 786.73 | 910.73 | 933.73 | |
Loyalist | Hagan | 4.46% | 325 | 330.46 | 365.3 | 372.3 | 372.51 | 559.19 | 563.19 | 565.4 | 565.4 | 615.4 | |
Ulster Unionist | T. D. McVeigh | 5.41% | 395 | 401.51 | 403.51 | 435.98 | 443.98 | 468.61 | 479.61 | 480.61 | 480.61 | ||
SDLP | Isobel Boylan | 5.32% | 388 | 388.21 | 388.21 | 392.21 | 396.21 | 396.42 | 401.42 | ||||
Alliance | R. J. Smyth | 4.10% | 299 | 300.05 | 301.05 | 306.05 | 362.69 | 369.1 | |||||
Independent | C. Dunlop | 3.62% | 264 | 274.92 | 345.76 | 354.81 | 355.81 | ||||||
Alliance | J. Hamill | 3.19% | 233 | 237.2 | 241.2 | 247.62 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | Katherine McConaghy | 2.14% | 156 | 214.38 | 219.01 | ||||||||
Independent | J. A. Taggart | 1.88% | 137 | 140.15 | |||||||||
Independent | G. Woods | 0.01% | 5 | 5.42 | |||||||||
Electorate: 10,508 Valid: 7,295 (69.42%) Spoilt: 74 Quota: 912 Turnout: 7,369 (70.13%) |
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert White | 16.73% | 1,269 | |||||||||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | James Edwards | 16.03% | 1,216 | |||||||||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Matthew Adams | 14.66% | 1,112 | |||||||||||||||||
Independent | James McFeely | 9.58% | 727 | 733.75 | 735.51 | 738.17 | 740.17 | 746.62 | 769.56 | 848.7 | 852.09 | 927.34 | 934.26 | 962.26 | ||||||
Alliance | William Mathews | 5.75% | 436 | 450.25 | 466.75 | 470.53 | 470.53 | 539.35 | 540.74 | 543.74 | 543.99 | 640.93 | 645.59 | 727.45 | 730.3 | 748.19 | 1,017.19 | |||
Ulster Unionist | I. Wilson | 4.13% | 313 | 476 | 597.88 | 617.76 | 618.4 | 624.34 | 633.48 | 633.48 | 641.35 | 646.82 | 688.52 | 706.03 | 706.6 | 786.61 | 796.93 | 822.13 | 1,065.13 | |
Independent | Randall Crawford | 5.10% | 387 | 402.5 | 407.78 | 422.06 | 435.31 | 436.31 | 496.72 | 496.72 | 628.96 | 628.96 | 674.81 | 694.76 | 695.9 | 753.63 | 754.1 | 758.3 | 803.81 | |
Independent | J. Doherty | 4.27% | 324 | 335.5 | 339.8 | 359.92 | 362.06 | 365.31 | 369.92 | 373.92 | 384.12 | 386.12 | 400.55 | 428.8 | 429.94 | 501.06 | 514.45 | 545.65 | 609.49 | |
Ulster Unionist | J. Hamill | 2.66% | 202 | 251 | 330.2 | 349.94 | 356.44 | 358.91 | 364.47 | 364.47 | 369 | 370.5 | 450.21 | 463.12 | 463.69 | 515.54 | 520.21 | 526.81 | ||
Alliance | W. E. O'Hara | 3.11% | 236 | 239.5 | 242.14 | 242.28 | 242.28 | 253.53 | 253.53 | 258.67 | 260.67 | 303.67 | 303.67 | 327.06 | 333.9 | 337.34 | ||||
Independent | S. J. Walker | 3.05% | 231 | 245.5 | 256.06 | 267.54 | 271.82 | 274.21 | 279.46 | 279.46 | 287.1 | 289.32 | 310.23 | 331.25 | 331.25 | |||||
NI Labour | R. E. Adams | 2.64% | 200 | 204 | 210.16 | 214.5 | 214.5 | 217.64 | 220.78 | 236.78 | 243.06 | 249.06 | 249.89 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | R. H. S. Edmundson | 1.85% | 140 | 158.5 | 169.94 | 211.38 | 213.66 | 214.13 | 226.55 | 226.55 | 238.34 | 239.62 | ||||||||
Alliance | Eileen Farrell | 2.73% | 207 | 208 | 209.1 | 209.66 | 209.66 | 218.66 | 219.8 | 233.8 | 234.8 | |||||||||
Independent | J. Anderson | 1.70% | 129 | 132.5 | 133.16 | 142.4 | 155.79 | 158.04 | 196.62 | 196.62 | ||||||||||
Republican Clubs | J. A. Fleming | 2.14% | 162 | 162 | 162 | 162.14 | 162.14 | 162.14 | 162.28 | |||||||||||
Independent | A. Eakin | 1.58% | 120 | 122.75 | 124.73 | 127.95 | 148 | 148.34 | ||||||||||||
Alliance | Hamilton | 1.46% | 111 | 115 | 117.42 | 117.98 | 117.98 | |||||||||||||
Independent | K. Ferguson | 0.84% | 64 | 66.25 | 66.69 | 68.09 | ||||||||||||||
Electorate: 10,886 Valid: 7,586 (69.69%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 949 Turnout: 7,694 (70.68%) |