1973_Castlereagh_District_Council_election

1973 Castlereagh District Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

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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Districts results

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Party		Seats	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	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	—

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		Alliance		Others		Total Cllrs
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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Ulster Unionist	Frederick Kane	15.10%	1,364
	Ulster Unionist	Bertie Barker	14.59%	1,318
	United Loyalist	Marlene Currie	14.44%	1,305
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Ulster Unionist	Leslie Farrington	19.75%	2,312
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Ulster Unionist	J. Black	24.24%	1,811
	Ulster Unionist	Walter McFarland	20.73%	1,549
	Alliance	Samuel Finlay	10.44%	780	798.6	804.87	925.25	1,380.25
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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%)