1973 Armagh District Council election

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1973 Armagh District Council election

30 May 1973 (1973-05-30)
All 20 seats to Armagh District Council 11 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP SDLP DUP Seats won 11 5 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Alliance Independent Seats won 1 1

Elections to Armagh District Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.

Election results

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	UUP	11		10,405	45.4
	SDLP	5		5,200	22.7
	DUP	2		2,601	11.3
	Alliance	1		1,785	7.8
	Independent	1		1,130	4.9
	Republican Clubs	0		1,070	4.7
	NI Labour	0		583	2.5
	Unity	0		153	0.7
Totals		20		22,927	100.0	—

Districts summary

Results of the Armagh District Council election, 1973
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		SDLP		DUP		Alliance		Others
Area A	34.3	2	14.6	0	24.8	1	5.3	0	21.0	1	4
Area B	53.6	4	14.4	1	20.5	1	9.1	0	2.4	0	6
Area C	44.1	2	34.8	2	0.0	0	7.0	1	14.1	0	5
Area D	44.4	3	28.0	2	0.0	0	8.7	0	18.9	0	5
Total	45.4	11	22.7	5	11.3	2	7.8	1	12.8	1	20

Districts results

Area A

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent

Armagh Area A - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Democratic Unionist Party	Douglas Hutchinson	24.83%	1,076
	UUP	Mary Huey	16.87%	731	847.55	849.97	849.97	930.97
	UUP	Samuel Foster	17.44%	756	837.9	837.9	837.9	876.9
	Independent	D. Magee	11.14%	483	484.05	517.26	528.26	570.73	590.73	680.94	795.94
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Francis McIlvanna	8.84%	383	383	398	415.21	435.21	437.21	606.21	729.21
	Republican Clubs	T. C. McGleenan	3.39%	147	147	198	320	323	323	349
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	S. R. D. Coyle	5.81%	252	252	263	267	302.21	303.21
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	R. W. Anderson	5.31%	230	235.46	237.46	238.46
	Republican Clubs	P. McCusker	3.32%	144	144.21	157.21
	Republican Clubs	M. J. Toal	1.75%	76	76
	NI Labour	P. Hunter	0.74%	32	32.84
	Independent	P. Fox	0.55%	24	24
Electorate: 5,667   Valid: 4,334 (76.48%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 867   Turnout: 4,422 (78.03%)

Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

Armagh Area B - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Democratic Unionist Party	Thomas Black	20.51%	1,525
	UUP	Nathaniel McMahon	16.26%	1,209
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seamus Mallon	14.41%	1,071
	UUP	William Henning	14.10%	1,048	1,168.45
	UUP	Nelson Huddleston	10.17%	756	838.5	890.46	929.76	931.76	961.08	994.87	1,127.87
	UUP	Andrew Crothers	6.66%	495	646.14	687.06	729.66	729.99	748.44	763.25	942.29
	UUP	Thomas Hutchinson	6.40%	476	543.32	586.64	607.64	609.76	642.93	678.69	781.7
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Austin Best	4.32%	321	326.61	328.17	328.47	334.8	416.57	638.41
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	John Lamb	3.23%	240	249.24	252.6	252.9	267.9	329.9
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Harden Glendinning	1.56%	116	119.63	120.35	120.35	141.47
	Independent	Robert Newell	1.30%	97	108.55	110.95	112.15	112.15
	NI Labour	Eamon McCann	1.08%	80	80.66	81.02	81.02
Electorate: 9,667   Valid: 7,434 (76.90%)   Spoilt: 115   Quota: 1,063   Turnout: 7,549 (78.09%)

Area C

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

Armagh Area C - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	J. Reid	28.39%	1,544
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Patrick Fegan	17.93%	975
	UUP	W. Shilliday	15.66%	852	1,474.79
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	M. Cunningham	11.33%	616	616.82	618.46	653.88	895.25	1,026.25
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Eugene Connolly	7.04%	383	385.46	559.3	563.78	584.89	696.09
	Independent	E. Conroy	8.99%	489	489.41	494.74	501.25	521.36	571.52
	NI Labour	J. Fullerton	5.11%	278	281.69	334.99	340.87	363.77
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	P. Nugent	5.55%	302	302.41	303.23	318.7
Electorate: 7,398   Valid: 5,439 (73.52%)   Spoilt: 166   Quota: 907   Turnout: 5,605 (75.76%)

Area D

1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP

Armagh Area D - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	UUP	Frederick Armstrong	27.69%	1,584
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Bernard McManus	11.63%	665	665	668	677	678	684	711	749	822	827	837	1,071
	UUP	Robert Mercer	8.27%	473	779.54	779.54	779.54	779.54	779.54	781.54	781.54	781.54	802.85	802.85	805.85	910.12
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Oliver Tobin	7.06%	404	404.39	404.39	406.39	406.39	407.39	427.39	436.39	534.39	540.39	544.39	675.39	875.39	984.58
	UUP	Norman Creswell	8.41%	481	772.72	772.72	773.5	773.5	773.5	775.89	780.06	780.06	790.93	794.62	797.62	888.91	888.91
	Republican Clubs	Patrick Houlahan	4.65%	266	266	275	276	297	368	377	398	403	405	720	747	769	775.71
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	J. Fitzgerald	4.81%	275	282.8	282.8	287.8	287.8	288.8	309.8	313.8	323.8	523.75	530.75	553.75
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	T. M. McIntegart	5.26%	301	301	305	311	314	321	350	369	417	423	431
	Republican Clubs	A. P. Cassin	4.62%	264	264.39	270.39	271.39	297.39	323.39	327.39	365.39	367.39	369.39
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	M. K. Lamb	3.85%	220	227.02	227.02	227.41	227.41	229.41	251.41	251.41	258.41
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	M. M. McReynolds	4.04%	231	231	231	232	233	234	244	246
	Unity	Patrick Agnew	2.67%	153	154.17	164.17	165.17	167.17	171.17	177.17
	NI Labour	Paddy Grimes	2.48%	142	142.39	142.39	164.39	164.39	164.39
	Republican Clubs	J. Trainor	1.80%	103	103	104	105	120
	Republican Clubs	E. P. Reilly	1.22%	70	70	71	71
	NI Labour	G. J. McCreesh	0.89%	51	52.17	52.17
	Independent	G. R. Mackey	0.65%	37	37
Electorate: 8,434   Valid: 5,720 (67.82%)   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 954   Turnout: 5,842 (69.27%)