1973 Carrickfergus Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1973.

Election Name:	1973 Carrickfergus Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	1977 Carrickfergus Borough Council election
Next Year:	1977
Seats For Election:	All 15 seats to Carrickfergus Borough Council
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	United Loyalist
Seats1:	5
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	3
Party4:	Loyalist
Seats4:	1
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	1

Elections to Carrickfergus 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 15 councillors.

Election results

Party	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%	valign=top	±%
	United Loyalist	5		3,843	31.6%
	5		3,440	28.3%
	3		2,716	22.3%
	1		1,129	9.3%
	Loyalist	1		559	4.6%
	0		472	3.9%
Totals	align=right	15		align=right	12,159	100.0%	—

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Districts summary

^[1] |- class="unsortable" align="centre"!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|Total
Cllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="40BFF5"|39.8|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|26.6|1|33.6|2|5|-|align="left"|Area B|25.1|2|25.5|1|bgcolor="orange"|49.4|bgcolor="orange"|2|5|-|align="left"|Area C|20.8|1|15.2|1|bgcolor="orange"|64.0|bgcolor="orange"|3|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|28.3|5|22.3|3|49.4|7|15|-|}

Districts results

Area A

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

Area B

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Independent

Area C

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Carrickfergus. 2 July 2021.