1973 Cookstown District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1973.

Election Name:	1973 Cookstown District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	1977 Cookstown District Council election
Next Year:	1977
Seats For Election:	All 15 seats to Cookstown District Council
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	8
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	3
Party3:	Independent Nationalist
Seats3:	2
Party4:	Republican Clubs
Seats4:	1
Party5:	Loyalist Coalition
Seats5:	1

Elections to Cookstown 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	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%	valign=top	±%
	8		6,428	43.7
	3		2,671	18.2
	2		1,276	8.7
	1		1,741	11.8
	Loyalist Coalition	1		1,652	11.2
	0		925	6.3
Totals	align=right	15		align=right	14,693	100.0	—

^[1]

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|7.8|0|17.9|1|40.3|2|5|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|25.4|2|9.6|0|16.9|1|6|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="40BFF5"|49.3|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|20.5|1|7.8|0|22.4|0|4|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|43.7|8|18.2|3|11.8|1|26.3|3|15|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist Coalition, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Area B

1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Area C

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

Notes and References

Web site: Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Cookstown. 5 August 2021.