1973 Lisburn Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1973.

Election Name:	1973 Lisburn Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	1977 Lisburn Borough Council election
Next Year:	1977
Seats For Election:	All 23 seats to Lisburn Borough Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	14
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	4
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	3
Party4:	Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Seats4:	1
Party5:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats5:	1

Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.

Election results

Party	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%	valign=top	±%
	14		15,979	48.9
	4		5,482	16.8
	3		5,916	18.1
	1		2,166	6.6
	1		1,721	5.3
	0		749	2.3
	0		445	1.4
	0		204	0.6
Totals	align=right	23		align=right	32,662	100.0	—

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Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Vanguard!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="40BFF5"|52.7|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|16.5|0|8.5|0|0.0|0|17.8|1|4.5|0|4|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="40BFF5"|57.1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|19.5|1|13.4|0|10.0|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.3|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|20.4|1|12.9|1|13.2|1|6.2|0|9.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Area D|bgcolor="40BFF5"|50.9|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|10.7|1|24.8|1|7.2|0|5.0|0|1.4|0|5|-|align="left"|Area E|bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.5|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|18.7|1|26.2|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|6.6|0|4|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|48.9|14|16.8|4|18.1|3|6.6|1|5.3|1|4.3|0|23|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP

Area C

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard

Area D

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

Area E

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Lisburn. 18 June 2021.