1973 Moyle District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1973.

Election Name:	1973 Moyle District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	1977 Moyle District Council election
Next Year:	1977
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Moyle District Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Independent (politician)
Seats1:	7
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	2
Party4:	Independent Unionist
Seats4:	2

Elections to Moyle 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 16 councillors.

Election results

Party	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%	valign=top	±%
	7		3,156	47.3
	5		1,457	21.9
	2		799	12.0
	2		488	7.3
	0		334	5.0
	0		77	1.2
Totals	align=right	16		align=right	6,668	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="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|0.0|0|4.6|0|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|95.4|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|4|4|-|align="left"|Area B|48.4|4|0.0|0|bgcolor="#0077FF"|51.6|bgcolor="#0077FF"|4|8|-|align="left"|Area C|27.9|1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|43.1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|29.0|1|4|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|21.9|5|12.0|2|66.1|9|16|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1973: 4 x Independent

• Data missing from McCambridge's vote in stage 8, because the count was not continued after McAlister was elected over the quota for the final seat.

Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x Independent

Area C

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Moyle. 13 July 2021.