# 1973 Limavady District Council election

Elections to Limavady 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 | Party | Seats | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | United Unionist | 8 | 5,535 | 47.6% | |
| | SDLP | 4 | 3,485 | 30.0% | |
| | Alliance | 2 | 1,305 | 11.2% | |
| | Independent | 1 | 810 | 7.0% | |
| | Republican Clubs | 0 | 483 | 4.1% | |
| Totals | Totals | 15 | 11,618 | 100.0% | — |

## Districts summary

Results of the Limavady Borough Council election, 1973 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Area A | 37.5 | 2 | 14.3 | 1 | 48.2 | 3 | 6 |
| Area B | 32.8 | 2 | 1.7 | 0 | 65.5 | 3 | 5 |
| Area C | 18.1 | 0 | 17.8 | 1 | 64.1 | 3 | 4 |
| Total | 30.0 | 4 | 11.2 | 2 | 58.8 | 9 | 15 |

## Districts results
### Area A

1973: 3 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
Limavady Area A - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | United Unionist | Florence Sloan | 16.40% | 690 | | | | | | | | |
| | United Unionist | Robert Grant | 15.11% | 636 | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Michael Nicholas | 14.64% | 616 | | | | | | | | |
| | United Unionist | James Gilfillan | 13.95% | 587 | 667.76 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | James Boylan | 7.03% | 296 | 296.12 | 297.2 | 302.8 | 305.04 | 305.16 | 341.46 | 341.5 | 558.72 |
| | SDLP | Eddie McGowan | 7.89% | 332 | 332 | 332 | 332 | 332 | 335.76 | 359.24 | 519.5 | 539.68 |
| | SDLP | Arthur Doherty | 10.41% | 438 | 438 | 438 | 438.4 | 438.4 | 439.66 | 475.06 | 506.72 | 526.34 |
| | Alliance | J. Barr | 5.82% | 245 | 245.48 | 252.32 | 270.32 | 281.08 | 281.54 | 315.98 | 322.1 | |
| | SDLP | Donal Morgan | 4.54% | 191 | 191 | 191 | 191 | 192 | 197.08 | 203.28 | | |
| | Independent | Rosalind Deighan | 1.35% | 57 | 57.12 | 57.12 | 58.32 | 59.32 | 60.04 | | | |
| | Republican Clubs | P. J. Loughrey | 1.38% | 58 | 58 | 58 | 58.4 | 59.4 | 59.98 | | | |
| | Alliance | Bill Cunningham | 1.12% | 47 | 47.6 | 48.08 | 52.08 | 54.96 | 55.08 | | | |
| | Alliance | Desmond Wallace | 0.36% | 15 | 15.6 | 16.68 | 20.28 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 5,298 Valid: 4,208 (79.43%) Spoilt: 40 Quota: 602 Turnout: 4,248 (80.18%) |||||||||||||

### Area B

1973: 2 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
Limavady Area B - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | United Unionist | William Ross | 21.73% | 836 | | | | | | | |
| | United Unionist | Max Gault | 20.17% | 776 | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Raymond Brady | 8.37% | 322 | 322 | 323 | 334 | 439 | 457 | 664 | |
| | SDLP | Perry O'Connor | 10.24% | 394 | 394 | 398 | 407 | 469 | 500 | 600 | 618.8 |
| | Independent | Denis Farren | 6.58% | 253 | 352 | 376 | 420 | 429 | 518 | 543 | 543.5 |
| | Republican Clubs | A. D. Hegarty | 11.05% | 425 | 425 | 425 | 427 | 438 | 494 | 534 | 534.8 |
| | SDLP | James Mulhern | 8.47% | 326 | 326 | 326 | 328 | 355 | 391 | | |
| | Independent | James McLaughlin | 5.98% | 230 | 243 | 245 | 263 | 268 | | | |
| | SDLP | Vincent McMacken | 5.67% | 218 | 219 | 219 | 222 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Neil Strouts | 1.74% | 67 | 111 | 138 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 5,059 Valid: 3,847 (76.04%) Spoilt: 57 Quota: 642 Turnout: 3,904 (77.17%) ||||||||||||

### Area C

1973: 3 x United Unionist, 1 x Alliance
Limavady Area C - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | United Unionist | William Barbour | 23.97% | 854 | | | | | | |
| | United Unionist | Ronald Nicholl | 18.78% | 669 | 707.08 | 707.24 | 707.24 | 781.24 | | |
| | United Unionist | Stanley Gault | 13.67% | 487 | 575.48 | 576.48 | 576.48 | 628.52 | 671.52 | 701.32 |
| | Alliance | William Archibald | 7.72% | 275 | 277.24 | 282.24 | 325.24 | 385.04 | 394.04 | 695.52 |
| | SDLP | Jim Tierney | 16.62% | 592 | 592.16 | 637.16 | 653.16 | 668.16 | 668.16 | 690.16 |
| | Alliance | Brian Brown | 7.66% | 273 | 274.44 | 275.44 | 301.44 | 361.76 | 371.76 | |
| | Independent | Alastair Smyth | 4.21% | 150 | 152.08 | 154.08 | 157.24 | | | |
| | Independent | C. G. H. Charlton | 3.37% | 120 | 123.36 | 123.36 | 123.36 | | | |
| | Alliance | Syd Houghton | 2.44% | 87 | 87.16 | 88.16 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Shaun Burke | 1.57% | 56 | 56.16 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 4,322 Valid: 3,563 (82.44%) Spoilt: 41 Quota: 713 Turnout: 3,604 (83.39%) |||||||||||