# 1973 Lisburn Borough Council election

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 | Party | Seats | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | UUP | 14 | 15,979 | 48.9 | |
| | DUP | 4 | 5,482 | 16.8 | |
| | Alliance | 3 | 5,916 | 18.1 | |
| | Vanguard | 1 | 2,166 | 6.6 | |
| | SDLP | 1 | 1,721 | 5.3 | |
| | NI Labour | 0 | 749 | 2.3 | |
| | Independent | 0 | 445 | 1.4 | |
| | Ind. Unionist | 0 | 204 | 0.6 | |
| Totals | Totals | 23 | 32,662 | 100.0 | — |

## Districts summary

Results of the Lisburn Borough Council election, 1973 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | Vanguard | Vanguard | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Area A | 52.7 | 3 | 16.5 | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.8 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Area B | 57.1 | 4 | 19.5 | 1 | 13.4 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Area C | 38.3 | 2 | 20.4 | 1 | 12.9 | 1 | 13.2 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Area D | 50.9 | 3 | 10.7 | 1 | 24.8 | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Area E | 48.5 | 2 | 18.7 | 1 | 26.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.6 | 0 | 4 |
| 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
Lisburn Area A - 4 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 |
| | UUP | John Maze | 18.43% | 857 | 876 | 919 | 1,003 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Patrick Ritchie | 17.83% | 829 | 857 | 861 | 970 | | | | |
| | UUP | George McCartney | 16.07% | 747 | 759 | 768 | 808 | 940 | | | |
| | UUP | Thomas Wilson | 11.51% | 535 | 536 | 560 | 588 | 776 | 832 | 868 | 876.8 |
| | DUP | Charles Woodburne | 16.54% | 769 | 769 | 817 | 827 | 855 | 863 | 865 | 865.4 |
| | UUP | William Moore | 6.73% | 313 | 316 | 354 | 381 | | | | |
| | Alliance | James Megarry | 4.54% | 211 | 330 | 337 | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Henry Stewart | 4.39% | 204 | 205 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Patrick Dorrian | 3.96% | 184 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,210 Valid: 4,649 (64.48%) Spoilt: 58 Quota: 930 Turnout: 4,707 (65.28%) ||||||||||||

### Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP
Lisburn 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 |
| | UUP | David Titterington | 19.70% | 1,102 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Charles Poots | 19.46% | 1,089 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Elsie Kelsey | 17.23% | 964 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | James Lilley | 9.85% | 551 | 607.55 | 621.83 | 640.64 | 648.56 | 659.42 | 678.93 | 864.41 |
| | UUP | Ivan McKeever | 10.35% | 579 | 660 | 674.98 | 682.48 | 684.96 | 697.93 | 714.56 | 857.02 |
| | Alliance | Oliver Hunter | 8.10% | 453 | 457.95 | 459.49 | 460.18 | 542.66 | 715.93 | 721.21 | 733.28 |
| | Vanguard | Robert Rush | 5.42% | 303 | 311.1 | 388.8 | 389.34 | 389.34 | 390.48 | 648.28 | |
| | Vanguard | David Williamson | 4.61% | 258 | 263.85 | 302.49 | 302.85 | 306.18 | 308.13 | | |
| | Alliance | Nancy McIntyre | 2.81% | 157 | 159.55 | 160.11 | 160.62 | 204.4 | | | |
| | Alliance | Moore Sinnerton | 2.48% | 139 | 141.25 | 142.37 | 142.52 | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,328 Valid: 5,595 (59.98%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 933 Turnout: 5,682 (60.91%) ||||||||||||

### Area C

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
Lisburn Area C - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | DUP | William Belshaw | 16.53% | 1,222 | 1,230 | 1,231 | 1,234 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Norman Bicker | 12.57% | 929 | 953 | 955 | 955 | 966 | 975 | 1,062 | 1,107 | 1,298 | |
| | UUP | James McKeown | 12.20% | 902 | 954 | 956 | 960 | 984 | 988 | 1,026 | 1,171 | 1,283 | |
| | Alliance | Seamus Close | 8.17% | 604 | 607 | 661 | 727 | 727 | 943 | 946 | 950 | 1,027 | 1,486 |
| | Vanguard | George Morrison | 9.57% | 707 | 712 | 712 | 713 | 921 | 926 | 1,072 | 1,081 | 1,136 | 1,140 |
| | UUP | William Gardiner-Watson | 7.28% | 538 | 563 | 567 | 575 | 580 | 593 | 618 | 701 | 776 | 780 |
| | SDLP | Peter O'Hagan | 6.18% | 457 | 457 | 461 | 551 | 551 | 561 | 561 | 561 | 572 | |
| | Independent | Robert Allen | 6.02% | 445 | 447 | 454 | 470 | 475 | 501 | 534 | 551 | | |
| | UUP | William Matthews | 4.07% | 301 | 334 | 334 | 336 | 337 | 348 | 361 | | | |
| | DUP | David Shanks | 3.91% | 289 | 294 | 294 | 295 | 310 | 310 | | | | |
| | Alliance | W. Ferris | 2.50% | 185 | 185 | 269 | 295 | 297 | | | | | |
| | Vanguard | Thomas Herron | 3.67% | 271 | 273 | 273 | 273 | | | | | | |
| | NI Labour | A. Whitby | 2.90% | 214 | 215 | 224 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | W. G. Hammond | 2.25% | 166 | 167 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Harold McClure | 2.18% | 161 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,617 Valid: 7,391 (54.28%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,232 Turnout: 7,518 (55.21%) ||||||||||||||

### Area D

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Lisburn Area D - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | UUP | Samuel Semple | 26.52% | 2,294 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Robert Kirkwood | 13.02% | 1,126 | 1,508.58 | | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | G. W. C. McCartney | 14.36% | 1,242 | 1,282.33 | 1,285.75 | 1,325.75 | 1,325.75 | 1,333.41 | 1,353.27 | 1,506.27 | | |
| | DUP | Ivan Davis | 10.66% | 922 | 955.3 | 957.52 | 958.89 | 993.29 | 995.09 | 1,008.06 | 1,015.49 | 1,025.49 | 1,479.49 |
| | UUP | William Henry | 9.19% | 795 | 974.08 | 1,000.24 | 1,005.67 | 1,009.58 | 1,083.64 | 1,324.76 | 1,337.65 | 1,341.02 | 1,432.33 |
| | Alliance | George Boyd | 6.97% | 603 | 613.73 | 614.51 | 632.88 | 632.88 | 635.62 | 641.82 | 783.9 | 1,131.27 | 1,138.7 |
| | Vanguard | James Davis | 5.61% | 485 | 501.28 | 502.3 | 502.3 | 605.32 | 609.11 | 613.46 | 613.89 | 614.89 | |
| | SDLP | P. J. Rowen | 5.03% | 435 | 436.11 | 436.11 | 463.11 | 463.11 | 463.11 | 463.11 | 469.48 | | |
| | Alliance | Hazel Ervine | 3.47% | 300 | 305.55 | 305.85 | 319.85 | 320.22 | 322.34 | 328 | | | |
| | UUP | Myrtle McMaster | 1.04% | 90 | 220.98 | 233.82 | 236.19 | 240.25 | 303.93 | | | | |
| | UUP | James Hutchinson | 1.17% | 101 | 138.37 | 152.65 | 156.77 | 159.51 | | | | | |
| | Vanguard | Marjorie Lockhart | 1.64% | 142 | 150.88 | 151.3 | 152.3 | | | | | | |
| | NI Labour | R. N. Hill | 1.34% | 116 | 117.48 | 117.66 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,564 Valid: 8,651 (81.89%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,442 Turnout: 8,723 (82.57%) ||||||||||||||

### Area E

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
Lisburn Area E - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | John Gilchrist | 23.20% | 1,479 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | John Cousins | 18.38% | 1,172 | 1,177.99 | 1,185.63 | 1,447.63 | | | |
| | UUP | Walter Groves | 13.68% | 872 | 981.72 | 1,072 | 1,093.26 | 1,096.1 | 1,126.49 | 1,613.49 |
| | DUP | Robert McNeice | 11.29% | 720 | 727.02 | 754.54 | 760.8 | 761.51 | 1,193.07 | 1,266.46 |
| | Alliance | J. W. Patterson | 7.84% | 500 | 504.55 | 514.59 | 610.85 | 774.86 | 783.86 | 827.56 |
| | UUP | Samuel Neill | 7.36% | 469 | 516.06 | 639.22 | 649.61 | 651.74 | 670.26 | |
| | DUP | Henry Winton | 7.39% | 471 | 472.95 | 491.47 | 491.47 | 491.47 | | |
| | NI Labour | W. J. B. McIldoon | 6.57% | 419 | 420.04 | 426.17 | | | | |
| | UUP | Elizabeth Wright | 4.30% | 274 | 288.95 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,414 Valid: 6,376 (61.23%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 1,276 Turnout: 6,479 (62.21%) |||||||||||