# 1973 Antrim District Council election

Elections to Antrim 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 | Party | Seats | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | UUP | 9 | 7,038 | 49.4 | |
| | Alliance | 2 | 2,291 | 16.1 | |
| | Independent | 1 | 2,079 | 14.6 | |
| | Vanguard | 1 | 866 | 6.1 | |
| | DUP | 1 | 748 | 5.3 | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 584 | 4.1 | |
| | SDLP | 0 | 343 | 2.4 | |
| | NI Labour | 0 | 287 | 2.0 | |
| Totals | Totals | 15 | 14,236 | 100.0 | — |

## Districts summary

Results of the Antrim District Council election, 1973 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | Vanguard | Vanguard | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Area A | 32.2 | 2 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.2 | 1 | 43.9 | 2 | 5 |
| Area B | 72.9 | 4 | 12.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Area C | 46.1 | 3 | 26.3 | 1 | 15.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 49.4 | 9 | 16.1 | 2 | 6.1 | 1 | 5.3 | 1 | 23.1 | 2 | 15 |

## Districts results
### Area A

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Antrim Area A - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Stewart Dunlop | 16.19% | 748 | 756 | 836 | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | John Heffron | 12.64% | 584 | 632 | 634 | 634.81 | 939.81 |
| | Independent | Hugh O'Donnell | 13.96% | 645 | 719 | 724 | 724 | 837 |
| | UUP | Bolton Minford | 13.03% | 602 | 662 | 755 | 763.91 | 773.91 |
| | UUP | James Graham | 10.32% | 477 | 492 | 714 | 760.17 | 763.17 |
| | Independent | R. C. Rainey | 8.81% | 407 | 458 | 474 | 482.1 | 497.1 |
| | Independent | James Totten | 8.48% | 392 | 462 | 462 | 462.81 | |
| | UUP | John Blakeley | 8.87% | 410 | 423 | | | |
| | Alliance | Bill Simpson | 5.15% | 238 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Bob McElroy | 2.55% | 118 | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,461 Valid: 4,621 (71.52%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 771 Turnout: 4,708 (72.87%) |||||||||

### Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Antrim Area B - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | Edgar Wallace | 19.90% | 832 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | George Dundas | 14.69% | 614 | 629.84 | 635.32 | 722.32 | | | |
| | UUP | Robert Erwin | 15.31% | 640 | 669.92 | 680.88 | 705.88 | | | |
| | Alliance | John McCourt | 6.70% | 280 | 280.8 | 452.24 | 498.88 | 782.88 | | |
| | UUP | Alexander Wilson | 10.64% | 445 | 492.84 | 503.12 | 524.76 | 543.76 | 597.96 | 606.76 |
| | UUP | William Jones | 12.32% | 515 | 545.72 | 555.52 | 564.32 | 566.48 | 581.48 | 597.32 |
| | SDLP | Francis O'Brien | 8.20% | 343 | 343.16 | 357.16 | 420.16 | | | |
| | NI Labour | William Gregg | 6.86% | 287 | 288.76 | 300.56 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Patricia MacKean | 5.38% | 225 | 230.76 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,211 Valid: 4,181 (67.32%) Spoilt: 55 Quota: 697 Turnout: 4,236 (68.20%) |||||||||||

### Area C

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
Antrim 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 |
| | Alliance | Michael O'Donoghue | 17.28% | 939 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel McCombe | 14.89% | 809 | 809.18 | 810.24 | 874.24 | 876.24 | 899.27 | 908.27 | | | |
| | Vanguard | James Clarke | 9.85% | 535 | 535.06 | 536.06 | 538.06 | 541.06 | 566.06 | 878.06 | 936.06 | | |
| | UUP | James Craig | 10.01% | 544 | 544.06 | 547.06 | 572.06 | 573.09 | 600.09 | 609.09 | 694.18 | 700.18 | 947.21 |
| | UUP | Jack Allen | 8.63% | 469 | 469.15 | 470.27 | 504.27 | 507.3 | 548.3 | 553.3 | 600.36 | 613.11 | 895.92 |
| | Alliance | William Gawn | 3.28% | 178 | 182.41 | 298.83 | 300.83 | 479.72 | 513.14 | 514.14 | 696.4 | 699.4 | 733.43 |
| | UUP | William Clarke | 9.33% | 507 | 507.06 | 510.09 | 522.09 | 525.09 | 541.09 | 544.09 | 599.12 | 607.37 | |
| | Independent | Thomas Simpson | 7.31% | 397 | 398.29 | 399.5 | 412.5 | 418.65 | 490.86 | 497.86 | | | |
| | Vanguard | David McCreight | 6.09% | 331 | 331 | 331 | 336 | 337 | 349 | | | | |
| | Independent | Peter Neish | 4.38% | 238 | 238.39 | 240.48 | 257.48 | 256.69 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Charlie Greer | 3.11% | 169 | 172.36 | 203.49 | 206.49 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | R. W. Rutherford-Browne | 3.20% | 174 | 174 | 176 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Alan Finlay | 2.65% | 144 | 162.06 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,206 Valid: 5,434 (59.03%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 906 Turnout: 5,523 (59.99%) ||||||||||||||