# 1973 Ballymoney District Council election

Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.

## Election results

| Party | Party | Seats | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | UUP | 4 | 2,933 | 33.3% | |
| | Ind. Unionist | 4 | 1,898 | 21.5% | |
| | Independent | 3 | 1,877 | 21.3% | |
| | SDLP | 2 | 824 | 9.3% | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 702 | 8.0% | |
| | DUP | 1 | 687 | 7.8% | |
| | Alliance | 1 | 679 | 7.7% | |
| Totals | Totals | 16 | 8,815 | 100.0% | — |

## Districts summary

Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 1973 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Area A | 17.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 34.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 48.7 | 2 | 4 |
| Area B | 35.9 | 3 | 19.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 40.9 | 3 | 8 |
| Area C | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 20.1 | 1 | 78.2 | 3 | 4 |
| Total | 33.3 | 4 | 9.3 | 2 | 7.8 | 1 | 7.7 | 1 | 41.9 | 8 | 16 |

## Districts results
### Area A

1973: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent
Ballymoney Area A - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Kenneth Bamford | 22.59% | 453 | | | | |
| | UUP | R. D. Gilmour | 17.06% | 342 | 352.67 | 418.67 | | |
| | DUP | David Hanna | 19.25% | 386 | 389.41 | 401.41 | 402.66 | |
| | Independent | W. Campbell | 9.18% | 184 | 210.51 | 226.26 | 237.76 | 374.36 |
| | DUP | T. Milligan | 15.01% | 301 | 303.64 | 316.64 | 317.64 | 347.08 |
| | Independent | T. L. McElderry | 10.32% | 207 | 209.64 | 230.97 | 233.47 | |
| | Independent | M. A. Hunter | 6.58% | 132 | 135.08 | | | |
| Electorate: 3,947 Valid: 2,005 (50.80%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 402 Turnout: 2,034 (51.53%) |||||||||

### Area B

1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Ballymoney Area B - 8 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 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Edward McClements | 16.42% | 702 | | | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Joe Gaston | 14.11% | 603 | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | John Mulholland | 10.79% | 461 | 573.96 | | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | William Logan | 10.34% | 442 | 442.32 | 519.81 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Harry Connolly | 8.49% | 363 | 466.36 | 466.36 | 556.52 | | | | |
| | UUP | Patricia Ellis | 9.80% | 419 | 419.32 | 424.36 | 424.64 | 424.64 | 490.48 | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Montgomery | 7.81% | 334 | 335.28 | 342.63 | 342.91 | 345.39 | 391.81 | 441.88 | 458.13 |
| | UUP | Robert Chestnutt | 8.12% | 347 | 347 | 364.22 | 364.22 | 364.84 | 382.58 | 415.47 | 435.23 |
| | UUP | J. F. Jamison | 6.62% | 283 | 283 | 295.81 | 295.81 | 296.43 | 316.05 | 356.3 | 362.41 |
| | Alliance | T. Stuart | 3.93% | 168 | 172.16 | 173.21 | 179.09 | 255.35 | 255.56 | | |
| | UUP | J. G. Lyons | 3.56% | 152 | 152.32 | 154.84 | 154.84 | 155.46 | | | |
| Electorate: 7,161 Valid: 4,274 (59.68%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 475 Turnout: 4,346 (60.69%) ||||||||||||

### Area C

1973: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
Ballymoney Area C - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Independent | Robert McComb | 29.69% | 753 | | | | |
| | Independent | Mary Holmes | 14.16% | 359 | 438.56 | 482.78 | 502.2 | 579.2 |
| | Alliance | Brendan Smyth | 14.83% | 376 | 390.96 | 395.64 | 496.36 | 516.36 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Frederick Holland | 15.77% | 400 | 436.72 | 456.76 | 466.12 | 514.76 |
| | UUP | James Simpson | 10.69% | 271 | 301.6 | 325.08 | 334.42 | 377.98 |
| | Independent | G. S. H. Hughes | 5.95% | 151 | 191.8 | 210.28 | 222.3 | |
| | Alliance | J. A. Scott | 5.32% | 135 | 144.18 | 152.88 | | |
| | Independent | J. Pollock | 3.59% | 91 | 121.94 | | | |
| Electorate: 4,073 Valid: 2,536 (62.26%) Spoilt: 22 Quota: 508 Turnout: 2,558 (62.80%) |||||||||