# 1973 Moyle District Council election

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 | Party | Seats | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Independent | 7 | 3,156 | 47.3 | |
| | UUP | 5 | 1,457 | 21.9 | |
| | SDLP | 2 | 799 | 12.0 | |
| | Ind. Unionist | 2 | 488 | 7.3 | |
| | Alliance | 0 | 334 | 5.0 | |
| | Ulster Liberal | 0 | 77 | 1.2 | |
| Totals | Totals | 16 | 6,668 | 100.0 | — |

## Districts summary

Results of the Moyle District Council election, 1973 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Area A | 0.0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 95.4 | 4 | 4 |
| Area B | 48.4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 51.6 | 4 | 8 |
| Area C | 27.9 | 1 | 43.1 | 2 | 29.0 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | 21.9 | 5 | 12.0 | 2 | 66.1 | 9 | 16 |

## Districts results
### Area A

1973: 4 x Independent
Moyle 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 |
| | Independent | Alistair McSparran | 23.87% | 533 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Fergus Wheeler | 21.67% | 484 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick McCarry | 15.94% | 356 | 360.32 | 361.84 | 379.08 | 388.64 | 493.64 | | |
| | Independent | Arthur McAlister | 8.82% | 197 | 238.44 | 249.24 | 268.1 | 329.6 | 353.04 | 372.29 | 458.29 |
| | Independent | P. McCambridge | 8.82% | 149 | 163.56 | 175.88 | 188.68 | 214.48 | 227 | 245.48 | ???? |
| | Independent | P. P. Delargy | 8.33% | 186 | 192.24 | 196.48 | 210.44 | 224.4 | 233.04 | 241.51 | |
| | Independent | J. McCaughan | 5.69% | 127 | 129.08 | 130.2 | 159.76 | 161.89 | | | |
| | SDLP | Joseph Lynn | 4.61% | 103 | 114.68 | 118.36 | 125.92 | | | | |
| | Alliance | W. Grace | 2.24% | 50 | 51.92 | 52.32 | | | | | |
| | Independent | D. McAlister | 2.15% | 48 | 49.12 | 50.32 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 2,644 Valid: 2,233 (84.46%) Spoilt: 15 Quota: 447 Turnout: 2,248 (85.02%) ||||||||||||
* 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
Moyle Area B - 8 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | Robert McKay | 18.96% | 535 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Price McConaghy | 12.66% | 357 | | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Samuel Adams | 9.75% | 275 | 299.6 | 306.56 | 331.56 | | | |
| | UUP | W. Baxter | 9.22% | 260 | 307.15 | 313.39 | 316.59 | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Hugh Acheson | 7.55% | 213 | 272.45 | 276.77 | 309.54 | 331.54 | | |
| | Independent | James Gault | 9.25% | 261 | 283.55 | 292.31 | 313.9 | 330.9 | | |
| | UUP | S. Montgomery | 7.52% | 212 | 254.23 | 263.71 | 283.65 | 327.65 | | |
| | Independent | James McShane | 8.83% | 249 | 249.82 | 250.3 | 250.83 | 275.83 | 278.83 | 283.83 |
| | Independent | James McToal | 8.26% | 233 | 233 | 233 | 233 | 236.12 | 237.12 | 238.12 |
| | Alliance | R. Irwin | 4.57% | 129 | 137.2 | 138.52 | 143.28 | | | |
| | DUP | R. W. Taggart | 3.44% | 97 | 110.12 | 113.96 | | | | |
| Electorate: 4,655 Valid: 2,821 (60.60%) Spoilt: 28 Quota: 314 Turnout: 2,849 (61.20%) |||||||||||

### Area C

1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
Moyle Area C - 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 | Elizabeth Johnston | 20.07% | 324 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | John Black | 17.10% | 276 | 281 | 302 | 336 | | | |
| | SDLP | John McAfee | 10.90% | 176 | 190 | 210 | 223 | 227 | 360 | |
| | Independent | Archibald McAuley | 10.47% | 169 | 176 | 186 | 194 | 243 | 286 | 311.85 |
| | Alliance | E. Molloy | 9.60% | 155 | 168 | 181 | 183 | 229 | 250 | 261 |
| | SDLP | C. Lynn | 9.91% | 160 | 165 | 173 | 202 | 208 | | |
| | UUP | J. Greer | 7.81% | 126 | 140 | 142 | 146 | | | |
| | SDLP | F. Duncan | 5.20% | 84 | 89 | 91 | | | | |
| | Ulster Liberal | J. B. Bakewell | 4.77% | 77 | 80 | | | | | |
| | Independent | A. J. Watt | 4.15% | 67 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 2,185 Valid: 1,614 (73.87%) Spoilt: 19 Quota: 323 Turnout: 1,633 (74.74%) |||||||||||