# 1973 Larne Borough Council election

Elections to Larne 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% | ±% |
| | Loyalist | 8 | 6,411 | 47.9 | |
| | Alliance | 3 | 3,411 | 25.5 | |
| | Independent | 2 | 1,254 | 9.4 | |
| | Ind. Unionist | 1 | 955 | 7.2 | |
| | UUP | 1 | 641 | 4.8 | |
| | SDLP | 0 | 543 | 4.1 | |
| | NI Labour | 0 | 182 | 1.4 | |
| Totals | Totals | 15 | 13,397 | 100.0 | — |

## Districts summary

Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 1973 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Alliance | Alliance | UUP | UUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Area A | 18.4 | 1 | 18.7 | 0 | 62.9 | 2 | 4 |
| Area B | 16.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 83.2 | 3 | 4 |
| Area C | 33.6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 66.4 | 5 | 7 |
| Total | 25.5 | 3 | 4.8 | 1 | 69.7 | 11 | 15 |

## Districts results
### Area A

1973: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist, 1 x Independent
Larne Area A - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Loyalist | Samuel Martin | 21.92% | 751 | | | | |
| | UUP | D. Harper | 18.71% | 641 | 983 | | | |
| | Alliance | Hugh Wilson | 18.42% | 631 | 668 | 810 | | |
| | Independent | F. J. O'Neill | 13.57% | 465 | 469 | 526 | 583 | 639.4 |
| | SDLP | John Turnley | 15.85% | 543 | 543 | 544 | 546 | 553.52 |
| | Ind. Unionist | A. Crooks | 11.53% | 395 | | | | |
| Electorate: 5,026 Valid: 3,426 (68.17%) Spoilt: 33 Quota: 686 Turnout: 3,459 (68.82%) |||||||||

### Area B

1973: 3 x Loyalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
Larne Area B - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Loyalist | Roy Beggs | 20.47% | 691 | | |
| | Loyalist | Robert Semple | 19.59% | 661 | 814 | |
| | Loyalist | Nelson Stewart | 16.03% | 541 | 690 | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Alexander Hunter | 16.59% | 560 | 592 | 637 |
| | Alliance | R. Boyd | 16.77% | 566 | 584 | 596 |
| | Loyalist | Bob Morrow | 10.55% | 356 | | |
| Electorate: 4,961 Valid: 3,375 (68.03%) Spoilt: 57 Quota: 676 Turnout: 3,432 (69.18%) |||||||

### Area C

1973: 4 x Loyalist, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
Larne Area C - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| | Loyalist | Thomas Seymour | 18.39% | 1,213 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Loyalist | Jack McKee | 16.33% | 1,077 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | William Kelly | 15.89% | 1,048 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Loyalist | Rosalie Armstrong | 6.43% | 424 | 554.24 | 606.22 | 607.69 | 662.13 | 668.6 | 684.58 | 722.91 | 903.91 | | | |
| | Loyalist | Thomas McKeever | 5.11% | 337 | 454.44 | 514.01 | 515.06 | 580.71 | 587.94 | 611.6 | 662.01 | 874.29 | | | |
| | Alliance | Thomas Benson | 7.88% | 520 | 525.76 | 526.22 | 567.38 | 568.38 | 614.7 | 629.46 | 648.31 | 653.61 | 662.61 | 663.76 | 866.76 |
| | Independent | A. Girvan | 5.17% | 341 | 352.52 | 364.82 | 358.6 | 359.7 | 373.12 | 452.57 | 610.41 | 619.61 | 643.61 | 645.22 | 728.22 |
| | Alliance | Margaret McIlgorm | 4.62% | 305 | 305.64 | 306.56 | 415.87 | 417.29 | 484.23 | 489.67 | 493.72 | 495.16 | 496.16 | 496.39 | 586.39 |
| | Alliance | Alexander Marrs | 5.17% | 341 | 348.68 | 351.21 | 399.72 | 403.78 | 427.83 | 447.75 | 468.7 | 474.72 | 477.72 | 478.41 | |
| | Loyalist | A. Milliken | 4.23% | 279 | 326.36 | 378.11 | 379.58 | 426.86 | 432.33 | 436.3 | 453.16 | | | | |
| | Independent | William Workman | 3.36% | 232 | 242.88 | 247.25 | 249.77 | 252.14 | 258.89 | 333.17 | | | | | |
| | Independent | J. Sandford | 3.27% | 216 | 226.56 | 230.01 | 231.27 | 234.01 | 243.54 | | | | | | |
| | NI Labour | R. Thompson | 2.76% | 182 | 186.8 | 188.87 | 196.43 | 198.12 | | | | | | | |
| | Loyalist | Horace Stronge | 1.23% | 81 | 120.36 | 184.07 | 184.49 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,139 Valid: 6,596 (65.06%) Spoilt: 79 Quota: 825 Turnout: 6,675 (65.83%) ||||||||||||||||