30 May 1973 (1973-05-30) 1977 → | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 15 seats toCookstown District Council 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections toCookstown District Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the otherNorthern Irish local governmentelections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15councillors.
| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 8 | 6,428 | 43.7 | |||
| SDLP | 3 | 2,671 | 18.2 | |||
| Ind. Nationalist | 2 | 1,276 | 8.7 | |||
| Republican Clubs | 1 | 1,741 | 11.8 | |||
| Loyalist Coalition | 1 | 1,652 | 11.2 | |||
| Alliance | 0 | 925 | 6.3 | |||
| Totals | 15 | 14,693 | 100.0 | — | ||
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | SDLP | RC | Others | ||||||
| Area A | 34.0 | 2 | 7.8 | 0 | 17.9 | 1 | 40.3 | 2 | 5 |
| Area B | 48.1 | 3 | 25.4 | 2 | 9.6 | 0 | 16.9 | 1 | 6 |
| Area C | 49.3 | 3 | 20.5 | 1 | 7.8 | 0 | 22.4 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 43.7 | 8 | 18.2 | 3 | 11.8 | 1 | 26.3 | 3 | 15 |
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist Coalition, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Loyalist Coalition | Samuel Parke | 23.27% | 1,137 | |||||||
| Ind. Nationalist | Laurence Loughran | 11.27% | 551 | 551 | 556 | 616.31 | 661.31 | 967.31 | ||
| Republican Clubs | G. McElhatton | 8.64% | 422 | 422 | 458 | 466 | 808 | 885 | ||
| UUP | N. Glasgow | 13.16% | 643 | 737.24 | 737.24 | 755.24 | 757.24 | 762.24 | 775.24 | |
| UUP | S. Glasgow | 10.99% | 537 | 693.55 | 693.55 | 708.86 | 708.86 | 711.86 | 716.86 | |
| UUP | J. Gourley | 9.90% | 484 | 545.69 | 548.69 | 563.69 | 563.69 | 570.69 | 599.69 | |
| SDLP | G. McKeown | 7.78% | 380 | 380.31 | 397.31 | 494.31 | 516.31 | |||
| Republican Clubs | P. Monaghan | 6.51% | 318 | 318 | 408 | 424 | ||||
| Alliance | T. P. Sharpe | 4.71% | 230 | 232.48 | 265.48 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | C. O'Neill | 2.72% | 133 | 133.31 | ||||||
| Alliance | J. E. McGurk | 1.06% | 52 | 52 | ||||||
| Electorate: 5,947 Valid: 4,887 (82.18%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 815 Turnout: 5,010 (84.24%) | ||||||||||
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| UUP | James Howard | 18.23% | 1,050 | |||||||
| UUP | Victor McGahie | 17.43% | 1,004 | |||||||
| SDLP | Paddy Duffy | 17.41% | 1,003 | |||||||
| UUP | William McIntyre | 12.43% | 716 | 915.92 | ||||||
| Ind. Nationalist | J. J. O'Kane | 12.58% | 725 | 725 | 727.76 | 748.46 | 749.31 | 772.29 | 987.29 | |
| SDLP | Joseph Davidson | 7.98% | 460 | 460.42 | 460.88 | 586.34 | 586.51 | 611.67 | 774.85 | |
| Alliance | Austin Hutchinson | 4.34% | 250 | 269.32 | 444.12 | 450.6 | 537.81 | 541.71 | 554.15 | |
| Republican Clubs | F. Crozier | 4.88% | 281 | 281 | 281 | 291.8 | 291.97 | 515.73 | ||
| Republican Clubs | Rita Heron | 4.72% | 272 | 272 | 272.46 | 285.42 | 285.42 | |||
| Electorate: 7,153 Valid: 5,761 (80.54%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 824 Turnout: 5,859 (81.91%) | ||||||||||
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| UUP | Espie Donaldson | 25.44% | 1,029 | ||||||||||
| UUP | Alexander McConnell | 12.81% | 518 | 658.49 | 658.49 | 684.53 | 703.58 | 703.58 | 837.5 | ||||
| UUP | John Warwick | 11.05% | 447 | 481.65 | 481.65 | 490.91 | 492.33 | 492.33 | 530.38 | 550.78 | 918.78 | ||
| SDLP | Brigid Neeson | 11.59% | 469 | 469.21 | 469.21 | 471.21 | 472.21 | 565.21 | 637.21 | 639.85 | 641.75 | 652.75 | |
| SDLP | J. McCrystal | 8.88% | 359 | 359 | 379 | 379 | 389 | 509 | 575 | 576.68 | 578.18 | 586.18 | |
| Loyalist Coalition | G. B. Somerville | 9.62% | 389 | 413.36 | 413.36 | 506.93 | 509.35 | 510.35 | 532.4 | 534.8 | |||
| Alliance | Basil McNamee | 5.69% | 230 | 232.21 | 232.21 | 233.52 | 369.94 | 379.94 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | S. McElroy | 4.55% | 184 | 184 | 288 | 288 | 290 | ||||||
| Alliance | Mary Lennox | 4.03% | 163 | 165.52 | 170.52 | 173.73 | |||||||
| Loyalist Coalition | R. J. K. Loughran | 3.11% | 126 | 136.29 | 136.29 | ||||||||
| Republican Clubs | H. Bradley | 3.24% | 131 | 131 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 5,159 Valid: 4,045 (78.41%) Spoilt: 48 Quota: 810 Turnout: 4,093 (79.34%) | |||||||||||||