Elections to
Banbridge District Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other
Northern Irish local government elections
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold Public administration, public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative ...
. The election used two district electoral areas to elect a total of 15
councillors
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Canada
Due to the control that the provinces have over their municipal governments, terms that councillors serve vary from province to province. Unl ...
.
Election results
Districts summary
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Districts results
Area A
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
Area B
1973: 7 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
References
{{1973 United Kingdom local elections
Banbridge District Council elections
Banbridge
Banbridge ( , ) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Bann and the A1 road and is named after a bridge built over the River Bann in 1712. It is situated in the civil parish of Seapatrick and the historic barony of Iv ...