Elections to
North Down Borough Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other
Northern Irish local government elections
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...
. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20
councillors
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.
The elections were the first following the reorganisation of local government in Northern Ireland, brought about by the
Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971
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&
Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972
The Local Government (Northern Ireland) Act 1972 (1972 c. 9) was an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland that constituted district councils to administer the twenty-six local government districts created by the Local Government (Boundaries) ...
, which replaced the previous FPTP ward system with a new system of proportional representation using multi-member district electoral areas.
Election results
Districts summary
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! %
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!rowspan=2, Total
Cllrs
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UUP
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Alliance
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Others
, -
, align="left", Area A
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 57.5
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 3
, 31.0
, 2
, 11.5
, 0
, 5
, -
, align="left", Area B
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 44.5
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 2
, 21.5
, 1
, 34.0
, 2
, 5
, -
, align="left", Area C
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 38.2
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 2
, 28.8
, 2
, 33.0
, 1
, 5
, -
, align="left", Area D
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 42.6
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 2
, 36.9
, 2
, 20.5
, 1
, 5
, - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
, align="left", Total
, 46.0
, 9
, 29.5
, 7
, 24.5
, 4
, 20
, -
Districts results
Area A
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
Area B
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Loyalist, 1 x Alliance
Area C
1973: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist
Area D
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Loyalist
References
{{1973 United Kingdom local elections
North Down Borough Council elections
North Down