1973 Northern Ireland local elections

Local government in Northern Ireland was reorganised in 1973 by the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 and the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972. The county councils, county borough and municipal borough corporations and urban and rural district councils were replaced by twenty-six local government districts.

Elections took place for all the seats on the district councils on 30 May 1973. Elections were by proportional representation, using the single transferable vote system. The district councils came into their powers on 1 October.

Results

Overall

Party		Councillors		Votes
		Total	+/-	% share	Total
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	194	N/A	37.4	255,187
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	63	N/A	13.7	94,474
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	82	N/A	13.4	92,600
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	52	N/A	7.0	48,947
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	26	N/A	4.4	31,866
	United Loyalist	20	N/A	4.2	28,906
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	21	N/A	4.1	28,811
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	8	N/A	3.0	20,680
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	4	N/A	2.5	17,422
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell Loyalist	16	N/A	1.4	17,360
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	10	N/A	1.6	13,305
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	6	N/A	1.5	10,281
	Loyalist Coalition	3	N/A	1.0	7,495
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	4	N/A	0.5	3,784
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell Community	3	N/A	0.4	3,036
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	0	N/A	0.4	2,594
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	3	N/A	0.2	1,911
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	0	N/A	0.1	704
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell Ratepayer	1	N/A	0.1	841
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell Radical	1	N/A	0.1	533
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	0	N/A	0.1	363
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	0	N/A	0.0	290
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	0	N/A	0.0	147
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	0	N/A	0.0	91
Total		462	Steady	100.0%	681,628

Results by council

Council	Control		1st party 1973		2nd party 1973		Councillors
Antrim	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell (8)	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell (2)	15
Belfast City	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell (25)	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell (8)	51
Ards	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell (11)	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell (2)	17
Armagh	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell (10)	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell (4)	20
Ballymena	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
Ballymoney	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
Banbridge	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
Carrickfergus	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
Castlereagh	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
Coleraine	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
Cookstown	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
Craigavon	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
Down	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
Dungannon	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
Fermanagh	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
Larne		Loyalist		Loyalist (8)	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell (3)	15
Limavady		United Unionist		United Unionist (8)	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell (4)	15
Lisburn	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell (14)	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell (3)	23
Londonderry	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell (10)		United Loyalist (9)	27
Magherafelt	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
Moyle	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
Newry and Mourne	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
Newtownabbey	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
North Down	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
Omagh	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
Strabane	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color
All councils			REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell (194)	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell (82)	517