1973 Craigavon Borough Council election

Elections to Craigavon Borough Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 25 councillors.

Election results

Party		Seats	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	UUP	10	11,589	36.9%
	Alliance	4	5,014	16.0%
	Vanguard	4	5,014	16.0%
	DUP	3	3,647	11.6%
	SDLP	2	2,092	6.7%
	Ind. Nationalist	1	821	2.6%
	Ind. Unionist	1	621	2.0%
	Republican Clubs	0	1,879	6.0%
	NI Labour	0	363	1.2%
	Independent	0	384	1.2%
Totals		25	32,662	100.0%	—

Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 1973
by district^[1]
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		Alliance		Vanguard		DUP		SDLP		Others		Total Cllrs
Area A	22.2	1	14.7	1	0.0	0	13.8	1	17.7	1	20.9	1	5
Area B	35.5	2	21.7	2	19.8	2	8.1	0	0.0	0	14.9	1	7
Area C	33.2	3	16.2	1	18.9	1	5.5	0	14.3	1	11.9	0	6
Area D	50.4	4	11.0	0	20.0	1	18.6	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	7
Total	36.9	10	16.0	4	16.0	4	11.6	3	6.7	2	12.8	2	25

1973: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Craigavon Area A - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	SDLP	Patrick Crilly	8.91%	521	535	569	569	594	1,023
	UUP	W. N. Rodgers	11.63%	680	680	680	760	760	760	1,304
	DUP	Frederick Baird	7.05%	412	412	412	710	710	710	767	1,058.2
	Alliance	Donnell Deeny	9.99%	584	603	808	808	832	890	904	929.9	967.7	975.89
	Ind. Nationalist	James McDonald	14.04%	821	844	861	861	888	913	915	923.4	936	969.28
	Republican Clubs	T. Fleville	7.13%	417	478	495	495	864	891	891	891	891	897.24
	UUP	W. Monroe	10.53%	616	616	616	622	622	622
	SDLP	T. Mackle	8.84%	517	528	537	537	548
	Republican Clubs	J. Mulholland	6.60%	386	452	464	464
	DUP	William Stothers	6.74%	394	394	394
	Alliance	B. Casey	4.74%	277	297
	Ind. Republican	K. Toman	3.81%	223
Electorate: 9,065 Valid: 5,848 (64.51%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 975 Turnout: 6,003 (66.22%)

1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x Vanguard, 1 x Independent Unionist

Craigavon Area B - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	UUP	Herbert Whitten	25.44%	2,273
	Alliance	Sean Hagan	16.32%	1,458
	Vanguard	Samuel McCammick	7.65%	683	710.03	710.26	711.77	742.3	804.87	808.38	808.61	823.12	1,197.12
	Vanguard	C. Atkinson	10.14%	906	936.6	936.83	937.83	954.85	988.89	990.12	991.12	1,008.32	1,170.22
	Alliance	William Ramsay	4.32%	386	416.09	535.23	541.38	542.4	550.44	735.99	883.13	1,114.79	1,124.79
	UUP	Alan Locke	6.32%	565	972.49	972.49	973.49	979.02	994.1	1,001.58	1,001.58	1,071.92	1,110.53	1,116.53	1,120.6
	Ind. Unionist	John Wright	6.96%	621	720.45	723.44	723.67	730.2	762.26	767.61	793.6	850.99	916.54	971.54	1,012.61
	UUP	J. Toal	3.77%	337	826.6	826.6	826.6	831.15	843.17	845.17	845.17	891.29	923.37	937.37	944.77
	DUP	James Forsythe	6.06%	541	551.71	551.71	553.28	650.75	688.26	688.26	688.26	698.77
	NI Labour	T. Newell	3.45%	308	335.03	355.73	393.62	397.62	401.64	427.33	488.61
	Republican Clubs	M. Smith	4.04%	361	361	404.47	405.39	405.39	405.39	415.06
	Alliance	O. Henry	1.05%	94	96.55	231.56	243.55	245.55	245.55
	Vanguard	J. Robinson	2.00%	179	195.83	195.83	195.83	205.34
	DUP	A. Gracey	1.86%	166	177.73	177.73	178.73
	NI Labour	J. Clarke	0.62%	55	56.53	63.43
Electorate: 12,948 Valid: 8,933 (68.99%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,117 Turnout: 9,056 (69.94%)

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard

Craigavon Area C - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Vanguard	Frederick Crowe	18.85%	1,385
	SDLP	Hugh News	10.27%	771	771	788	789	841	841	874	874	1,046.24	1,085.24
	Alliance	Brian English	7.74%	581	583.64	584.64	625.64	648.64	630.6	696.6	705.84	728.84	741.84	1,096.84
	UUP	J. A. Johnston	11.29%	848	879.44	879.44	883.44	883.44	888.88	892.88	984	984.24	986.24	1,003.96	1,076.96
	UUP	H. McCourt	9.41%	707	736.52	736.52	737.52	737.52	746.68	746.68	831.28	831.28	832.28	838.52	984.88
	UUP	Frank Dale	8.55%	642	707.04	707.04	711.04	711.04	718.4	718.4	781.84	783.08	783.08	795.32	977.96
	Republican Clubs	P. Mallon	5.42%	407	407	410	412	484	484	496	496	520	813	831	831.24
	DUP	H. W. Glass	3.41%	256	397.84	398.84	398.84	398.84	559.84	560.84	564.56	565.8	565.8	570.8
	Alliance	M. Qvam	3.25%	244	244.48	244.48	313.72	313.72	314.96	419.96	421.44	428.44	431.44
	Republican Clubs	T. E. Bell	4.10%	308	308	310	312	335	335	346	346	369
	SDLP	M. J. Duggan	2.73%	205	205.96	245.96	248.96	256.96	256.96	269.96	269.96
	UUP	Jack Mathers	3.20%	240	249.12	249.12	251.12	251.12	256.08	256.08
	Alliance	L. McParland	2.80%	210	210	215	243	251	251
	DUP	W. H. Percy	1.94%	146	192.8	192.8	192.8	192.8
	Ind. Republican	P. J. McNally	2.14%	161	161	167	169
	Alliance	J. M. Smythe	2.10%	158	158.24	160.24
	SDLP	J. J. Durkin	1.04%	78	78
Electorate: 13,624 Valid: 7,510 (55.12%) Spoilt: 325 Quota: 1,073 Turnout: 7,835 (57.51%)

1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard

Craigavon Area D - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	UUP	James Baird	22.59%	2,100
	UUP	Sydney Cairns	12.76%	1,186
	UUP	Thomas Creith	7.51%	698	1,280.56
	Vanguard	Philip Black	9.04%	840	873	875.08	875.08	884.12	953.72	954.72	1,124.76	1,125.51	1,165.99
	DUP	David Calvert	5.84%	543	568.08	569.28	569.28	624.6	634.6	638.6	666.68	667.63	958.35	969.36	1,281.36
	UUP	Thomas Megarrell	7.50%	697	868.6	957	958.24	966.24	971.68	988.56	1,007.8	1,015.57	1,026.38	1,068.92	1,164.64
	DUP	Thomas Willey	6.71%	624	641.16	642.84	643.84	688.92	694.36	700.56	727	727.84	882.39	840.33	992.15	1,105.83
	Alliance	M. Damaglou	3.65%	339	345.16	346.6	392.64	392.64	392.64	522	523	523.28	526.73	923.05	935.23	939.64
	Vanguard	L. Adamson	5.77%	536	547.88	548.92	549.92	538.08	616.4	616.48	695.48	695.76	720.79	724.23
	Alliance	H. Gregg	3.23%	300	314.52	315.64	344.52	346.52	348.52	490.64	491.88	492.16	497.61
	DUP	D. C. Biggerstaff	4.40%	409	442.88	444.08	444.08	459.6	463.6	465.58	488.2	488.68
	Vanguard	I. Major	2.89%	269	274.28	275.08	275.08	283.08	354.2	354.28
	Alliance	C. Philips	2.88%	268	274.6	275.68	311.88	312.84	314.84
	Vanguard	J. E. McCambley	2.32%	216	219.52	220.4	221.4	228
	DUP	R. Dawson	1.68%	156	162.16	164	164
	Alliance	J. A. Lewis	1.24%	115	116.76	117.16
Electorate: 13,194 Valid: 9,296 (70.46%) Spoilt: 184 Quota: 1,163 Turnout: 9,480 (71.85%)