1973 Ards Borough Council election

1973 Ards Borough Council election
30 May 1973 (1973-05-30)
All 17 seats to Ards Borough Council
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP Alliance NI Labour
Seats won 11 2 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party SDLP Ind. Unionist Loyalist Coalition
Seats won 1 1 1

Elections to Ards Borough Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 17 councillors.

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 & Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972, which replaced the previous FPTP ward system with a new system of proportional representation using multi-member district electoral areas.

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