1973 Lisburn Borough Council election

Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.

Election results PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% 1415,97948.9 45,48216.8 35,91618.1 12,1666.6 11,7215.3 07492.3 04451.4 02040.6Totals2332,662100.0—

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Vanguard !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Area A |bgcolor="40BFF5"|52.7 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |16.5 |0 |8.5 |0 |0.0 |0 |17.8 |1 |4.5 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Area B |bgcolor="40BFF5"|57.1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |19.5 |1 |13.4 |0 |10.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Area C |bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.3 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |20.4 |1 |12.9 |1 |13.2 |1 |6.2 |0 |9.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Area D |bgcolor="40BFF5"|50.9 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |10.7 |1 |24.8 |1 |7.2 |0 |5.0 |0 |1.4 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Area E |bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.5 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |18.7 |1 |26.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |6.6 |0 |4 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |48.9 |14 |16.8 |4 |18.1 |3 |6.6 |1 |5.3 |1 |4.3 |0 |23

Districts results

Area A

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP

Area C

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

Area D

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

Area E

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP

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