Antrim Area C
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Antrim Area C was one of the three district electoral areas in Antrim, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Antrim Borough Council and formed part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Balloo, Ballycraigy, Massereene, Parkhall and Stiles. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced with the Antrim Town DEA.
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Jack Allen (UUP) |
Paddy Marks (UUP) |
Charles Quinn (DUP) |
Samuel Dunlop (DUP) |
Michael Donoghue (Alliance) | |||||
| 1977 | James Craig (UUP) |
Samuel McCombe (UUP) |
Charles Kinahan (Alliance) | |||||||
| 1973 | James Clarke (Vanguard) |
Michael O'Donoghue (Alliance) | ||||||||
1981 Election
[edit]1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1981: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| DUP | Samuel Dunlop* | 25.47% | 1,719 | |||||||||
| UUP | Paddy Marks | 17.52% | 1,182 | |||||||||
| DUP | Charles Quinn | 9.11% | 615 | 1,120.58 | 1,124.14 | 1,156.14 | ||||||
| UUP | Jack Allen* | 14.24% | 961 | 999.76 | 1,019.44 | 1,151.44 | ||||||
| Alliance | Michael Donoghue | 7.87% | 531 | 533.04 | 533.6 | 537.28 | 538.28 | 539.93 | 581.61 | 710.61 | 993.61 | |
| Alliance | Charles Kinahan* | 6.89% | 465 | 468.74 | 470.22 | 490.16 | 491.16 | 498.31 | 540.23 | 657.34 | 835.34 | |
| Independent Labour | John Gibbons | 8.33% | 562 | 565.4 | 565.52 | 566.04 | 567.04 | 569.24 | 612.96 | 643.47 | ||
| Alliance | Mary Wallace | 3.94% | 266 | 268.04 | 268.76 | 278.06 | 280.06 | 288.86 | 324.41 | |||
| Independent Labour | Philip Henry | 3.60% | 243 | 251.16 | 251.88 | 257.5 | 260.5 | 267.1 | ||||
| UUP | Hugh Johnston | 3.02% | 204 | 219.3 | 238.66 | |||||||
| Electorate: 14,454 Valid: 6,748 (46.69%) Spoilt: 236 Quota: 1,125 Turnout: 6,984 (48.32%) | ||||||||||||
1977 Election
[edit]1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from Vanguard
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Alliance | Charles Kinahan | 17.63% | 825 | ||||||||||||
| UUP | Jack Allen* | 17.12% | 801 | ||||||||||||
| DUP | Samuel Dunlop | 11.54% | 540 | 540.15 | 540.35 | 544.35 | 544.35 | 545.35 | 612.37 | 865.37 | |||||
| UUP | Samuel McCombe* | 8.89% | 416 | 416.85 | 420.91 | 422.96 | 423.96 | 426.98 | 453.02 | 468.02 | 490.1 | 575.14 | 612.26 | 743.88 | |
| UUP | James Craig* | 6.90% | 323 | 323.95 | 333.11 | 334.11 | 334.11 | 334.18 | 352.18 | 364.18 | 383.5 | 427.76 | 464.27 | 643.54 | |
| Independent | Eileen Lagan | 3.60% | 219 | 220.05 | 220.09 | 220.09 | 272.29 | 368.56 | 370.56 | 370.61 | 370.61 | 415.71 | 567.91 | 577.57 | |
| Vanguard | James Clarke* | 6.39% | 299 | 299.4 | 301.06 | 302.06 | 302.06 | 302.06 | 337.06 | 346.1 | 377.84 | 414.75 | 439.87 | ||
| Alliance | Florence McLernon | 6.43% | 301 | 335.25 | 335.39 | 335.44 | 337.64 | 345.24 | 351.24 | 352.29 | 353.21 | 402.86 | |||
| Independent | Peter Neish | 5.79% | 271 | 272.05 | 272.43 | 272.43 | 277.43 | 300.58 | 310.63 | 313.68 | 322.88 | ||||
| DUP | William McCormick | 6.03% | 282 | 282.2 | 282.24 | 282.24 | 282.24 | 283.24 | 299.24 | ||||||
| Dominion Party | David Gregg | 2.91% | 136 | 136.05 | 136.11 | 196.11 | 197.11 | 197.11 | |||||||
| Independent | Liam McCabe | 2.48% | 116 | 116.9 | 116.94 | 116.99 | 135.13 | ||||||||
| Independent | Martin Hanna | 1.75% | 82 | 82.55 | 82.59 | 82.59 | |||||||||
| Dominion Party | Samuel Ferson | 1.47% | 69 | 69.15 | 69.15 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 12,381 Valid: 4,680 (37.80%) Spoilt: 217 Quota: 781 Turnout: 4,897 (39.55%) | |||||||||||||||
1973 Election
[edit]1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Alliance | Michael O'Donoghue | 17.28% | 939 | ||||||||||
| UUP | Samuel McCombe | 14.89% | 809 | 809.18 | 810.24 | 874.24 | 876.24 | 899.27 | 908.27 | ||||
| Vanguard | James Clarke | 9.85% | 535 | 535.06 | 536.06 | 538.06 | 541.06 | 566.06 | 878.06 | 936.06 | |||
| UUP | James Craig | 10.01% | 544 | 544.06 | 547.06 | 572.06 | 573.09 | 600.09 | 609.09 | 694.18 | 700.18 | 947.21 | |
| UUP | Jack Allen | 8.63% | 469 | 469.15 | 470.27 | 504.27 | 507.3 | 548.3 | 553.3 | 600.36 | 613.11 | 895.92 | |
| Alliance | William Gawn | 3.28% | 178 | 182.41 | 298.83 | 300.83 | 479.72 | 513.14 | 514.14 | 696.4 | 699.4 | 733.43 | |
| UUP | William Clarke | 9.33% | 507 | 507.06 | 510.09 | 522.09 | 525.09 | 541.09 | 544.09 | 599.12 | 607.37 | ||
| Independent | Thomas Simpson | 7.31% | 397 | 398.29 | 399.5 | 412.5 | 418.65 | 490.86 | 497.86 | ||||
| Vanguard | David McCreight | 6.09% | 331 | 331 | 331 | 336 | 337 | 349 | |||||
| Independent | Peter Neish | 4.38% | 238 | 238.39 | 240.48 | 257.48 | 256.69 | ||||||
| Alliance | Charlie Greer | 3.11% | 169 | 172.36 | 203.49 | 206.49 | |||||||
| UUP | R. W. Rutherford-Browne | 3.20% | 174 | 174 | 176 | ||||||||
| Alliance | Alan Finlay | 2.65% | 144 | 162.06 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 9,206 Valid: 5,434 (59.03%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 906 Turnout: 5,523 (59.99%) | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.