1920 Antrim County Council election

April 2022 thumb|350px|Map of the results by electoral division The 1920 Antrim County Council election was held on Thursday, 3 June 1920. Council results PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% Ulster Unionist Party16 Nationalist Party (Ireland)2 Independent Unionist1 Sinn Féin1Totals2135,455100%— Freeman's Journal - Thursday 10 June 1920 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000056/19200610/057/0003 Freeman's Journal 10 June 1920June 2021Weekly Freeman's Journal - Saturday 19 June 1920 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001447/19200619/160/0006 Freeman's Journal 19 June 1920June 2021 Division results Antrim Electoral Division Composed of the former districts of Antrim Rural, Ballycare Rural, Ballynaorentagh, Ballyrobin, Ballygillan, Cargin, Carnmoney, Connor, Craigarogan, Cranfield, Crumlin, Donegore, Drumanaway, Dundesert, Glenavy, Kilbride, Randalstown, Rashee, Seacash, Sharvogue, Shilvodan, Templepatrick, Toome, Urban District of Ballycare, Town of Antrim.Co. Antrim County Council, Election of County Councillors 1920 (list of new electoral divisions) https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001426/19200430/125/0005 Ballymena Observer 30 April 1920June 2021 Antrim Electoral Division - 4 seatsBelfast News-Letter - 5 June 1920 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000038/19200605/083/0006 Belfast News-Letter 5 June 1920June 2021Dublin Evening Telegraph - 9 June 1920 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002093/19200609/006/0001 Dublin Evening Telegraph 9 June 1920 1June 2021 5 Ulster Unionist Party Hugh Minford 2,166 Ulster Unionist Party George McManus (incumbent) 1,366 Ulster Unionist Party Alexander Lawther J.P. 1,013 1,514 Ulster Unionist Party William P. Dickie 730 1,043 1,089 1,274 1,287 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Henry Laverty 872 891 894 905 1,251 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) John O'Neill 432 449 450 452 5 12,689 6,579 - 1,316 - Ballymena Electoral Division Composed of the former districts of Ballymena, Ahoghoil, Kells, Glen Rm, Galgorm, and Killoquin. Ballymena Electoral Division - 6 seatsBelfast News-Letter - Monday 7 June 1920 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000038/19200607/086/0007 Belfast News-Letter 7 June 1920 7June 2021 7 Ulster Unionist Party Robert Crawford (incumbent) 1,731 Ulster Unionist Party John G. Wallace (incumbent) 1,508 Ulster Unionist Party John Kinnear (incumbent) 1,357 1,446 Ulster Unionist Party Lt. Col. John Patrick (incumbent) 1,079 - - 1,201 1,290 1,573 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) John P. McCann (incumbent) 1,003 - - 1,007 1,147 - 1,176 Ulster Unionist Party John Adrain Junior 830 - - 924 1,001 - 1,467 Independent (politician) James D. Caruth - - - - 949 Sinn Féin John Clarke - - - - Independent (politician) Alexander O'Hara 337 James McKenna 160 Independent (politician) Ellen Jane Gribben 105 Charles McAuley 103 7 17,773 9,945 - 1,421 - Ballymoney Electoral Division Ballymoney Electoral Division - 4 seatsLarne Times - Saturday 12 June 1920 (candidate affiliation & results) https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001531/19200612/012/0002 Larne Times 12 June 1920June 2021 8 Sinn Féin Louis Joseph Walsh 1,487 - - - 1,821 17.68 Ulster Unionist Party Cpt. F. H. Watt (incumbent) 1,305 - - - - - - 1,824 15.51 Farmers Union W. W. B. Keers 1,111 - - - - - - 1,809 13.21 Ulster Unionist Party James G. Leslie D.L. (incumbent) 1,103 - - - - - - 1,619 13.11 Farmers Union Andrew McAuley 796 9.46 Farmers Union Francis Black Junior 732 8.70 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Daniel McAlister 612 7.28 Ulster Unionist Party Maj. J. A. Montgomery (incumbent) 524 6.23 Irish Labour Party Robert McMullan 394 4.68 Farmers Union William Stuart 348 4.14 8 13,299 8,412 352 1,683 8,764 (65.90%) Carrickfergus Electoral Division Composed of the former districts of Ballycor, Ballylinney, Ballynure, Cairncastle, Carrick, Fergus Rural, Eden, Glenwherry, Glynn, Islandmagee, Kilwaughter, Monkstown, Raloo, Temple Corran, Whiteabbey, Whitehouse, and urban districts of Carrickfergus and Larne. In Carrickfergus the defeat of Edward Coey, an active member of Edward Carson's Advisory Committee, was an unexpected loss.Irish Independent - Monday 7 June 1920 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001715/19200607/085/0005 Irish Independent 7 June 1920June 2021 Coey had been a member of the council since the first elections in 1899.Belfast News-Letter - Thursday 3 June 1920 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000038/19200603/150/0004 Belfast News-Letter 3 June 1920June 2021 21 May 1920 Antrim County Council election (Robert Wilson election advert) https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000038/19200521/100/0006 Belfast News-Letter 6June 2021 Carrickfergus Electoral Division - 4 seats 3 Ulster Unionist Party Edward Coey Smith 1,330 27.99 Ulster Unionist Party Alexander Miscampbell (incumbent) 1,040 21.89 Independent Unionist Robert H. Wilson 951 20.02 Ulster Unionist Party Samuel McMeekin 649 873 898 984 13.66 Independent Unionist Edward Coey (incumbent) 407 541 597 613 8.57 William W. Morrow 374 395 403 7.87 14,027 4,751 - - - Lisburn Electoral Division Lisburn Electoral Division - 3 seats 8 June 1920 Antrim County Council https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000038/19200608/134/0009 Belfast News-Letter 9 of 10June 2021 2 June 1920 Antrim County Council: Lisburn area (Election advert for unionist candidates) https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000038/19200602/167/0004 Belfast News-Letter 4 of 10June 2021 4 Ulster Unionist Party Harold A. M. Barbour (incumbent) 2,796 50.49 Ulster Unionist Party William Fitzgerald (incumbent) - ? (+857) 1,526 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Patrick Downing* - ? (+23) 1,212 1,376 Independent Unionist Thomas Sinclair J.P. 606 677 Eliminated 10.94 Ulster Unionist Party J. Stouppe McCance D.L. (incumbent) 538 834 860 1,002 9.71 Independent (politician) Nicholas Best 127 234 2.29 4 10,697 5,768 230 1,443 5,998 Patrick Downing was also reported elsewhere as being a member of Sinn Fein Freeman's Journal - Tuesday 08 June 1920, pg.3, 'Antrim votes republican' J. Stouppe McCance D.L. had served as the Chairman of the outgoing council References Category:1920 Irish local elections 1920