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1981 Larne Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1981
1981 Larne Borough Council election parliamentary no 1977 Larne Borough Council election 1977 1981 05 20 y 1985 Larne Borough Council election 1985 All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council 8 Democratic Unionist Party 6 3 Ulster Unionist Party 4 2 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 3 1 United Loyalist 1 1 Independent Nationalist 1 1 Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party 0 3 Independent (politician) 0 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Larne Borough Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.
Election results
Larne Borough Council Election Result 1981https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lglarne.htm Local Government Elections 1983-1981: Larne www.ark.ac.uk
Democratic Unionist Party
6
3
0
3
40.0
37.2
4,366
12.3
Ulster Unionist Party
4
2
0
2
26.7
24.2
2,845
17.4
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
3
0
1
1
20.0
17.4
2,042
8.4
Independent Nationalist
1
0
0
1
6.7
7.5
875
7.5
United Loyalist
1
1
0
1
6.7
6.2
728
6.2
Independent (politician)
0
0
2
2
0.0
4.3
504
6.8
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 1981by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="D46A4C"|30.8
|bgcolor="D46A4C"|1
|27.7
|1
|14.5
|1
|27.0
|1
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="D46A4C"|44.6
|bgcolor="D46A4C"|2
|16.7
|1
|8.6
|0
|30.1
|1
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|bgcolor="D46A4C"|37.2
|bgcolor="D46A4C"|3
|26.0
|2
|23.4
|2
|13.4
|0
|7
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|37.2
|6
|24.2
|4
|17.4
|3
|21.2
|2
|15
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1977: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1977-1981 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP
Larne Area A - 4 seatsLocal Government Results 1981 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/064e8d36-856a-4f60-b950-716cf2c3c7bb/local_government_election_results_1981 EONI 8 July 2021
3
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Robinson*
897
27.71%
Independent Nationalist
William Cunning
875
27.03%
Democratic Unionist Party
Rachel Rea*
582
17.98%
715.4
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Hugh Wilson*
469
14.49%
520.91
745.19
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Campbell
414
12.79%
470.26
472.42
3
5,107
3,237 (63.38%)
74
648
3,311 (64.83%)
Area B
1977: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist
1977-1981 Change: DUP and United Loyalist gain from Alliance and Vanguard
Larne Area B - 4 seats
3
Democratic Unionist Party
John Alexander
647
23.13%
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel McAllister
600
21.45%
Ulster Unionist Party
Laurence Niblock*
547
19.56%
562.96
United Loyalist
Roy Beggs*
466
16.66%
514.26
575.26
Ulster Unionist Party
Alexander Hunter*
296
10.58%
314.81
429.81
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Calwell*
241
11.54%
244.61
3
4,510
2,797 (62.02%)
68
560
2,865 (63.53%)
Area C
1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x Vanguard, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP
1981: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) and UUP (two seats) gain from Vanguard (two seats) and Independent (two seats)
Larne Area C - 7 seats
11
Democratic Unionist Party
Jack McKee*
1,436
25.18%
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Robinson
770
13.50%
Democratic Unionist Party
Winston Fulton
509
8.93%
927
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Kelly*
508
8.91%
514.5
515.8
532.8
557.8
559.41
605.38
620.42
927.42
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Thomas Benson*
428
7.50%
428.5
430.06
442.56
464.56
467.36
504.62
518.95
641.52
847.12
Democratic Unionist Party
Leonard Sluman
178
3.12%
348
529.48
539.48
551
552.54
565.84
628.8
630.3
630.3
633.5
Ulster Unionist Party
Rosalie Armstrong*
387
6.79%
405.5
413.04
419.54
439.3
460.02
498.9
597.22
598.79
601.99
629.99
Ulster Unionist Party
Joseph Wallace
325
5.70%
348
354.24
360.24
393.74
412.57
459.91
533.55
541.62
544.82
564.82
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Amelia Kelly
396
6.94%
398.5
398.5
412.5
423.5
423.78
467.92
474.06
United Loyalist
Samuel Martin*
262
4.59%
302.5
309.78
317.28
326.78
330.98
358.14
Independent (politician)
James Clements
218
3.82%
233.5
236.36
281.36
302.12
304.71
Independent (politician)
Agnew Hamilton*
156
2.74%
160
161.56
173.56
Independent (politician)
Patrick Todd
69
1.21%
74.5
75.28
Independent (politician)
William Fleck
61
1.07%
65.5
66.02
11
10,614
5,703 (53.73%)
191
713
5,894 (55.53%)
References
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