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1981 Carrickfergus Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1981
1981 Carrickfergus Borough Council election parliamentary no 1977 Carrickfergus Borough Council election 1977 1981 05 20 y 1985 Carrickfergus Borough Council election 1985 All 15 seats to Carrickfergus Borough Council 8 Democratic Unionist Party 7 4 Ulster Unionist Party 3 2 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 3 2 United Loyalist 1 0 Independent Unionist 1 1 Unionist Party of Northern Ireland 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Carrickfergus 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
Carrickfergus Borough Council Election Result 1981https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgcarrick.htm Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Carrickfergus www.ark.ac.uk
Democratic Unionist Party
7
4
0
4
46.7
36.6
4,399
19.0
Ulster Unionist Party
3
0
2
2
20.0
22.6
2,717
4.9
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
3
0
2
2
20.0
21.8
2,618
8.3
United Loyalist
1
0
0
0
6.7
6.8
819
1.8
Independent Unionist
1
1
0
1
6.7
4.4
526
4.4
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
1
1
0.0
3.2
383
6.9
Progressive Unionist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.9
353
New
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.0
122
New
Newtownabbey Labour Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.7
85
New
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Carrickfergus 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"|27.4
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|20.0
|1
|22.2
|1
|30.4
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|34.4
|2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.4
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|25.0
|1
|5.2
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|47.1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|12.9
|0
|18.3
|1
|21.7
|1
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|36.6
|7
|22.6
|3
|21.8
|3
|19.0
|2
|15
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist
1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist
1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from Alliance and UUP
Carrickfergus Area A - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1981 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/064e8d36-856a-4f60-b950-716cf2c3c7bb/local_government_election_results_1981 EONI 8 July 2021
7
United Loyalist
Charles Johnston*
819
21.11%
Ulster Unionist Party
Mary Ardill*
458
11.81%
475.4
585.69
587.92
695.92
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Joan Tomlin*
512
13.20%
541.21
542.21
634.44
646.82
847.82
Democratic Unionist Party
William Haggan
559
14.41%
589.59
594.05
596.28
625.27
633.5
637.5
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Irvine
504
12.99%
550.69
551.92
554.15
576.83
590.75
598.75
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
Anne Dickson
353
9.10%
366.8
372.49
373.49
390.56
411.63
502.63
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Stewart Dickson*
208
5.36%
213.52
216.52
257.52
263.44
Ulster Unionist Party
Ernest Burton
188
4.85%
203.64
217.25
220.25
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Robert Gordon
145
3.74%
145.92
145.92
Ulster Unionist Party
Mary Anderson
133
3.43%
142.2
7
6,062
3,879 (63.99%)
98
647
3,977 (65.61%)
Area B
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1981: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
Carrickfergus Area B - 5 seats
9
Democratic Unionist Party
William Cross
748
18.98%
Ulster Unionist Party
Hugh McLean*
701
17.79%
Ulster Unionist Party
James Brown
588
14.92%
590.64
606.18
608.24
687.24
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Patrick Conway*
446
11.32%
446.84
448.28
469.28
472.18
498.54
501.74
694.74
Democratic Unionist Party
William Knox
359
9.11%
433.52
437.24
438.3
454.88
483.6
495.76
500.94
749.94
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Charles Hilditch*
307
7.79%
308.2
312.82
340.82
347.6
368.32
374.08
433.06
439.06
Democratic Unionist Party
Steven Watters
249
6.32%
256.8
259.2
259.2
265.52
274.82
280.58
285.58
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Alice Bateman
231
5.86%
231
231.42
249.42
250.72
277.02
280.22
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
Robert Wilson
122
3.10%
122.6
124.34
131.4
134.02
Ulster Unionist Party
Henry Cardwell
105
2.66%
106.2
117
123
Newtownabbey Labour
Richard Hopkins
85
2.16%
85
85.18
9
6,627
3,941 (59.47%)
133
657
4,074 (61.48%)
Area C
1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI, 1 x UUP
1981: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP, Independent Unionist leaves UPNI
Carrickfergus Area C - 5 seats
8
Democratic Unionist Party
Ken McFaul*
1,572
37.41%
Democratic Unionist Party
William McKeown
241
5.74%
816.12
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Sean Neeson*
663
15.78%
692.68
694.99
787.99
Independent Unionist
Samuel Murphy*
526
12.52%
561.28
564.14
578.37
602.37
623.17
675.66
722.66
Democratic Unionist Party
James Strange
167
3.97%
312.04
410.05
417.5
425.5
433.85
447.77
561.86
Ulster Unionist Party
Elizabeth Carson
230
5.47%
245.12
246.99
257.1
268.1
327.23
454.28
509.77
Progressive Unionist Party
Samuel Stewart
353
8.40%
382.12
385.86
386.86
391.86
402.88
419
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Hunter*
159
3.78%
178.6
180.03
185.37
194.37
263.73
Ulster Unionist Party
John Haslett
155
3.69%
171.24
172.01
176.79
181.79
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Arthur McQuitty
106
2.52%
109.36
110.57
Independent Unionist
Edwin Cummings
30
0.71%
30.56
30.89
8
6,939
4,202 (60.56%)
165
701
4,367 (62.93%)
References
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