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1981 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1981
1981 Newtownabbey Borough Council election parliamentary no 1977 Newtownabbey Borough Council election 1977 1981 05 20 y 1985 Newtownabbey Borough Council election 1985 All 21 seats to Newtownabbey Borough Council 11 Ulster Unionist Party 9 1 Democratic Unionist Party 5 1 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 3 3 Independent Unionist 3 3 Newtownabbey Labour 1 0 Unionist Party of Northern Ireland 0 1 Loyalist 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Newtownabbey Borough Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.
Election results
Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 1981https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgnewtownabbey.htm Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Newtownabbey www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
9
2
1
1
42.9
34.5
9,210
3.6
Democratic Unionist Party
5
1
0
1
23.8
34.7
9,275
15.8
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
3
0
3
3
14.3
15.6
4,174
5.3
Independent Unionist
3
3
0
3
9.5
8.8
2,356
8.8
Newtownabbey Labour Party
1
0
0
0
4.8
3.8
1,028
1.3
Republican Clubs
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.4
375
0.5
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.2
323
1.2
Communist Party of Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.1
32
0.1
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Newtownabbey 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="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|45.3
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2
|32.2
|2
|10.8
|0
|11.7
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|37.0
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2
|34.8
|1
|11.6
|1
|16.6
|1
|6
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|34.2
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2
|33.7
|1
|19.1
|1
|13.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area D
|25.2
|2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.3
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1
|17.5
|1
|20.0
|1
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|34.5
|9
|34.7
|5
|15.6
|3
|15.2
|4
|21
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1981: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977-1981 Change: DUP and Independent Unionist gain from UUP and Alliance
Newtownabbey 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
4
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Wilson*
850
16.62%
951
Ulster Unionist Party
Arthur Templeton*
758
14.82%
832
872
Democratic Unionist Party
Trevor Kirkland
830
16.23%
852
853
Democratic Unionist Party
Mary Harkness*
818
16.00%
833
836
836.73
Independent Unionist
Sidney Cameron*
598
11.69%
760
789
799.22
Ulster Unionist Party
John Anderson
710
13.88%
762
786
794.03
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Pat McCudden*
550
10.75%
4
8,958
5,114 (57.09%)
129
853
5,243 (58.53%)
Area B
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Loyalist
1981: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour
1977-1981 Change: Loyalist joins UUP
Newtownabbey Area B - 6 seats
6
Democratic Unionist Party
David Hanna
1,964
34.78%
Ulster Unionist Party
Fraser Agnew
1,090
19.30%
Ulster Unionist Party
Letitia McCartney
547
9.69%
1,176.37
Ulster Unionist Party
Cecil Stringer*
450
7.97%
809.1
Newtownabbey Labour
Robert Kidd*
433
7.67%
510.49
590.5
660.04
801.23
983.23
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John Elliott*
363
6.42%
392.61
453.09
583.62
595.42
653.68
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Hugh Montgomery
291
5.15%
307.38
351.48
409.62
417.08
445.11
Republican Clubs
Austin Kelly
375
6.64%
378.78
381.93
384.78
396.78
Newtownabbey Labour
Alistair Keery
102
1.81%
123.42
151.14
169.38
Communist Party of Ireland
William Stewart
32
0.57%
33.89
40.19
41.33
6
12,043
5,647 (46.89%)
273
807
5,920 (49.16%)
Area C
1977: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UPNI
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977-1981 Change: UUP and Independent Unionist gain from Alliance and UPNI
Newtownabbey Area C - 5 seats
6
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Neill*
2,737
33.68%
Ulster Unionist Party
Clifford Forsythe
1,499
18.45%
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Caul*
1,277
15.71%
2,242.25
Independent Unionist
Desmond Dowds
807
9.93%
1,107.85
1,401
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Claire Martin*
560
6.89%
608.4
665.6
744.85
786.07
1,103.26
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
George Jones*
534
6.57%
548.3
634.1
752.8
816.34
1,044.29
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Gordon Mawhinney
460
5.66%
488.05
523.8
555.65
593.99
Newtownabbey Labour
Brian Caul
252
3.10%
275.65
328.45
6
15,006
8,126 (54.15%)
206
1,355
8,332 (55.52%)
Area D
1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977-1981 Change: Independent Unionist gain from Alliance
Newtownabbey Area D - 5 seats
7
Democratic Unionist Party
James Smith*
2,926
37.29%
Independent Unionist
George Herron*
951
12.12%
1,557.1
Ulster Unionist Party
Ivan Hunter
949
12.10%
1,282.5
1,406.26
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James Rooney*
1,068
13.61%
1,091.2
1,096.14
1,096.62
1,193.2
1,793.2
Ulster Unionist Party
Arthur Kell*
560
7.14%
781.56
833.04
914.4
926.24
993.24
1,169.24
Ulster Unionist Party
William McKee*
520
6.63%
889.46
942.5
955.94
962.68
991.52
1,065.52
Independent (politician)
John Drysdale*
323
4.12%
330.54
333.66
333.9
396.48
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John Smith
308
3.93%
337.58
341.22
341.94
376.68
Newtownabbey Labour
Thomas Davidson
147
1.87%
159.76
161.84
161.84
Newtownabbey Labour
Lindsay Prior
94
1.20%
96.5
97.16
97.4
7
14,796
7,846 (53.03%)
263
1,308
8,109 (54.81%)
References
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