District electoral areas in Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Lisburn Area C was one of the five district electoral areas in Lisburn, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Lisburn 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 Blaris, Hillhall, Knockmore, Lagan Valley and Old Warren. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and mainly replaced by the Lisburn Town DEA , with Blaris moving to the Downshire DEA and Knockmore moving to the Killultagh DEA .
Councillors
1981 Election
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUUP
1981: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and UUUP
Lisburn Area C - 5 seats[ 1]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
DUP
William Belshaw *
35.49%
2,412
DUP
Denis McCarroll
12.60%
856
1,290.6
DUP
Robert Dunsmore
6.22%
423
979.5
989.56
1,110.4
1,189.4
UUP
William Gardiner-Watson *
11.95%
812
884.61
889.67
895.75
1,011.89
1,221.89
Alliance
Seamus Close *
11.93%
811
826.37
890.55
891.69
979
1,002.28
1,007.88
UUP
Wilfred McClung*
8.61%
585
632.17
634.23
641.07
683.74
863.24
945.56
UUUP
George Morrison *
5.90%
401
488.45
494.51
509.33
581.25
Independent
William Whitley
5.72%
389
430.34
446.87
451.43
NI Labour
Robert Clarke
1.57%
107
115.48
Electorate: 11,569 Valid: 6,796 (58.74%) Spoilt: 196 Quota: 1,133 Turnout: 6,992 (60.44%)
1977 Election
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: Vanguard joins UUUP
Lisburn Area C - 5 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
DUP
William Belshaw *
26.53%
1,388
Alliance
Seamus Close *
18.68%
987
UUP
William Gardiner-Watson
17.09%
894
UUUP
George Morrison *
13.46%
704
783.92
796.4
804.91
934.91
UUP
Wilfred McClung
8.61%
397
416.98
499.35
575.02
787.35
DUP
Denis McCarroll
4.45%
233
573.77
577.14
580.13
689.82
Vanguard
Ronnie Crawford
8.43%
441
499.83
524.2
550.65
Alliance
Thomas Hughes
3.59%
188
190.59
Electorate: 11,377 Valid: 5,232 (45.99%) Spoilt: 224 Quota: 873 Turnout: 5,456 (47.96%)
1973 Election
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
Lisburn Area C - 5 seats[ 3]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
DUP
William Belshaw
16.53%
1,222
1,230
1,231
1,234
UUP
Norman Bicker
12.57%
929
953
955
955
966
975
1,062
1,107
1,298
UUP
James McKeown
12.20%
902
954
956
960
984
988
1,026
1,171
1,283
Alliance
Seamus Close
8.17%
604
607
661
727
727
943
946
950
1,027
1,486
Vanguard
George Morrison
9.57%
707
712
712
713
921
926
1,072
1,081
1,136
1,140
UUP
William Gardiner-Watson
7.28%
538
563
567
575
580
593
618
701
776
780
SDLP
Peter O'Hagan
6.18%
457
457
461
551
551
561
561
561
572
Independent
Robert Allen
6.02%
445
447
454
470
475
501
534
551
UUP
William Matthews
4.07%
301
334
334
336
337
348
361
DUP
David Shanks
3.91%
289
294
294
295
310
310
Alliance
W. Ferris
2.50%
185
185
269
295
297
Vanguard
Thomas Herron
3.67%
271
273
273
273
NI Labour
A. Whitby
2.90%
214
215
224
Alliance
W. G. Hammond
2.25%
166
167
UUP
Harold McClure
2.18%
161
Electorate: 13,617 Valid: 7,391 (54.28%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,232 Turnout: 7,518 (55.21%)
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