Lisburn Area D

Lisburn Area D 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 Hilden, Lambeg, Lisnagarvey, Magheralave and Tonagh. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections with 4 of the wards going to Lisburn Town DEA and Lambeg to the Dunmurry Cross DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
1981		Ivan Davis (DUP)		Robert McNeice (DUP)		Samuel Semple (UUP)		Maureen McKinney (UUP)		George Boyd (Alliance)
1977				Robert Kirkwood (UPNI)/ (UUP)
1973								William Henry (UUP)		G. W. C. McCartney (Alliance)

1981 Election

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI

1981: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UPNI

Lisburn Area D - 5 seats[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Ivan Davis*	44.02%	3,720
	DUP	Robert McNeice	5.56%	470	2,105.84
	UUP	Samuel Semple*	12.65%	1,069	1,313.48	1,630.28
	UUP	Maureen McKinney*	9.32%	788	963.36	1,090.56	1,156.81	1,264.48	1,437.38
	Alliance	George Boyd*	12.85%	1,086	1,125.68	1,138.58	1,140.33	1,178.5	1,204.89	1,665.89
	UUP	David Trimble	5.37%	454	494.96	565.16	683.41	764.25	903.76	903.76
	Alliance	James Mulholland	5.67%	479	498.84	503.94	504.94	520.36	535.35
	UUUP	John Curry	1.81%	153	246.44	373.04	393.29	455.76
	Unionist Party NI	David Gordon	2.75%	232	291.52	327.22	334.47
Electorate: 14,016   Valid: 8,451 (60.30%)   Spoilt: 158   Quota: 1,409   Turnout: 8,639 (61.64%)

1977 Election

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI

1973-1977 Change: UPNI gain from UUP

Lisburn Area D - 5 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Ivan Davis*	25.77%	1,758
	Unionist Party NI	Robert Kirkwood*	21.76%	1,485
	Alliance	George Boyd	17.85%	1,218
	UUP	Samuel Semple*	13.92%	950	1,055.08	1,184.2
	UUP	Maureen McKinney	9.32%	476	540.01	613.45	708.46	710.08	1,074.54
	UUUP	James Davis	4.13%	282	688.26	704.34	780.9	781.86	807.53
	Alliance	Hazel Ervine	5.58%	381	390.62	474.14	584.19	652.89
	Independent	Gerald King	3.03%	207	218.84	240.68
	UUP	Andrew Oliver	0.97%	66	85.61	100.49
Electorate: 13,881   Valid: 6,823 (49.15%)   Spoilt: 199   Quota: 1,138   Turnout: 7,022 (50.59%)

1973 Election

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

Lisburn Area D - 5 seats[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	UUP	Samuel Semple	26.52%	2,294
	UUP	Robert Kirkwood	13.02%	1,126	1,508.58
	Alliance	G. W. C. McCartney	14.36%	1,242	1,282.33	1,285.75	1,325.75	1,325.75	1,333.41	1,353.27	1,506.27
	DUP	Ivan Davis	10.66%	922	955.3	957.52	958.89	993.29	995.09	1,008.06	1,015.49	1,025.49	1,479.49
	UUP	William Henry	9.19%	795	974.08	1,000.24	1,005.67	1,009.58	1,083.64	1,324.76	1,337.65	1,341.02	1,432.33
	Alliance	George Boyd	6.97%	603	613.73	614.51	632.88	632.88	635.62	641.82	783.9	1,131.27	1,138.7
	Vanguard	James Davis	5.61%	485	501.28	502.3	502.3	605.32	609.11	613.46	613.89	614.89
	SDLP	P. J. Rowen	5.03%	435	436.11	436.11	463.11	463.11	463.11	463.11	469.48
	Alliance	Hazel Ervine	3.47%	300	305.55	305.85	319.85	320.22	322.34	328
	UUP	Myrtle McMaster	1.04%	90	220.98	233.82	236.19	240.25	303.93
	UUP	James Hutchinson	1.17%	101	138.37	152.65	156.77	159.51
	Vanguard	Marjorie Lockhart	1.64%	142	150.88	151.3	152.3
	NI Labour	R. N. Hill	1.34%	116	117.48	117.66
Electorate: 10,564   Valid: 8,651 (81.89%)   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 1,442   Turnout: 8,723 (82.57%)

References

1. "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
2. "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
3. "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.