Newtownabbey Area C

Newtownabbey Area C was one of the four district electoral areas in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Newtownabbey 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 Carnmoney, Cloughfern, Jordanstown, Monkstown and Rostulla. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and mostly replaced by the Shore Road DEA with Carnmoney moving to the Manse Road DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
1981		Samuel Neill (DUP)		Robert Caul (UUP)		Clifford Forsythe (UUP)		Desmond Dowds (Independent Unionist)		Claire Martin (Alliance)
1977						Bertram Biggerstaff (UPNI)/ (UUP)		George Jones (Alliance)
1973				Letitia McCartney (UUP)				Trevor Strain (UUP)		P. H. Johnston (Alliance)

1981 Election

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[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Samuel Neill*	33.68%	2,737
	UUP	Clifford Forsythe	18.45%	1,499
	UUP	Robert Caul*	15.71%	1,277	2,242.25
	Ind. Unionist	Desmond Dowds	9.93%	807	1,107.85	1,401
	Alliance	Claire Martin*	6.89%	560	608.4	665.6	744.85	786.07	1,103.26
	Alliance	George Jones*	6.57%	534	548.3	634.1	752.8	816.34	1,044.29
	Alliance	Gordon Mawhinney	5.66%	460	488.05	523.8	555.65	593.99
	Newtownabbey Labour	Brian Caul	3.10%	252	275.65	328.45
Electorate: 15,006   Valid: 8,126 (54.15%)   Spoilt: 206   Quota: 1,355   Turnout: 8,332 (55.52%)

1977 Election

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

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

1973-1977 Change: Alliance and UPNI gain from UUP (two seats)

Newtownabbey Area C - 5 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Alliance	Claire Martin	18.81%	1,128
	UUP	Robert Caul	17.23%	1,033
	DUP	Samuel Neill*	17.18%	1,030
	Alliance	George Jones	14.68%	880	917	1,029.31
	Unionist Party NI	Bertram Biggerstaff*	11.49%	689	703	709.16	713.39	720.38	734.78	1,110.78
	Ind. Unionist	Desmond Dowds	9.91%	594	606	607.43	607.79	614.06	619.4	690.4
	UUP	Letitia McCartney*	9.21%	552	565	567.64	593.32	607.57	611.92
	Independent	Olive Shannon	1.50%	90
Electorate: 14,661   Valid: 5,996 (40.90%)   Spoilt: 157   Quota: 1,000   Turnout: 6,153 (41.97%)

1973 Election

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

Newtownabbey Area C - 5 seats[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Bertram Biggerstaff	26.62%	2,117
	DUP	Samuel Neill	24.96%	1,985
	UUP	Letitia McCartney	4.69%	373	872.13	1,066.27	1,066.61	1,094.31	1,119.57	1,386.51
	UUP	Trevor Strain	7.24%	576	657.46	897.78	898.12	912.02	926.21	1,309.34
	Alliance	P. H. Johnston	11.49%	914	932.13	940.97	941.97	1,116.66	1,290.19	1,319.49
	Alliance	George Jones	8.10%	644	659.54	666	666.34	734.57	1,080.94	1,124.49
	UUP	James McWatters	5.29%	421	557.16	721.72	723.72	744.61	762.85
	Alliance	Claire Martin	6.05%	481	498.39	505.19	507.19	594.29
	NI Labour	J. W. McDowell	2.26%	180	186.66	193.8	234.52
	NI Labour	D. Doris	2.53%	201	207.29	214.43	234.45
	NI Labour	Thomas Williamson	0.78%	62	62	66.76
Electorate: 12,142   Valid: 7,954 (65.51%)   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 1,326   Turnout: 8,032 (66.15%)

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.