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.
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All 15 seats to Carrickfergus Borough Council 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results
edit| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUP | 7 | 4 | 0 |  4
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46.7 | 36.6 | 4,399 | 19.0
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| UUP | 3 | 0 | 2 |  2
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20.0 | 22.6 | 2,717 | 4.9
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| Alliance | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2
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20.0 | 21.8 | 2,618 | 8.3
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| United Loyalist | 1 | 0 | 0 |  0
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6.7 | 6.8 | 819 | 1.8
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| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1
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6.7 | 4.4 | 526 | 4.4
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| Unionist Party NI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
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0.0 | 3.2 | 383 | 6.9
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| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
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0.0 | 2.9 | 353 | New | |
| UPUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
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0.0 | 1.0 | 122 | New | |
| Newtownabbey Labour Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
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0.0 | 0.7 | 85 | New | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
edit| Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUP | UUP | Alliance | Others | ||||||
| Area A | 27.4 | 2 | 20.0 | 1 | 22.2 | 1 | 30.4 | 1 | 5 |
| Area B | 34.4 | 2 | 35.4 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Area C | 47.1 | 3 | 12.9 | 0 | 18.3 | 1 | 21.7 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 36.6 | 7 | 22.6 | 3 | 21.8 | 3 | 19.0 | 2 | 15 |
Districts results
editArea A
edit1977: 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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| United Loyalist | Charles Johnston* | 21.11% | 819 | |||||||
| UUP | Mary Ardill* | 11.81% | 458 | 475.4 | 585.69 | 587.92 | 695.92 | |||
| Alliance | Joan Tomlin* | 13.20% | 512 | 541.21 | 542.21 | 634.44 | 646.82 | 847.82 | ||
| DUP | William Haggan | 14.41% | 559 | 589.59 | 594.05 | 596.28 | 625.27 | 633.5 | 637.5 | |
| DUP | Samuel Irvine | 12.99% | 504 | 550.69 | 551.92 | 554.15 | 576.83 | 590.75 | 598.75 | |
| Unionist Party NI | Anne Dickson | 9.10% | 353 | 366.8 | 372.49 | 373.49 | 390.56 | 411.63 | 502.63 | |
| Alliance | Stewart Dickson* | 5.36% | 208 | 213.52 | 216.52 | 257.52 | 263.44 | |||
| UUP | Ernest Burton | 4.85% | 188 | 203.64 | 217.25 | 220.25 | ||||
| Alliance | Robert Gordon | 3.74% | 145 | 145.92 | 145.92 | |||||
| UUP | Mary Anderson | 3.43% | 133 | 142.2 | ||||||
| Electorate: 6,062 Valid: 3,879 (63.99%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 647 Turnout: 3,977 (65.61%) | ||||||||||
Area B
edit1977: 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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| DUP | William Cross | 18.98% | 748 | |||||||||
| UUP | Hugh McLean* | 17.79% | 701 | |||||||||
| UUP | James Brown | 14.92% | 588 | 590.64 | 606.18 | 608.24 | 687.24 | |||||
| Alliance | Patrick Conway* | 11.32% | 446 | 446.84 | 448.28 | 469.28 | 472.18 | 498.54 | 501.74 | 694.74 | ||
| DUP | William Knox | 9.11% | 359 | 433.52 | 437.24 | 438.3 | 454.88 | 483.6 | 495.76 | 500.94 | 749.94 | |
| Alliance | Charles Hilditch* | 7.79% | 307 | 308.2 | 312.82 | 340.82 | 347.6 | 368.32 | 374.08 | 433.06 | 439.06 | |
| DUP | Steven Watters | 6.32% | 249 | 256.8 | 259.2 | 259.2 | 265.52 | 274.82 | 280.58 | 285.58 | ||
| Alliance | Alice Bateman | 5.86% | 231 | 231 | 231.42 | 249.42 | 250.72 | 277.02 | 280.22 | |||
| UPUP | Robert Wilson | 3.10% | 122 | 122.6 | 124.34 | 131.4 | 134.02 | |||||
| UUP | Henry Cardwell | 2.66% | 105 | 106.2 | 117 | 123 | ||||||
| Newtownabbey Labour | Richard Hopkins | 2.16% | 85 | 85 | 85.18 | |||||||
| Electorate: 6,627 Valid: 3,941 (59.47%) Spoilt: 133 Quota: 657 Turnout: 4,074 (61.48%) | ||||||||||||
Area C
edit1977: 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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| DUP | Ken McFaul* | 37.41% | 1,572 | ||||||||
| DUP | William McKeown | 5.74% | 241 | 816.12 | |||||||
| Alliance | Sean Neeson* | 15.78% | 663 | 692.68 | 694.99 | 787.99 | |||||
| Ind. Unionist | Samuel Murphy* | 12.52% | 526 | 561.28 | 564.14 | 578.37 | 602.37 | 623.17 | 675.66 | 722.66 | |
| DUP | James Strange | 3.97% | 167 | 312.04 | 410.05 | 417.5 | 425.5 | 433.85 | 447.77 | 561.86 | |
| UUP | Elizabeth Carson | 5.47% | 230 | 245.12 | 246.99 | 257.1 | 268.1 | 327.23 | 454.28 | 509.77 | |
| PUP | Samuel Stewart | 8.40% | 353 | 382.12 | 385.86 | 386.86 | 391.86 | 402.88 | 419 | ||
| UUP | Robert Hunter* | 3.78% | 159 | 178.6 | 180.03 | 185.37 | 194.37 | 263.73 | |||
| UUP | John Haslett | 3.69% | 155 | 171.24 | 172.01 | 176.79 | 181.79 | ||||
| Alliance | Arthur McQuitty | 2.52% | 106 | 109.36 | 110.57 | ||||||
| Ind. Unionist | Edwin Cummings | 0.71% | 30 | 30.56 | 30.89 | ||||||
| Electorate: 6,939 Valid: 4,202 (60.56%) Spoilt: 165 Quota: 701 Turnout: 4,367 (62.93%) | |||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Carrickfergus". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.