1981 Lisburn Borough Council election

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1981 Lisburn Borough Council election
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All 23 seats to
Lisburn Borough Council

12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party DUP Ulster Unionist Alliance
Seats won 10 8 2
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 2 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party SDLP UUUP Unionist Party NI
Seats won 2 1 0
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0 Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Lisburn Borough Council Election Result 1981[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP 10 4 0 Increase4 43.5 42.7 13,867 Increase16.1
  Ulster Unionist 8 0 2 Decrease2 34.8 32.2 10,471 Increase2.2
  Alliance 2 0 1 Decrease1 8.7 12.2 3,976 Decrease8.2
  SDLP 2 0 0 Steady0 8.7 5.9 1,918 Decrease0.3
  UUUP 1 1 1 Steady0 4.3 2.0 659 Decrease3.9
 
Independent
 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.3 740 Increase1.5
 
Republican Clubs
 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.4 462 Increase0.2
  Unionist Party NI 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 0.7 232 Decrease5.2
  NI Labour 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.3 107 Increase0.3
  Communist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.2 72 Increase0.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Lisburn Borough Council election, 1981
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance SDLP UUUP Others
Area A 30.2 1 51.8 2 0.0 0 18.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 4
Area B 43.7 3 39.7 2 10.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 6.0 0 5
Area C 54.3 3 20.6 1 11.9 1 0.0 0 5.9 0 7.3 0 5
Area D 49.6 2 27.3 2 18.5 1 0.0 0 1.8 0 2.8 0 5
Area E 30.0 1 28.7 1 15.3 0 15.9 1 1.6 1 8.5 0 4
Total 42.7 10 32.2 8 12.2 2 5.9 2 2.0 1 5.0 0 23

Districts results

Area A

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1977-1981 Change: No change

Lisburn Area A - 4 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Ulster Unionist Ronald Campbell* 25.81% 1,299        
DUP Jim Wells 19.95% 1,004        
Ulster Unionist Jim Dillon* 18.20% 916 1,129.21      
SDLP John Clenaghan* 17.98% 905 913.97 915.65 915.86 932.28
DUP Charles Woodburne* 10.23% 515 527.19 537.55 548.68 842.47
Ulster Unionist Henry Stewart 7.83% 394 429.65 539.13 545.01  
Electorate: 7,983   Valid: 5,033 (63.05%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,007   Turnout: 5,142 (64.41%)  

Area B

1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1981: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Lisburn Area B - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Charles Poots* 25.09% 1,469          
Ulster Unionist William Bleakes* 20.87% 1,222          
Ulster Unionist Thomas Lilburn* 11.19% 655 697.57 843.77 965.88 1,356.88  
DUP Samuel Dorman* 10.59% 620 789.62 825.22 850.59 891.39 956.39
DUP James McCann 8.01% 469 688.45 697.05 760.62 827.96 891.96
Alliance
John Alderdice
 10.64% 623 625.97 639.57 701.5 741.55 828.55
Ulster Unionist Joseph McCullough 7.63% 447 479.34 509.54 582.25    
Independent
 William Johnston 5.99% 351 364.2 370.4      
Electorate: 9,350   Valid: 5,856 (62.63%)   Spoilt: 121   Quota: 977   Turnout: 5,977 (63.93%)  

Area C

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[2]
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    
Ulster Unionist 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
Ulster Unionist 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%)  

Area D

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[2]
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          
Ulster Unionist Samuel Semple* 12.65% 1,069 1,313.48 1,630.28        
Ulster Unionist 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
Ulster Unionist 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%)  

Area E

1977: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1981: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP
1977-1981 Change: UUUP gain from Alliance

Lisburn Area E - 4 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP William Beattie* 29.98% 1,909          
Ulster Unionist William McAllister* 28.74% 1,830          
SDLP William McDonnell* 15.91% 1,013 1,013.74 1,014.73 1,036.73 1,197.1 1,220.47
UUUP James Davis 1.65% 105 674.43 1,096.17 1,099.31 1,100.64 1,158.97
Alliance John Cousins* 8.51% 542 566.42 611.3 619.74 691.4 1,100.58
Alliance Brian Fitzsimons 6.83% 435 463.49 534.77 537.1 552.13  
Republican Clubs
 Gerard Dunlop 7.26% 462 464.22 468.18 487.18    
Communist Terry Bruton 1.13% 72 76.07 77.72      
Electorate: 12,242   Valid: 6,368 (52.02%)   Spoilt: 463   Quota: 1,274   Turnout: 6,831 (55.80%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Lisburn". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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