Moyle Area C
Moyle Area C was one of the three district electoral areas in Moyle, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected four members to Moyle District Council, and formed part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Dalraida, Knocklayd, Quay and Rathlin. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Ballycastle DEA.
Councillors[edit]
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Elizabeth Johnston (UUP) |
Richard Kerr (SDLP) |
Michael O'Cleary (SDLP) |
Archibald McAuley (Independent) | ||||
| 1977 | John Black (SDLP) |
John McAfee (SDLP) | ||||||
| 1973 | ||||||||
1981 Election[edit]
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1981: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SDLP | Richard Kerr | 18.51% | 296 | 304 | 304 | 385 | |||
| SDLP | Michael O'Cleary | 13.88% | 222 | 229 | 229 | 272 | 324 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Elizabeth Johnston* | 9.38% | 150 | 156 | 246 | 249 | 249.8 | 354.8 | |
| Independent | Archibald McAuley* | 14.82% | 237 | 251 | 255 | 280 | 288.8 | 332.8 | |
| Irish Independence | Eamonn Scally | 11.13% | 178 | 184 | 184 | 196 | 198.4 | 198.4 | |
| Alliance | Hugh Sayers | 8.69% | 139 | 160 | 181 | 185 | 185.8 | ||
| SDLP | Joseph Donaghy | 9.82% | 157 | 170 | 170 | ||||
| DUP | Norman Campbell | 8.01% | 128 | 132 | |||||
| Alliance | Thomas Cecil | 5.75% | 92 | ||||||
| Electorate: 2,393 Valid: 1,599 (66.82%) Spoilt: 48 Quota: 320 Turnout: 1,647 (68.83%) | |||||||||
1977 Election[edit]
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1973-1977 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| SDLP | John Black* | 29.54% | 418 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Elizabeth Johnston* | 19.72% | 279 | 283.48 | 287.48 | ||
| Independent | Archibald McAuley* | 16.18% | 229 | 255.88 | 266.48 | 334.48 | |
| SDLP | John McAfee* | 14.13% | 200 | 248.64 | 256.52 | 281.48 | |
| SDLP | Joseph Donaghy | 8.20% | 116 | 159.84 | 169.12 | 187.76 | |
| Alliance | John Scott | 7.56% | 107 | 108.28 | 147.92 | ||
| Alliance | Maurice McHenry | 4.66% | 66 | 73.36 | |||
| Electorate: 2,304 Valid: 1,415 (61.41%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 284 Turnout: 1,481 (64.28%) | |||||||
1973 Election[edit]
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Elizabeth Johnston | 20.07% | 324 | |||||||
| SDLP | John Black | 17.10% | 276 | 281 | 302 | 336 | ||||
| SDLP | John McAfee | 10.90% | 176 | 190 | 210 | 223 | 227 | 360 | ||
| Independent | Archibald McAuley | 10.47% | 169 | 176 | 186 | 194 | 243 | 286 | 311.85 | |
| Alliance | E. Molloy | 9.60% | 155 | 168 | 181 | 183 | 229 | 250 | 261 | |
| SDLP | C. Lynn | 9.91% | 160 | 165 | 173 | 202 | 208 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | J. Greer | 7.81% | 126 | 140 | 142 | 146 | ||||
| SDLP | F. Duncan | 5.20% | 84 | 89 | 91 | |||||
| Ulster Liberal | J. B. Bakewell | 4.77% | 77 | 80 | ||||||
| Independent | A. J. Watt | 4.15% | 67 | |||||||
| Electorate: 2,185 Valid: 1,614 (73.87%) Spoilt: 19 Quota: 323 Turnout: 1,633 (74.74%) | ||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.