Fermanagh Area C

Fermanagh Area C was one of the five district electoral areas in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected four members to Fermanagh District Council, and formed part of the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Belcoo and Belmore, Derrygonnelly, Florencecourt and Kinawley and Garrison. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced with the Erne West DEA.

Councillors[edit]

Election
1981	Wilson Elliott (UUP)	Gerry Gallagher (SDLP)	Patrick McCaffrey (IIP)/ (Unity)	Patrick Flanagan (Independent Nationalist)
1977		Gerry Gallagher (SDLP)	Patrick McCaffrey (IIP)/ (Unity)
1973		Richard Thornton (UUP)	Francis Stewart (Unity)

1981 Election[edit]

1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Unity, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1981: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1977-1981 Change: Unity joins IIP

Fermanagh Area C - 4 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Irish Independence	Patrick McCaffrey*	19.90%	1,178	1,196
	Ulster Unionist	Wilson Elliott*	15.90%	941	1,215
	Independent Nationalist	Patrick Flanagan*	14.32%	848	901	1,252
	SDLP	Gerry Gallagher*	13.11%	776	907	1,150
	Ulster Unionist	Herbert Corrigan	11.71%	693	861	890
	Irish Independence	Annie Cavanagh	13.78%	816	818
	DUP	George Gott	7.91%	468
	SDLP	Patrick McGovern	3.38%	200
Electorate: 6,653 Valid: 5,920 (88.98%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 1,185 Turnout: 6,094 (91.60%)

1977 Election[edit]

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Unity, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x Unity, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

Fermanagh Area C - 4 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ulster Unionist	Wilson Elliott*	12.70%	763	763	763	764	1,203
	Unity	Patrick McCaffrey	17.54%	1,054	1,071	1,089	1,131	1,132	1,625
	SDLP	Gerry Gallagher	11.87%	713	837	912	991	994	1,076	1,202
	Independent Nationalist	Patrick Flanagan*	12.48%	750	818	852	953	968	1,027	1,142
	UUUP	Cyril Brownlee	14.56%	875	875	876	877	953	955	957
	Unity	Cornelius Leonard	6.01%	361	368	530	691	693
	Ulster Unionist	Richard Thornton*	9.32%	560	561	561	572
	Independent	James Mellor	6.66%	400	410	415
	Unity	Patrick Keown	4.96%	298	300
	SDLP	Patrick McGovern	3.89%	234
Electorate: 6,756 Valid: 6,008 (88.93%) Spoilt: 154 Quota: 1,202 Turnout: 6,162 (91.21%)

Area C[edit]

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Unity, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Fermanagh Area C - 4 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulster Unionist	Wilson Elliott	26.20%	1,581
	Independent Nationalist	Patrick Flanagan	15.54%	938	939.38	939.38	1,297.38
	Unity	Francis Stewart	13.19%	796	796.69	802.15	848.38	917.88	1,201.86
	Ulster Unionist	Richard Thornton	7.46%	450	732.9	962.74	962.97	962.97	1,050.56
	Unity	Patrick McCaffrey	13.70%	827	827.92	828.92	840.92	851.17	1,037.84
	Alliance	Brian Finn	10.97%	662	673.96	690.87	781.1	789.85
	Unity	Patrick O'Flanagan	8.47%	511	511.69	512.69
	DUP	Kenneth Scott	4.47%	270	330.72
Electorate: 6,855 Valid: 6,035 (88.04%) Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,208 Turnout: 6,119 (89.26%)

References[edit]

^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[1] "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[2] "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[3] "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

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