Lisburn Area C

Lisburn Area C was one of the five district electoral areas in Lisburn, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Lisburn 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 Blaris, Hillhall, Knockmore, Lagan Valley and Old Warren. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and mainly replaced by the Lisburn Town DEA, with Blaris moving to the Downshire DEA and Knockmore moving to the Killultagh DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
1981		William Belshaw (DUP)		Denis McCarroll (DUP)		Robert Dunsmore (DUP)		William Gardiner-Watson (UUP)		Seamus Close (Alliance)
1977				George Morrison (UUUP)/ (Vanguard)		Wilfred McClung (UUP)
1973						Norman Bicker (UUP)		James McKeown (UUP)

1981 Election

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

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%)

1977 Election

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard

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

1973-1977 Change: Vanguard joins UUUP

Lisburn Area C - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	William Belshaw*	26.53%	1,388
	Alliance	Seamus Close*	18.68%	987
	Ulster Unionist	William Gardiner-Watson	17.09%	894
	UUUP	George Morrison*	13.46%	704	783.92	796.4	804.91	934.91
	Ulster Unionist	Wilfred McClung	8.61%	397	416.98	499.35	575.02	787.35
	DUP	Denis McCarroll	4.45%	233	573.77	577.14	580.13	689.82
	Vanguard	Ronnie Crawford	8.43%	441	499.83	524.2	550.65
	Alliance	Thomas Hughes	3.59%	188	190.59
Electorate: 11,377   Valid: 5,232 (45.99%)   Spoilt: 224   Quota: 873   Turnout: 5,456 (47.96%)

1973 Election

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard

Lisburn Area C - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	William Belshaw	16.53%	1,222	1,230	1,231	1,234
	Ulster Unionist	Norman Bicker	12.57%	929	953	955	955	966	975	1,062	1,107	1,298
	Ulster Unionist	James McKeown	12.20%	902	954	956	960	984	988	1,026	1,171	1,283
	Alliance	Seamus Close	8.17%	604	607	661	727	727	943	946	950	1,027	1,486
	Vanguard	George Morrison	9.57%	707	712	712	713	921	926	1,072	1,081	1,136	1,140
	Ulster Unionist	William Gardiner-Watson	7.28%	538	563	567	575	580	593	618	701	776	780
	SDLP	Peter O'Hagan	6.18%	457	457	461	551	551	561	561	561	572
	Independent	Robert Allen	6.02%	445	447	454	470	475	501	534	551
	Ulster Unionist	William Matthews	4.07%	301	334	334	336	337	348	361
	DUP	David Shanks	3.91%	289	294	294	295	310	310
	Alliance	W. Ferris	2.50%	185	185	269	295	297
	Vanguard	Thomas Herron	3.67%	271	273	273	273
	NI Labour	A. Whitby	2.90%	214	215	224
	Alliance	W. G. Hammond	2.25%	166	167
	Ulster Unionist	Harold McClure	2.18%	161
Electorate: 13,617   Valid: 7,391 (54.28%)   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 1,232   Turnout: 7,518 (55.21%)