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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.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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DUP | 7 | 4 | 0 | ![]() | 46.7 | 36.6 | 4,399 | ![]() | |
Ulster Unionist | 3 | 0 | 2 | ![]() | 20.0 | 22.6 | 2,717 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 3 | 0 | 2 | ![]() | 20.0 | 21.8 | 2,618 | ![]() | |
United Loyalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 6.7 | 6.8 | 819 | ![]() | |
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 6.7 | 4.4 | 526 | ![]() | |
Unionist Party NI | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | 0.0 | 3.2 | 383 | ![]() | |
PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 2.9 | 353 | New | |
UPUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 1.0 | 122 | New | |
Newtownabbey Labour Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.7 | 85 | New | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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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 |
1977: 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 | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
United Loyalist | Charles Johnston* | 21.11% | 819 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | 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 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Ernest Burton | 4.85% | 188 | 203.64 | 217.25 | 220.25 | ||||
Alliance | Robert Gordon | 3.74% | 145 | 145.92 | 145.92 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Mary Anderson | 3.43% | 133 | 142.2 | ||||||
Electorate: 6,062 Valid: 3,879 (63.99%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 647 Turnout: 3,977 (65.61%) |
1977: 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 | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
DUP | William Cross | 18.98% | 748 | |||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Hugh McLean* | 17.79% | 701 | |||||||||
Ulster Unionist | 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 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | 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%) |
1977: 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 | ||||||||
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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 | |
Ulster Unionist | 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 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Hunter* | 3.78% | 159 | 178.6 | 180.03 | 185.37 | 194.37 | 263.73 | |||
Ulster Unionist | 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%) |
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