1981 Larne Borough Council election

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1981 Larne Borough Council election
←  1977 20 May 1981 (1981-05-20) 1985  →
All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council
8 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party DUP Ulster Unionist Alliance
Seats won643
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party United Loyalist Independent Nationalist Vanguard
Seats won110
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 3
 Seventh partyEighth party
 
Party Independent SDLP
Seats won00
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1

Elections to Larne 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.

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Election results

Larne Borough Council Election Result 1981 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  DUP 630Increase2.svg340.037.24,366Increase2.svg12.3
  Ulster Unionist 420Increase2.svg226.724.22,845Increase2.svg17.4
  Alliance 301Decrease2.svg120.017.42,042Decrease2.svg8.4
  Independent Nationalist 100Increase2.svg16.77.5875Increase2.svg7.5
  United Loyalist 110Increase2.svg16.76.2728Increase2.svg6.2
  Independent 002Decrease2.svg20.04.3504Decrease2.svg6.8

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 1981
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance Others
Area A30.8127.7114.5127.014
Area B44.6216.718.6030.114
Area C37.2326.0223.4213.407
Total37.2624.2417.4321.2215

Districts results

Area A

1977: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1977-1981 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP

Larne Area A - 4 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123
Ulster Unionist Thomas Robinson *27.71%897  
Independent Nationalist William Cunning27.03%875  
DUP Rachel Rea*17.98%582715.4 
Alliance Hugh Wilson *14.49%469520.91 745.19
DUP Robert Campbell12.79%414470.26 472.42
Electorate: 5,107  Valid: 3,237 (63.38%)  Spoilt: 74  Quota: 648  Turnout: 3,311 (64.83%)  

    Area B

    1977: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
    1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist
    1977-1981 Change: DUP and United Loyalist gain from Alliance and Vanguard

    Larne Area B - 4 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123
    DUP John Alexander23.13%647  
    DUP Samuel McAllister21.45%600  
    Ulster Unionist Laurence Niblock*19.56%547562.96 
    United Loyalist Roy Beggs *16.66%466514.26 575.26
    Ulster Unionist Alexander Hunter*10.58%296314.81 429.81
    Alliance William Calwell*11.54%241244.61  
    Electorate: 4,510  Valid: 2,797 (62.02%)  Spoilt: 68  Quota: 560  Turnout: 2,865 (63.53%)  

      Area C

      1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x Vanguard, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP
      1981: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
      1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) and UUP (two seats) gain from Vanguard (two seats) and Independent (two seats)

      Larne Area C - 7 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011
      DUP Jack McKee *25.18%1,436          
      Ulster Unionist Robert Robinson13.50%770          
      DUP Winston Fulton8.93%509927         
      Alliance William Kelly*8.91%508514.5 515.8 532.8 557.8 559.41 605.38 620.42 927.42  
      Alliance Thomas Benson*7.50%428428.5 430.06 442.56 464.56 467.36 504.62 518.95 641.52 847.12 
      DUP Leonard Sluman3.12%178348 529.48 539.48 551 552.54 565.84 628.8 630.3 630.3 633.5
      Ulster Unionist Rosalie Armstrong*6.79%387405.5 413.04 419.54 439.3 460.02 498.9 597.22 598.79 601.99 629.99
      Ulster Unionist Joseph Wallace5.70%325348 354.24 360.24 393.74 412.57 459.91 533.55 541.62 544.82 564.82
      Alliance Amelia Kelly6.94%396398.5 398.5 412.5 423.5 423.78 467.92 474.06    
      United LoyalistSamuel Martin*4.59%262302.5 309.78 317.28 326.78 330.98 358.14     
      Independent James Clements3.82%218233.5 236.36 281.36 302.12 304.71      
      Independent Agnew Hamilton*2.74%156160 161.56 173.56        
      Independent Patrick Todd1.21%6974.5 75.28         
      Independent William Fleck1.07%6165.5 66.02         
      Electorate: 10,614  Valid: 5,703 (53.73%)  Spoilt: 191  Quota: 713  Turnout: 5,894 (55.53%)  

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        References

        1. 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1983-1981: Larne". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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