1981 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

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1981 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
←  1977 20 May 1981 (1981-05-20) 1985  →
All 21 seats to Newtownabbey Borough Council
11 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Ulster Unionist DUP Alliance
Seats won953
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 3
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Ind. Unionist Newtownabbey Labour Unionist Party NI
Seats won310
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Steady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 1
 Seventh party
 
Party Loyalist
Seats won0
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1

Elections to Newtownabbey Borough Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.

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Election results

Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 1981 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Ulster Unionist 921Increase2.svg142.934.59,210Decrease2.svg3.6
  DUP 510Increase2.svg123.834.79,275Increase2.svg15.8
  Alliance 303Decrease2.svg314.315.64,174Decrease2.svg5.3
  Ind. Unionist 330Increase2.svg39.58.82,356Increase2.svg8.8
  Newtownabbey Labour Party 100Steady2.svg04.83.81,028Increase2.svg1.3
  Republican Clubs 000Steady2.svg00.01.4375Increase2.svg0.5
  Independent 000Steady2.svg00.01.2323Increase2.svg1.2
  Communist Party 000Steady2.svg00.00.132Increase2.svg0.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Newtownabbey Borough Council election, 1981
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
UUP DUP Alliance Others
Area A45.3232.2210.8011.715
Area B37.0234.8111.6116.616
Area C34.2233.7119.1113.005
Area D25.2237.3117.5120.015
Total34.5934.7515.6315.2421

Districts results

Area A

1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1981: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977-1981 Change: DUP and Independent Unionist gain from UUP and Alliance

Newtownabbey Area A - 5 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
Ulster Unionist Jim Wilson *16.62%850951  
Ulster Unionist Arthur Templeton*14.82%758832 872 
DUP Trevor Kirkland 16.23%830852 853 
DUP Mary Harkness*16.00%818833 836 836.73
Ind. Unionist Sidney Cameron*11.69%598760 789 799.22
Ulster Unionist John Anderson13.88%710762 786 794.03
Alliance Pat McCudden*10.75%550   
Electorate: 8,958  Valid: 5,114 (57.09%)  Spoilt: 129  Quota: 853  Turnout: 5,243 (58.53%)  

    Area B

    1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Loyalist
    1981: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour
    1977-1981 Change: Loyalist joins UUP

    Newtownabbey Area B - 6 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    DUP David Hanna34.78%1,964     
    Ulster Unionist Fraser Agnew 19.30%1,090     
    Ulster Unionist Letitia McCartney9.69%5471,176.37    
    Ulster Unionist Cecil Stringer*7.97%450809.1    
    Newtownabbey Labour Robert Kidd*7.67%433510.49 590.5 660.04 801.23 983.23
    Alliance John Elliott*6.42%363392.61 453.09 583.62 595.42 653.68
    Alliance Hugh Montgomery5.15%291307.38 351.48 409.62 417.08 445.11
    Republican Clubs Austin Kelly6.64%375378.78 381.93 384.78 396.78  
    Newtownabbey Labour Alistair Keery1.81%102123.42 151.14 169.38   
    Communist Party William Stewart0.57%3233.89 40.19 41.33   
    Electorate: 12,043  Valid: 5,647 (46.89%)  Spoilt: 273  Quota: 807  Turnout: 5,920 (49.16%)  

      Area C

      1977: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UPNI
      1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
      1977-1981 Change: UUP and Independent Unionist gain from Alliance and UPNI

      Newtownabbey Area C - 5 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      DUP Samuel Neill*33.68%2,737     
      Ulster Unionist Clifford Forsythe 18.45%1,499     
      Ulster Unionist Robert Caul*15.71%1,2772,242.25    
      Ind. Unionist Desmond Dowds9.93%8071,107.85 1,401   
      Alliance Claire Martin*6.89%560608.4 665.6 744.85 786.07 1,103.26
      Alliance George Jones*6.57%534548.3 634.1 752.8 816.34 1,044.29
      Alliance Gordon Mawhinney 5.66%460488.05 523.8 555.65 593.99  
      Newtownabbey Labour Brian Caul3.10%252275.65 328.45    
      Electorate: 15,006  Valid: 8,126 (54.15%)  Spoilt: 206  Quota: 1,355  Turnout: 8,332 (55.52%)  

        Area D

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

        Newtownabbey Area D - 5 seats [2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        DUP James Smith*37.29%2,926      
        Ind. Unionist George Herron*12.12%9511,557.1     
        Ulster Unionist Ivan Hunter12.10%9491,282.5 1,406.26    
        Alliance James Rooney*13.61%1,0681,091.2 1,096.14 1,096.62 1,193.2 1,793.2 
        Ulster Unionist Arthur Kell*7.14%560781.56 833.04 914.4 926.24 993.24 1,169.24
        Ulster Unionist William McKee*6.63%520889.46 942.5 955.94 962.68 991.52 1,065.52
        Independent John Drysdale*4.12%323330.54 333.66 333.9 396.48   
        Alliance John Smith3.93%308337.58 341.22 341.94 376.68   
        Newtownabbey Labour Thomas Davidson1.87%147159.76 161.84 161.84    
        Newtownabbey Labour Lindsay Prior1.20%9496.5 97.16 97.4    
        Electorate: 14,796  Valid: 7,846 (53.03%)  Spoilt: 263  Quota: 1,308  Turnout: 8,109 (54.81%)  

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          References

          1. 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Newtownabbey". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. 1 2 3 4 "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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