Carrickfergus Area A was one of the three district electoral areas in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Carrickfergus 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 Knockagh, Lower Greenisland, Middle Greenisland, Trooperslane and Woodburn. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Knockagh Monument DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Charles Johnston (United Loyalist) | William Haggan (DUP) | Samuel Irvine (DUP) | Mary Ardill (UUP) | Joan Tomlin (Alliance) | |||||
| 1977 | Stewart Dickson (Alliance) | Robert Hunter (UUP) | ||||||||
| 1973 | Robert Gordon (United Loyalist) | Robert McAllister (UUP) | Edward Simms (UUP) | |||||||
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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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%) | ||||||||||
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Alliance
1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist
1973-1977 Change: Alliance gain from United Loyalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Alliance | Joan Tomlin* | 22.67% | 709 | ||||||||
| United Loyalist | Charles Johnston* | 18.39% | 575 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Mary Ardill | 12.25% | 383 | 387.16 | 389.77 | 414.39 | 476.19 | 562.19 | |||
| Alliance | Stewart Dickson | 7.26% | 227 | 383 | 384.89 | 394.67 | 399.63 | 519.97 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Hunter | 7.45% | 233 | 235.08 | 236.61 | 275.96 | 371.1 | 458.42 | 486.15 | 494.41 | |
| DUP | Joseph Seaton | 12.09% | 378 | 382.42 | 419.59 | 423.12 | 447.11 | 477.88 | 479.06 | 479.06 | |
| Unionist Party NI | William Johnstone | 10.39% | 325 | 335.4 | 337.83 | 343.27 | 363.36 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert McAllister* | 5.31% | 166 | 167.3 | 169.28 | 217.16 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Edward Simms* | 4.19% | 131 | 133.6 | 135.4 | ||||||
| Electorate: 5,868 Valid: 3,127 (53.29%) Spoilt: 140 Quota: 522 Turnout: 3,267 (55.67%) | |||||||||||
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert McAllister | 16.68% | 646 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Edward Simms | 12.03% | 466 | 468 | 482 | 807 | |||
| United Loyalist | Charles Johnston | 15.00% | 581 | 586 | 591 | 618 | 669 | ||
| United Loyalist | Robert Gordon | 15.34% | 594 | 599 | 603 | 633 | 681 | ||
| Alliance | Joan Tomlin | 10.72% | 415 | 461 | 577 | 603 | 634.2 | 638.4 | |
| Alliance | Alison Lowry | 8.86% | 343 | 386 | 528 | 555 | 585 | 590.4 | |
| Ulster Unionist | C. W. W. Torrance | 11.05% | 428 | 430 | 443 | ||||
| Alliance | H. Munnis | 7.07% | 274 | 294 | |||||
| NI Labour | P. V. Cachart | 3.25% | 126 | ||||||
| Electorate: 5,759 Valid: 3,873 (67.25%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 646 Turnout: 3,943 (68.47%) | |||||||||
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