Carrickfergus Area C 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 North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Castle, Clipperstown, Love Lane, Northland and Sunnylands. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Carrick Castle DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Ken McFaul (DUP)/ (United Loyalist) | William McKeown (DUP) | James Strange (DUP) | Samuel Murphy (Independent Unionist)/ (UPNI) | Séan Neeson (Alliance) | |||||
| 1977 | John Moore (DUP) | Samuel Simms (UUP) | ||||||||
| 1973 | Gladys Ritchie (United Loyalist) | Ernest Burton (Loyalist) | W. Black (Alliance) | |||||||
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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%) | |||||||||||
1973: 2 x United Loyalist, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Loyalist
1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) and UPNI gain from United Loyalist (two seats) and Loyalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| DUP | Ken McFaul * | 24.46% | 788 | |||||||
| Unionist Party NI | Samuel Murphy | 20.71% | 667 | |||||||
| DUP | John Moore | 4.47% | 144 | 313.57 | 320.17 | 421.38 | 430.11 | 608.11 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Simms* | 7.39% | 238 | 242.96 | 282.16 | 294.29 | 493.93 | 557.93 | ||
| Alliance | Sean Neeson | 12.26% | 395 | 396.55 | 412.55 | 414.95 | 423.06 | 435.78 | 444.78 | |
| Alliance | Alison Lowry | 10.99% | 354 | 355.86 | 374.06 | 378.46 | 388.88 | 398.8 | 417.8 | |
| UUUP | Gladys Ritchie* | 7.36% | 237 | 270.48 | 278.68 | 351.59 | 369.03 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | James Penny | 6.36% | 205 | 209.34 | 244.14 | 253.27 | ||||
| United Loyalist | Ernest Burton* | 5.99% | 193 | 220.9 | 224.9 | |||||
| Electorate: 6,524 Valid: 3,221 (49.37%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 537 Turnout: 3,376 (51.75%) | ||||||||||
1973: 2 x United Loyalist, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Loyalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| United Loyalist | Gladys Ritchie | 18.98% | 789 | ||||||||||||
| United Loyalist | Ken McFaul | 12.42% | 516 | 566.88 | 574 | 575 | 586.36 | 707.36 | |||||||
| Alliance | W. Black | 10.83% | 450 | 450.36 | 451.36 | 453.36 | 460.36 | 460.84 | 550.84 | 748.84 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Simms | 8.76% | 364 | 367.72 | 372.72 | 373.72 | 395.84 | 400.6 | 405.72 | 417.84 | 434.94 | 563.66 | 566.72 | 838.72 | |
| Loyalist | Ernest Burton | 13.45% | 559 | 567.04 | 587.28 | 589.4 | 596.52 | 615.32 | 621.32 | 623.8 | 626.05 | 643.98 | 653.33 | 685.45 | |
| Independent | T. Patterson | 7.56% | 314 | 314.6 | 318.6 | 318.6 | 336.84 | 337.92 | 356.92 | 364.52 | 387.47 | 404.1 | 404.44 | 440.09 | |
| Ulster Unionist | T. Wilson | 6.16% | 256 | 258.4 | 259.4 | 260.4 | 273.4 | 277.84 | 279.84 | 285.08 | 291.83 | 398.07 | 399.43 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | S. Steele | 5.90% | 245 | 246.92 | 248.92 | 248.92 | 259.92 | 263.48 | 267.48 | 271.48 | 277.33 | ||||
| Alliance | P. Wallace | 4.38% | 182 | 183.56 | 187.56 | 193.56 | 202.68 | 205.52 | 239.52 | ||||||
| NI Labour | R. Binnie | 3.42% | 142 | 142 | 144 | 183 | 184.12 | ||||||||
| United Loyalist | E. Loughlin | 3.18% | 132 | 154.8 | 155.92 | 157.04 | 163.16 | ||||||||
| Independent | J. Henderson | 2.43% | 101 | 102.08 | 104.08 | 106.08 | |||||||||
| NI Labour | J. Polley | 1.32% | 55 | 55.24 | 55.24 | ||||||||||
| Independent | J. Hunter | 1.23% | 51 | 51.48 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 6,578 Valid: 4,156 (63.18%) Spoilt: 69 Quota: 693 Turnout: 4,225 (64.23%) | |||||||||||||||
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