Larne Town (District Electoral Area)

Last updated June 29, 2024

Larne Town was one of the three district electoral areas in Larne, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected five members to Larne Borough Council, and formed part of the East Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing most of Larne Area C which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Blackcave, Central, Gardenmore, Harbour and Town Parks. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and most of the area was transferred to the Coast Road DEA, with some also moving to the Larne Lough DEA.

Councillors

Election
2011	Roy Craig (Independent)	Michael Lynch (Alliance)	Martin Wilson (SDLP)	Drew Niblock (DUP)	Jack McKee (TUV)/ (DUP)
2005		Lindsay Mason (Independent)		Mark Dunn (UUP)
2001				Brian Dunn (UUP)
1997			John Nixon (Independent)	Rosalie Armstrong (UUP)
1993	Patricia Kay (Alliance)		Robert Robinson (UUP)
1989	Patricia Kay (Alliance)	Pat Buckley (Independent)
1985	Liam Kelly (Alliance)	Leonard Sluman (DUP)

2011 Election

2005: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2011: 1 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2005-2011 Change: TUV and Alliance gain from UUP and Independent

Larne Town - 5 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	TUV	Jack McKee *	13.56%	393	399	413	413	441	493
	Independent	Roy Craig*	13.00%	377	399	409	416	442	461	560
	Alliance	Michael Lynch	11.80%	342	356	359	381	397	404	444	481.81
	DUP	Drew Niblock	12.11%	351	354	364	365	392	422	448	471.37
	SDLP	Martin Wilson*	11.18%	324	331	332	432	434	439	452	456.94
	DUP	Angela Smyth	11.00%	319	326	329	330	337	359	383	392.88
	Independent	Mark Dunn*	6.07%	176	184	194	195	219	236
	PUP	Bill Adamson	5.04%	146	149	166	166	174
	UUP	Darin Ferguson	5.04%	146	149	163	164
	Sinn Féin	Sean Waide	5.28%	153	154	155
	BNP	Robert Bell	3.21%	93	93
	Independent	Andrew Swan	2.73%	79
Electorate: 6,459 Valid: 2,899 (44.88%) Spoilt: 28 Quota: 484 Turnout: 2,927 (45.32%)

2005 Election

2001: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2005: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: No change

Larne Town - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	DUP	Jack McKee *	27.02%	939
	SDLP	Martin Wilson*	14.71%	511	512.52	515.9	521.9	524.28	526.28	603.28
	Independent	Roy Craig*	12.52%	435	448.3	450.3	458.3	473.44	485.2	492.2	517.24	571.62	668.62
	Independent	Lindsay Mason *	7.02%	244	253.12	261.12	267.12	277.12	279.88	299.88	313.02	357.02	502.3	550.3
	UUP	Mark Dunn	8.83%	307	327.52	329.52	334.52	343.9	423.42	431.42	463.18	494.94	525.32	549.32
	DUP	Sharon McKeen	3.28%	114	393.3	395.3	400.3	404.68	413.96	414.96	469.8	477.18	495.46	501.46
	Independent	John Anderson	7.08%	246	251.32	262.32	270.32	275.32	278.08	282.08	285.08	324.08
	Alliance	Elena Aceves-Cully	5.04%	175	176.52	185.52	187.52	191.52	193.52	197.52	199.52
	PUP	Bill Adamson	3.77%	131	142.78	143.78	146.78	147.78	150.54	152.54
	Independent	Robert Shaw	3.51%	122	122	126	126	128	129
	UUP	Maxi Burns	2.91%	101	107.46	107.46	109.6	116.36
	Independent	Thomas Robinson	1.64%	57	61.18	62.18	64.18
	Independent	David Todd	1.35%	47	48.14	50.14
	Green (NI)	Mary Ringland	1.32%	46	46.38
Electorate: 6,447 Valid: 3,475 (53.90%) Spoilt: 60 Quota: 580 Turnout: 3,535 (54.83%)

2001 Election

1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

2001: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Independent, Independent Unionist becomes Independent

Larne Town - 5 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	UUP	Brian Dunn	18.13%	804
	DUP	Jack McKee *	17.50%	776
	SDLP	Martin Wilson	12.85%	570	571.12	572.12	572.12	703.12	703.16	762.16
	Independent	Roy Craig*	8.80%	390	397.2	411.36	412.56	416.64	438.08	487.96	495.16	567.61	698.73
	Independent	Lindsay Mason *	8.77%	389	393.96	405.12	406.12	434.28	465.56	513.88	520.18	570.68	690.64
	Independent	William Adams	7.37%	327	332.28	349.84	350.96	352.96	370.28	403.56	405.36	458.04	541.41
	Independent	John Anderson	6.58%	292	293.6	294.76	295.2	297.2	301.04	326.04	330.09	360.89
	UUP	Andrew Wilson	4.17%	185	217.48	233.8	235.72	237.76	299.68	319.16	321.86
	Alliance	Margaret Richmond	5.39%	239	241.4	242.48	242.56	257.64	258.92
	DUP	Alastair Holden	3.72%	165	169.48	194.72	218.52	218.52
	Sinn Féin	Janette Graffin	4.31%	191	191.32	191.32	191.36
	PUP	Bill Adamson	2.41%	107	109
Electorate: 7,483 Valid: 4,435 (59.27%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 740 Turnout: 4,524 (60.46%)

1997 Election

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1993-1997 Change: Independent (two seats) gain from UUP and Alliance

Larne Town - 5 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	John Nixon	21.22%	698
	DUP	Jack McKee *	20.16%	663
	UUP	Rosalie Armstrong*	14.75%	485	500.18	531.72	670.72
	Independent	Roy Craig	10.70%	352	413.38	426.04	468.42	525.42
	Ind. Unionist	Lindsay Mason *	14.05%	462	488.4	496.62	508.94	517.94
	Alliance	Patricia Kay*	10.22%	336	364.38	364.82	375.8	394.8
	UUP	May Steele	6.14%	202	213.88	236.54
	DUP	Gregg McKeen	2.77%	91	95.62
Electorate: 7,785 Valid: 3,289 (42.25%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 549 Turnout: 3,348 (43.01%)

1993 Election

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

1989-1993 Change: Independent Unionist gain from Independent

Larne Town - 5 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Jack McKee *	25.76%	851
	UUP	Rosalie Armstrong*	17.59%	581
	UUP	Robert Robinson*	12.66%	418	466.65	518.45	541.1	548.2	583.2
	Alliance	Patricia Kay*	12.41%	410	413.15	417.15	418.3	546.3	553.6
	Ind. Unionist	Lindsay Mason	10.26%	339	350.55	352.55	353.5	436.5	468.25
	Independent	Roy Craig	8.39%	277	286.45	292.45	294.45	326.5	363.75
	DUP	Leonard Sluman	2.48%	82	289.55	294	294.55	297.9
	Independent	Pat Buckley*	8.30%	274	274.35	275.35	275.5
	UUP	May Steele	2.15%	71	79.05
Electorate: 7,773 Valid: 3,303 (42.29%) Spoilt: 85 Quota: 551 Turnout: 3,388 (43.59%)

1989 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

1985-1989 Change: Independent gain from DUP

Larne Town - 5 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Jack McKee *	25.76%	979
	Independent	Pat Buckley	23.63%	855
	UUP	Robert Robinson*	16.03%	580	630.31
	UUP	Rosalie Armstrong*	14.95%	541	576.1	595.18	606.34
	Alliance	Patricia Kay	6.30%	228	229.95	333.63	487.55	615.21
	DUP	Leonard Sluman*	2.35%	85	362.29	365.17	365.92	418.13
	Independent	Roy Craig	5.94%	215	223.97	280.85	301.85
	Alliance	William Geddis	3.76%	136	136.39	202.27
Electorate: 7,298 Valid: 3,619 (49.59%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 604 Turnout: 3,710 (50.84%)

1985 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

Larne Town - 5 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	DUP	Jack McKee *	37.41%	1,375
	Alliance	Liam Kelly*	26.31%	967
	UUP	Robert Robinson*	20.92%	769
	DUP	Leonard Sluman*	2.35%	94	671.36
	UUP	Rosalie Armstrong*	9.36%	344	402.24	670.91
	UUP	Thomas Lamrock	2.31%	85	111.32	185.69
	DUP	Frederick Hoey	1.14%	42	134.4	143.11
Electorate: 7,289 Valid: 3,676 (50.43%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 613 Turnout: 3,763 (51.63%)

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References

↑ "Larne Town Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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[1] "Larne Town Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[2] "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[3] "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[4] "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[5] "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[6] "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[7] "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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