Lisburn Area C was one of the five district electoral areas in Lisburn, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Lisburn 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 Blaris, Hillhall, Knockmore, Lagan Valley and Old Warren. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and mainly replaced by the Lisburn Town DEA, with Blaris moving to the Downshire DEA and Knockmore moving to the Killultagh DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | William Belshaw (DUP) | Denis McCarroll (DUP) | Robert Dunsmore (DUP) | William Gardiner-Watson (UUP) | Seamus Close (Alliance) | |||||
| 1977 | George Morrison (UUUP)/ (Vanguard) | Wilfred McClung (UUP) | ||||||||
| 1973 | Norman Bicker (UUP) | James McKeown (UUP) | ||||||||
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUUP
1981: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and UUUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| DUP | William Belshaw* | 35.49% | 2,412 | |||||||
| DUP | Denis McCarroll | 12.60% | 856 | 1,290.6 | ||||||
| DUP | Robert Dunsmore | 6.22% | 423 | 979.5 | 989.56 | 1,110.4 | 1,189.4 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | William Gardiner-Watson* | 11.95% | 812 | 884.61 | 889.67 | 895.75 | 1,011.89 | 1,221.89 | ||
| Alliance | Seamus Close * | 11.93% | 811 | 826.37 | 890.55 | 891.69 | 979 | 1,002.28 | 1,007.88 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Wilfred McClung* | 8.61% | 585 | 632.17 | 634.23 | 641.07 | 683.74 | 863.24 | 945.56 | |
| UUUP | George Morrison* | 5.90% | 401 | 488.45 | 494.51 | 509.33 | 581.25 | |||
| Independent | William Whitley | 5.72% | 389 | 430.34 | 446.87 | 451.43 | ||||
| NI Labour | Robert Clarke | 1.57% | 107 | 115.48 | ||||||
| Electorate: 11,569 Valid: 6,796 (58.74%) Spoilt: 196 Quota: 1,133 Turnout: 6,992 (60.44%) | ||||||||||
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: Vanguard joins UUUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| DUP | William Belshaw* | 26.53% | 1,388 | |||||
| Alliance | Seamus Close * | 18.68% | 987 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Gardiner-Watson | 17.09% | 894 | |||||
| UUUP | George Morrison * | 13.46% | 704 | 783.92 | 796.4 | 804.91 | 934.91 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Wilfred McClung | 8.61% | 397 | 416.98 | 499.35 | 575.02 | 787.35 | |
| DUP | Denis McCarroll | 4.45% | 233 | 573.77 | 577.14 | 580.13 | 689.82 | |
| Vanguard | Ronnie Crawford | 8.43% | 441 | 499.83 | 524.2 | 550.65 | ||
| Alliance | Thomas Hughes | 3.59% | 188 | 190.59 | ||||
| Electorate: 11,377 Valid: 5,232 (45.99%) Spoilt: 224 Quota: 873 Turnout: 5,456 (47.96%) | ||||||||
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| DUP | William Belshaw | 16.53% | 1,222 | 1,230 | 1,231 | 1,234 | |||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Norman Bicker | 12.57% | 929 | 953 | 955 | 955 | 966 | 975 | 1,062 | 1,107 | 1,298 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | James McKeown | 12.20% | 902 | 954 | 956 | 960 | 984 | 988 | 1,026 | 1,171 | 1,283 | ||
| Alliance | Seamus Close | 8.17% | 604 | 607 | 661 | 727 | 727 | 943 | 946 | 950 | 1,027 | 1,486 | |
| Vanguard | George Morrison | 9.57% | 707 | 712 | 712 | 713 | 921 | 926 | 1,072 | 1,081 | 1,136 | 1,140 | |
| Ulster Unionist | William Gardiner-Watson | 7.28% | 538 | 563 | 567 | 575 | 580 | 593 | 618 | 701 | 776 | 780 | |
| SDLP | Peter O'Hagan | 6.18% | 457 | 457 | 461 | 551 | 551 | 561 | 561 | 561 | 572 | ||
| Independent | Robert Allen | 6.02% | 445 | 447 | 454 | 470 | 475 | 501 | 534 | 551 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | William Matthews | 4.07% | 301 | 334 | 334 | 336 | 337 | 348 | 361 | ||||
| DUP | David Shanks | 3.91% | 289 | 294 | 294 | 295 | 310 | 310 | |||||
| Alliance | W. Ferris | 2.50% | 185 | 185 | 269 | 295 | 297 | ||||||
| Vanguard | Thomas Herron | 3.67% | 271 | 273 | 273 | 273 | |||||||
| NI Labour | A. Whitby | 2.90% | 214 | 215 | 224 | ||||||||
| Alliance | W. G. Hammond | 2.25% | 166 | 167 | |||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Harold McClure | 2.18% | 161 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 13,617 Valid: 7,391 (54.28%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,232 Turnout: 7,518 (55.21%) | |||||||||||||
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