Newtownabbey Area C was one of the four district electoral areas in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Newtownabbey 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 Carnmoney, Cloughfern, Jordanstown, Monkstown and Rostulla. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and mostly replaced by the Shore Road DEA with Carnmoney moving to the Manse Road DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Samuel Neill (DUP) | Robert Caul (UUP) | Clifford Forsythe (UUP) | Desmond Dowds (Independent Unionist) | Claire Martin (Alliance) | |||||
| 1977 | Bertram Biggerstaff (UPNI)/ (UUP) | George Jones (Alliance) | ||||||||
| 1973 | Letitia McCartney (UUP) | Trevor Strain (UUP) | P. H. Johnston (Alliance) | |||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Samuel Neill* | 33.68% | 2,737 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Clifford Forsythe | 18.45% | 1,499 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Caul* | 15.71% | 1,277 | 2,242.25 | |||||
| Ind. Unionist | Desmond Dowds | 9.93% | 807 | 1,107.85 | 1,401 | ||||
| Alliance | Claire Martin* | 6.89% | 560 | 608.4 | 665.6 | 744.85 | 786.07 | 1,103.26 | |
| Alliance | George Jones* | 6.57% | 534 | 548.3 | 634.1 | 752.8 | 816.34 | 1,044.29 | |
| Alliance | Gordon Mawhinney | 5.66% | 460 | 488.05 | 523.8 | 555.65 | 593.99 | ||
| Newtownabbey Labour | Brian Caul | 3.10% | 252 | 275.65 | 328.45 | ||||
| Electorate: 15,006 Valid: 8,126 (54.15%) Spoilt: 206 Quota: 1,355 Turnout: 8,332 (55.52%) | |||||||||
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1977: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UPNI
1973-1977 Change: Alliance and UPNI gain from UUP (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Alliance | Claire Martin | 18.81% | 1,128 | |||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Caul | 17.23% | 1,033 | |||||||
| DUP | Samuel Neill* | 17.18% | 1,030 | |||||||
| Alliance | George Jones | 14.68% | 880 | 917 | 1,029.31 | |||||
| Unionist Party NI | Bertram Biggerstaff* | 11.49% | 689 | 703 | 709.16 | 713.39 | 720.38 | 734.78 | 1,110.78 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Desmond Dowds | 9.91% | 594 | 606 | 607.43 | 607.79 | 614.06 | 619.4 | 690.4 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Letitia McCartney* | 9.21% | 552 | 565 | 567.64 | 593.32 | 607.57 | 611.92 | ||
| Independent | Olive Shannon | 1.50% | 90 | |||||||
| Electorate: 14,661 Valid: 5,996 (40.90%) Spoilt: 157 Quota: 1,000 Turnout: 6,153 (41.97%) | ||||||||||
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Bertram Biggerstaff | 26.62% | 2,117 | |||||||
| DUP | Samuel Neill | 24.96% | 1,985 | |||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Letitia McCartney | 4.69% | 373 | 872.13 | 1,066.27 | 1,066.61 | 1,094.31 | 1,119.57 | 1,386.51 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Trevor Strain | 7.24% | 576 | 657.46 | 897.78 | 898.12 | 912.02 | 926.21 | 1,309.34 | |
| Alliance | P. H. Johnston | 11.49% | 914 | 932.13 | 940.97 | 941.97 | 1,116.66 | 1,290.19 | 1,319.49 | |
| Alliance | George Jones | 8.10% | 644 | 659.54 | 666 | 666.34 | 734.57 | 1,080.94 | 1,124.49 | |
| Ulster Unionist | James McWatters | 5.29% | 421 | 557.16 | 721.72 | 723.72 | 744.61 | 762.85 | ||
| Alliance | Claire Martin | 6.05% | 481 | 498.39 | 505.19 | 507.19 | 594.29 | |||
| NI Labour | J. W. McDowell | 2.26% | 180 | 186.66 | 193.8 | 234.52 | ||||
| NI Labour | D. Doris | 2.53% | 201 | 207.29 | 214.43 | 234.45 | ||||
| NI Labour | Thomas Williamson | 0.78% | 62 | 62 | 66.76 | |||||
| Electorate: 12,142 Valid: 7,954 (65.51%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,326 Turnout: 8,032 (66.15%) | ||||||||||
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