Limavady Area C
Limavady Area C was one of the three district electoral areas in Limavady, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected four members to Limavady Borough Council, and formed part of the Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Binevenagh, Coolessan, Rathbrady and Roeside. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Limavady Town DEA.
Councillors
[edit]Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | William Norris (DUP) | William Barbour (UUP)/ (United Unionist) | William Cooke (UUP) | Barry Doherty (SDLP) | ||||
1977 | Ronald Nicholl (UUP)/ (United Unionist) | |||||||
1973 | Stanley Gault (United Unionist) | William Archibald (Alliance) |
1981 Election
[edit]1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | William Norris* | 17.26% | 729 | 776 | 938 | ||||
SDLP | Barry Doherty* | 15.46% | 653 | 654 | 689 | 689 | 1,222 | ||
UUP | William Barbour* | 14.73% | 622 | 625 | 679 | 717.34 | 721.34 | 773.34 | |
UUP | William Cooke | 15.39% | 650 | 655 | 699 | 724.56 | 727.56 | 753.56 | |
UUP | John Dolan | 14.09% | 595 | 598 | 628 | 655.69 | 659.4 | 680.4 | |
SDLP | Geraldine Kearney | 12.08% | 510 | 510 | 559 | 559.71 | |||
Alliance | Francis Parkinson | 5.28% | 223 | 223 | |||||
DUP | George Robinson | 3.15% | 133 | 182 | |||||
DUP | Arthur Reid | 2.56% | 108 | ||||||
Electorate: 5,426 Valid: 4,223 (77.83%) Spoilt: 64 Quota: 845 Turnout: 4,287 (79.01%) |
1977 Election
[edit]1973: 3 x United Unionist, 1 x Alliance
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats), SDLP and DUP gain from United Unionist (three seats) and Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SDLP | Barry Doherty | 22.97% | 817 | ||||||
UUP | William Barbour* | 19.23% | 684 | 688 | 690.21 | 1,025.21 | |||
UUP | Ronald Nicholl* | 14.48% | 515 | 521 | 521.68 | 656.85 | 918.17 | ||
DUP | William Norris | 15.72% | 559 | 559 | 559.34 | 588.51 | 618.59 | 747.59 | |
Alliance | William Archibald* | 9.28% | 330 | 449 | 545.22 | 561.22 | 580.02 | 655.02 | |
UUP | Stanley Gault* | 14.37% | 511 | 519 | 519.51 | ||||
Alliance | Brian Brown | 3.96% | 141 | ||||||
Electorate: 5,152 Valid: 3,557 (69.04%) Spoilt: 132 Quota: 712 Turnout: 3,689 (71.60%) |
1973 Election
[edit]1973: 3 x United Unionist, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
United Unionist | William Barbour | 23.97% | 854 | |||||||
United Unionist | Ronald Nicholl | 18.78% | 669 | 707.08 | 707.24 | 707.24 | 781.24 | |||
United Unionist | Stanley Gault | 13.67% | 487 | 575.48 | 576.48 | 576.48 | 628.52 | 671.52 | 701.32 | |
Alliance | William Archibald | 7.72% | 275 | 277.24 | 282.24 | 325.24 | 385.04 | 394.04 | 695.52 | |
SDLP | Jim Tierney | 16.62% | 592 | 592.16 | 637.16 | 653.16 | 668.16 | 668.16 | 690.16 | |
Alliance | Brian Brown | 7.66% | 273 | 274.44 | 275.44 | 301.44 | 361.76 | 371.76 | ||
Independent | Alastair Smyth | 4.21% | 150 | 152.08 | 154.08 | 157.24 | ||||
Independent | C. G. H. Charlton | 3.37% | 120 | 123.36 | 123.36 | 123.36 | ||||
Alliance | Syd Houghton | 2.44% | 87 | 87.16 | 88.16 | |||||
SDLP | Shaun Burke | 1.57% | 56 | 56.16 | ||||||
Electorate: 4,322 Valid: 3,563 (82.44%) Spoilt: 41 Quota: 713 Turnout: 3,604 (83.39%) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 18 July 2021.