Castlereagh Area C was one of the three district electoral areas in Castlereagh, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Castlereagh Borough Council, and formed part of the Belfast East constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Cregagh, Downshire, Hillfoot, Lisnasharragh and Wynchurch. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Castlereagh Central DEA.

Councillors

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Election Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
1981 Peter Robinson
(DUP)
Denny Vitty
(DUP)
Cedric Wilson
(DUP)
Herbert Johnstone
(UUP)
Patricia Archer
(Alliance)
1977 Bryan Davidson
(Alliance)
Elizabeth Rea
(UUP)
1973 C. R. Beacon
(Independent)
Walter McFarland
(UUP)
J. Black
(UUP)
F. H. Gray
(UUP)
Samuel Finlay
(Alliance)

1981 Election

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1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1981: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from Alliance and UUP

Castlereagh Area C - 5 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Peter Robinson* 45.58% 3,562        
DUP Denny Vitty 0.45% 35 2,062.22      
DUP Cedric Wilson 0.49% 38 206.36 1,149.5    
UUP Herbert Johnstone* 12.67% 990 1,090.05 1,100.94    
Alliance Patricia Archer* 13.41% 1,048 1,072.84 1,075.15 1,078.71 1,503.71
UUP Walter McFarland* 5.26% 411 495.18 503.1 550.86 577.86
Alliance Bryan Davidson* 6.31% 493 521.98 525.61 528.01  
Electorate: 14,751   Valid: 7,815 (52.98%)   Spoilt: 220   Quota: 977   Turnout: 8,035 (54.47%)  

1977 Election

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1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1973-1977 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from UUP and Independent

Castlereagh Area C - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
UUP Herbert Johnstone 22.04% 1,200              
DUP Peter Robinson 21.51% 1,171              
Alliance Patricia Archer 16.29% 887 891.8 894.56 900.17 918.17      
UUP Elizabeth Rea 5.58% 304 541.12 578.38 677.24 765.77 766.34 1,090.34  
Alliance Bryan Davidson 9.74% 530 532.16 532.62 536.08 601.23 608.64 691.83 768.83
Alliance Samuel Finlay* 10.23% 557 562.28 566.65 572.8 597.72 599.43 665.62 742.62
Vanguard Norman Kyle 7.02% 382 410.08 441.82 517.26 594.61 595.18    
Ind. Unionist John Snodden 5.49% 299 301.16 333.36 372.05        
UUUP Valerie Walsh 2.09% 114 120.96 272.3          
Electorate: 10,932   Valid: 5,444 (49.80%)   Spoilt: 175   Quota: 908   Turnout: 5,619 (51.40%)  

1973 Election

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1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

Castlereagh Area C - 5 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
UUP J. Black 24.24% 1,811              
UUP Walter McFarland 20.73% 1,549              
Alliance Samuel Finlay 10.44% 780 798.6 804.87 925.25 1,380.25      
UUP F. H. Gray 5.94% 444 874.28 1,077.01 1,089.51 1,098.94 1,111.48 1,633.48  
Independent C. R. Beacon 12.10% 904 940.58 949.13 956.63 995.32 1,031.62 1,157.55 1,400.55
NI Labour R. Bingham 8.47% 633 641.99 649.78 664.4 712.9 794.74 854.31 922.31
UUP C. Moore 8.65% 646 702.73 765.81 768.5 772.62 775.26    
Alliance M. G. McConville 5.94% 444 446.17 446.93 555.93        
Alliance H. McLernon 3.49% 261 266.89 271.07          
Electorate: 11,051   Valid: 7,472 (67.61%)   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 1,246   Turnout: 7,571 (68.51%)  

References

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  1. ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.