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

It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Bangor Castle, Bryansburn, Crawfordsburn, Princestown and Springhill. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Bangor West DEA and the Abbey DEA.

Councillors

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Election Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
1981 Mary O'Fee
(UPUP)/
(Vanguard)/
(Loyalist)
Alan Graham
(DUP)
Hazel Bradford
(UUP)
William Morrow
(Alliance)
Brian Wilson
(Alliance)
1977 Maisie McMullan
(UUP)
Thomas Rollins
(Alliance)
1973 Robert Campbell
(UUP)
David Belshaw
(UUP)
John Calvert
(Alliance)
Jean Foster
(Alliance)

1981 Election

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

1981: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x DUP

1977-1981 Change: UPUP and DUP gain from UUP and Vanguard

North Down Area C - 5 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
UPUP Mary O'Fee* 18.28% 1,021              
Alliance William Morrow* 17.17% 959              
DUP Alan Graham 16.24% 929 932.92            
UUP Hazel Bradford* 16.24% 907 916.36 976.84          
Alliance Brian Wilson 7.95% 444 447.6 454.68 464.68 459.94 460.02 776.08 834.24
UUP Terence McKeag 7.56% 422 428.55 471.72 512.72 513.32 514.16 551.04 765.48
UPUP Maisie McMullan* 4.89% 273 324.44 390 392 392.62 393.38 415.78  
Alliance Thomas Rollins* 6.57% 367 370.84 378.84 378.84 391.18 391.18    
DUP George McKinnie 4.71% 263 264.75            
Electorate: 10,215   Valid: 5,585 (54.67%)   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 931   Turnout: 5,720 (56.00%)  

1977 Election

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1973: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist

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

1973-1977 Change: Loyalist joins Vanguard

North Down Area C - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
UUP Hazel Bradford 14.05% 635 717 793        
Alliance William Morrow 15.95% 721 725 791        
Vanguard Mary O'Fee* 12.17% 550 565 624 630.6 797.6    
Alliance Thomas Rollins 14.09% 637 643 701 707.6 710.6 711.04 732.16
UUP Maisie McMullan 7.19% 325 439 496 519.1 662.1 703.9 709.02
Alliance Jane Copeland 13.96% 631 635 674 676.2 680.2 681.52 691.76
DUP Alan Graham 8.87% 401 413 423 423      
Unionist Party NI Frank Gill 8.16% 369 376          
UUP Archibald Pollock 5.55% 251            
Electorate: 9,940   Valid: 4,520 (45.47%)   Spoilt: 77   Quota: 754   Turnout: 4,597 (46.25%)  

1973 Election

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1973: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist

North Down Area C - 5 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
UUP Robert Campbell 21.86% 1,352              
UUP David Belshaw 11.95% 739 853.17 864.23 868.69 879.92 887.84 1,040.65  
Alliance John Calvert 12.76% 789 797.05 808.05 844.05 844.05 975.43 988.58 1,080.58
Loyalist Mary O'Fee 10.32% 638 655.94 672.4 677.63 941.7 943.93 966.46 1,071.46
Alliance Jean Foster 11.06% 684 695.73 726.73 793.96 799.42 974.88 989.41 1,044.82
Independent James Stark 8.18% 506 522.56 546.79 573.79 577.02 588.71 614.7 735.76
Ind. Unionist Henry Garner 5.09% 315 376.64 380.87 383.87 390.56 397.56 534.55  
UUP Henry Patton 4.43% 274 342.08 347.77 347.77 351.23 356.46    
Alliance Thomas Rollins 5.01% 310 313.91 328.91 341.91 341.91      
Loyalist Christopher Millar 4.62% 286 290.14 294.14 296.14        
NI Labour Harold Parkhill 2.39% 148 148.92 170.92          
Independent Brian Wilson 2.31% 143 145.3            
Electorate: 9,067   Valid: 6,184 (68.20%)   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 1,031   Turnout: 6,237 (68.79%)  

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.