Dungannon Area C
Dungannon Area C was one of the four district electoral areas in Dungannon, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Dungannon District Council, and formed part of the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Aughnacloy, Benburb, Caledon, Killyman and Moy. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Blackwater DEA.
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | James Ewing (DUP) |
Derek Irwin (UUP) |
Jim Brady (UUP) |
John Taggart (UUP) |
Patrick Daly (SDLP) | |||||
| 1977 | Wilfred Dilworth (UUP) |
William Buchanan (UUP) | ||||||||
| 1973 | ||||||||||
1981 Election
[edit]1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1981: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SDLP | Patrick Daly* | 23.02% | 1,324 | ||||||
| UUP | Derek Irwin* | 17.06% | 981 | ||||||
| DUP | James Ewing | 13.53% | 778 | 788.8 | 848.8 | 867.2 | 868.6 | 1,054.28 | |
| UUP | John Taggart | 11.25% | 647 | 669.2 | 712.4 | 728.8 | 730.18 | 906.1 | |
| UUP | Jim Brady* | 9.93% | 571 | 599.8 | 631 | 653.8 | 669.14 | 848.06 | |
| DUP | Norman Lockhart | 10.14% | 583 | 585.4 | 620.4 | 638.2 | 638.82 | 664.5 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Wilfred Dilworth* | 9.70% | 558 | 570.6 | 602.8 | 623 | 623.64 | ||
| Independent | William Lucas | 1.81% | 104 | 383 | 386 | ||||
| UUUP | James McNeill | 3.56% | 205 | 212.8 | |||||
| Electorate: 7,091 Valid: 5,751 (81.10%) Spoilt: 125 Quota: 959 Turnout: 5,876 (82.87%) | |||||||||
1977 Election
[edit]1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| UUP | Wilfred Dilworth* | 22.08% | 1,182 | |||
| UUP | Derek Irwin* | 21.30% | 1,140 | |||
| SDLP | Patrick Daly* | 18.31% | 980 | |||
| UUP | William Buchanan* | 12.89% | 690 | 894.12 | ||
| UUP | Jim Brady* | 14.85% | 795 | 876.27 | 1,117.17 | |
| SDLP | Mary McKinney | 5.51% | 295 | 296.08 | 297.18 | |
| Independent | Anthony Byrne | 5.06% | 271 | 272.89 | 275.97 | |
| Electorate: 7,175 Valid: 5,353 (74.61%) Spoilt: 277 Quota: 893 Turnout: 5,630 (78.47%) | ||||||
1973 Election
[edit]1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| UUP | Derek Irwin | 21.26% | 1,291 | ||||||||
| UUP | Wilfred Dilworth | 18.03% | 1,095 | ||||||||
| UUP | Jim Brady | 13.90% | 844 | 1,084.24 | |||||||
| UUP | William Buchanan | 13.85% | 841 | 863.26 | 936.27 | 958.04 | 1,025.36 | ||||
| SDLP | Patrick Daly | 12.74% | 774 | 774.42 | 774.56 | 783.56 | 783.62 | 783.82 | 978.89 | 1,056.89 | |
| Independent | Anthony Byrne | 5.55% | 337 | 337 | 337.14 | 342.21 | 342.21 | 342.37 | 350.37 | 492.37 | |
| Alliance | R. F. Hobson | 5.71% | 347 | 353.09 | 354.42 | 413.49 | 414.09 | 424.13 | 429.13 | 436.13 | |
| Unity | John McAnespie | 3.67% | 223 | 223 | 223 | 225 | 225.12 | 225.16 | 237.16 | ||
| SDLP | Matt Hegarty | 3.52% | 214 | 214 | 214.07 | 224.07 | 224.13 | 224.13 | |||
| Alliance | Jim Boyd | 1.76% | 107 | 107.84 | 108.4 | ||||||
| Electorate: 7,218 Valid: 6,073 (84.14%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,013 Turnout: 6,145 (85.13%) | |||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.