# Lisburn Area D

Lisburn Area D was one of the five district electoral areas in Lisburn, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Lisburn 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 Hilden, Lambeg, Lisnagarvey, Magheralave and Tonagh. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections with 4 of the wards going to Lisburn Town DEA and Lambeg to the Dunmurry Cross DEA.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 1981 | Ivan Davis (DUP) | Robert McNeice (DUP) | Samuel Semple (UUP) | Maureen McKinney (UUP) | George Boyd (Alliance) |
| 1977 | Ivan Davis (DUP) | Robert Kirkwood (UPNI)/ (UUP) | Samuel Semple (UUP) | Maureen McKinney (UUP) | George Boyd (Alliance) |
| 1973 | Ivan Davis (DUP) | Robert Kirkwood (UPNI)/ (UUP) | Samuel Semple (UUP) | William Henry (UUP) | G. W. C. McCartney (Alliance) |

## 1981 Election

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI
1981: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UPNI
Lisburn Area D - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Ivan Davis* | 44.02% | 3,720 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Robert McNeice | 5.56% | 470 | 2,105.84 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Semple* | 12.65% | 1,069 | 1,313.48 | 1,630.28 | | | | |
| | UUP | Maureen McKinney* | 9.32% | 788 | 963.36 | 1,090.56 | 1,156.81 | 1,264.48 | 1,437.38 | |
| | Alliance | George Boyd* | 12.85% | 1,086 | 1,125.68 | 1,138.58 | 1,140.33 | 1,178.5 | 1,204.89 | 1,665.89 |
| | UUP | David Trimble | 5.37% | 454 | 494.96 | 565.16 | 683.41 | 764.25 | 903.76 | 903.76 |
| | Alliance | James Mulholland | 5.67% | 479 | 498.84 | 503.94 | 504.94 | 520.36 | 535.35 | |
| | UUUP | John Curry | 1.81% | 153 | 246.44 | 373.04 | 393.29 | 455.76 | | |
| | Unionist Party NI | David Gordon | 2.75% | 232 | 291.52 | 327.22 | 334.47 | | | |
| Electorate: 14,016 Valid: 8,451 (60.30%) Spoilt: 158 Quota: 1,409 Turnout: 8,639 (61.64%) |||||||||||

## 1977 Election

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI
1973-1977 Change: UPNI gain from UUP
Lisburn Area D - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Ivan Davis* | 25.77% | 1,758 | | | | | |
| | Unionist Party NI | Robert Kirkwood* | 21.76% | 1,485 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | George Boyd | 17.85% | 1,218 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Semple* | 13.92% | 950 | 1,055.08 | 1,184.2 | | | |
| | UUP | Maureen McKinney | 9.32% | 476 | 540.01 | 613.45 | 708.46 | 710.08 | 1,074.54 |
| | UUUP | James Davis | 4.13% | 282 | 688.26 | 704.34 | 780.9 | 781.86 | 807.53 |
| | Alliance | Hazel Ervine | 5.58% | 381 | 390.62 | 474.14 | 584.19 | 652.89 | |
| | Independent | Gerald King | 3.03% | 207 | 218.84 | 240.68 | | | |
| | UUP | Andrew Oliver | 0.97% | 66 | 85.61 | 100.49 | | | |
| Electorate: 13,881 Valid: 6,823 (49.15%) Spoilt: 199 Quota: 1,138 Turnout: 7,022 (50.59%) ||||||||||

## 1973 Election

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Lisburn Area D - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | UUP | Samuel Semple | 26.52% | 2,294 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Robert Kirkwood | 13.02% | 1,126 | 1,508.58 | | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | G. W. C. McCartney | 14.36% | 1,242 | 1,282.33 | 1,285.75 | 1,325.75 | 1,325.75 | 1,333.41 | 1,353.27 | 1,506.27 | | |
| | DUP | Ivan Davis | 10.66% | 922 | 955.3 | 957.52 | 958.89 | 993.29 | 995.09 | 1,008.06 | 1,015.49 | 1,025.49 | 1,479.49 |
| | UUP | William Henry | 9.19% | 795 | 974.08 | 1,000.24 | 1,005.67 | 1,009.58 | 1,083.64 | 1,324.76 | 1,337.65 | 1,341.02 | 1,432.33 |
| | Alliance | George Boyd | 6.97% | 603 | 613.73 | 614.51 | 632.88 | 632.88 | 635.62 | 641.82 | 783.9 | 1,131.27 | 1,138.7 |
| | Vanguard | James Davis | 5.61% | 485 | 501.28 | 502.3 | 502.3 | 605.32 | 609.11 | 613.46 | 613.89 | 614.89 | |
| | SDLP | P. J. Rowen | 5.03% | 435 | 436.11 | 436.11 | 463.11 | 463.11 | 463.11 | 463.11 | 469.48 | | |
| | Alliance | Hazel Ervine | 3.47% | 300 | 305.55 | 305.85 | 319.85 | 320.22 | 322.34 | 328 | | | |
| | UUP | Myrtle McMaster | 1.04% | 90 | 220.98 | 233.82 | 236.19 | 240.25 | 303.93 | | | | |
| | UUP | James Hutchinson | 1.17% | 101 | 138.37 | 152.65 | 156.77 | 159.51 | | | | | |
| | Vanguard | Marjorie Lockhart | 1.64% | 142 | 150.88 | 151.3 | 152.3 | | | | | | |
| | NI Labour | R. N. Hill | 1.34% | 116 | 117.48 | 117.66 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,564 Valid: 8,651 (81.89%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,442 Turnout: 8,723 (82.57%) ||||||||||||||