# Armagh Area C

Armagh Area C was one of the four district electoral areas in Armagh, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Armagh District Council, and formed part of the Armagh constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Carriagatuke, Derrynoose, Keady, Killylea and Milford. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Crossmore DEA.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 1981 | Joseph McBride (DUP) | Jim Nicholson (UUP) | Patrick Fegan (SDLP) | James McKernan (SDLP) | Joseph Dunleavy (SDLP) |
| 1977 | Eleanor Boyd (UUP) | Jim Nicholson (UUP) | Patrick Fegan (SDLP) | James McKernan (SDLP) | Joseph Fullerton (SDLP) |
| 1973 | J. Reid (UUP) | W. Shilliday (UUP) | Patrick Fegan (SDLP) | M. Cunningham (SDLP) | Eugene Connolly (Alliance) |

## 1981 Election

1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1981: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Armagh Area C - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SDLP | Patrick Fegan* | 17.55% | 980 | | | |
| | UUP | Jim Nicholson* | 17.23% | 962 | | | |
| | SDLP | James McKernan* | 16.71% | 933 | | | |
| | DUP | Joseph McBride | 12.63% | 705 | 705.35 | 709.4 | 1,041.4 |
| | SDLP | Joseph Dunleavy | 12.36% | 690 | 729.35 | 853.9 | 867.9 |
| | Irish Independence | Patrick Agnew | 8.83% | 493 | 495.6 | 629.9 | 633.95 |
| | UUP | Eleanor Boyd* | 8.06% | 450 | 450.35 | 462.35 | |
| | Independent | Peter McSorley | 6.63% | 370 | 373.9 | | |
| Electorate: 7,281 Valid: 5,583 (76.68%) Spoilt: 207 Quota: 931 Turnout: 5,790 (79.52%) ||||||||

## 1977 Election

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Armagh Area C - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Eleanor Boyd | 23.24% | 1,153 | | | |
| | SDLP | Patrick Fegan* | 19.27% | 956 | | | |
| | SDLP | James McKernan | 17.66% | 876 | | | |
| | UUP | Jim Nicholson | 13.71% | 680 | 985.08 | | |
| | SDLP | Joseph Fullerton | 14.82% | 735 | 737.61 | 741.09 | 851.13 |
| | Alliance | Eugene Connolly* | 11.31% | 561 | 575.21 | 691.5 | 708.3 |
| Electorate: 7,216 Valid: 4,961 (68.75%) Spoilt: 280 Quota: 827 Turnout: 5,241 (72.63%) ||||||||

## 1973 Election

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Armagh Area C - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | J. Reid | 28.39% | 1,544 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Patrick Fegan | 17.93% | 975 | | | | | |
| | UUP | W. Shilliday | 15.66% | 852 | 1,474.79 | | | | |
| | SDLP | M. Cunningham | 11.33% | 616 | 616.82 | 618.46 | 653.88 | 895.25 | 1,026.25 |
| | Alliance | Eugene Connolly | 7.04% | 383 | 385.46 | 559.3 | 563.78 | 584.89 | 696.09 |
| | Independent | E. Conroy | 8.99% | 489 | 489.41 | 494.74 | 501.25 | 521.36 | 571.52 |
| | NI Labour | J. Fullerton | 5.11% | 278 | 281.69 | 334.99 | 340.87 | 363.77 | |
| | SDLP | P. Nugent | 5.55% | 302 | 302.41 | 303.23 | 318.7 | | |
| Electorate: 7,398 Valid: 5,439 (73.52%) Spoilt: 166 Quota: 907 Turnout: 5,605 (75.76%) ||||||||||