# Lisburn Town (District Electoral Area)

Lisburn Town was one of the four district electoral areas in Lisburn, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 1993. The district elected seven members to Lisburn Borough Council, and formed part of the South Antrim constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly and Lagan Valley for the UK parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Lisburn Area C and Lisburn Area D which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Harmony Hill, Hilden, Lagan Valley, Magheralave, Old Warren, Tonagh and Wallace Park. It was abolished for the 1993 local elections and divided between the Lisburn North DEA and the Lisburn South DEA.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 1989 | | Seamus Close (Alliance) | | William Belshaw (UUP) | | Samuel Semple (UUP) | | George Morrison (UUP) | | William Gardiner-Watson (UUP) | | Ivan Davis (UUP)/ (DUP) | | Robin McMaster (DUP) |
| 1985 | | Seamus Close (Alliance) | | William Belshaw (UUP) | | Samuel Semple (UUP) | | James Davis (UUP) | | Maureen McKinney (UUP) | | Ivan Davis (UUP)/ (DUP) | | Robin Dunsmore (DUP) |

## 1989 Election

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Lisburn Town - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | Ivan Davis* | 36.59% | 2,530 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Seamus Close* | 18.90% | 1,307 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Belshaw* | 15.17% | 1,049 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Semple* | 9.89% | 684 | 1,156.6 | | | | | |
| | UUP | George Morrison | 2.56% | 177 | 585.68 | 620.54 | 722.54 | 769.88 | 886.56 | |
| | UUP | William Gardiner-Watson | 2.82% | 195 | 513.24 | 582.12 | 670.12 | 746.44 | 857.4 | 880.4 |
| | DUP | Robin McMaster | 6.10% | 422 | 586.56 | 596.64 | 614.64 | 635.34 | 667.86 | 719.54 |
| | DUP | James Mulholland | 4.19% | 290 | 417.84 | 428.34 | 446.34 | 460.74 | 497.92 | 538.18 |
| | Workers' Party | Paul McDonald | 2.04% | 141 | 160.04 | 445.22 | 449.22 | 450.84 | 452.78 | |
| | UUP | Andrew Park | 1.72% | 119 | 261.8 | 291.62 | 351.12 | 366.96 | | |
| Electorate: 14,362 Valid: 6,914 (48.14%) Spoilt: 145 Quota: 865 Turnout: 7,059 (49.15%) |||||||||||

## 1985 Election

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Lisburn Town - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Ivan Davis* | 38.80% | 2,888 | | | | |
| | UUP | William Belshaw* | 16.27% | 1,211 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Seamus Close* | 13.61% | 1,013 | | | | |
| | UUP | Maureen McKinney* | 11.26% | 838 | 1,107.96 | | | |
| | DUP | Robin Dunsmore* | 1.84% | 137 | 946.88 | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Semple* | 7.00% | 521 | 705.96 | 812.04 | 909.54 | 1,012.54 |
| | UUP | James Davis* | 4.58% | 341 | 570.84 | 710.76 | 742.26 | 844.94 |
| | DUP | James Mulholland | 2.40% | 179 | 558.44 | 581.24 | 614.74 | 657.28 |
| | Alliance | Maura Mulholland | 4.23% | 315 | 370.76 | 379.4 | 390.9 | |
| Electorate: 14,285 Valid: 7,443 (52.10%) Spoilt: 163 Quota: 931 Turnout: 7,606 (53.24%) |||||||||