# North Down Area C

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

| 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 | Mary O'Fee (UPUP)/ (Vanguard)/ (Loyalist) | Maisie McMullan (UUP) | Hazel Bradford (UUP) | William Morrow (Alliance) | Thomas Rollins (Alliance) |
| 1973 | Mary O'Fee (UPUP)/ (Vanguard)/ (Loyalist) | Robert Campbell (UUP) | David Belshaw (UUP) | John Calvert (Alliance) | Jean Foster (Alliance) |

## 1981 Election

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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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

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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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

1973: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist
North Down Area C - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) ||||||||||||