# Lisburn Area E

Lisburn Area E 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 Collin, Derryaghy, Dunmurry and Seymour Hill. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Dunmurry Cross DEA.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 1981 | William Beattie (DUP) | William McAllister (UUP) | William McDonnell (SDLP) | James Davis (UUUP) |
| 1977 | William Beattie (DUP) | William McAllister (UUP) | William McDonnell (SDLP) | John Cousins (Alliance) |
| 1973 | Robert McNeice (DUP) | John Gilchrist (UUP) | Walter Groves (UUP) | John Cousins (Alliance) |

## 1981 Election

1977: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1981: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP
1977-1981 Change: UUUP gain from Alliance
Lisburn Area E - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | William Beattie* | 29.98% | 1,909 | | | | | |
| | UUP | William McAllister* | 28.74% | 1,830 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | William McDonnell* | 15.91% | 1,013 | 1,013.74 | 1,014.73 | 1,036.73 | 1,197.1 | 1,220.47 |
| | UUUP | James Davis | 1.65% | 105 | 674.43 | 1,096.17 | 1,099.31 | 1,100.64 | 1,158.97 |
| | Alliance | John Cousins* | 8.51% | 542 | 566.42 | 611.3 | 619.74 | 691.4 | 1,100.58 |
| | Alliance | Brian Fitzsimons | 6.83% | 435 | 463.49 | 534.77 | 537.1 | 552.13 | |
| | Republican Clubs | Gerard Dunlop | 7.26% | 462 | 464.22 | 468.18 | 487.18 | | |
| | Communist | Terry Bruton | 1.13% | 72 | 76.07 | 77.72 | | | |
| Electorate: 12,242 Valid: 6,368 (52.02%) Spoilt: 463 Quota: 1,274 Turnout: 6,831 (55.80%) ||||||||||

## 1977 Election

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1977: 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Lisburn Area E - 4 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 |
| | Alliance | John Cousins* | 19.23% | 1,047 | 1,053 | 1,113 | | | | | |
| | UUP | William McAllister | 18.49% | 1,007 | 1,061 | 1,064 | 1,402 | | | | |
| | SDLP | William McDonnell | 16.09% | 876 | 876 | 989 | 990 | 990 | 1,145 | | |
| | DUP | William Beattie | 11.57% | 630 | 683 | 683 | 705 | 776 | 822 | 833.16 | 835.16 |
| | DUP | Robert McNeice* | 9.70% | 528 | 558 | 558 | 604 | 699 | 777 | 820.71 | 828.71 |
| | Alliance | Brian Fitzsimons | 8.17% | 445 | 451 | 473 | 494 | 584 | | | |
| | UUP | David Saulters | 7.68% | 418 | 444 | 444 | | | | | |
| | Republican Clubs | Gerard Dunlop | 5.60% | 305 | 305 | | | | | | |
| | UUUP | Jean Bell | 3.47% | 189 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,522 Valid: 5,445 (47.26%) Spoilt: 265 Quota: 1,090 Turnout: 5,710 (49.56%) ||||||||||||

## 1973 Election

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
Lisburn Area E - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | John Gilchrist | 23.20% | 1,479 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | John Cousins | 18.38% | 1,172 | 1,177.99 | 1,185.63 | 1,447.63 | | | |
| | UUP | Walter Groves | 13.68% | 872 | 981.72 | 1,072 | 1,093.26 | 1,096.1 | 1,126.49 | 1,613.49 |
| | DUP | Robert McNeice | 11.29% | 720 | 727.02 | 754.54 | 760.8 | 761.51 | 1,193.07 | 1,266.46 |
| | Alliance | J. W. Patterson | 7.84% | 500 | 504.55 | 514.59 | 610.85 | 774.86 | 783.86 | 827.56 |
| | UUP | Samuel Neill | 7.36% | 469 | 516.06 | 639.22 | 649.61 | 651.74 | 670.26 | |
| | DUP | Henry Winton | 7.39% | 471 | 472.95 | 491.47 | 491.47 | 491.47 | | |
| | NI Labour | W. J. B. McIldoon | 6.57% | 419 | 420.04 | 426.17 | | | | |
| | UUP | Elizabeth Wright | 4.30% | 274 | 288.95 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,414 Valid: 6,376 (61.23%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 1,276 Turnout: 6,479 (62.21%) |||||||||||