# Lisburn Area C

Lisburn Area C 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 Blaris, Hillhall, Knockmore, Lagan Valley and Old Warren. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and mainly replaced by the Lisburn Town DEA, with Blaris moving to the Downshire DEA and Knockmore moving to the Killultagh DEA.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 1981 | William Belshaw (DUP) | Denis McCarroll (DUP) | Robert Dunsmore (DUP) | William Gardiner-Watson (UUP) | Seamus Close (Alliance) |
| 1977 | William Belshaw (DUP) | George Morrison (UUUP)/ (Vanguard) | Wilfred McClung (UUP) | William Gardiner-Watson (UUP) | Seamus Close (Alliance) |
| 1973 | William Belshaw (DUP) | George Morrison (UUUP)/ (Vanguard) | Norman Bicker (UUP) | James McKeown (UUP) | Seamus Close (Alliance) |

## 1981 Election

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUUP
1981: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and UUUP
Lisburn 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 |
| | DUP | William Belshaw* | 35.49% | 2,412 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Denis McCarroll | 12.60% | 856 | 1,290.6 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Robert Dunsmore | 6.22% | 423 | 979.5 | 989.56 | 1,110.4 | 1,189.4 | | |
| | UUP | William Gardiner-Watson* | 11.95% | 812 | 884.61 | 889.67 | 895.75 | 1,011.89 | 1,221.89 | |
| | Alliance | Seamus Close* | 11.93% | 811 | 826.37 | 890.55 | 891.69 | 979 | 1,002.28 | 1,007.88 |
| | UUP | Wilfred McClung* | 8.61% | 585 | 632.17 | 634.23 | 641.07 | 683.74 | 863.24 | 945.56 |
| | UUUP | George Morrison* | 5.90% | 401 | 488.45 | 494.51 | 509.33 | 581.25 | | |
| | Independent | William Whitley | 5.72% | 389 | 430.34 | 446.87 | 451.43 | | | |
| | NI Labour | Robert Clarke | 1.57% | 107 | 115.48 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,569 Valid: 6,796 (58.74%) Spoilt: 196 Quota: 1,133 Turnout: 6,992 (60.44%) |||||||||||

## 1977 Election

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: Vanguard joins UUUP
Lisburn Area C - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | William Belshaw* | 26.53% | 1,388 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Seamus Close* | 18.68% | 987 | | | | |
| | UUP | William Gardiner-Watson | 17.09% | 894 | | | | |
| | UUUP | George Morrison* | 13.46% | 704 | 783.92 | 796.4 | 804.91 | 934.91 |
| | UUP | Wilfred McClung | 8.61% | 397 | 416.98 | 499.35 | 575.02 | 787.35 |
| | DUP | Denis McCarroll | 4.45% | 233 | 573.77 | 577.14 | 580.13 | 689.82 |
| | Vanguard | Ronnie Crawford | 8.43% | 441 | 499.83 | 524.2 | 550.65 | |
| | Alliance | Thomas Hughes | 3.59% | 188 | 190.59 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,377 Valid: 5,232 (45.99%) Spoilt: 224 Quota: 873 Turnout: 5,456 (47.96%) |||||||||

## 1973 Election

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
Lisburn Area C - 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 |
| | DUP | William Belshaw | 16.53% | 1,222 | 1,230 | 1,231 | 1,234 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Norman Bicker | 12.57% | 929 | 953 | 955 | 955 | 966 | 975 | 1,062 | 1,107 | 1,298 | |
| | UUP | James McKeown | 12.20% | 902 | 954 | 956 | 960 | 984 | 988 | 1,026 | 1,171 | 1,283 | |
| | Alliance | Seamus Close | 8.17% | 604 | 607 | 661 | 727 | 727 | 943 | 946 | 950 | 1,027 | 1,486 |
| | Vanguard | George Morrison | 9.57% | 707 | 712 | 712 | 713 | 921 | 926 | 1,072 | 1,081 | 1,136 | 1,140 |
| | UUP | William Gardiner-Watson | 7.28% | 538 | 563 | 567 | 575 | 580 | 593 | 618 | 701 | 776 | 780 |
| | SDLP | Peter O'Hagan | 6.18% | 457 | 457 | 461 | 551 | 551 | 561 | 561 | 561 | 572 | |
| | Independent | Robert Allen | 6.02% | 445 | 447 | 454 | 470 | 475 | 501 | 534 | 551 | | |
| | UUP | William Matthews | 4.07% | 301 | 334 | 334 | 336 | 337 | 348 | 361 | | | |
| | DUP | David Shanks | 3.91% | 289 | 294 | 294 | 295 | 310 | 310 | | | | |
| | Alliance | W. Ferris | 2.50% | 185 | 185 | 269 | 295 | 297 | | | | | |
| | Vanguard | Thomas Herron | 3.67% | 271 | 273 | 273 | 273 | | | | | | |
| | NI Labour | A. Whitby | 2.90% | 214 | 215 | 224 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | W. G. Hammond | 2.25% | 166 | 167 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Harold McClure | 2.18% | 161 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,617 Valid: 7,391 (54.28%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,232 Turnout: 7,518 (55.21%) ||||||||||||||