# Castlereagh Area C

Castlereagh Area C was one of the three district electoral areas in Castlereagh, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Castlereagh Borough Council, and formed part of the Belfast East constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Cregagh, Downshire, Hillfoot, Lisnasharragh and Wynchurch. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Castlereagh Central DEA.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 1981 | Peter Robinson (DUP) | Denny Vitty (DUP) | Cedric Wilson (DUP) | Herbert Johnstone (UUP) | Patricia Archer (Alliance) |
| 1977 | Peter Robinson (DUP) | Bryan Davidson (Alliance) | Elizabeth Rea (UUP) | Herbert Johnstone (UUP) | Patricia Archer (Alliance) |
| 1973 | C. R. Beacon (Independent) | Walter McFarland (UUP) | J. Black (UUP) | F. H. Gray (UUP) | Samuel Finlay (Alliance) |

## 1981 Election

1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1981: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from Alliance and UUP
Castlereagh Area C - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Peter Robinson* | 45.58% | 3,562 | | | | |
| | DUP | Denny Vitty | 0.45% | 35 | 2,062.22 | | | |
| | DUP | Cedric Wilson | 0.49% | 38 | 206.36 | 1,149.5 | | |
| | UUP | Herbert Johnstone* | 12.67% | 990 | 1,090.05 | 1,100.94 | | |
| | Alliance | Patricia Archer* | 13.41% | 1,048 | 1,072.84 | 1,075.15 | 1,078.71 | 1,503.71 |
| | UUP | Walter McFarland* | 5.26% | 411 | 495.18 | 503.1 | 550.86 | 577.86 |
| | Alliance | Bryan Davidson* | 6.31% | 493 | 521.98 | 525.61 | 528.01 | |
| Electorate: 14,751 Valid: 7,815 (52.98%) Spoilt: 220 Quota: 977 Turnout: 8,035 (54.47%) |||||||||

## 1977 Election

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from UUP and Independent
Castlereagh 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 | Herbert Johnstone | 22.04% | 1,200 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Peter Robinson | 21.51% | 1,171 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Patricia Archer | 16.29% | 887 | 891.8 | 894.56 | 900.17 | 918.17 | | | |
| | UUP | Elizabeth Rea | 5.58% | 304 | 541.12 | 578.38 | 677.24 | 765.77 | 766.34 | 1,090.34 | |
| | Alliance | Bryan Davidson | 9.74% | 530 | 532.16 | 532.62 | 536.08 | 601.23 | 608.64 | 691.83 | 768.83 |
| | Alliance | Samuel Finlay* | 10.23% | 557 | 562.28 | 566.65 | 572.8 | 597.72 | 599.43 | 665.62 | 742.62 |
| | Vanguard | Norman Kyle | 7.02% | 382 | 410.08 | 441.82 | 517.26 | 594.61 | 595.18 | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | John Snodden | 5.49% | 299 | 301.16 | 333.36 | 372.05 | | | | |
| | UUUP | Valerie Walsh | 2.09% | 114 | 120.96 | 272.3 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,932 Valid: 5,444 (49.80%) Spoilt: 175 Quota: 908 Turnout: 5,619 (51.40%) ||||||||||||

## 1973 Election

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
Castlereagh 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 | J. Black | 24.24% | 1,811 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Walter McFarland | 20.73% | 1,549 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Samuel Finlay | 10.44% | 780 | 798.6 | 804.87 | 925.25 | 1,380.25 | | | |
| | UUP | F. H. Gray | 5.94% | 444 | 874.28 | 1,077.01 | 1,089.51 | 1,098.94 | 1,111.48 | 1,633.48 | |
| | Independent | C. R. Beacon | 12.10% | 904 | 940.58 | 949.13 | 956.63 | 995.32 | 1,031.62 | 1,157.55 | 1,400.55 |
| | NI Labour | R. Bingham | 8.47% | 633 | 641.99 | 649.78 | 664.4 | 712.9 | 794.74 | 854.31 | 922.31 |
| | UUP | C. Moore | 8.65% | 646 | 702.73 | 765.81 | 768.5 | 772.62 | 775.26 | | |
| | Alliance | M. G. McConville | 5.94% | 444 | 446.17 | 446.93 | 555.93 | | | | |
| | Alliance | H. McLernon | 3.49% | 261 | 266.89 | 271.07 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,051 Valid: 7,472 (67.61%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 1,246 Turnout: 7,571 (68.51%) ||||||||||||