Armagh Area C was one of the four district electoral areas in Armagh, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Armagh District Council, and formed part of the Armagh constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Carriagatuke, Derrynoose, Keady, Killylea and Milford. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Crossmore DEA.
Councillors edit
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Joseph McBride (DUP) |
Jim Nicholson (UUP) |
Patrick Fegan (SDLP) |
James McKernan (SDLP) |
Joseph Dunleavy (SDLP) | |||||
| 1977 | Eleanor Boyd (UUP) |
Joseph Fullerton (SDLP) | ||||||||
| 1973 | J. Reid (UUP) |
W. Shilliday (UUP) |
M. Cunningham (SDLP) |
Eugene Connolly (Alliance) | ||||||
1981 Election edit
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1981: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| SDLP | Patrick Fegan* | 17.55% | 980 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Jim Nicholson* | 17.23% | 962 | ||||
| SDLP | James McKernan* | 16.71% | 933 | ||||
| DUP | Joseph McBride | 12.63% | 705 | 705.35 | 709.4 | 1,041.4 | |
| SDLP | Joseph Dunleavy | 12.36% | 690 | 729.35 | 853.9 | 867.9 | |
| Irish Independence | Patrick Agnew | 8.83% | 493 | 495.6 | 629.9 | 633.95 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Eleanor Boyd* | 8.06% | 450 | 450.35 | 462.35 | ||
| Independent | Peter McSorley | 6.63% | 370 | 373.9 | |||
| Electorate: 7,281 Valid: 5,583 (76.68%) Spoilt: 207 Quota: 931 Turnout: 5,790 (79.52%) | |||||||
1977 Election edit
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Eleanor Boyd | 23.24% | 1,153 | ||||
| SDLP | Patrick Fegan* | 19.27% | 956 | ||||
| SDLP | James McKernan | 17.66% | 876 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Jim Nicholson | 13.71% | 680 | 985.08 | |||
| SDLP | Joseph Fullerton | 14.82% | 735 | 737.61 | 741.09 | 851.13 | |
| Alliance | Eugene Connolly* | 11.31% | 561 | 575.21 | 691.5 | 708.3 | |
| Electorate: 7,216 Valid: 4,961 (68.75%) Spoilt: 280 Quota: 827 Turnout: 5,241 (72.63%) | |||||||
1973 Election edit
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | J. Reid | 28.39% | 1,544 | ||||||
| SDLP | Patrick Fegan | 17.93% | 975 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | W. Shilliday | 15.66% | 852 | 1,474.79 | |||||
| SDLP | M. Cunningham | 11.33% | 616 | 616.82 | 618.46 | 653.88 | 895.25 | 1,026.25 | |
| Alliance | Eugene Connolly | 7.04% | 383 | 385.46 | 559.3 | 563.78 | 584.89 | 696.09 | |
| Independent | E. Conroy | 8.99% | 489 | 489.41 | 494.74 | 501.25 | 521.36 | 571.52 | |
| NI Labour | J. Fullerton | 5.11% | 278 | 281.69 | 334.99 | 340.87 | 363.77 | ||
| SDLP | P. Nugent | 5.55% | 302 | 302.41 | 303.23 | 318.7 | |||
| Electorate: 7,398 Valid: 5,439 (73.52%) Spoilt: 166 Quota: 907 Turnout: 5,605 (75.76%) | |||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 26 July 2021.