Larne Area C

Larne Area C was one of the three district electoral areas in Larne, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected seven members to Larne Borough Council, and formed part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament. It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Antiville, Blackcave, Central, Craigy Hill, Gardenmore, Harbour and Town Parks. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and mainly replaced by the Larne Town DEA, with areas also going to the Coast Road and Larne Lough DEAs.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
1981		Jack McKee (DUP)/ (Loyalist)		Winston Fulton (DUP)		Leonard Sluman (DUP)		Rosalie Armstrong (UUP)/ (Vanguard)/ (Loyalist)		Robert Robinson (UUP)		William Kelly (Alliance)		Thomas Benson (Alliance)
1977				Thomas Seymour (Vanguard)/ (Loyalist)		Kathleen O'Brien (Independent)				Agnew Hamilton (Independent)
1973						Thomas McKeever (Loyalist)				A. Girvan (Independent)

1981 Election

1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x Vanguard, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP
1981: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) and UUP (two seats) gain from Vanguard (two seats) and Independent (two seats)

Larne Area C - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Democratic Unionist Party	Jack McKee*	25.18%	1,436
	UUP	Robert Robinson	13.50%	770
	Democratic Unionist Party	Winston Fulton	8.93%	509	927
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	William Kelly*	8.91%	508	514.5	515.8	532.8	557.8	559.41	605.38	620.42	927.42
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Thomas Benson*	7.50%	428	428.5	430.06	442.56	464.56	467.36	504.62	518.95	641.52	847.12
	Democratic Unionist Party	Leonard Sluman	3.12%	178	348	529.48	539.48	551	552.54	565.84	628.8	630.3	630.3	633.5
	UUP	Rosalie Armstrong*	6.79%	387	405.5	413.04	419.54	439.3	460.02	498.9	597.22	598.79	601.99	629.99
	UUP	Joseph Wallace	5.70%	325	348	354.24	360.24	393.74	412.57	459.91	533.55	541.62	544.82	564.82
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Amelia Kelly	6.94%	396	398.5	398.5	412.5	423.5	423.78	467.92	474.06
	United Loyalist	Samuel Martin*	4.59%	262	302.5	309.78	317.28	326.78	330.98	358.14
	Independent	James Clements	3.82%	218	233.5	236.36	281.36	302.12	304.71
	Independent	Agnew Hamilton*	2.74%	156	160	161.56	173.56
	Independent	Patrick Todd	1.21%	69	74.5	75.28
	Independent	William Fleck	1.07%	61	65.5	66.02
Electorate: 10,614   Valid: 5,703 (53.73%)   Spoilt: 191   Quota: 713   Turnout: 5,894 (55.53%)

1977 Election

1973: 4 x Loyalist, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x Vanguard, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: Independent gain from Loyalist, Loyalist (three seats) join Vanguard (two seats) and DUP

Larne Area C - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Vanguard	Thomas Seymour*	24.01%	1,273
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	William Kelly*	17.34%	919
	Democratic Unionist Party	Jack McKee*	11.94%	633	645	645.84	650.84	679.84
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Thomas Benson*	6.83%	362	419.6	564.36	572.8	575.28	575.28	577.76	579.04	735.04
	Independent	Kathleen O'Brien	9.32%	494	550.64	561.56	580.84	610.68	611.35	626.83	636.87	675.03
	Vanguard	Rosalie Armstrong*	3.24%	172	361.6	363	381.44	408.68	410.69	424.61	578.93	610.89	626.53	629.05
	Independent	Agnew Hamilton	6.60%	350	439.76	449.84	461.96	484.24	485.58	495.06	510.46	563.26	618.34	623.94
	Democratic Unionist Party	Winston Fulton	7.79%	413	419.24	420.08	424.56	447.04	458.43	588.77	605.25	609.01	609.69	610.25
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	John Snoddy	3.51%	186	236.4	313.4	319.4	327.12	327.12	381.92	339.12
	Vanguard	Frederick Dodds	1.57%	83	183.8	186.04	194.96	213.88	213.88	220.88
	Dominion Party	James Wisely	3.36%	178	183.28	184.68	189.16	199.64	200.98
	UUUP	Thomas McKeever*	2.75%	146	168.08	168.64	182.68
	UUP	Alexander Marrs	1.74%	92	104.96	106.92
Electorate: 10,203   Valid: 5,301 (51.96%)   Spoilt: 145   Quota: 663   Turnout: 5,446 (53.38%)

1973 Election

1973: 4 x Loyalist, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

Larne Area C - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Loyalist	Thomas Seymour	18.39%	1,213
	Loyalist	Jack McKee	16.33%	1,077
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	William Kelly	15.89%	1,048
	Loyalist	Rosalie Armstrong	6.43%	424	554.24	606.22	607.69	662.13	668.6	684.58	722.91	903.91
	Loyalist	Thomas McKeever	5.11%	337	454.44	514.01	515.06	580.71	587.94	611.6	662.01	874.29
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Thomas Benson	7.88%	520	525.76	526.22	567.38	568.38	614.7	629.46	648.31	653.61	662.61	663.76	866.76
	Independent	A. Girvan	5.17%	341	352.52	364.82	358.6	359.7	373.12	452.57	610.41	619.61	643.61	645.22	728.22
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Margaret McIlgorm	4.62%	305	305.64	306.56	415.87	417.29	484.23	489.67	493.72	495.16	496.16	496.39	586.39
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Alexander Marrs	5.17%	341	348.68	351.21	399.72	403.78	427.83	447.75	468.7	474.72	477.72	478.41
	Loyalist	A. Milliken	4.23%	279	326.36	378.11	379.58	426.86	432.33	436.3	453.16
	Independent	William Workman	3.36%	232	242.88	247.25	249.77	252.14	258.89	333.17
	Independent	J. Sandford	3.27%	216	226.56	230.01	231.27	234.01	243.54
	NI Labour	R. Thompson	2.76%	182	186.8	188.87	196.43	198.12
	Loyalist	Horace Stronge	1.23%	81	120.36	184.07	184.49
Electorate: 10,139   Valid: 6,596 (65.06%)   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 825   Turnout: 6,675 (65.83%)