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1981 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Elections to Newtownabbey Borough Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.

Elections to Newtownabbey Borough Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
9	2	1	1	42.9	34.5	9,210	3.6
5	1	0	1	23.8	34.7	9,275	15.8
3	0	3	3	14.3	15.6	4,174	5.3
3	3	0	3	9.5	8.8	2,356	8.8
1	0	0	0	4.8	3.8	1,028	1.3
0	0	0	0	0.0	1.4	375	0.5
0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	323	1.2
0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	32	0.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	TotalCllrs
Area A	45.3	2	32.2	2	10.8	0	11.7	1	5
Area B	37.0	2	34.8	1	11.6	1	16.6	1	6
Area C	34.2	2	33.7	1	19.1	1	13.0	0	5
Area D	25.2	2	37.3	1	17.5	1	20.0	1	5
Total	34.5	9	34.7	5	15.6	3	15.2	4	21

1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1981: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1977-1981 Change: DUP and Independent Unionist gain from UUP and Alliance

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	UUP	Jim Wilson*	16.62%	850	951
	UUP	Arthur Templeton*	14.82%	758	832	872
	DUP	Trevor Kirkland	16.23%	830	852	853
	DUP	Mary Harkness*	16.00%	818	833	836	836.73
	Ind. Unionist	Sidney Cameron*	11.69%	598	760	789	799.22
	UUP	John Anderson	13.88%	710	762	786	794.03
	Alliance	Pat McCudden*	10.75%	550
Electorate: 8,958 Valid: 5,114 (57.09%) Spoilt: 129 Quota: 853 Turnout: 5,243 (58.53%)

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Loyalist

1981: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour

1977-1981 Change: Loyalist joins UUP

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	DUP	David Hanna	34.78%	1,964
	UUP	Fraser Agnew	19.30%	1,090
	UUP	Letitia McCartney	9.69%	547	1,176.37
	UUP	Cecil Stringer*	7.97%	450	809.1
Newtownabbey Labour	Robert Kidd*	7.67%	433	510.49	590.5	660.04	801.23	983.23
	Alliance	John Elliott*	6.42%	363	392.61	453.09	583.62	595.42	653.68
	Alliance	Hugh Montgomery	5.15%	291	307.38	351.48	409.62	417.08	445.11
	Republican Clubs	Austin Kelly	6.64%	375	378.78	381.93	384.78	396.78
Newtownabbey Labour	Alistair Keery	1.81%	102	123.42	151.14	169.38
	Communist	William Stewart	0.57%	32	33.89	40.19	41.33
Electorate: 12,043 Valid: 5,647 (46.89%) Spoilt: 273 Quota: 807 Turnout: 5,920 (49.16%)

1977: 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UPNI

1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

1977-1981 Change: UUP and Independent Unionist gain from Alliance and UPNI

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	DUP	Samuel Neill*	33.68%	2,737
	UUP	Clifford Forsythe	18.45%	1,499
	UUP	Robert Caul*	15.71%	1,277	2,242.25
	Ind. Unionist	Desmond Dowds	9.93%	807	1,107.85	1,401
	Alliance	Claire Martin*	6.89%	560	608.4	665.6	744.85	786.07	1,103.26
	Alliance	George Jones*	6.57%	534	548.3	634.1	752.8	816.34	1,044.29
	Alliance	Gordon Mawhinney	5.66%	460	488.05	523.8	555.65	593.99
Newtownabbey Labour	Brian Caul	3.10%	252	275.65	328.45
Electorate: 15,006 Valid: 8,126 (54.15%) Spoilt: 206 Quota: 1,355 Turnout: 8,332 (55.52%)

1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

1977-1981 Change: Independent Unionist gain from Alliance

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