Elections to
Antrim Borough Council
Antrim Borough Council was the local authority of Antrim in Northern Ireland. It merged with Newtownabbey Borough Council on 1 April 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Counci ...
were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other
Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15
councillors.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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Cllrs
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UUP
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DUP
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SDLP
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Alliance
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IIP
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Others
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, align="left", Area A
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 33.1
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, 19.2
, 1
, 21.7
, 1
, 2.4
, 0
, 21.8
, 1
, 1.8
, 0
, 5
, -
, align="left", Area B
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 49.0
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 3
, 27.6
, 1
, 15.4
, 1
, 8.0
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 5
, -
, align="left", Area C
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 34.8
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 2
, 34.6
, 2
, 0.0
, 0
, 18.7
, 1
, 0.0
, 0
, 11.9
, 0
, 5
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, - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
, align="left", Total
, 38.0
, 7
, 28.1
, 4
, 10.7
, 2
, 10.9
, 1
, 6.6
, 1
, 5.7
, 0
, 15
, -
Districts results
Area A
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP
1977-1981 Change: SDLP gain from Independent, Independent Nationalist joins IIP
Area B
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1981: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1977-1981 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Area C
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1981: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
References
{{1981 United Kingdom local elections
Antrim Borough Council elections
Antrim