Limavady Area C

Limavady Area C was one of the three district electoral areas in Limavady, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected four members to Limavady Borough Council, and formed part of the Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Binevenagh, Coolessan, Rathbrady and Roeside. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Limavady Town DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
1981		William Norris (DUP)		William Barbour (UUP)/ (United Unionist)		William Cooke (UUP)		Barry Doherty (SDLP)
1977						Ronald Nicholl (UUP)/ (United Unionist)
1973		Stanley Gault (United Unionist)						William Archibald (Alliance)

1981 Election

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

1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1977-1981 Change: No change

Limavady Area C - 4 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	William Norris*	17.26%	729	776	938
	SDLP	Barry Doherty*	15.46%	653	654	689	689	1,222
	UUP	William Barbour*	14.73%	622	625	679	717.34	721.34	773.34
	UUP	William Cooke	15.39%	650	655	699	724.56	727.56	753.56
	UUP	John Dolan	14.09%	595	598	628	655.69	659.4	680.4
	SDLP	Geraldine Kearney	12.08%	510	510	559	559.71
	Alliance	Francis Parkinson	5.28%	223	223
	DUP	George Robinson	3.15%	133	182
	DUP	Arthur Reid	2.56%	108
Electorate: 5,426   Valid: 4,223 (77.83%)   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 845   Turnout: 4,287 (79.01%)

1977 Election

1973: 3 x United Unionist, 1 x Alliance

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

1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats), SDLP and DUP gain from United Unionist (three seats) and Alliance

Limavady Area C - 4 seats^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Barry Doherty	22.97%	817
	UUP	William Barbour*	19.23%	684	688	690.21	1,025.21
	UUP	Ronald Nicholl*	14.48%	515	521	521.68	656.85	918.17
	DUP	William Norris	15.72%	559	559	559.34	588.51	618.59	747.59
	Alliance	William Archibald*	9.28%	330	449	545.22	561.22	580.02	655.02
	UUP	Stanley Gault*	14.37%	511	519	519.51
	Alliance	Brian Brown	3.96%	141
Electorate: 5,152   Valid: 3,557 (69.04%)   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 712   Turnout: 3,689 (71.60%)

1973 Election

1973: 3 x United Unionist, 1 x Alliance

Limavady Area C - 4 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	United Unionist	William Barbour	23.97%	854
	United Unionist	Ronald Nicholl	18.78%	669	707.08	707.24	707.24	781.24
	United Unionist	Stanley Gault	13.67%	487	575.48	576.48	576.48	628.52	671.52	701.32
	Alliance	William Archibald	7.72%	275	277.24	282.24	325.24	385.04	394.04	695.52
	SDLP	Jim Tierney	16.62%	592	592.16	637.16	653.16	668.16	668.16	690.16
	Alliance	Brian Brown	7.66%	273	274.44	275.44	301.44	361.76	371.76
	Independent	Alastair Smyth	4.21%	150	152.08	154.08	157.24
	Independent	C. G. H. Charlton	3.37%	120	123.36	123.36	123.36
	Alliance	Syd Houghton	2.44%	87	87.16	88.16
	SDLP	Shaun Burke	1.57%	56	56.16
Electorate: 4,322   Valid: 3,563 (82.44%)   Spoilt: 41   Quota: 713   Turnout: 3,604 (83.39%)