1981 Castlereagh Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1981.

Election Name:	1981 Castlereagh Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1977 Castlereagh Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1977
Next Election:	1985 Castlereagh Borough Council election
Next Year:	1985
Seats For Election:	All 19 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council
Majority Seats:	10
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	9
Seat Change1:	5
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	3
Party4:	Independent Unionist
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	1

Elections to Castlereagh Borough Council 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 19 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.4|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|28.8|2|20.9|1|16.9|1|6|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|51.9|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4|24.5|2|19.9|2|3.7|0|8|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|55.3|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|21.3|1|23.4|1|0.0|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|44.8|9|25.2|5|21.1|4|8.9|1|19|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1977: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1981: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from Alliance

Area B

1977: 3 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1981: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from Alliance and Independent Unionist

Area C

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