David McCarthy (1925 –14 July 1973) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
He was elected to Ballymena Borough Council for the Ulster Unionist Party in 1965, serving until 1973.
In 1972, he was elected Chairman of the Mid Antrim Unionist Association, and, the following year, he was appointed as President of Ballymena United F.C.
Four of his five children were in the car at the time it crashed along with his wife Daphne, all sustained injuries but none too serious.
The resulting by-election was won by Clifford Smyth of the Democratic Unionist Party.