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Belfast Area A

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Area A was one of the eight district electoral areas (DEA) which existed in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 1973 to 1985. Located in the south-east of the city, the district elected seven members to Belfast City Council and contained the wards of Ballymacarrett; Ballynafeigh; Orangefield; Ormeau; Rosetta; The Mount and Willowfield. The DEA formed part of the Belfast South and Belfast East constituencies.

History

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The area was created for the 1973 local government elections, combining the whole of the former Ormeau ward with most of the former Pottinger ward. It was abolished for the 1985 local government elections. The Rosetta and Ballynafeigh wards became part of a new Laganbank DEA, while the remaining five wards joined the Bloomfield ward, formerly part of Area B, in the new Pottinger DEA.

Councillors

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Election Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
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(Party)
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(Party)
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(Party)
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(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
1981 Donnell Deeny
(Alliance)
Grace Bannister
(UUP)
William Blair
(UUP)
Jeremy Burchill
(UUP)
Sammy Wilson
(DUP)
John Foster
(DUP)
Raymond McCrea
(DUP)
1977 Basil Glass
(Alliance)
Denis Loretto
(Alliance)
Alasdair McDonnell
(SDLP)
Robert Newman
(DUP)
1973 Patricia Carson
(Alliance)
Benjamin Horan
(UUP)
Thomas Gildea
(UUP)
William Elliott
(Vanguard)
Erskine Holmes
(NILP)

1981 Election

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

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

1977-1981 Change: DUP and UUP gain from Alliance and SDLP

Area A - 7 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
DUP John Foster 18.32% 3,333                            
UUP Jeremy Burchill 14.23% 2,589                            
DUP Raymond McCrea* 12.87% 2,342                            
DUP Sammy Wilson 8.13% 1,479 2,431.64                          
UUP Grace Bannister* 11.29% 2,055 2,081.88 2,202 2,265 2,285.64                    
Alliance Donnell Deeny 7.91% 1,439 1,440.92 1,447.52 1,449.41 1,450.05 1,460.09 1,464.57 1,477.81 1,553.17 1,560.49 1,645.85 1,657.44 2,463.44    
UUP William Blair* 4.95% 900 918.56 1,024.64 1,054.7 1,067.14 1,072.27 1,101.76 1,211.3 1,250.36 1,250.36 1,258.63 1,742.86 1,793.34 1,936.94 1,944.62
SDLP Alasdair McDonnell* 6.94% 1,262 1,263.6 1,263.84 1,264.02 1,264.34 1,272.66 1,272.66 1,273.66 1,291.66 1,660.75 1,856.1 1,856.27 1,889.76 1,932.16 1,932.16
Alliance Mervyn Jones 4.21% 766 771.44 770.16 779.69 781.21 787.21 791.6 808.62 907.05 913.05 964.37 984.13      
UUP Tony Wilkins 2.99% 544 569.28 611.76 634.26 645.94 650.19 669.27 721.95 733.24 734.24 736.33        
Republican Clubs Francis Cullen 2.30% 418 419.28 419.52 419.88 419.88 445.01 446.33 446.76 467.3 483.3          
SDLP Patrick McGourty 2.25% 410 410.64 410.76 410.85 410.89 412.89 412.89 412.89 419.98            
NI Labour Derek Peters 1.52% 276 278.24 278.72 279.44 279.8 297.89 306.35 310.55              
UPUP Benjamin Horan 1.03% 187 196.28 206.12 223.31 228.67 230.67 239.44                
Independent John McKeague 0.54% 99 103.8 107.88 116.34 120.94 126.26                  
Communist James Stewart 0.25% 97 98.92 99.52 100.15 100.51                    
Electorate: 31,215   Valid: 18,196 (58.29%)   Spoilt: 937   Quota: 2,275   Turnout: 19,133 (61.29%)  

1977 Election

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1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x NILP

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

1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats), Alliance and SDLP gain from UUP (two seats), Vanguard and NILP

Area A - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Alliance Basil Glass 16.03% 2,580                            
UUP Grace Bannister* 14.70% 2,367                            
DUP Raymond McCrea 11.88% 1,912 1,914.31 1,918.6 1,918.66 1,918.66 1,918.66 1,963.81 2,076.21              
UUP William Blair* 6.37% 1,026 1,035.66 1,270.56 1,275.07 1,276.07 1,290.28 1,349.33 1,465.68 1,466.9 1,709.49 1,774.11 2,358.11      
DUP Robert Newman 9.62% 1,549 1,549.63 1,552.33 1,552.33 1,554.33 1,601.78 1,618.78 1,631.23 1,682.47 1,708.38 1,724.38 1,764.02 1,798.02 2,368.02  
Alliance Denis Loretto 4.14% 667 1,109.47 1,115.17 1,130.01 1,152.43 1,156.85 1,168.42 1,174.29 1,174.29 1,187.64 1,542.09 1,602.75 1,649.75 1,711.71 1,723.71
SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 8.47% 1,364 1,397.6 1,398.2 1,408.56 1,566.55 1,567.55 1,571.55 1,571.55 1,571.55 1,573.55 1,633.23 1,636.23 1,638.23 1,643.44 1,644.44
Unionist Party NI Thomas Jordan 5.93% 954 970.8 979.5 979.5 981.5 988.65 1,002.88 1,015.48 1,016.7 1,055.08 1,122.16 1,195.53 1,300.53 1,481.48 1,609.48
UUUP Benjamin Horan* 4.20% 676 679.99 687.79 687.79 687.79 897.24 954.05 960.26 963.92 990.78 1,013.78 1,100.7 1,202.7    
UUP Thomas Gildea* 3.00% 483 486.78 524.88 527.88 527.88 534.03 573.53 651.89 656.16 936.8 978.4        
NI Labour Brian Garrett 3.69% 594 610.17 614.37 667.21 697.63 699.84 715.84 719.14 719.14 728.14          
UUP Walter Shannon 2.81% 452 454.52 475.07 476.07 476.07 480.43 489.03 654.82 656.04            
UUP Alfred Shaw 2.35% 378 379.89 393.84 396.84 396.84 400.14 409.74                
Ind. Unionist William Elliott* 2.35% 379 380.05 385.75 387.38 387.38 388.38                  
UUUP Philip Moles 2.14% 345 345.84 347.79 347.79 349                    
Republican Clubs Terence McGrattan 1.73% 278 280.73 280.88 280.88                      
NI Labour Derek Peters 0.58% 93 95.94 96.54                        
Electorate: 24,230   Valid: 16,097 (66.43%)   Spoilt: 801   Quota: 2,013   Turnout: 16,898 (69.74%)  

1973 Election

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1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x NILP

Area A - 7 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
UUP Grace Bannister 25.50% 6,328                              
UUP William Blair 6.04% 1,498 3,050 3,050 3,053.5 3,065.5 3,066.5 3,098.5 3,103.5                
UUP Benjamin Horan 11.15% 2,768 2,958.5 2,959.5 2,959.5 2,982 2,984 3,069.5 3,075.5 3,099 3,176            
UUP Thomas Gildea 6.44% 1,598 2,079 2,079 2,084.5 2,096.5 2,096.5 2,111 2,122 2,146.5 2,170.5 2,786 2,792 3,714      
Alliance Patricia Carson 5.30% 1,315 1,373 1,376 1,440 1,440 1,457 1,459 1,675.5 2,398.5 2,410 2,444.5 2,444.5 2,535.5 2,688.5 3,226.5  
Vanguard William Elliott 5.33% 1,322 1,358.5 1,358.5 1,358.5 1,418.5 1,419.5 1,498 1,500 1,506 1,622 1,698 1,705 1,773.5 1,847.5 1,850.5 3,049
NI Labour Erskine Holmes 5.39% 1,337 1,378.5 1,421.5 1,431.5 1,437 1,662.5 1,669.5 1,730 1,841 1,856 1,881.5 1,884.5 1,953 2,048 2,860.5 2,901.5
DUP Thomas Wright 4.67% 1,158 1,176.5 1,177.5 1,177.5 1,209.5 1,212.5 1,269.5 1,271.5 1,273.5 1,860.5 1,889 1,927 2,025 2,184 2,187 2,391.5
United Loyalist W. Dougherty 4.83% 1,198 1,265 1,265 1,265 1,317 1,317 1,405 1,406 1,414 1,527.5 1,568 1,571 1,619 1,666 1,670  
SDLP Ben Caraher 5.25% 1,302 1,309.5 1,329.5 1,332.5 1,332.5 1,445 1,446 1,483 1,502.5 1,504 1,509.5 1,510.5 1,512.5 1,512.5    
UUP John McKeown 4.11% 1,021 1,218.5 1,218.5 1,221.5 1,226.5 1,226.5 1,238 1,240 1,252 1,274 1,463.5 1,476.5        
UUP Emma Dunbar 2.20% 546 964.5 965.5 967.5 971.5 971.5 996.5 1,001.5 1,020.5 1,056            
DUP W. G. Greene 3.52% 874 905 907 907 937.5 940.5 1,004.5 1,005.5 1,013.5              
Alliance Sam Edgerton 2.83% 702 716 720 756 761 780 784 979.5                
Alliance Bernadette Hopkirk 1.73% 430 435.5 436.5 494.5 497 550 552                  
Ind. Unionist J. Keenan 1.74% 432 443 443 446 479 480                    
NI Labour J. Murray 1.70% 421 422.5 440.5 446.5 450.5                      
Ulster Constitution Party Lindsay Mason 1.09% 271 280 280 281                        
Alliance Jacqueline Maguire 0.77% 192 194 196                          
Communist H. Moore 0.41% 101 101                            
Electorate: 38,311   Valid: 24,814 (64.77%)   Spoilt: 360   Quota: 3,102   Turnout: 25,174 (65.71%)  

References

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  1. ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.