Belfast Area A

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

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.

Results

1973

Belfast A[1]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Grace Bannister 6,328
UUP Ben Horan 2,768
UUP Thomas Gildea 1,598
UUP William Blair 1,498
NI Labour Erskine Holmes 1,337
Vanguard W. H. Elliot 1,322
Alliance Patricia Carson 1,315
SDLP Ben Caraher 1,302
United Loyalist W. Dougherty 1,198
DUP Thomas Wright 1,158
UUP John McKeown 1,021
DUP Greene 874
Alliance Sam Edgerton 702
UUP Emma Dunbar 546
Independent Unionist J. Keenan 432
Alliance Bernadette Hopkirk 430
NI Labour J. Murray 421
Loyalist Coalition Lindsay Mason 271
Alliance Jacqueline Maguire 192
Communist Party H. Moore 101
Turnout 25,174

1977

Belfast A[1]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Alliance Basil Glass 2,580
UUP Grace Bannister 2,367
DUP Raymond McCrea 1,912
DUP Robert J. Newman 1,549
SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 1,364
UUP Billy Blair 1,026
Unionist Party NI T. Jordan 954
UUUP Ben Horan 954
Alliance Dennis Loretto 667
NI Labour B. Garrett 594
UUP T. Gildea 483
UUP W. Shannon 452
Independent Unionist W. Elliot 379
UUP A. Shaw 378
UUUP P. Moles 345
Republican Clubs T. W. McGrattan 278
NI Labour D. Peters 93
Turnout 16,898
Social Democratic and Labour gain from Labour (NI)
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
Democratic Unionist gain from Vanguard
Alliance gain from Ulster Unionist

1981

Belfast A[1]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP John Foster 3,333
UUP Jeremy Burchill 2,589
DUP Raymond McCrea 2,345
UUP Grace Bannister 2,055
DUP Sammy Wilson 1,479
Alliance Donnell Deeny 1,439
SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 1,262
UUP Billy Blair 900
Alliance Mervyn Jones 766
UUP T. Wilkins 544
Workers' Party Frank Cullen 418
SDLP P. T. McGrourty 410
NI Labour D. Peters 276
Ulster Popular Unionist Ben Horan 187
Independent John McKeague 99
Communist Party James Stewart 97
Turnout 19,133
Democratic Unionist gain from Alliance
Ulster Unionist gain from Social Democratic and Labour

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Local Government Elections 1973–1981: Belfast, Northern Ireland Elections

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