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
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
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (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
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| Democratic Unionist Party | John Foster | 18.32% | 3,333 | |||||||||||||||
| UUP | Jeremy Burchill | 14.23% | 2,589 | |||||||||||||||
| Democratic Unionist Party | Raymond McCrea* | 12.87% | 2,342 | |||||||||||||||
| Democratic Unionist Party | 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 Party of Northern Ireland | 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 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | 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 Party of Northern Ireland | 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 | ||||||
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | 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
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Basil Glass | 16.03% | 2,580 | |||||||||||||||
| UUP | Grace Bannister* | 14.70% | 2,367 | |||||||||||||||
| Democratic Unionist Party | 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 | ||||
| Democratic Unionist Party | 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 Party of Northern Ireland | 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 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | 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
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x NILP
| 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 Party of Northern Ireland | 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 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 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 | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | 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 | |||||||
| Democratic Unionist Party | W. G. Greene | 3.52% | 874 | 905 | 907 | 907 | 937.5 | 940.5 | 1,004.5 | 1,005.5 | 1,013.5 | ||||||||
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Sam Edgerton | 2.83% | 702 | 716 | 720 | 756 | 761 | 780 | 784 | 979.5 | |||||||||
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 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 Party of Northern Ireland | 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
- ↑ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ↑ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ↑ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.