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
	Ind U	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
	Ind U	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
	UPUP	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[]

^ ^a ^b ^c The Local Government Elections 1973–1981: Belfast, Northern Ireland Elections

[Belfast-1] The Local Government Elections 1973–1981: Belfast, Northern Ireland Elections

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