Armagh Area A
Armagh Area A was one of the four district electoral areas in Armagh, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected four members to Armagh District Council, and formed part of the Armagh constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Ballymartin, Charlemont, Hockley and Loughgall. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by The Orchard DEA.
Councillors[edit]
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Douglas Hutchinson (DUP) |
Samuel Foster (UUP) |
Ronald Allen (UUP) |
Francis McIlvanna (SDLP) | ||||
| 1977 | Mary Huey (UUP) | |||||||
| 1973 | D. Magee (Independent) | |||||||
1981 Election[edit]
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Ronald Allen | 22.78% | 938 | |||
| DUP | Douglas Hutchinson* | 21.32% | 878 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Foster* | 14.81% | 610 | 844 | ||
| SDLP | Francis McIlvanna* | 18.97% | 781 | 784 | 804 | |
| SDLP | Francis Kernan | 14.40% | 593 | 599 | 676 | |
| DUP | Norman Kerr | 5.93% | 244 | |||
| UUUP | Robert Cummings | 1.80% | 74 | |||
| Electorate: 5,833 Valid: 4,118 (70.60%) Spoilt: 178 Quota: 824 Turnout: 4,296 (73.65%) | ||||||
1977 Election[edit]
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| DUP | Douglas Hutchinson* | 23.00% | 821 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Mary Huey* | 19.27% | 688 | 785 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Foster* | 17.93% | 640 | 738 | |||
| SDLP | Francis McIlvanna | 17.70% | 632 | 633 | 650 | 651 | |
| SDLP | Francis Kernan | 15.49% | 553 | 561 | 598 | 605 | |
| UUUP | Noel Lyttle | 6.61% | 236 | ||||
| Electorate: 5,767 Valid: 3,570 (61.90%) Spoilt: 222 Quota: 715 Turnout: 3,792 (65.75%) | |||||||
1973 Election[edit]
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| DUP | Douglas Hutchinson | 24.83% | 1,076 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Mary Huey | 16.87% | 731 | 847.55 | 849.97 | 849.97 | 930.97 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Foster | 17.44% | 756 | 837.9 | 837.9 | 837.9 | 876.9 | ||||
| Independent | D. Magee | 11.14% | 483 | 484.05 | 517.26 | 528.26 | 570.73 | 590.73 | 680.94 | 795.94 | |
| SDLP | Francis McIlvanna | 8.84% | 383 | 383 | 398 | 415.21 | 435.21 | 437.21 | 606.21 | 729.21 | |
| Republican Clubs | T. C. McGleenan | 3.39% | 147 | 147 | 198 | 320 | 323 | 323 | 349 | ||
| SDLP | S. R. D. Coyle | 5.81% | 252 | 252 | 263 | 267 | 302.21 | 303.21 | |||
| Alliance | R. W. Anderson | 5.31% | 230 | 235.46 | 237.46 | 238.46 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | P. McCusker | 3.32% | 144 | 144.21 | 157.21 | ||||||
| Republican Clubs | M. J. Toal | 1.75% | 76 | 76 | |||||||
| NI Labour | P. Hunter | 0.74% | 32 | 32.84 | |||||||
| Independent | P. Fox | 0.55% | 24 | 24 | |||||||
| Electorate: 5,667 Valid: 4,334 (76.48%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 867 Turnout: 4,422 (78.03%) | |||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 26 July 2021.