Newtownabbey Area A
Newtownabbey Area A was one of the four district electoral areas in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Newtownabbey Borough Council, and formed part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Ballyclare, Ballyeaston, Ballynure, Doagh and Mallusk. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Ballyclare DEA.
Councillors[edit]
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Mary Harkness (DUP) |
Trevor Kirkland (DUP) |
Jim Wilson (UUP) |
Arthur Templeton (UUP) |
Sidney Cameron (Independent Unionist)/ (UUP) | |||||
| 1977 | Pat McCudden (Alliance) |
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| 1973 | Thomas Bell (DUP) |
James Craig (UUP) |
Samuel Todd (UUP) | |||||||
1981 Election[edit]
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1981: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977-1981 Change: DUP and Independent Unionist gain from UUP and Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Jim Wilson* | 16.62% | 850 | 951 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Arthur Templeton* | 14.82% | 758 | 832 | 872 | ||
| DUP | Trevor Kirkland | 16.23% | 830 | 852 | 853 | ||
| DUP | Mary Harkness* | 16.00% | 818 | 833 | 836 | 836.73 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Sidney Cameron* | 11.69% | 598 | 760 | 789 | 799.22 | |
| Ulster Unionist | John Anderson | 13.88% | 710 | 762 | 786 | 794.03 | |
| Alliance | Pat McCudden* | 10.75% | 550 | ||||
| Electorate: 8,958 Valid: 5,114 (57.09%) Spoilt: 129 Quota: 853 Turnout: 5,243 (58.53%) | |||||||
1977 Election[edit]
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Sidney Cameron* | 28.90% | 1,053 | ||||
| DUP | Mary Harkness | 17.73% | 646 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Jim Wilson | 15.70% | 572 | 685.82 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Arthur Templeton* | 13.23% | 482 | 671.42 | |||
| Alliance | Pat McCudden | 14.93% | 544 | 572.56 | 579.46 | 603.96 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Todd* | 5.46% | 199 | 280.9 | 346.9 | 461.18 | |
| Dominion Party | Kennedy Lindsay | 4.04% | 147 | 168.84 | 173.64 | ||
| Electorate: 8,719 Valid: 3,643 (41.78%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 608 Turnout: 3,752 (43.03%) | |||||||
1973 Election[edit]
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Sidney Cameron | 26.45% | 1,379 | ||||||
| DUP | Thomas Bell | 16.84% | 878 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | James Craig | 15.46% | 806 | 1,085.35 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Arthur Templeton | 11.10% | 579 | 642.64 | 643.01 | 674.93 | 680.78 | 912.17 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Todd | 11.37% | 593 | 684.39 | 684.39 | 737.87 | 757.28 | 890.28 | |
| Alliance | T. A. Peoples | 7.04% | 367 | 382.17 | 398.17 | 409.93 | 699.52 | 749.92 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Margaret McGregor | 4.95% | 258 | 306.84 | 309.21 | 409.19 | 442.93 | ||
| Alliance | Elizabeth McDowell | 5.77% | 301 | 309.51 | 343.25 | 354.45 | |||
| NI Labour | Alex Byrne | 1.02% | 53 | 54.85 | |||||
| Electorate: 8,286 Valid: 5,214 (62.93%) Spoilt: 60 Quota: 870 Turnout: 5,274 (63.65%) | |||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "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.