Antrim Area B

Antrim Area B was one of the three district electoral areas in Antrim, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Antrim 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 Aldergrove, Ballyrobin, Crumlin, Parkgate and Templepatrick. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced with the Antrim South East DEA.

Councillors[edit]

Election
1981	Edgar Wallace (UUP)	James Cunningham (UUP)	Thomas Grant (UUP)	Roy Thompson (DUP)	Robert Burns (SDLP)
1977		James Cunningham (UUP)	George Dundas (UUP)	Allister Lucas (DUP)	John McCourt (Alliance)
1973		Robert Erwin (UUP)	George Dundas (UUP)	Alexander Wilson (UUP)	John McCourt (Alliance)

1981 Election[edit]

1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1981: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1977-1981 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

Antrim Area B - 5 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulster Unionist	Edgar Wallace*	16.66%	688	691
	Ulster Unionist	James Cunningham*	16.56%	684	688	790
	SDLP	Robert Burns	15.45%	638	640	641	699
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Grant	9.64%	398	402	501	654	740
	DUP	Roy Thompson	14.21%	587	594	616	638	642	662
	DUP	Allister Lucas*	13.41%	554	556	570	579	582	600
	Alliance	John McCourt*	4.72%	195	302	310
	Ulster Unionist	Alexander Wilson	6.10%	252	253
	Alliance	George Luke	3.24%	134
Electorate: 5,966 Valid: 4,130 (69.23%) Spoilt: 121 Quota: 689 Turnout: 4,251 (71.25%)

1977 Election[edit]

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Antrim Area B - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Alliance	John McCourt*	13.88%	394	397	605
	Ulster Unionist	James Cunningham	15.71%	446	455	460	502
	Ulster Unionist	Edgar Wallace*	16.17%	459	467	470	497
	Ulster Unionist	George Dundas*	10.78%	306	308	313	337	357.25	488.25
	DUP	Allister Lucas	9.37%	266	448	453	459	459	476
	Ulster Unionist	William Jones	9.51%	270	275	279	291	294	399
	Ulster Unionist	Alexander Wilson*	8.63%	245	247	247	265	269.5
	Alliance	George Luke	8.31%	236	237
	DUP	John Patterson	7.64%	217
Electorate: 5,907 Valid: 2,839 (48.06%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 474 Turnout: 2,966 (50.21%)

1973 Election[edit]

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

Antrim Area B - 5 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ulster Unionist	Edgar Wallace	19.90%	832
	Ulster Unionist	George Dundas	14.69%	614	629.84	635.32	722.32
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Erwin	15.31%	640	669.92	680.88	705.88
	Alliance	John McCourt	6.70%	280	280.8	452.24	498.88	782.88
	Ulster Unionist	Alexander Wilson	10.64%	445	492.84	503.12	524.76	543.76	597.96	606.76
	Ulster Unionist	William Jones	12.32%	515	545.72	555.52	564.32	566.48	581.48	597.32
	SDLP	Francis O'Brien	8.20%	343	343.16	357.16	420.16
	NI Labour	William Gregg	6.86%	287	288.76	300.56
	Alliance	Patricia MacKean	5.38%	225	230.76
Electorate: 6,211 Valid: 4,181 (67.32%) Spoilt: 55 Quota: 697 Turnout: 4,236 (68.20%)

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.

[1] "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[2] "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[3] "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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