Antrim Area A

Antrim Area A 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 Cranfield, Drumanaway, Randalstown, Tardree and Toome. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced with the Antrim North West DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
1981		Wilson Clyde (DUP)		James Graham (UUP)		John Blakeley (UUP)		Robert Loughran (SDLP)		John Heffron (IIP)/ (Independent Nationalist)
1977		Stewart Dunlop (DUP)				Samuel Getty (UUP)		Gerard Berry (Independent)
1973						Bolton Minford (UUP)		Hugh O'Donnell (Independent)

1981 Election

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP

1977-1981 Change: SDLP gain from Independent, Independent Nationalist joins IIP

Antrim Area A - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Ulster Unionist	James Graham*	27.13%	1,293
	Irish Independence	John Heffron*	11.27%	537	538.14	540.14	545.14	609.14	609.14	959.14
	DUP	Wilson Clyde	11.18%	533	599.12	643.24	645.62	645.62	654.56	654.56	654.56	1,034.56
	Ulster Unionist	John Blakeley*	4.34%	207	434.24	455.7	489.88	489.88	660.94	660.94	660.94	734.9	971.64
	SDLP	Robert Loughran	12.65%	603	603.76	605.14	632.52	645.52	648.9	666.9	721.9	722.66	723.54	728.82
	SDLP	Gerard Carolan	9.00%	429	429.38	430.38	442.38	451.38	453.38	492.38	583.38	584.38	584.38	585.26
	DUP	Frew Rainey	7.99%	381	432.68	467.28	470.28	470.28	481.4	481.4	482.4
	Irish Independence	Desmond McAteer	7.11%	339	339	339	340	418	418
	Ulster Unionist	Mary Marshall	1.59%	76	175.94	187.12	210.92	210.92
	Irish Independence	James Totten	3.44%	164	164	164	167
	Alliance	James McConnell	2.37%	113	121.74	124.88
	Ind. Unionist	Stewart Dunlop*	1.91%	91	120.64
Electorate: 6,381   Valid: 4,766 (74.69%)   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 795   Turnout: 4,901 (76.81%)

1977 Election

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1973-1977 Change: No change

Antrim Area A - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Ulster Unionist	James Graham*	24.03%	1,018
	Independent Nationalist	John Heffron*	16.03%	679	680.2	682.5	761.5
	DUP	Stewart Dunlop*	11.78%	499	538.6	549.1	556.1	556.1	904.1
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Getty	3.97%	168	351	468	525.7	526.3	548.8	742.32
	Independent	Gerard Berry	12.79%	542	542	542	593.3	677.3	677.6	678.42	697.42
	Independent	James Marrion	8.61%	365	365.9	367.2	378.2	594.5	594.5	596.96	631.92
	DUP	James Brown	8.50%	360	374.4	379.9	383.5	383.5
	Independent	John McKeever	6.84%	290	290.6	290.9	311.8
	Alliance	Patrick Gribben	5.31%	225	229.2	237.8
	Ulster Unionist	Moira Marshall	2.15%	91	150.1
Electorate: 6,140   Valid: 4,237 (69.01%)   Spoilt: 163   Quota: 707   Turnout: 4,400 (71.66%)

1973 Election

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Antrim Area A - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Stewart Dunlop	16.19%	748	756	836
	Independent Nationalist	John Heffron	12.64%	584	632	634	634.81	939.81
	Independent	Hugh O'Donnell	13.96%	645	719	724	724	837
	Ulster Unionist	Bolton Minford	13.03%	602	662	755	763.91	773.91
	Ulster Unionist	James Graham	10.32%	477	492	714	760.17	763.17
	Independent	R. C. Rainey	8.81%	407	458	474	482.1	497.1
	Independent	James Totten	8.48%	392	462	462	462.81
	Ulster Unionist	John Blakeley	8.87%	410	423
	Alliance	Bill Simpson	5.15%	238
	Alliance	Bob McElroy	2.55%	118
Electorate: 6,461   Valid: 4,621 (71.52%)   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 771   Turnout: 4,708 (72.87%)