Dungannon Area B was one of the four district electoral areas in Dungannon, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Dungannon District Council, and formed part of the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Altmore, Coalisland North, Coalisland South, Donaghmore and Washing Bay. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Torrent DEA.
Councillors edit
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Thomas Kempton (UUP) |
Patrick McGlinchey (SDLP) |
Owen Nugent (Independent Nationalist)/ (SDLP) |
Jim Canning (Independent Nationalist)/ (SDLP) |
John Corr (Independent Republican) | |||||
| 1977 | ||||||||||
| 1973 | James McQuaid (Independent Republican) |
Eugene Lyttle (Independent Republican) | ||||||||
1981 Election edit
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican
1981: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Republican
1977-1981 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Independent Nationalist | Jim Canning* | 29.18% | 1,744 | ||
| Independent Nationalist | Owen Nugent* | 19.08% | 1,140 | ||
| SDLP | Patrick McGlinchey* | 19.04% | 1,138 | ||
| Independent Republican | John Corr* | 9.02% | 539 | 1,275.47 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Thomas Kempton* | 15.36% | 918 | 921.43 | |
| DUP | Abraham White | 8.32% | 497 | 498.96 | |
| Electorate: 7,753 Valid: 5,976 (77.08%) Spoilt: 210 Quota: 997 Turnout: 6,186 (79.79%) | |||||
1977 Election edit
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Republican, 1 x UUP
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent Republican, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent Nationalist | Jim Canning* | 24.92% | 1,494 | |||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Thomas Kempton* | 21.91% | 1,314 | |||||||
| SDLP | Owen Nugent* | 13.63% | 817 | 825.16 | 844.6 | 866.94 | 896.47 | 939.53 | 1,099.53 | |
| Independent Republican | John Corr | 9.17% | 550 | 746.52 | 757.05 | 759.39 | 818.15 | 841.23 | 1,033.23 | |
| SDLP | Patrick McGlinchey | 8.94% | 536 | 647.18 | 660.95 | 660.95 | 794.75 | 845.39 | 860.26 | |
| Republican Clubs | Eugene Lyttle* | 6.57% | 394 | 523.54 | 530.02 | 595.7 | 609.06 | 625.62 | 659.36 | |
| Independent | Arthur Donaghy | 7.04% | 422 | 435.26 | 448.22 | 469.56 | 471.9 | 488.87 | ||
| Alliance | Francis Falls | 1.93% | 116 | 125.52 | 370.95 | 370.95 | 378.29 | |||
| SDLP | Brian McLernon | 3.97% | 238 | 254.66 | 256.28 | 256.62 | ||||
| Republican Clubs | James McQuaid* | 1.92% | 115 | 117.04 | 118.66 | |||||
| Electorate: 7,638 Valid: 5,996 (78.50%) Spoilt: 233 Quota: 1,000 Turnout: 6,229 (81.55%) | ||||||||||
1973 Election edit
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Republican, 1 x UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Thomas Kempton | 27.41% | 1,550 | |||||||||||
| SDLP | Jim Canning | 15.01% | 849 | 857 | 868 | 891 | 1,024 | |||||||
| SDLP | Owen Nugent | 11.05% | 625 | 631 | 648 | 652 | 687 | 713.23 | 714.23 | 742.45 | 753.06 | 777.67 | 853.5 | |
| Independent Republican | James McQuaid | 8.06% | 456 | 457 | 484 | 497 | 500 | 501.83 | 571.83 | 587.44 | 640.44 | 695.44 | 709.44 | |
| Independent Republican | Eugene Lyttle | 4.39% | 248 | 248 | 256 | 268 | 270 | 270.61 | 341.61 | 358.61 | 549.22 | 685.22 | 700.22 | |
| SDLP | Brendan Kennedy | 5.13% | 290 | 294 | 295 | 307 | 331 | 374.92 | 417.92 | 505.92 | 521.92 | 561.53 | 652.14 | |
| Alliance | Hugh Cullen | 3.11% | 176 | 494 | 497 | 499 | 502 | 503.83 | 509.83 | 538.44 | 543.44 | 556.44 | ||
| Unity | Al Molloy | 4.54% | 257 | 259 | 292 | 352 | 360 | 361.22 | 371.22 | 405.22 | 430.22 | |||
| Independent Republican | Frank Marshall | 4.16% | 235 | 237 | 246 | 259 | 266 | 267.22 | 298.22 | 315.83 | ||||
| Independent | Arthur O'Neill | 3.64% | 206 | 223 | 229 | 259 | 270 | 273.66 | 286.66 | |||||
| Independent Republican | Hugh McGrath | 4.10% | 232 | 233 | 235 | 251 | 254 | 254 | ||||||
| SDLP | J. S. McGarvey | 3.84% | 217 | 218 | 223 | 231 | ||||||||
| Independent Republican | P. O'Neill | 2.86% | 162 | 165 | 197 | |||||||||
| Unity | Anne O'Donnell | 2.69% | 152 | 154 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 7,329 Valid: 5,655 (77.16%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 943 Turnout: 5,764 (78.65%) | ||||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.