Limavady Area A was one of the three district electoral areas in Limavady, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected six members to Limavady Borough Council, and formed part of the Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Aghanloo, Glack, Gresteel, Magilligan, Myroe and Walworth. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Bellarena DEA.
Councillors edit
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Ernest Murray (DUP) |
Robert Grant (UUP)/ (United Unionist) |
Stanley Gault (UUP) |
Roy King (SDLP) |
Thomas Mullan (SDLP) |
Arthur Doherty (SDLP) | ||||||
| 1977 | Florence Sloan (UUP)/ (United Unionist) |
Michael Nicholas (SDLP) | ||||||||||
| 1973 | James Gilfillan (United Unionist) |
Eddie McGowan (SDLP) |
James Boylan (Alliance) | |||||||||
1981 Election edit
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1981: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| SDLP | Arthur Doherty* | 18.60% | 727 | |||
| SDLP | Roy King | 17.35% | 678 | |||
| DUP | Ernest Murray* | 16.73% | 654 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Grant* | 14.41% | 563 | |||
| SDLP | Thomas Mullan* | 14.38% | 562 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Stanley Gault | 11.11% | 434 | 453 | 464 | |
| Ulster Unionist | James Gilfillan | 7.42% | 290 | 303 | 317 | |
| Electorate: 5,076 Valid: 3,908 (76.99%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 559 Turnout: 3,986 (78.53%) | ||||||
1977 Election edit
1973: 3 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats), DUP and SDLP gain from United Unionist (three seats) and Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SDLP | Michael Nicholas* | 19.43% | 724 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Grant* | 14.81% | 552 | |||||
| SDLP | Thomas Mullan | 13.55% | 505 | 510 | 630.58 | |||
| SDLP | Arthur Doherty | 10.14% | 378 | 378 | 439.36 | 533.86 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Florence Sloan* | 9.63% | 359 | 368 | 368 | 368.21 | 629.21 | |
| DUP | Ernest Murray | 13.04% | 486 | 488 | 488.52 | 488.73 | 542.73 | |
| Alliance | James Boylan* | 9.12% | 340 | 383 | 385.6 | 386.65 | 387.65 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Hugh Guthrie | 8.59% | 320 | 323 | 323.26 | 323.26 | ||
| Alliance | Stanley Stewart | 1.69% | 63 | |||||
| Electorate: 5,044 Valid: 3,727 (73.89%) Spoilt: 113 Quota: 533 Turnout: 3,840 (76.13%) | ||||||||
1973 Election edit
1973: 3 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| United Unionist | Florence Sloan | 16.40% | 690 | |||||||||
| United Unionist | Robert Grant | 15.11% | 636 | |||||||||
| SDLP | Michael Nicholas | 14.64% | 616 | |||||||||
| United Unionist | James Gilfillan | 13.95% | 587 | 667.76 | ||||||||
| Alliance | James Boylan | 7.03% | 296 | 296.12 | 297.2 | 302.8 | 305.04 | 305.16 | 341.46 | 341.5 | 558.72 | |
| SDLP | Eddie McGowan | 7.89% | 332 | 332 | 332 | 332 | 332 | 335.76 | 359.24 | 519.5 | 539.68 | |
| SDLP | Arthur Doherty | 10.41% | 438 | 438 | 438 | 438.4 | 438.4 | 439.66 | 475.06 | 506.72 | 526.34 | |
| Alliance | J. Barr | 5.82% | 245 | 245.48 | 252.32 | 270.32 | 281.08 | 281.54 | 315.98 | 322.1 | ||
| SDLP | Donal Morgan | 4.54% | 191 | 191 | 191 | 191 | 192 | 197.08 | 203.28 | |||
| Independent | Rosalind Deighan | 1.35% | 57 | 57.12 | 57.12 | 58.32 | 59.32 | 60.04 | ||||
| Republican Clubs | P. J. Loughrey | 1.38% | 58 | 58 | 58 | 58.4 | 59.4 | 59.98 | ||||
| Alliance | Bill Cunningham | 1.12% | 47 | 47.6 | 48.08 | 52.08 | 54.96 | 55.08 | ||||
| Alliance | Desmond Wallace | 0.36% | 15 | 15.6 | 16.68 | 20.28 | ||||||
| Electorate: 5,298 Valid: 4,208 (79.43%) Spoilt: 40 Quota: 602 Turnout: 4,248 (80.18%) | ||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 18 July 2021.