Lisburn Area B

Lisburn Area B was one of the five district electoral areas in Lisburn, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Lisburn 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 Ballymacbrennan, Dromara, Drumbo, Hillsborough and Maze. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Downshire DEA.

Councillors edit

Election
1981	Charles Poots (DUP)	Samuel Dorman (DUP)	James McCann (DUP)	Thomas Lilburn (UUP)	William Bleakes (UUP)
1977		Samuel Dorman (DUP)	Elsie Kelsey (UUP)	Thomas Lilburn (UUP)	William Bleakes (UUP)
1973		David Titterington (UUP)	Elsie Kelsey (UUP)	James Lilley (UUP)	Ivan McKeever (UUP)

1981 Election edit

1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

1981: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Lisburn Area B - 5 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Charles Poots*	25.09%	1,469
	Ulster Unionist	William Bleakes*	20.87%	1,222
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Lilburn*	11.19%	655	697.57	843.77	965.88	1,356.88
	DUP	Samuel Dorman*	10.59%	620	789.62	825.22	850.59	891.39	956.39
	DUP	James McCann	8.01%	469	688.45	697.05	760.62	827.96	891.96
	Alliance	John Alderdice	10.64%	623	625.97	639.57	701.5	741.55	828.55
	Ulster Unionist	Joseph McCullough	7.63%	447	479.34	509.54	582.25
	Independent	William Johnston	5.99%	351	364.2	370.4
Electorate: 9,350 Valid: 5,856 (62.63%) Spoilt: 121 Quota: 977 Turnout: 5,977 (63.93%)

1977 Election edit

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Lisburn Area B - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Charles Poots*	27.05%	1,174
	DUP	Samuel Dorman	7.33%	318	677.19	778.19
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Lilburn	12.05%	523	537.82	558.94	733.54
	Ulster Unionist	Elsie Kelsey*	12.63%	548	558.53	586.55	710.25	729.25
	Ulster Unionist	William Bleakes	13.96%	606	618.09	638.99	681.67	707.67
	Alliance	Moore Sinnerton	15.12%	656	657.95	660.73	673.51	675.51
	Ulster Unionist	James Lilley*	7.70%	334	352.72	372.4
	UUUP	John Curry	4.17%	181	211.42
Electorate: 8,866 Valid: 4,340 (48.95%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 724 Turnout: 4,448 (50.17%)

1973 Election edit

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP

Lisburn Area B - 5 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Ulster Unionist	David Titterington	19.70%	1,102
	DUP	Charles Poots	19.46%	1,089
	Ulster Unionist	Elsie Kelsey	17.23%	964
	Ulster Unionist	James Lilley	9.85%	551	607.55	621.83	640.64	648.56	659.42	678.93	864.41
	Ulster Unionist	Ivan McKeever	10.35%	579	660	674.98	682.48	684.96	697.93	714.56	857.02
	Alliance	Oliver Hunter	8.10%	453	457.95	459.49	460.18	542.66	715.93	721.21	733.28
	Vanguard	Robert Rush	5.42%	303	311.1	388.8	389.34	389.34	390.48	648.28
	Vanguard	David Williamson	4.61%	258	263.85	302.49	302.85	306.18	308.13
	Alliance	Nancy McIntyre	2.81%	157	159.55	160.11	160.62	204.4
	Alliance	Moore Sinnerton	2.48%	139	141.25	142.37	142.52
Electorate: 9,328 Valid: 5,595 (59.98%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 933 Turnout: 5,682 (60.91%)

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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