North Down Area B was one of the four district electoral areas in North Down, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to North Down Borough Council, and formed part of the North Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Conlig, Clandeboye, Rathgael, Silverstream and Whitehill. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Abbey DEA and the Bangor West DEA.
Councillors edit
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Wesley Graham (DUP) |
John McCormick (DUP) |
Cecil Braniff (UPUP) |
George Green (UPUP)/ (Vanguard)/ (Loyalist) |
James Magee (Alliance) | |||||
| 1977 | James Boyle (DUP) |
Bruce Mulligan (UUP) |
John Shields (UUP) |
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| 1973 | Thomas Braniff (Independent Unionist) |
John Preston (UUP) |
Amy Corry (UUP) |
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1981 Election edit
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
1981: 2 x DUP, 2 x UPUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: UPUP (two seats) and DUP gain from UUP (two seats) and Vanguard
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| UPUP | George Green* | 17.95% | 1,200 | ||||||||||||
| DUP | Wesley Graham | 14.54% | 972 | 975 | 978.99 | 986.41 | 1,005.11 | 1,026.18 | 1,029.18 | 1,052.6 | 1,082.74 | 1,406.79 | |||
| DUP | John McCormick | 12.28% | 821 | 823 | 828.18 | 835.39 | 857.02 | 893.23 | 895.37 | 909.07 | 927.49 | 1,273.82 | |||
| Alliance | James Magee* | 10.96% | 733 | 733 | 737.76 | 739.32 | 761.51 | 766.51 | 1,006.58 | 1,031.91 | 1,060.17 | 1,064.31 | 1,075.31 | 1,090.78 | |
| UPUP | Cecil Braniff | 4.58% | 306 | 313 | 324.03 | 473.79 | 488.93 | 561.54 | 566.68 | 749.1 | 782.57 | 805.92 | 891.92 | 980.19 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Chalmers Quee | 5.77% | 386 | 387 | 393.72 | 397.42 | 443.26 | 455.47 | 463.89 | 495.15 | 771.25 | 792.67 | 851.67 | 906.27 | |
| DUP | George McMurtry | 9.91% | 663 | 667 | 669.8 | 674.35 | 693.71 | 719.78 | 721.92 | 734.34 | 746.69 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Phyllis Brown | 5.53% | 370 | 373 | 376.92 | 388.69 | 417.25 | 429.39 | 441.46 | 454.65 | |||||
| UPUP | William Elliott | 3.50% | 234 | 236 | 251.19 | 273.93 | 305.42 | 319.63 | 325.63 | ||||||
| Alliance | Anne Wilson | 4.01% | 268 | 268 | 268.7 | 269.84 | 286.26 | 288.26 | |||||||
| PUP | Thomas O'Brien | 4.04% | 270 | 272 | 273.4 | 276.54 | 285.75 | ||||||||
| Ind. Unionist | John Shields* | 3.48% | 233 | 235 | 241.44 | 246.28 | |||||||||
| UPUP | James Boyle* | 3.04% | 203 | 205 | 224.39 | ||||||||||
| Ind. Unionist | William Johnston | 0.42% | 28 | ||||||||||||
| Electorate: 14,099 Valid: 6,687 (47.43%) Spoilt: 201 Quota: 1,115 Turnout: 6,888 (48.85%) | |||||||||||||||
1977 Election edit
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Loyalist, 1 x Alliance
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: Vanguard and DUP gain from Loyalist (two seats)
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Vanguard | George Green* | 18.00% | 823 | |||||
| Alliance | James Magee* | 17.08% | 781 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Bruce Mulligan | 10.89% | 498 | 539 | 554.92 | 555.6 | 864.6 | |
| DUP | James Boyle | 4.58% | 598 | 713 | 721.96 | 722.28 | 748.76 | |
| Ulster Unionist | John Shields | 12.05% | 551 | 594 | 610.16 | 610.78 | 742.68 | |
| Alliance | John Hoy | 10.69% | 489 | 522 | 526.88 | 539.56 | 570.22 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Amy Corry* | 10.61% | 485 | 514 | 526.72 | 527.32 | ||
| Ind. Unionist | William Ash | 4.02% | 184 | |||||
| Ind. Unionist | William Alexander | 3.59% | 164 | |||||
| Electorate: 12,454 Valid: 4,573 (36.73%) Spoilt: 172 Quota: 763 Turnout: 4,745 (38.10%) | ||||||||
1973 Election edit
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Loyalist, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Preston | 19.24% | 1,276 | |||||||||
| Loyalist | George Green | 14.09% | 934 | 962 | 969.02 | 973.28 | 990.49 | 1,316.49 | ||||
| Alliance | James Magee | 8.16% | 541 | 543 | 546.64 | 783.68 | 804.02 | 821.41 | 824.76 | 1,415.76 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Amy Corry | 10.83% | 718 | 722 | 760.22 | 765.48 | 892.35 | 930.38 | 941.77 | 956.42 | 1,121.22 | |
| Loyalist | Thomas Braniff | 10.33% | 685 | 754 | 757.9 | 762.03 | 771.55 | 898.37 | 1,080.61 | 1,090.06 | 1,114.86 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Arminella McMullan | 8.34% | 553 | 553 | 586.28 | 591.93 | 869.78 | 907.77 | 919.16 | 929.81 | 1,047.41 | |
| Alliance | Clifford Creighton | 8.20% | 544 | 544 | 545.69 | 624.21 | 629.47 | 635.99 | 636.66 | |||
| Loyalist | Bruce Mulligan | 7.51% | 498 | 526 | 532.89 | 535.89 | 561.92 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Mary Norman | 6.09% | 404 | 407 | 474.21 | 483.47 | ||||||
| Alliance | Denis Mayne | 5.16% | 342 | 344 | 347.12 | |||||||
| Loyalist | Thomas O'Brien | 2.05% | 136 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 10,509 Valid: 6,631 (63.10%) Spoilt: 112 Quota: 1,106 Turnout: 6,743 (64.16%) | ||||||||||||
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.