Belfast Area B

Area B was one of the eight district electoral areas (DEA) which existed in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 1973 to 1985. Located in the east of the city, the district elected seven members to Belfast City Council and contained the wards of Ballyhackamore; Belmont; Bloomfield; Island; Knock; Shandon; and Stormont. The DEA formed part of the Belfast East constituency.

History edit

The area was created for the 1973 local government elections, combining the whole of the former Victoria ward with just under half of the former Pottinger ward. It was abolished for the 1985 local government elections, for which an eighth ward had been created in the area. The Bloomfield ward became part of a new Pottinger DEA, while the remaining seven wards formed the Victoria DEA.

Councillors edit

Election
1981	Michael Brown (Alliance)	Oliver Napier (Alliance)	Joshua Cardwell (UPNI)/ (UUP)	Thomas Patton (UUP)	William Corry (UUP)	Bill Morrison (DUP)	Henry Evans (DUP)
1977		Oliver Napier (Alliance)			Dorothy Dunlop (UUP)	John Allen (UUP)	Henry Evans (DUP)
1973		H. K. Dickey (United Loyalist)			William Corry (UUP)	John Allen (UUP)	H. Cranston (UUP)

1981 Election edit

1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UPNI

1981: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI

1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Area B - 7 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Alliance	Oliver Napier*	12.41%	2,631	2,719
	Alliance	Michael Brown*	7.55%	1,602	1,653	1,671	1,706.2	1,923	1,929	2,641.4
	DUP	Henry Evans*	11.85%	2,513	2,513	2,546	2,546	2,554	2,571	2,574	3,090
	DUP	Bill Morrison	10.15%	2,152	2,152	2,201	2,201	2,214	2,243	2,243	2,481	2,765.8
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Patton*	9.81%	2,081	2,081	2,195	2,195.8	2,264.8	2,411.8	2,418.8	2,443.8	2,450.92	2,839.92
	Unionist Party NI	Joshua Cardwell*	10.97%	2,327	2,336	2,363	2,363.8	2,428.4	2,472.4	2,487.2	2,519.2	2,529.88	2,710.88
	Ulster Unionist	William Corry	8.17%	1,733	1,733	1,737	1,737	1,744	1,919	1,930	1,938	1,944.23	2,703.23
	DUP	Samuel Foster	6.90%	1,464	1,465	1,521	1,521	1,525	1,535	1,537	1,695	1,808.92	1,865.92
	Ulster Unionist	Dorothy Dunlop*	5.88%	1,248	1,249	1,261	1,261	1,278	1,452	1,459	1,478	1,490.46
	DUP	Albert Greer	4.62%	979	979	1,009	1,009	1,018	1,026	1,026
	Alliance	Samuel Coulson	3.05%	647	660	663	683	784.6	792.6
	Ulster Unionist	John Kennedy	2.89%	613	614	620	620	628
	NI Labour	David McKee	2.58%	548	587	602	611.6
	Ulster Democratic	Louis Scott	2.05%	434	439
	SDLP	Peter Prendiville	1.11%	236
Electorate: 35,901 Valid: 21,208 (59.07%) Spoilt: 630 Quota: 2,652 Turnout: 21,838 (60.83%)

1977 Election edit

1973: 5 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist

1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UPNI, 1 x DUP

1973-1977 Change: Alliance, UPNI and DUP gain from UUP (two seats) and United Loyalist

Area B - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Unionist Party NI	Joshua Cardwell*	15.11%	2,722
	Alliance	Oliver Napier	15.00%	2,703
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Patton*	12.26%	2,209	2,268.58
	Alliance	Michael Brown*	7.55%	2,045	2,120.6	2,350.44
	Ulster Unionist	John Allen*	10.56%	1,903	1,994.08	2,004.79	2,008.51	2,010.4	2,196.94	2,249.22	2,662.22
	DUP	Henry Evans	5.87%	1,058	1,069.52	1,070.88	1,090.88	1,090.88	1,095.41	1,105.58	1,114.2	1,118.2	1,947.41	2,707.41
	Ulster Unionist	Dorothy Dunlop	3.45%	622	683.02	691.69	697.77	699.45	934.73	963.93	1,274.06	1,620.06	1,637.13	1,979.01	2,337.01
	Alliance	David Wonnacott	4.33%	781	812.5	984.88	989.41	1,073.62	1,083.29	1,487.12	1,524.51	1,535.51	1,541.4	1,573.3	1,595.3
	UUUP	Reg Empey	5.44%	981	1,013.22	1,016.11	1,182.4	1,182.75	1,211.09	1,227.99	1,249.29	1,264.29	1,374.54
	DUP	Thomas McIntyre	5.11%	920	927.2	928.05	957.23	957.23	966.59	977.77	982.56	984.56
	Ulster Unionist	William Corry*	3.69%	664	716.02	722.31	725.67	726.3	817.75	833.09
	NI Labour	William Gunning	3.50%	631	645.76	659.02	660.2	662.93	664.11
	Ulster Unionist	Joseph Hanna	3.00%	541	562.78	565.16	571.86	572.56
	UUUP	Stanley Morgan	1.32%	237	245.1	246.29
Electorate: 37,176 Valid: 18,017 (48.46%) Spoilt: 724 Quota: 2,253 Turnout: 18,741 (50.41%)

1973 Election edit

1973: 5 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist

Area B - 7 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Ulster Unionist	Joshua Cardwell	25.41%	6,708
	Ulster Unionist	John Allen	14.81%	3,910
	United Loyalist	H. K. Dickey	12.77%	3,371
	Alliance	Michael Brown	9.65%	2,549	2,646.41	2,685.56	2,707.71	2,708.93	2,860.37	2,899.56	3,386.56
	Ulster Unionist	William Corry	5.64%	1,488	2,786.46	3,156.21	3,158.38	3,174.74	3,193.73	3,212.88	3,266.45	3,331.45
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Patton	6.94%	1,833	2,274.66	2,305.86	2,310.37	2,332.83	2,342.57	2,354.71	2,372.88	2,490.79	2,491.87	2,498.14	3,223.5
	Ulster Unionist	H. Cranston	4.11%	1,085	1,953.53	2,024.63	2,029.29	2,036.75	2,041.6	2,056.47	2,095.94	2,170.59	2,175.99	2,194.23	3,261.63
	Alliance	David Wonnacott	4.56%	1,205	1,241.21	1,243.31	1,260.37	1,260.71	1,536	1,546.59	1,902.65	2,630.45	2,705.33	2,707.04	2,896.56
	Ulster Unionist	Dorothy Dunlop	5.41%	1,428	1,942.59	1,988.64	1,992.3	2,002.48	2,009.67	2,028.6	2,074.11	2,144.78	2,148.56	2,152.55
	NI Labour	William Gunning	2.18%	575	607.64	609.74	795.29	797.43	804.64	1,290.46	1,328.86
	Alliance	Samuel Coulson	3.33%	878	920.84	930.44	936.63	936.99	1,024.69	1,048.94
	NI Labour	H. Conway	1.92%	507	533.52	539.07	626.58	627.76	631.8
	Alliance	P. Miller	2.02%	534	555.93	558.93	566.59	567.13
	NI Labour	W. Kirkpatrick	1.26%	332	343.73	344.63
Electorate: 39,227 Valid: 26,403 (67.31%) Spoilt: 385 Quota: 3,301 Turnout: 26,788 (68.29%)

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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