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 | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||||
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1981 | Michael Brown (Alliance) | Oliver Napier (Alliance) | Joshua Cardwell (UPNI)/ (UUP) | Thomas Patton (UUP) | William Corry (UUP) | Bill Morrison (DUP) | Henry Evans (DUP) | |||||||
1977 | Dorothy Dunlop (UUP) | John Allen (UUP) | ||||||||||||
1973 | H. K. Dickey (United Loyalist) | William Corry (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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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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 | ||
UUP | 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 | |
UUP | 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 | |
UUP | 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 | |||||
UUP | 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
UUP | Thomas Patton* | 12.26% | 2,209 | 2,268.58 | |||||||||||
Alliance | Michael Brown* | 7.55% | 2,045 | 2,120.6 | 2,350.44 | ||||||||||
UUP | 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 | ||
UUP | 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 | ||||
UUP | 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 | |||||||
UUP | 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
UUP | Joshua Cardwell | 25.41% | 6,708 | ||||||||||||
UUP | 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 | |||||
UUP | 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 | ||||
UUP | 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 | |
UUP | 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 | |
UUP | 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.