Belfast Area A
Area A was one of the eight district electoral areas (DEA) which existed in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 1973 to 1985. Located in the south-east of the city, the district elected seven members to Belfast City Council and contained the wards of Ballymacarrett; Ballynafeigh; Orangefield; Ormeau; Rosetta; The Mount and Willowfield. The DEA formed part of the Belfast South and Belfast East constituencies.
History
The area was created for the 1973 local government elections, combining the whole of the former Ormeau ward with most of the former Pottinger ward. It was abolished for the 1985 local government elections. The Rosetta and Ballynafeigh wards became part of a new Laganbank DEA, while the remaining five wards joined the Bloomfield ward, formerly part of Area B, in the new Pottinger DEA.
Results
1973
| Belfast A[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Ulster Unionist | Grace Bannister | 6,328 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Ben Horan | 2,768 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Thomas Gildea | 1,598 | |
| Ulster Unionist | William Blair | 1,498 | |
| NI Labour | Erskine Holmes | 1,337 | |
| Vanguard | W. H. Elliot | 1,322 | |
| Alliance | Patricia Carson | 1,315 | |
| SDLP | Ben Caraher | 1,302 | |
| United Loyalist | W. Dougherty | 1,198 | |
| DUP | Thomas Wright | 1,158 | |
| Ulster Unionist | John McKeown | 1,021 | |
| DUP | Greene | 874 | |
| Alliance | Sam Edgerton | 702 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Emma Dunbar | 546 | |
| Ind. Unionist | J. Keenan | 432 | |
| Alliance | Bernadette Hopkirk | 430 | |
| NI Labour | J. Murray | 421 | |
| Loyalist Coalition | Lindsay Mason | 271 | |
| Alliance | Jacqueline Maguire | 192 | |
| Communist Party | H. Moore | 101 | |
| Turnout | 25,174 | ||
1977
| Belfast A[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Alliance | Basil Glass | 2,580 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Grace Bannister | 2,367 | |
| DUP | Raymond McCrea | 1,912 | |
| DUP | Robert J. Newman | 1,549 | |
| SDLP | Alasdair McDonnell | 1,364 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Billy Blair | 1,026 | |
| Unionist Party NI | T. Jordan | 954 | |
| UUUP | Ben Horan | 954 | |
| Alliance | Dennis Loretto | 667 | |
| NI Labour | B. Garrett | 594 | |
| Ulster Unionist | T. Gildea | 483 | |
| Ulster Unionist | W. Shannon | 452 | |
| Ind. Unionist | W. Elliot | 379 | |
| Ulster Unionist | A. Shaw | 378 | |
| UUUP | P. Moles | 345 | |
| Republican Clubs | T. W. McGrattan | 278 | |
| NI Labour | D. Peters | 93 | |
| Turnout | 16,898 | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour gain from Labour (NI) | |||
| Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist | |||
| Democratic Unionist gain from Vanguard | |||
| Alliance gain from Ulster Unionist | |||
1981
| Belfast A[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| DUP | John Foster | 3,333 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Jeremy Burchill | 2,589 | |
| DUP | Raymond McCrea | 2,345 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Grace Bannister | 2,055 | |
| DUP | Sammy Wilson | 1,479 | |
| Alliance | Donnell Deeny | 1,439 | |
| SDLP | Alasdair McDonnell | 1,262 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Billy Blair | 900 | |
| Alliance | Mervyn Jones | 766 | |
| Ulster Unionist | T. Wilkins | 544 | |
| Workers' Party | Frank Cullen | 418 | |
| SDLP | P. T. McGrourty | 410 | |
| NI Labour | D. Peters | 276 | |
| UPUP | Ben Horan | 187 | |
| Independent | John McKeague | 99 | |
| Communist Party | James Stewart | 97 | |
| Turnout | 19,133 | ||
| Democratic Unionist gain from Alliance | |||
| Ulster Unionist gain from Social Democratic and Labour | |||
References
- The Local Government Elections 1973–1981: Belfast, Northern Ireland Elections