1985 Northern Ireland local elections

1985 Northern Ireland local elections

←  1981 15 May 1985 1989  →
All council seats
First party Second party Third party   Leader James Molyneaux Ian Paisley John Hume Party Ulster Unionist DUP SDLP Seats won 189 142 102 Seat change 37 2 Popular vote 188,497 155,297 113,967 Percentage 29.5% 24.3% 17.8% Swing 3.1% 2.3% 0.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Gerry Adams John Cushnahan N/A Party Sinn Féin Alliance Independent Seats won 59 34 9 Seat change 59 4 28 Popular vote 75,686 45,038 10,297 Percentage 11.8% 7.0% 1.6% Swing New party 1.9% 5.1%
Colours denote the winning party with outright control
Colours denote the party with the most seats

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 15 May 1985, contesting 565 seats in all.

Background

1981 elections

The previous elections had been fought in the middle of the hunger strike and the H-Block Prison Protest. ^[1] Those elections had shown changes in party representation, with three parties, namely the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), winning 75% of the seats. ^[2] On the Unionist side, the DUP arrived at a position of near parity with the UUP, outpolling the latter by 851 votes, ^[2] although the UUP managed to win more seats overall. Other changes on the Unionist side saw the disbandment of two smaller Unionist parties: the Unionist Party of Northern Ireland in September 1981 and the United Ulster Unionist Party in May 1984. On the nationalist side, while the SDLP maintained its dominant position, a greater number of elected candidates supporting the H-Block protest were elected. In total 36 candidates endorsed by the H-Block committee were elected of whom 21 belonged to the Irish Independence Party. The representation of the centrist Alliance Party was almost halved as their number of seats was reduced from 70 in 1977 to 38 in 1981. ^[2]

Northern Ireland Assembly and New Ireland Forum

Following the end of the Hunger Strike, attention focused on attempts by the new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Jim Prior, to restore devolution. This eventually led to the establishment of the Northern Ireland Assembly which was elected in October 1982. However nationalist parties boycotted the forum and the SDLP instead threw its efforts into the New Ireland Forum. This forum, established in May 1983, reported in May 1984 and represented the combined efforts of the nationalist parties to obtain a solution to the constitutional issue. However the report was rejected by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who rejected each of the three proposals with the words "that is out" in a response that became known as the "out, out, out" speech. ^[3]

Sinn Féin

The entry into electoral politics of Sinn Féin (SF) became a significant issue in the run up to the elections. SF polled over 10% in the 1982 Assembly election, winning five seats. At the 1983 Westminster election, the party increased their vote share to 13.4% and maintained that level of support in the 1984 European election. The party won their first council seat in a by-election in March 1983, with Seamus Kerr polling 60% in Omagh 'Area D' This was followed by the election of Alex Maskey and Sean McKnight to Belfast City Council in June 1983 and February 1984 respectively. In Dungannon and Fermanagh, independent councillors Seamus Cassidy and John Joe McCusker joined SF.

Prior's successor as Secretary of State, Douglas Hurd, refused to ban SF and also rejected calls by unionists for an anti-violence declaration to be signed by all candidates. ^{[4] : 5}

Rates

The expansion of services, particularly leisure began to have an impact in rates at a time when the Rate Support Grant was being cut. The grant was reduced by 1% in 1985. Belfast Leisure Services in particular accounted for 22.7% of the City budget. ^{[4] : 5} Rates overall had risen by 8% in the financial year from 1984 to 1985, a figure above the rate of inflation and resulted in the cancellation of a proposed ice rink in Belfast, while that in Bangor had to receive private funding. Since the 1980–1981 financial year, rates had risen by 51.7% ^{[4] : 6} ranging from a 17.9% rise in Castlereagh to 80% rises in Omagh and Newry and Mourne. ^{[4] : 6}

Legislation

Boundaries

The Local Government (N.I.) Act 1972, Section 50 (1) required a review of local government boundaries and electoral areas in 1981, however it was not until 28 October 1982 that Prior reappointed Sir F. Harrison, who had conducted the previous review in 1971 and 1972. Provisional recommendations were published on 20 May 1983. These led to additional representations and nineteen public hearings before revised recommendations were published on 18 January 1984. Following six further public hearings, the final report was sent to the Secretary of State on 29 May 1984. ^{[4] : 9}

The report recommended no change in the number of councils or their names. The number of wards was increased from 526 to 566. Moyle was the only council to lose a ward.

With the wards drawn the government decided that a new procedure would be used to group them together to form District Electoral Areas (DEA). In 1972 the wards had been grouped together into areas of four to eight wards with each area electing a number of councillors equal to the number of wards that it contained. This had been done by the Chief Electoral Officer, a fact that had been criticised for potentially affecting his impartiality.

The District Electoral Areas Commissioner (N.I.) Order was laid before Parliament on 15 December 1983. This provided for the appointment of a commissioner and set him the task of creating electoral areas containing five to seven members. These were to have names rather than an alphabetic designation as before. The debate over the Order in January and February 1984 centred on the merits of STV, the narrower number of councillors in each DEA and the names issue. Unionists argued for DEAs electing four to six councillors.

Results

Overall

Party [5]		Councillors		Votes
		Total	+/-	% share	Total
	Ulster Unionist	189	+37	29.5	188,497
	DUP	142	0	24.3	155,297
	SDLP	102	-2	17.8	113,967
	Sinn Féin	59	N/A	11.8	75,686
	Alliance	34	-4	7.0	45,038
	Independent	9	-28	1.6	10,297
	Ind. Unionist	8	+6	1.3	8,780
	Independent Nationalist	6	+6	1.2	7,597
	Workers' Party	4	+1	1.6	10,415
	Irish Independence	4	-17	1.2	7,459
	UPUP	3	-2	0.5	3,139
	PUP	2	+1	0.6	3,612
	Campaign for Human and Animal Rights	1	+1	0.5	2,970
	NI Labour	1	0	0.2	1,285
	Labour Party NI	0	N/A	0.2	1,029
	Newtownabbey Labour	1	0	0.1	792
	Ulster Democratic	0	N/A	0.1	782
	Labour and Trade Union	0	N/A	0.1	556
	Independent Democratic Unionist	0	N/A	0.1	429
	Ecology	0	0	0.1	387
	Irish Republican Socialist	0	-2	0.0	276
	Communist Party	0	0	0.0	245
	All Night Party	0	N/A	0.0	235
	Independent Republican	0	0	0.0	187
	People's Democracy	0	-2	0.0	131
	Independent Workers' Party	0	N/A	0.0	113
	Ulster Liberal	0	N/A	0.0	35
	Independent Labour	0	-1	0.0	30

By council

Antrim

Antrim North West [6] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	James Graham	1,164
	DUP	Wilson Clyde	871
	SDLP	Robert Loughran	786
	Sinn Féin	Henry Cushinan	675
	SDLP	James Laverty	475
	Ulster Unionist	Jack Blakely	259
	Irish Independence	John Heffron	235
	DUP	Samuel Hall	187
	Ulster Unionist	Roderick Swann	123
	Alliance	John Wallace	107
Turnout			4,970

Antrim South East [6] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Roy Thompson	1,207
	Ulster Unionist	Edgar Wallace	768
	SDLP	Robert Burns	760
	DUP	Samuel Dunlop	687
	Ulster Unionist	Carol Cunningham	630
	Ulster Unionist	Howard Campbell	549
	Ulster Unionist	Mervyn Rea	376
	Ulster Unionist	James Robinson	349
	Alliance	John McCourt	303
	Alliance	Theresa Gallagher	220
	DUP	William McCormick	202
Turnout			6,165

Antrim Town [6] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Jack Allen	872
	SDLP	Oran Keenan	670
	Ulster Unionist	Frederick Marks	642
	DUP	Margaret Brown	433
	DUP	Charles Quinn	403
	DUP	Adam McKee	280
	Alliance	James McConnell	266
	Ulster Unionist	Andrew Thompson	163
	Alliance	Mary Wallace	145
	Alliance	James Williamson	109
	Ulster Unionist	Roy Stinson	100
	Workers' Party	Robert Owens	63
Turnout			4,284

Ards

Ards Peninsula [8] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UPUP	Gladys McIntyre	999
	DUP	Jim Shannon	837
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Ambrose	837
	DUP	Oliver Johnston	811
	Independent	Thomas Byers	808
	DUP	Joseph Thompson	637
	Ulster Unionist	John Shields	609
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy	454
	Ulster Unionist	John Scott	416
	SDLP	Patrick Doherty	359
	Alliance	James Muirhead	287
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel McKeown	158
	SDLP	Seamus O'Neill	89
Turnout			7,521

Ards West [8] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Thomas Gourley	1,493
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Gibson	1,483
	Alliance	Thomas McBriar	799
	Ulster Unionist	Stanley McCoy	631
	DUP	John Hamilton	589
	DUP	Bobby McBride	558
	Alliance	Alan McDowell	248
	Ulster Unionist	Trevor Hussey	172
	Ulster Unionist	Arthur Spence	131
	Independent	Johnston Haire	43
Turnout			6,290

Newtownards [8] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Simpson Gibson	1,596
	NI Labour	Robert Gaw	1,156
	DUP	John Elliott	1,026
	Ulster Unionist	Tom Benson	990
	Alliance	Owen Dorrian	549
	Ulster Unionist	David Smyth	517
	DUP	Joseph Patterson	280
	DUP	William Gilmore	242
	Ulster Unionist	David Jeffers	237
	Alliance	Laurence Thompson	200
	Labour Party NI	Hugh McMullan	188
	Ulster Unionist	James McKernon	76
	Ulster Liberal	Michael McGuigan	35
Turnout			7,249

Armagh

Armagh City [9] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Carroll	970
	DUP	Geoffrey Knipe	756
	SDLP	John Agnew	739
	Ulster Unionist	John Doogan	645
	Independent Nationalist	Barney McManus	640
	Ulster Unionist	George MacCartney	620
	SDLP	Pat Brannigan	612
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Orr	564
	SDLP	Oliver Tobin	476
Turnout			6,122

Crossmore [9] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Charles Mallon	1,072
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Nicholson	949
	SDLP	James McKernan	889
	SDLP	Thomas McArdle	837
	DUP	Robert McBride	524
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Shilliday	513
Turnout			4,921

Cusher [9] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Eric Speers	1,267
	SDLP	Seamus Mallon	1,260
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Johnston	1,149
	DUP	Thomas Black	1,009
	Ulster Unionist	James Clayton	939
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Turner	901
	DUP	Mervyn Spratt	329
Turnout			7,134

The Orchard [9] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Speers	1,189
	DUP	Douglas Hutchinson	1,150
	Ulster Unionist	Ronald Allen	875
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Foster	676
	SDLP	Christopher McAnallen	612
	SDLP	Francis McIlvanna	579
	Sinn Féin	Brigid McCartan	545
Turnout			5,718

Ballymena

Ballymena Town [10] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Patrick McAvoy	1,126
	Ind. Unionist	Samuel Henry	876
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Coulter	794
	DUP	Maurice Mills	708
	DUP	Richard McKeown	640
	DUP	Robert Maternaghan	563
	DUP	John Wilson	538
	Ulster Unionist	Gordon Wilson	403
	Ind. Unionist	James Alexander	328
	Ulster Unionist	Warren Wray	282
	SDLP	Malachy Reynolds	241
Turnout			6,604

Braid Valley [10] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	James Woulahan	856
	Ulster Unionist	Desmond Armstrong	757
	DUP	Samuel Hanna	746
	DUP	John Porter	724
	DUP	William Armstrong	628
	Ulster Unionist	Margaret Alexander	626
	Ulster Unionist	Stewart McCullough	490
	DUP	Samuel Martin	474
Turnout			5,411

Kells Water [10] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	William Brownlees	856
	DUP	John McAuley	845
	DUP	Roy West	796
	DUP	Martin Clarke	695
	DUP	David McClintock	615
	DUP	Charles Maternaghan	577
	Ulster Unionist	Victoria Brownlees	410
Turnout			4,927

The Main [10] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Roy Gillespie	1,076
	DUP	Thomas Nicholl	960
	Ulster Unionist	John Johnston	812
	DUP	Sandy Spence	796
	Ulster Unionist	William Wright	760
	DUP	Hubert Nicholl	633
Turnout			5,250

Ballymoney

Ballymoney Town [11] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Independent	Robert McComb	687
	Ulster Unionist	James Simpson	453
	DUP	Cecil Cousley	424
	DUP	Kenneth Blair	380
	DUP	Ralph Stronge	289
	Ulster Unionist	Adam McNeilly	274
	Ulster Unionist	James McKeown	233
Turnout			2,803

Bann Valley [11] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	James Patterson	669
	SDLP	Malachy McCamphill	550
	Sinn Féin	Margaret Hogan	532
	Ulster Unionist	Joe Gaston	502
	Ulster Unionist	Kenneth Bamford	487
	DUP	Robert Wilson	484
	DUP	Robert Halliday	473
	Alliance	Hugh McFarland	248
Turnout			4,002

Bushvale [11] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Charles Steele	570
	DUP	William Gracey	557
	Ulster Unionist	John Ramsay	504
	SDLP	Harry Connolly	445
	Ulster Unionist	William Logan	433
	SDLP	John Mulholland	230
	DUP	Bertie McIlhatton	198
	Ecology	William Hartin	35
Turnout			3,043

Banbridge

Banbridge Town [12] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	James Wells	912
	Ulster Unionist	Archie McKelvey	889
	Ulster Unionist	Joan Baird	811
	SDLP	James Walsh	630
	Ulster Unionist	Ivan Gault	560
	DUP	Gareth Bennett	392
	Independent	Leslie Mathews	364
	SDLP	James Smyth	318
	Alliance	Francis McQuaid	234
Turnout			5,191

Dromore [12] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Brian Biggerstaff	923
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Barr	859
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Hill	645
	Ulster Unionist	William Martin	573
	SDLP	Bernard Rice	470
	SDLP	Catherine McDermott	464
	DUP	Robert McIlroy	418
	Ulster Unionist	James McRoberts	354
	DUP	Robert McGregor	207
Turnout			5,029

Knockiveagh [12] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Wilfred McFadden	766
	Ulster Unionist	Raymond McCullough	753
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Cowan	725
	Independent	Laurence McCartan	694
	Ulster Unionist	Herbert Heslip	510
	SDLP	Peter McGreevy	510
	SDLP	Helen Stewart	395
	Ulster Unionist	William Hamilton	343
	DUP	Elizabeth McDowell	157
Turnout			4,941

Belfast

Balmoral [13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Margaret Crooks	2,438
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Kirkpatrick	1,820
	DUP	Billy Dickson	1,638
	SDLP	Dorita Field	1,332
	Alliance	John Montgomery	1,326
	Ulster Unionist	James Stewart	1,071
	Alliance	David Cook	1,042
	DUP	Joan Parkes	998
	DUP	Clarke Gibson	620
	Labour Party NI	Stanley Graham	186
	Workers' Party	Shaun McKeown	133
	Ind. Unionist	Victor Brennan	127
	Ind. Unionist	William Stevenson	56
Turnout			13,102

Castle [13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	John Carson	3,153
	SDLP	Alban Maginness	1,977
	Ind. Unionist	Frank Millar	1,623
	DUP	Nigel Dodds	1,502
	Ulster Unionist	Alfred Redpath	1,107
	Alliance	Tom Campbell	799
	DUP	Michael Whittley	706
	Ind. Unionist	William Gault	674
	SDLP	John Murphy	579
	Alliance	Robert Jamison	449
	Workers' Party	Katherine Johnston	444
Turnout			13,391

Court [13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Protestant Unionist	George Seawright	2,970
	PUP	Hugh Smyth	1,761
	DUP	Frederick Ashby	1,420
	Ulster Unionist	Herbert Ditty	1,197
	Ind. Unionist	Joe Coggle	894
	Ulster Unionist	Fred Cobain	804
	Alliance	William Dukelow	626
	Ulster Unionist	James Sands	624
	DUP	William Baxter	572
	Ulster Democratic	Samuel Doyle	536
	Sinn Féin	Harry Fitzsimmons	432
	DUP	Robert Morrow	182
	Workers' Party	Peter Cullen	157
Turnout			12,547

Laganbank [13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	William Blair	1,969
	Alliance	William McDowell	1,425
	DUP	Rhonda Paisley	1,325
	SDLP	Alasdair McDonnell	1,175
	DUP	Raymond McCrea	1,102
	SDLP	Gerard McGettrick	833
	Ulster Unionist	Dixie Gilmore	727
	Sinn Féin	Michael Conlon	614
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Wilson	604
	Workers' Party	Gerard Carr	550
	Alliance	Dan McGuinness	434
	Labour and Trade Union	Robert Millar	100
	NI Labour	John King	73
	Communist Party	Michael Morrissey	57
Turnout			11,285

Lower Falls [13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Joe Hendron	2,606
	Sinn Féin	Seán McKnight	1,939
	Sinn Féin	Sean Keenan	1,752
	Sinn Féin	Elizabeth Fitzsimons	1,595
	Sinn Féin	Fra McCann	1,467
	Workers' Party	Mary McMahon	1,115
	Alliance	Will Glendinning	1,113
	SDLP	Sean Mullen	159
	Communist Party	Desmond Murray	67
Turnout			12,263

Oldpark [13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Fred Proctor	1,800
	Sinn Féin	Bobby Lavery	1,752
	Sinn Féin	Gerard McGuigan	1,570
	SDLP	Brian Feeney	1,516
	Workers' Party	Seamus Lynch	1,344
	DUP	Peter Lunn	958
	SDLP	Patrick Hunter	787
	Sinn Féin	Paddy McManus	774
	Ind. Unionist	Nelson McCausland	717
	Ulster Unionist	David Smylie	707
	DUP	Pauline Whittley	604
	Alliance	Arnold Carton	535
	Labour Party NI	Paddy Devlin	472
	PUP	Patrick Bird	433
	Ecology	Peter Emerson	308
Turnout			14,748

Pottinger [13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Sammy Wilson	2,454
	DUP	Frank Leslie	2,224
	Ulster Unionist	Margaret Clarke	1,999
	DUP	Jim Walker	1,153
	Ulster Unionist	Reg Empey	1,117
	Alliance	Mervyn Jones	1,019
	Sinn Féin	Joe O'Donnell	566
	Ulster Unionist	Harry Fletcher	431
	PUP	David Ervine	394
	SDLP	Carmel Maginness	340
	Workers' Party	Frank Cullen	303
	Labour and Trade Union	Stan Dempsey	218
	Communist Party	James Stewart	61
Turnout			12,785

Upper Falls [13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Alex Attwood	2,461
	Sinn Féin	Alex Maskey	2,329
	Sinn Féin	Teresa Holland	2,256
	SDLP	Cormac Boomer	1,655
	Sinn Féin	Máirtín Ó Muilleoir	1,031
	Alliance	Pip Glendinning	931
	Workers' Party	Gerald McCann	386
	DUP	Irene Lewis	372
	Labour and Trade Union	Michael Duffy	238
	People's Democracy	John McAnulty	131
	SDLP	Peter Prendiville	72
	Communist Party	Kevin McCorry	60
Turnout			13,052

Victoria [13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Wallace Browne	3,447
	Ulster Unionist	Tommy Patton	2,390
	Alliance	Oliver Napier	2,309
	Ulster Unionist	William Corry	1,838
	Ulster Unionist	Dorothy Dunlop	1,365
	Alliance	George Thompson	1,278
	DUP	Samuel Walker	1,131
	Ulster Unionist	John McCrea	1,002
	DUP	Robin Newton	564
	SDLP	Barry Gilheany	188
Turnout			15,939

Carrickfergus

Carrick Castle [14] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	Sean Neeson	1,005
	DUP	Victor Fleming	477
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel McCamley	433
	Ulster Unionist	Robert English	410
	PUP	Samuel Stewart	314
	DUP	Jim Strange	269
	DUP	Gladys Service	247
	Ulster Unionist	James McBride	143
	Alliance	Owen Mulvenna	61
Turnout			3,440

Kilroot [14] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Charles Brown	1,146
	DUP	William Cross	695
	Alliance	Janet Crampsey	615
	Ind. Unionist	Robert Hunter	310
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Patton	244
	Ulster Unionist	Wesley Mitchell	203
	Alliance	David McCann	188
	DUP	William Sloan	131
	DUP	Raymond Templeton	121
Turnout			3,742

Knockagh Monument [14] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Mary Ardill	736
	Independent	Charles Johnston	660
	Alliance	Stewart Dickson	523
	DUP	Andrew Blair	356
	DUP	William Haggan	350
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Wilson	250
	Ulster Democratic	Robert Gordon	246
	DUP	Joseph Seaton	216
Turnout			3,648

Castlereagh

Castlereagh Central [15] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Peter Robinson	3,461
	Ulster Unionist	Herbert Johnstone	930
	Alliance	Patricia Archer	893
	Ulster Unionist	Ellen Gray	604
	Alliance	Derek Middleton	422
	DUP	Alan Carson	301
	Alliance	William Moreland	288
	Ind. Unionist	Cecil Moore	133
	DUP	Cedric Wilson	72
	DUP	Ivan Castles	54
Turnout			8,035

Castlereagh East [15] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Denny Vitty	2,317
	Ulster Unionist	William Ward	1,154
	Ulster Unionist	William Abraham	745
	Alliance	Adam Morrow	699
	DUP	Matthew Anderson	489
	Alliance	Mellissa Jeffers	346
	Ulster Unionist	Ronald Jackson	270
	Alliance	Ian Kirkpatrick	193
	DUP	Albert Johnston	184
	DUP	John Boyle	150
	Ind. Unionist	Michael Brooks	127
	NI Labour	James Bate	58
	NI Labour	William Gunning	44
	NI Labour	William Copley	27
Turnout			6,986

Castlereagh South [15] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Ernest Harper	1,369
	DUP	William Clulow	1,253
	Ulster Unionist	James Clarke	1,160
	Ulster Unionist	John Glass	1,055
	Alliance	David Andrews	992
	Ulster Unionist	Frederick Kane	758
	SDLP	Peggy Hanna	456
	DUP	Beatrice Chambers	416
	DUP	Simon Robinson	316
	Alliance	Edward McMillan	298
	Alliance	Ernest Crockett	188
	Ind. Unionist	William Stevenson	113
Turnout			8,535

Coleraine

Bann [16] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	William King	1,310
	Ulster Unionist	Creighton Hutchinson	1,150
	SDLP	John Dallat	1,086
	Ulster Unionist	William Watt	922
	DUP	Robert Catherwood	763
	SDLP	Gerard O'Kane	676
	Ulster Unionist	John Moody	582
	DUP	Thomas Malone	556
	DUP	Douglas Darragh	323
	Irish Republican Socialist	Eamon Mullan	276
Turnout			7,799

Coleraine Town [16] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	James McClure	2,444
	Ulster Unionist	Robert White	1,030
	Independent	Patrick McFeely	584
	Alliance	William Mathews	419
	Ulster Unionist	Gladys Black	368
	Ulster Unionist	Stephen Smyth	330
	SDLP	Dierdre Busby	286
	Independent	William McNabb	280
	Independent	Randall Crawford	241
	DUP	Marie McAllister	137
	Labour Party NI	Timothy Blackman	110
	Alliance	Colum McCloskey	96
	DUP	Robert Bolton	59
	DUP	Geoffrey Whitehead	28
Turnout			6,542

The Skerries [16] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William Creelman	1,056
	Ulster Unionist	William Glenn	678
	Ulster Unionist	Elizabeth Black	630
	SDLP	Sean Farren	573
	Alliance	Patrick McGowan	544
	Ulster Unionist	Pauline Armitage	518
	Ulster Unionist	Hugh Stewart	378
	DUP	Robert Stewart	374
	Ulster Unionist	Albert Clarke	319
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Mitchell	307
	DUP	Matthew Kane	295
	Alliance	Peter Scott	205
	Ulster Unionist	William Robinson	205
	DUP	Roy Hilldrup	175
	Ecology	Margaret O'Neill	44
Turnout			6,414

Cookstown

Ballinderry [17] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William McIntyre	1,215
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McAleer	1,042
	SDLP	Paddy Duffy	896
	Sinn Féin	Francis McNally	802
	Ulster Unionist	Victor McGahie	634
	Ulster Unionist	Andrew Booth	508
	DUP	Samuel McCartney	448
	SDLP	Joseph Davidson	410
	SDLP	John O'Neill	287
	Independent	Eric Brown	287
Turnout			6,436

Cookstown Central [17] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Alan Kane	1,444
	Ulster Unionist	Espie Donaldson	1,088
	Sinn Féin	Christopher Neeson	796
	SDLP	Brigid Neeson	566
	Workers' Party	Patrick Bloomer	408
	SDLP	Margaret Laverty	397
	Ulster Unionist	Edmund Giboney	220
	DUP	Kenneth Loughrin	178
Turnout			5,159

Drum Manor [17] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Walter Millar	1,120
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Glasgow	1,042
	SDLP	James McGarvey	908
	Sinn Féin	Tony O'Driscoll	804
	Sinn Féin	Sean Begley	782
	United Unionist	Samuel Parke	487
Turnout			5,248

Craigavon

Craigavon Central [18] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Mary Simpson	1,359
	DUP	William Smith	1,150
	Ulster Unionist	James McCammick	1,012
	SDLP	Brid Rodgers	883
	DUP	Robert Dodds	690
	Ulster Unionist	Cyril McLoughlin	641
	Sinn Féin	Sheena Campbell	554
	Workers' Party	Tom French	540
	DUP	Meredith Patterson	536
	Alliance	John Hagan	298
	Alliance	James Woods	85
Turnout			7,899

Loughside [18] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Sean McKavanagh	990
	Workers' Party	Paddy Breen	937
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Curran	837
	SDLP	Peter Bunting	802
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Bell	669
	SDLP	Patrick Crilly	555
	Sinn Féin	Michael McKee	516
	DUP	Robert Russell	382
	Workers' Party	Karen McStravick	131
Turnout			6,046

Lurgan [18] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Sam Gardiner	1,690
	DUP	Frederick Baird	1,322
	Ulster Unionist	George Savage	1,070
	Ulster Unionist	Philip Black	885
	SDLP	Hugh News	808
	DUP	David Calvert	757
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Little	573
	DUP	Ian Williams	500
	Alliance	Gordon Burrell	422
	Ulster Unionist	Sydney Cairns	405
Turnout			8,579

Portadown [18] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Gladys McCullough	1,470
	Ulster Unionist	James Gillespie	1,338
	Ulster Unionist	George Hatch	1,138
	SDLP	Ignatius Fox	786
	DUP	Michael Briggs	766
	Sinn Féin	Brian McCann	716
	Ulster Unionist	George Locke	624
	Alliance	William Ramsay	506
	SDLP	Mario McCooe	462
	DUP	William Williamson	327
	Sinn Féin	Sean Dunbar	326
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Hughes	253
Turnout			8,903

Derry

Cityside [19] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Anne McGuinness	870
	Sinn Féin	Hugh Brady	848
	Sinn Féin	Mitchel McLaughlin	838
	SDLP	Patrick Devine	836
	SDLP	Tony Carlin	701
	SDLP	Pat Ramsey	510
	SDLP	James Clifford	499
	SDLP	William Keys	459
	Irish Independence	Liam Bradley	369
	Workers' Party	Eamon Melaugh	253
	Irish Independence	Sammy Brown	144
	Irish Independence	John McChrystal	134
Turnout			6,674

Northland [19] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	John Tierney	1,417
	Sinn Féin	Bernard McFadden	1,066
	Ulster Unionist	David Davis	874
	SDLP	Len Green	800
	SDLP	Anna Gallagher	706
	Irish Independence	Fergus McAteer	681
	SDLP	John Kerr	639
	SDLP	William McCorriston	595
	DUP	John Noble	417
	Alliance	Ita Breen	244
	Sinn Féin	James McKnight	131
	Irish Independence	Annie Burke	98
	Irish Independence	John McCool	66
Turnout			7,925

Rural [19] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William Hay	1,008
	SDLP	John McNickle	1,004
	SDLP	Annie Courtney	965
	DUP	Ellis Allen	634
	Ulster Unionist	John Adams	774
	DUP	Mervyn Lindsay	730
	SDLP	Hugh O'Neill	698
	Ulster Unionist	Ernest Hamilton	686
	SDLP	George Peoples	662
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Bond	530
	Sinn Féin	Edward McGowan	304
	Irish Independence	Michael Breslin	276
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McNaught	254
Turnout			8,887

Shantallow [19] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	William O'Connell	1,117
	SDLP	Mary Bradley	1,094
	SDLP	Noel McKenna	655
	Sinn Féin	Gerard Doherty	500
	Sinn Féin	William McCartney	489
	SDLP	Teresa Coyle	445
	Sinn Féin	Susan O'Hagan	435
	Alliance	Gerry O'Grady	298
	Irish Independence	Robert Hegarty	243
	Irish Independence	James Nicholl	184
	Irish Independence	Joseph Mullan	174
Turnout			5,838

Waterside [19] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Gregory Campbell	2,374
	SDLP	Michael Fegan	874
	Ulster Unionist	James Guy	818
	DUP	Margaret Buchanan	811
	SDLP	Paul O'Donnell	588
	Sinn Féin	Michael Roddy	483
	Ulster Unionist	George Duddy	466
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Ferris	461
	Alliance	Robert McCullough	429
	Irish Independence	Bobby Concannon	261
	Ulster Unionist	Andrew McManus	169
	DUP	Annette Hamilton	166
Turnout			8,044

Down

Ballynahinch [20] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	James Magee	1,020
	Ulster Unionist	William Brown	1,004
	Ulster Unionist	James Cochrane	782
	DUP	Thomas Poole	742
	SDLP	Patrick Savage	596
	SDLP	Francis Laverty	556
	Alliance	Patrick Forde	396
	DUP	Stanley Priestley	273
Turnout			5,480

Downpatrick [20] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Edward McGrady	1,886
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel McCartney	1,141
	SDLP	Dermot Curran	806
	Sinn Féin	Geraldine Ritchie	694
	SDLP	Sean Quinn	579
	Workers' Party	Raymond Blaney	554
	SDLP	John Ritchie	464
	Alliance	Michael Healy	308
	SDLP	Madge McEvoy	286
	Alliance	Margaret Donnelly	207
	Workers' Party	Alan McCullough	82
Turnout			7,166

Newcastle [20] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Gerald Douglas	1,350
	Sinn Féin	Hugh McDowell	855
	SDLP	Eamon O'Neill	827
	SDLP	Michael Boyd	822
	DUP	Ethel Smyth	734
	SDLP	James Curry	444
	SDLP	Peter Fitzpatrick	405
	Alliance	Anthony Dickinson	326
	Workers' Party	Edward O'Hagan	255
	Workers' Party	Sean Magee	102
Turnout			6,255

Rowallane [20] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Dermot Nesbitt	1,180
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Osborne	1,068
	DUP	William Dick	748
	Ulster Unionist	William Biggerstaff	642
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie	629
	SDLP	Oliver Flanagan	531
	DUP	Trevor Lennon	389
Turnout			5,274

Dungannon

Blackwater [21] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	James Ewing	979
	SDLP	Patsy Daly	848
	Ulster Unionist	Derek Irwin	804
	Sinn Féin	Eilish McCabe	803
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Brady	623
	DUP	Norman Lockhart	616
	Ulster Unionist	John Taggart	613
	Ulster Unionist	Rodney Mullan	520
Turnout			5,895

Clogher Valley [21] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Cassidy	1,280
	SDLP	Anthony McGonnell	1,045
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Brush	1,001
	Ulster Unionist	Noel Mulligan	933
	DUP	Johnston McIlwrath	669
	SDLP	John Monaghan	612
	DUP	Thomas Maxwell	562
Turnout			6,195

Dungannon Town [21] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Ken Maginnis	1,329
	DUP	Maurice Morrow	1,086
	Independent Nationalist	Michael McLoughlin	959
	Ulster Unionist	William Brown	905
	Sinn Féin	Anita Cavlan	642
	Sinn Féin	Martin McNulty	494
	SDLP	Vincent Currie	424
	SDLP	Terence Foley	205
Turnout			6,168

Torrent [21] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Kempton	1,120
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	1,079
	Independent Nationalist	Jim Canning	852
	Sinn Féin	Brian Duffin	653
	Sinn Féin	Frances Donaghy	641
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh	588
	SDLP	Patrick McGlinchey	571
	Independent Nationalist	Owen Nugent	552
	DUP	Edith White	290
	Independent Nationalist	John Corr	140
Turnout			6,660

Fermanagh

Enniskillen [22] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Raymond Ferguson	1,169
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Foster	1,082
	DUP	Roy Coulter	898
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Cox	885
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Maguire	768
	Ulster Unionist	Edwin Hetherington	698
	DUP	Ivan Foster	612
	Ulster Unionist	Norman Brown	442
	SDLP	James Donnelly	411
	Workers' Party	David Kettyles	405
	Alliance	William Barbour	365
	SDLP	Eileen Flanagan	362
	SDLP	James Lunny	358
	SDLP	Seamus Rogers	266
	Irish Independence	Anthony Cox	234
	Irish Independence	Patrick O'Reilly	200
	Youth Movement	Floyd Maguire	74
Turnout			9,359

Erne East [22] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Cecil Noble	1,279
	Sinn Féin	Plunket O'Neill	999
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Murray	744
	Ulster Unionist	Albert Liddle	680
	Sinn Féin	Vincent McCaffrey	679
	SDLP	Fergus McQuillan	669
	Sinn Féin	John Joe McCusker	664
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Johnston	645
	DUP	William Mitchell	581
	SDLP	James Goodwin	492
	SDLP	John Reihill	264
	Irish Independence	John McMahon	241
	DUP	Caroline Madill	198
	Independent	Seamus Mullan	113
Turnout			8,378

Erne North [22] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Caldwell McClaughry	1,291
	DUP	Bert Johnston	1,088
	Ulster Unionist	Warren Loane	988
	Sinn Féin	Stephen Maguire	756
	SDLP	John O'Kane	655
	SDLP	Tommy Gallagher	409
	SDLP	Dodie Maguire	389
	Irish Independence	Patrick Keown	299
	DUP	Victor Milligan	287
	Alliance	John Haslett	187
Turnout			6,416

Erne West [22] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Wilson Elliott	1,261
	Irish Independence	Patrick McCaffrey	1,156
	SDLP	Gerard Gallagher	826
	Ulster Unionist	Derrick Nixon	759
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Reilly	757
	Sinn Féin	Paul Corrigan	716
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McBrien	532
	Independent Nationalist	Patrick Flanagan	465
	DUP	Diannah Gott	759
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Keaney	355
	SDLP	Patrick McGovern	162
Turnout			7,535

Larne

Coast Road [23] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Robinson	782
	Independent Nationalist	William Cunning	755
	DUP	Winston Fulton	635
	DUP	Rachel Rea	491
	Alliance	Amelia Kelly	455
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Martin	234
	DUP	Hill Taggart	163
Turnout			3,597

Larne Lough [23] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Roy Beggs	1,020
	DUP	John Alexander	678
	DUP	Samuel McAllister	491
	Ulster Unionist	Laurence Niblock	476
	Alliance	Thomas Benson	351
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Baxter	347
	DUP	Gary Haggan	320
Turnout			3,779

Larne Town [23] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Jack McKee	1,375
	Alliance	Liam Kelly	967
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Robinson	769
	Ulster Unionist	Rosalie Armstrong	344
	DUP	Leonard Sluman	94
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Lamrock	85
	DUP	Frederick Hoey	42
Turnout			3,763

Limavady

Bellarena [24] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Grant	793
	Ulster Unionist	Stanley Gault	745
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty	705
	SDLP	Thomas Mullan	590
	SDLP	Roy King	579
	DUP	Ernest Murray	540
Turnout			4,027

Benbradagh [24] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Michael McGonigle	880
	Ulster Unionist	David Robinson	825
	SDLP	Lawrence Hegarty	585
	Independent	Denis Farren	404
	Sinn Féin	Michael Hasson	367
	Ulster Unionist	Max Gault	336
	SDLP	James Brolly	316
	DUP	John McKay	184
Turnout			3,989

Limavady Town [24] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Barry Doherty	887
	Ulster Unionist	Ronald Cartwright	796
	Ulster Unionist	Jackie Dolan	772
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Miller	399
	DUP	George Robinson	268
	Ind. Unionist	William Norris	249
	SDLP	Brian McWilliams	237
	Alliance	John Mullan	228
	DUP	Eric Caldwell	156
Turnout			4,045

Lisburn

Downshire [25] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	William Bleakes	2,244
	DUP	Charles Poots	1,089
	Alliance	Richard Reid	954
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Lilburn	949
	DUP	Denis McCarroll	856
	DUP	Thomas Davis	786
	DUP	James McCann	665
	Ulster Unionist	William Watson	410
	Ulster Unionist	Wilfred McClung	210
Turnout			8,304

Dunmurry Cross [25] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	William McAllister	1,886
	DUP	William Beattie	1,353
	SDLP	William McDonnell	1,093
	Sinn Féin	Damien Gibney	1,049
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Rice	824
	Alliance	Donald Cheyne	638
	Workers' Party	John Lowry	584
	Ulster Unionist	Norman Tulip	346
	Ulster Unionist	Richard Scott	299
	DUP	Ronald Kelly	135
Turnout			8,423

Killultagh [25] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Campbell	2,386
	DUP	Cecil Calvert	1,331
	Ulster Unionist	William Lewis	1,163
	SDLP	Paddy Ritchie	1,070
	Ulster Unionist	William Dillon	997
	Alliance	Eileen Drayne	704
	DUP	Henry Stevenson	591
	DUP	Robert McNeice	558
	Ulster Unionist	Henry McGiffin	300
Turnout			9,233

Lisburn Town [25] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Ivan Davis	2,888
	Ulster Unionist	William Belshaw	1,211
	Alliance	Seamus Close	1,013
	Ulster Unionist	Maureen McKinney	838
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Semple	521
	Ulster Unionist	James Davis	341
	Alliance	William Mulholland	315
	DUP	James Mulholland	179
	DUP	Robert Dunsmore	137
Turnout			7,606

Magherafelt

Magherafelt Town [26] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William McCrea	2,050
	Sinn Féin	Lughaidh Bhrighde	1,297
	SDLP	Patrick Kilpatrick	1,068
	Ulster Unionist	Ernest Caldwell	851
	SDLP	Joseph McGlone	404
	Ulster Unionist	James Artt	331
	Alliance	Harold Hutchinson	213
	DUP	Barclay Morrow	145
Turnout			6,440

Moyola [26] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	John Junkin	987
	Sinn Féin	John Davey	948
	SDLP	Henry McErlean	904
	DUP	Thomas Catherwood	837
	Sinn Féin	Francis McElwee	740
	DUP	Thomas Milligan	721
	Ulster Unionist	Alex Montgomery	458
	SDLP	Francis Madden	341
Turnout			6,096

Sperrin [26] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Doherty	1,028
	Ulster Unionist	Walter Richardson	935
	SDLP	Mary McSorley	865
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Toner	770
	DUP	John Linton	652
	SDLP	Patrick Sweeney	645
	SDLP	John Bradley	507
	SDLP	Frank McKendry	452
	Workers' Party	Francis Donnelly	239
Turnout			6,201

Moyle

Ballycastle [27] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Gardiner Kane	524
	SDLP	Michael O'Cleary	327
	Sinn Féin	Francis McCarry	276
	Ulster Unionist	Robert McPherson	255
	Independent	James McShane	218
	Independent	Archie McAuley	154
	SDLP	Richard Kerr	148
	SDLP	Noel McCurdy	95
Turnout			2,045

Giant's Causeway [27] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	James Rodgers	358
	Ind. Unionist	Price McConaghy	338
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Getty	328
	DUP	Duncan Hill	244
	Ulster Unionist	James McAuley	239
	Ind. Unionist	Mary Morrison	230
	DUP	Ronnie McIlvar	211
Turnout			1,988

The Glens [27] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Malachy McSparran	343
	SDLP	Dermot McMullan	343
	SDLP	Daniel Anderson	321
	Sinn Féin	John Regan	301
	Independent Nationalist	Randal McDonnell	271
	SDLP	Patrick McBride	253
	Ulster Unionist	Hugh Acheson	213
	SDLP	Mary Hegarty	123
	Sinn Féin	James McCarry	118
	Sinn Féin	James McMullan	82
	Irish Independence	John McKay	71
Turnout			2,472

Newry and Mourne

Crotlieve [28] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	P. J. Bradley	1,717
	SDLP	Jim McCart	904
	Ulster Unionist	Violet Cromie	849
	Independent Nationalist	Ciaran Mussen	682
	SDLP	Brian Mulligan	635
	Independent Nationalist	Sean Tinnelly	602
	SDLP	Patrick Harper	561
	Ulster Unionist	William McCoy	547
	DUP	William Sterritt	537
	SDLP	Liam Trainor	393
	Independent	Francis Price	176
	Workers' Party	Henry Smyth	141
	Independent Labour	Johnny Ward	30
Turnout			8,005

Newry Town [28] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Irish Independence	Eugene Markey	1,003
	Ulster Unionist	William McCaigue	938
	SDLP	Sean Gallogly	918
	SDLP	Arthur Ruddy	892
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Curran	704
	SDLP	Patrick McElroy	588
	SDLP	Thomas McGrath	558
	SDLP	John McArdle	383
	Sinn Féin	Sean Mathers	380
	Sinn Féin	Deborah Morgan	347
	Workers' Party	Tom Moore	266
	Independent	James McKevitt	226
	Irish Independence	Freddie Kearns	136
	Independent	Noel Sloan	82
Turnout			7,658

Slieve Gullion [28] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Jim McAllister	1,199
	SDLP	Pat Toner	1,074
	SDLP	Owen Kelly	788
	SDLP	Noel McKevitt	777
	Sinn Féin	Eamon Larkin	711
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Murphy	623
	Irish Independence	Jim Murphy	268
	Sinn Féin	Sarah Murphy	261
	Independent Republican	Brian Woods	187
Turnout			5,888

The Fews [28] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Lewis	1,302
	SDLP	James Savage	911
	Ulster Unionist	William Moffett	767
	SDLP	Nan Sands	763
	Ulster Unionist	Danny Kennedy	750
	DUP	Gordon Heslip	543
	Ulster Unionist	David McMullan	494
	SDLP	John McElherron	450
	Ulster Unionist	Florence Henning	393
	Alliance	Victor Frizell	356
	Workers' Party	Brian Mulligan	91
	Irish Independence	Francis McCamley	54
Turnout			7,015

The Mournes [28] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	George Graham	1,422
	Ulster Unionist	William Russell	1,391
	SDLP	Colum Murnion	1,058
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Young	820
	Ulster Unionist	William Coulter	802
	SDLP	Anne Marie Cunningham	643
	DUP	William Burns	270
Turnout			6,595

Newtownabbey

Antrim Line [29] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	William Green	873
	Alliance	James Rooney	791
	DUP	Billy McDonnell	725
	Ulster Unionist	Ivan Hunter	668
	DUP	Mary Harkness	638
	Ulster Unionist	Joseph Kell	522
	SDLP	Thomas McTeague	452
	SDLP	Margaret Harrison	313
	Newtownabbey Labour Party	Thomas Davidson	81
	Newtownabbey Labour Party	Lindsay Prior	37
Turnout			5,238

Ballyclare [29] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ind. Unionist	Arthur Templeton	1,007
	DUP	Samuel Gardiner	900
	Ind. Unionist	Sidney Cameron	755
	Ulster Unionist	James Wilson	606
	DUP	Winston Hanna	431
	Independent	Leonard Hardy	389
	Ulster Unionist	William Christie	377
	Independent	Nan Foster	298
	Alliance	Albert Reid	290
	Ulster Unionist	Robert McKenzie	167
Turnout			5,336

Doagh Road [29] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Jim Allister	1,381
	Ulster Unionist	Fraser Agnew	916
	Newtownabbey Labour Party	Bob Kidd	436
	Ulster Unionist	Andrew Beattie	355
	Ulster Unionist	Letitia McCartney	307
	Alliance	John Elliott	293
	DUP	David Hollis	258
	All Night Party	Mark Langhammer	203
	Workers' Party	Austin Kelly	193
	Newtownabbey Labour Party	David Lowrie	128
	DUP	Charles South	100
	All Night Party	Roy Wallace	13
	All Night Party	David Coburn	12
	All Night Party	Douglas Edwards	6
	All Night Party	William McClinton	1
Turnout			4,786

Manse Road [29] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	George Herron	1,400
	DUP	Edward Cassells	982
	Ulster Unionist	James Robinson	736
	DUP	Samuel Neill	701
	Alliance	George Jones	596
	Ulster Unionist	James Smith	396
	SDLP	Bernard Conlon	207
	Ulster Unionist	Agnes Sloan	185
Turnout			5,307

Shore Road [29] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Billy Boyd	1,370
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Caul	1,340
	Ulster Unionist	Ken Robinson	712
	Alliance	Leo McKenna	638
	DUP	Billy Gillespie	336
	PUP	John Niblock	333
	Ind. Unionist	Desmond Dowds	297
	Campaign for Human and Animal Rights	Helen Craig	124
	Newtownabbey Labour Party	Thomas Crawford	61
	Newtownabbey Labour Party	James Devlin	49
	Independent	Claire Martin	15
Turnout			5,392

North Down

Abbey [30] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	John McCormick	1,104
	Ulster Unionist	George Green	945
	UPUP	Brian Meharg	766
	Alliance	James Magee	634
	DUP	Ivy Cooling	457
	Ulster Unionist	John Preston	296
	Alliance	James Pettis	167
	DUP	Raymond Trousdale	135
	PUP	Kenneth McMullan	92
	Ulster Unionist	Ernest Jackson	74
Turnout			4,824

Ballyholme and Groomsport [30] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Bruce Mulligan	893
	Ind. Unionist	Edmund Mills	871
	DUP	Alan Leslie	795
	Alliance	Donald Hayes	737
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Hamilton	610
	UPUP	Valerie Kinghan	559
	Alliance	Sylvia Anderson	471
	Alliance	Jane Copeland	465
	DUP	Elizabeth Loan	399
	Ulster Unionist	Enid Stringer	213
	PUP	Samuel Meneely	18
Turnout			6,124

Bangor West [30] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Hazel Bradford	1,695
	DUP	Alan Graham	970
	Alliance	William Bailie	913
	Alliance	Brian Wilson	686
	UPUP	Ian Sinclair	505
	Ulster Unionist	Cecil Braniff	414
	DUP	George McMurtry	381
	PUP	Thomas O'Brien	267
	Alliance	Alfred Mairs	261
	Ulster Unionist	William Smiley	172
	DUP	William Swain	134
	Ulster Unionist	Edward Lindsay	118
Turnout			6,669

Holywood [30] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Ellie McKay	786
	Ulster Unionist	John Auld	784
	Alliance	Susan O'Brien	765
	Alliance	Michael Clarke	702
	DUP	Gordon Dunne	654
	Independent	Dennis Ogborn	585
	UPUP	James White	310
	Ulster Unionist	Roger Lomas	115
	DUP	Elizabeth Graham	102
Turnout			4,896

Omagh

Mid Tyrone [31] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Kerr	1,634
	Sinn Féin	James McElduff	975
	Sinn Féin	Barney McAleer	914
	DUP	Willis Cooke	863
	Ulster Unionist	William Thompson	824
	SDLP	Paddy McGowan	569
	DUP	Tommy Armstrong	510
	SDLP	Nuala McSherry	380
	Irish Independence	Brian McGrath	370
	Alliance	Patrick Bogan	297
	Workers' Party	Patrick McClean	253
	Ulster Unionist	Cecil Beattie	219
Turnout			7,948

Omagh Town [31] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Francis Mackey	1,213
	DUP	Oliver Gibson	848
	Independent	Johnny McLaughlin	779
	SDLP	Bernadette Grant	586
	DUP	David Aiken	517
	Ulster Unionist	Wilfred Breen	463
	SDLP	Stephen McKenna	421
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Strain	402
	Alliance	James Lagan	374
	SDLP	Arthur Breen	346
	Workers' Party	Hugh Gormley	143
	Alliance	Richard Hinds	129
	DUP	Raymond Farrell	105
	Irish Independence	James Sweeney	75
	Alliance	Dermot McCormack	73
Turnout			6,598

West Tyrone [31] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Arthur McFarland	1,186
	Sinn Féin	Cecilia Quinn	1,111
	DUP	Harry Cairns	938
	SDLP	Liam McQuaid	839
	Sinn Féin	Gerry McMenamin	738
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Moses	630
	Sinn Féin	James McElhinney	426
	SDLP	Gregory McMullan	394
	SDLP	John Skelton	370
	Irish Independence	Patrick Donnelly	347
	DUP	George Thompson	268
	Workers' Party	Tommy Owens	204
	Alliance	Eric Bullick	175
	DUP	Hazel McKenzie	151
	Irish Independence	James Connolly	140
Turnout			8,091

Strabane

Derg [32] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Charles McHugh	1,534
	Ulster Unionist	Edward Turner	1,357
	DUP	Thomas Kerrigan	1,270
	Independent Nationalist	Denis McCrory	480
	DUP	Noel Finlayson	411
	SDLP	James Fitzsimons	328
	DUP	David Baird	256
	SDLP	William Flanagan	207
Turnout			5,938

Glenelly [32] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Ulster Unionist	Mary Britton	1,381
	SDLP	John Gallagher	1,051
	DUP	Samuel Rogers	972
	DUP	Ronald Brolly	795
	Sinn Féin	Thomas McNamee	772
	Independent Nationalist	Francis McConnell	596
	DUP	Violet McGerrigle	294
Turnout			5,978

Mourne [32] [7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Ivan Barr	1,581
	Independent Nationalist	James O'Kane	1,250
	SDLP	Paul O'Hare	757
	SDLP	Margaret McManus	588
	Ulster Unionist	John Cummings	575
	DUP	Desmond Monteith	527
	SDLP	Mary McCrea	388
Turnout			5,796

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