Antrim Area B

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Antrim Area B was one of the three district electoral areas in Antrim, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Antrim Borough Council and formed part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

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It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Aldergrove, Ballyrobin, Crumlin, Parkgate and Templepatrick. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced with the Antrim South East DEA.

Councillors

ElectionCouncillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)
1981 Edgar Wallace
(UUP)		James Cunningham
(UUP)		Thomas Grant
(UUP)		 Roy Thompson
(DUP)		Robert Burns
(SDLP)
1977 George Dundas
(UUP)		Allister Lucas
(DUP)		John McCourt
(Alliance)
1973 Robert Erwin
(UUP)		Alexander Wilson
(UUP)

1981 Election

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

1981: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1977-1981 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

Antrim Area B - 5 seats [1]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Ulster Unionist Edgar Wallace*16.66%688691    
Ulster Unionist James Cunningham*16.56%684688 790   
SDLP Robert Burns15.45%638640 641 699  
Ulster Unionist Thomas Grant9.64%398402 501 654 740 
DUP Roy Thompson 14.21%587594 616 638 642 662
DUP Allister Lucas*13.41%554556 570 579 582 600
Alliance John McCourt*4.72%195302 310    
Ulster Unionist Alexander Wilson6.10%252253     
Alliance George Luke3.24%134     
Electorate: 5,966  Valid: 4,130 (69.23%)  Spoilt: 121  Quota: 689  Turnout: 4,251 (71.25%)  

    1977 Election

    1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

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

    1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP

    Antrim Area B - 5 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Alliance John McCourt*13.88%394397 605   
    Ulster Unionist James Cunningham15.71%446455 460 502  
    Ulster Unionist Edgar Wallace*16.17%459467 470 497  
    Ulster Unionist George Dundas*10.78%306308 313 337 357.25 488.25
    DUP Allister Lucas9.37%266448 453 459 459 476
    Ulster Unionist William Jones9.51%270275 279 291 294 399
    Ulster Unionist Alexander Wilson*8.63%245247 247 265 269.5  
    Alliance George Luke8.31%236237     
    DUP John Patterson7.64%217     
    Electorate: 5,907  Valid: 2,839 (48.06%)  Spoilt: 127  Quota: 474  Turnout: 2,966 (50.21%)  

      1973 Election

      1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

      Antrim Area B - 5 seats [3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Ulster Unionist Edgar Wallace19.90%832      
      Ulster Unionist George Dundas14.69%614629.84 635.32 722.32   
      Ulster Unionist Robert Erwin15.31%640669.92 680.88 705.88   
      Alliance John McCourt6.70%280280.8 452.24 498.88 782.88  
      Ulster Unionist Alexander Wilson10.64%445492.84 503.12 524.76 543.76 597.96 606.76
      Ulster Unionist William Jones12.32%515545.72 555.52 564.32 566.48 581.48 597.32
      SDLP Francis O'Brien8.20%343343.16 357.16 420.16    
      NI Labour William Gregg6.86%287288.76 300.56     
      Alliance Patricia MacKean5.38%225230.76      
      Electorate: 6,211  Valid: 4,181 (67.32%)  Spoilt: 55  Quota: 697  Turnout: 4,236 (68.20%)  

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        References

        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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