Armagh Area B was one of the four district electoral areas in Armagh, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected six members to Armagh District Council, and formed part of the Armagh constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Killeen, Laurelvale, Markethill, Poyntz Pass, Richhill and Tandragee. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Cusher DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Thomas Black (DUP) | Francis Little (UUUP) | Jim Speers (UUP) | William McClelland (UUP) | Robert Turner (UUP) | Seamus Mallon (SDLP) | ||||||
| 1977 | William Henning (UUP) | |||||||||||
| 1973 | Nathaniel McMahon (UUP) | Nelson Huddleston (UUP) | Andrew Crothers (UUP) | |||||||||
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP
1981: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP
1977-1981 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Jim Speers * | 22.40% | 1,931 | |||||||
| SDLP | Seamus Mallon * | 16.17% | 1,394 | |||||||
| Ulster Unionist | William McClelland* | 12.67% | 1,092 | 1,264.8 | ||||||
| DUP | Thomas Black* | 10.64% | 917 | 955.16 | 959.88 | 963.38 | 1,170.16 | 1,843.16 | ||
| UUUP | Francis Little* | 8.49% | 732 | 768.72 | 808.08 | 819.98 | 867.52 | 895.84 | 1,189.84 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Turner | 8.61% | 742 | 967 | 968.72 | 1,033.12 | 1,054.48 | 1,087.38 | 1,178.38 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Thomas Johnston | 8.50% | 733 | 891.4 | 902.2 | 970.8 | 994.04 | 1,026.44 | 1,143.44 | |
| DUP | John Alexander | 6.51% | 561 | 573.96 | 576.4 | 582 | 787.96 | |||
| DUP | Mervyn Spratt | 5.32% | 459 | 498.96 | 503.96 | 511.66 | ||||
| UUUP | Frederick Hamilton | 0.68% | 59 | 65.48 | ||||||
| Electorate: 10,993 Valid: 8,620 (78.41%) Spoilt: 160 Quota: 1,232 Turnout: 8,780 (79.87%) | ||||||||||
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: UUUP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Henning* | 16.55% | 1,177 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Seamus Mallon * | 15.35% | 1,092 | ||||||||
| DUP | Thomas Black* | 15.14% | 1,077 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | William McClelland | 13.51% | 961 | 1,044.85 | |||||||
| UUUP | Francis Little | 7.79% | 554 | 561.93 | 562.23 | 572.43 | 659.79 | 662.24 | 977.33 | 988.36 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Jim Speers | 9.86% | 701 | 727.39 | 727.49 | 729.49 | 745.3 | 754.15 | 807.96 | 895.12 | |
| Ulster Unionist | George Parks | 7.21% | 513 | 539.65 | 539.85 | 544.5 | 555.78 | 572.53 | 622.83 | 794.32 | |
| Alliance | James McAfee | 4.37% | 311 | 311.91 | 360.31 | 360.51 | 361.51 | 530.1 | 530.1 | ||
| DUP | Mervyn Spratt | 5.58% | 397 | 398.69 | 398.69 | 430.34 | 454.26 | 455.46 | |||
| Alliance | Christina Glendinning | 2.64% | 188 | 190.6 | 210.7 | 211.5 | 214.65 | ||||
| UUUP | David Robb | 2.00% | 142 | 143.43 | 143.43 | 147.03 | |||||
| Electorate: 10,579 Valid: 7,113 (67.24%) Spoilt: 257 Quota: 1,017 Turnout: 7,370 (69.67%) | |||||||||||
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| DUP | Thomas Black | 20.51% | 1,525 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Nathaniel McMahon | 16.26% | 1,209 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Seamus Mallon | 14.41% | 1,071 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Henning | 14.10% | 1,048 | 1,168.45 | |||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Nelson Huddleston | 10.17% | 756 | 838.5 | 890.46 | 929.76 | 931.76 | 961.08 | 994.87 | 1,127.87 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Andrew Crothers | 6.66% | 495 | 646.14 | 687.06 | 729.66 | 729.99 | 748.44 | 763.25 | 942.29 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Thomas Hutchinson | 6.40% | 476 | 543.32 | 586.64 | 607.64 | 609.76 | 642.93 | 678.69 | 781.7 | |
| Alliance | Austin Best | 4.32% | 321 | 326.61 | 328.17 | 328.47 | 334.8 | 416.57 | 638.41 | ||
| Alliance | John Lamb | 3.23% | 240 | 249.24 | 252.6 | 252.9 | 267.9 | 329.9 | |||
| Alliance | Harden Glendinning | 1.56% | 116 | 119.63 | 120.35 | 120.35 | 141.47 | ||||
| Independent | Robert Newell | 1.30% | 97 | 108.55 | 110.95 | 112.15 | 112.15 | ||||
| NI Labour | Eamon McCann | 1.08% | 80 | 80.66 | 81.02 | 81.02 | |||||
| Electorate: 9,667 Valid: 7,434 (76.90%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 1,063 Turnout: 7,549 (78.09%) | |||||||||||
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