Castlereagh Area B was one of the three district electoral areas in Castlereagh, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected eight members to Castlereagh Borough Council, and formed part of the Belfast East constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Ballyhanwood, Carrowreagh, Dundonald, Enler, Gilnahirk, Lower Braniel, Tullycarnet and Upper Braniel. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Castlereagh East DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | John Gilpin (DUP) | Roy Allen (DUP) | John Boyle (DUP) | Alan Carson (DUP) | Matthew Anderson (UUP) | William Ward (UUP) | Felicity Boyd (Alliance) | Addie Morrow (Alliance) | ||||||||
| 1977 | John Lamont (DUP) | Walter McFarland (Independent Unionist) | Leslie Farrington (UUP) | Thomas McQueen (Alliance) | ||||||||||||
| 1973 | Michael Brooks (Loyalist Coalition) | John Scott (United Loyalist) | J. G. McKeown (UUP) | Ronald McLean (UUP) | Joseph O'Hara (UUP) | Catherine Condy (Alliance) | ||||||||||
1977: 3 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1981: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from Alliance and Independent Unionist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| DUP | Roy Allen | 31.17% | 3,098 | |||||||||||
| DUP | John Boyle | 3.49% | 347 | 1,584.6 | ||||||||||
| DUP | Alan Carson | 9.93% | 987 | 1,234.65 | ||||||||||
| DUP | John Gilpin* | 4.47% | 444 | 514.85 | 940.73 | 1,029.63 | 1,038.14 | 1,041.14 | 1,041.14 | 1,049.96 | 1,107.96 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | William Ward | 9.18% | 912 | 966.6 | 971.54 | 975.74 | 979.04 | 982.34 | 986.34 | 989.34 | 1,014.8 | 1,091.57 | 1,124.57 | |
| Alliance | Addie Morrow * | 7.30% | 725 | 753.4 | 736.44 | 737.84 | 737.84 | 739.84 | 788.1 | 804.1 | 816.1 | 824.87 | 1,100.76 | |
| Alliance | Felicity Boyd* | 7.47% | 742 | 798.55 | 800.89 | 802.64 | 803.29 | 805.29 | 826.29 | 867.94 | 885.24 | 898.4 | 1,029.48 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Matthew Anderson* | 7.89% | 784 | 903.6 | 906.98 | 909.78 | 911.08 | 912.34 | 917.99 | 926.94 | 952.61 | 1,008.24 | 1,024.12 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Leslie Farrington* | 7.46% | 741 | 752.05 | 756.21 | 757.26 | 757.91 | 759.91 | 763.91 | 765.91 | 796.59 | 844.3 | 855.95 | |
| Alliance | Amy McKeown | 3.85% | 383 | 407.7 | 410.82 | 411.52 | 413.82 | 422.82 | 462.82 | 478.82 | 494.98 | 511.45 | ||
| DUP | John Lamont* | 2.79% | 277 | 345.9 | 372.94 | 395.34 | 399.16 | 403.72 | 403.72 | 407.02 | 459.24 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | Michael Brooks | 1.95% | 194 | 247.3 | 258.74 | 261.89 | 266.84 | 267.84 | 269.84 | 272.84 | ||||
| NI Labour | James Bate | 0.76% | 76 | 83.8 | 84.58 | 84.93 | 94.58 | 141.58 | 141.58 | |||||
| Alliance | Samuel Pyper | 1.25% | 124 | 124.65 | 124.91 | 124.91 | 124.91 | 128.91 | ||||||
| NI Labour | William Gunning | 0.65% | 65 | 68.25 | 69.29 | 69.99 | 83.99 | |||||||
| NI Labour | William Copley | 0.28% | 28 | 29.3 | 29.82 | 30.17 | ||||||||
| Loyalist | Annetta Hynes | 0.11% | 11 | 24 | 24.52 | 24.87 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 18,808 Valid: 9,938 (52.84%) Spoilt: 397 Quota: 1,105 Turnout: 10,335 (54.95%) | ||||||||||||||
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Loyalist Coalition
1977: 3 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) and Alliance gain from UUP, United Loyalist and Loyalist Coalition
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| Alliance | Addie Morrow * | 11.38% | 884 | |||||||||||||
| Alliance | Felicity Boyd | 10.85% | 843 | 848.6 | 849.6 | 857.66 | 860.7 | 862.72 | 940.76 | |||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Matthew Anderson | 9.00% | 699 | 699.24 | 699.24 | 701.26 | 711.26 | 722.26 | 724.26 | 797.32 | 800.32 | 801.34 | 856.34 | 887.34 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Leslie Farrington* | 6.45% | 501 | 501.36 | 501.36 | 501.38 | 508.38 | 512.42 | 519.42 | 631.46 | 632.46 | 632.5 | 688.52 | 715.52 | 929.52 | |
| DUP | John Lamont | 5.42% | 421 | 421.02 | 421.02 | 421.02 | 427.02 | 455.02 | 456.02 | 456.04 | 456.04 | 663.04 | 666.06 | 827.06 | 859.08 | |
| DUP | John Gilpin | 6.71% | 521 | 521.02 | 521.02 | 522.02 | 527.02 | 559.02 | 562.02 | 564.04 | 564.04 | 691.06 | 694.06 | 793.06 | 842.08 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Walter McFarland* | 7.23% | 562 | 562.28 | 563.28 | 570.3 | 581.3 | 589.32 | 592.32 | 608.32 | 608.32 | 613.34 | 670.38 | 737.48 | 834.52 | |
| Alliance | Thomas McQueen | 6.59% | 512 | 521.54 | 521.54 | 524.64 | 527.64 | 532.64 | 585.66 | 595.72 | 661.72 | 662.72 | 769.86 | 775.88 | 833.9 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Robert Allen | 6.90% | 536 | 536.06 | 537.06 | 537.06 | 598.06 | 626.06 | 637.06 | 640.06 | 641.06 | 644.06 | 651.06 | 669.06 | 688.06 | |
| Vanguard | Thomas Lyons | 5.70% | 443 | 443.12 | 443.12 | 443.14 | 444.14 | 451.14 | 458.14 | 464.16 | 464.16 | 470.16 | 498.2 | 527.2 | ||
| UUUP | John Scott* | 5.25% | 408 | 408.12 | 408.12 | 409.12 | 411.12 | 437.12 | 438.12 | 448.14 | 448.14 | 456.14 | 468.16 | |||
| Unionist Party NI | Brent Hughes | 3.36% | 261 | 261.28 | 262.28 | 348.32 | 353.32 | 354.32 | 365.34 | 365.36 | 368.36 | 370.36 | ||||
| DUP | John Hill | 4.27% | 332 | 332.08 | 333.08 | 335.08 | 344.08 | 360.08 | 362.08 | 362.1 | 362.1 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Joseph O'Hara* | 2.91% | 226 | 226.28 | 226.28 | 230.3 | 234.3 | 236.3 | 238.3 | |||||||
| NI Labour | John Barkley | 2.18% | 169 | 169.08 | 187.08 | 188.08 | 189.08 | 190.08 | ||||||||
| Loyalist | Michael Brooks* | 2.20% | 171 | 171.1 | 171.1 | 173.1 | 175.1 | |||||||||
| Ind. Unionist | Ronald McLean* | 1.75% | 136 | 136.04 | 137.04 | 137.04 | ||||||||||
| Unionist Party NI | Pauline Mateer | 1.53% | 119 | 119.32 | 119.32 | |||||||||||
| Independent | William Copley | 0.33% | 26 | 26 | ||||||||||||
| Electorate: 18,946 Valid: 7,770 (41.01%) Spoilt: 329 Quota: 864 Turnout: 8,099 (42.75%) | ||||||||||||||||
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Loyalist Coalition
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Leslie Farrington | 19.75% | 2,312 | ||||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | J. G. McKeown | 12.30% | 1,440 | ||||||||||||
| Alliance | Catherine Condy | 9.00% | 1,053 | 1,068.48 | 1,071.18 | 1,163.22 | 1,187.22 | 1,173.74 | 1,181.83 | 1,244.53 | 1,534.53 | ||||
| Alliance | Addie Morrow | 5.70% | 667 | 686.78 | 690.02 | 753.54 | 761.97 | 765.4 | 768.92 | 1,196.06 | 1,337.06 | ||||
| Loyalist Coalition | Michael Brooks | 9.07% | 1,062 | 1,081.35 | 1,084.05 | 1,088.05 | 1,108.05 | 1,251.61 | 1,297.7 | 1,300.7 | 1,322.7 | ||||
| United Loyalist | John Scott | 5.87% | 687 | 695.17 | 696.34 | 699.34 | 820.06 | 842.58 | 893.44 | 894.96 | 899.39 | 907.39 | 1,548.39 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Ronald McLean | 3.25% | 381 | 991.17 | 1,058.31 | 1,063.98 | 1,072.07 | 1,101.4 | 1,121.39 | 1,129.34 | 1,178.6 | 1,238.6 | 1,268.81 | 1,298.51 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Joseph O'Hara | 5.90% | 691 | 930.51 | 972.63 | 975.49 | 984.44 | 998.45 | 1,022.02 | 1,038.49 | 1,056.09 | 1,110.09 | 1,143.87 | 1,190.85 | |
| United Loyalist | J. A. Humphreys | 5.53% | 647 | 672.37 | 674.26 | 676.26 | 685.26 | 767.82 | 860.25 | 861.25 | 871.68 | 882.68 | 963.92 | 1,130.78 | |
| United Loyalist | James Scott | 4.01% | 469 | 475.45 | 476.89 | 478.32 | 572.93 | 594.36 | 805.92 | 809.35 | 816.35 | 823.35 | |||
| NI Labour | J. Getty | 4.61% | 540 | 549.03 | 550.2 | 559.76 | 560.94 | 565.12 | 567.21 | 578.64 | |||||
| Alliance | W. R. Morrow | 6.59% | 520 | 525.59 | 527.3 | 534.73 | 537.73 | 537.82 | 537.82 | ||||||
| United Loyalist | G. L. McVeigh | 3.23% | 378 | 386.6 | 387.68 | 391.68 | 439.97 | 462.06 | |||||||
| Vanguard | Thomas Lyons | 2.94% | 344 | 353.46 | 354.63 | 356.15 | 357.15 | ||||||||
| Unionist Loyalist | P. G. Moles | 2.76% | 323 | 327.73 | 328.27 | 328.27 | |||||||||
| Alliance | Annie Ground | 1.64% | 192 | 200.17 | 201.16 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 18,373 Valid: 11,706 (63.71%) Spoilt: 132 Quota: 1,301 Turnout: 11,838 (64.43%) | |||||||||||||||
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