Lisburn Area B

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

It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Ballymacbrennan, Dromara, Drumbo, Hillsborough and Maze. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Downshire DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
1981		Charles Poots (DUP)		Samuel Dorman (DUP)		James McCann (DUP)		Thomas Lilburn (UUP)		William Bleakes (UUP)
1977						Elsie Kelsey (UUP)
1973				David Titterington (UUP)				James Lilley (UUP)		Ivan McKeever (UUP)

1981 Election

1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

1981: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Lisburn Area B - 5 seats ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Charles Poots *	25.09%	1,469
	UUP	William Bleakes *	20.87%	1,222
	UUP	Thomas Lilburn*	11.19%	655	697.57	843.77	965.88	1,356.88
	DUP	Samuel Dorman*	10.59%	620	789.62	825.22	850.59	891.39	956.39
	DUP	James McCann	8.01%	469	688.45	697.05	760.62	827.96	891.96
	Alliance	John Alderdice	10.64%	623	625.97	639.57	701.5	741.55	828.55
	UUP	Joseph McCullough	7.63%	447	479.34	509.54	582.25
	Independent	William Johnston	5.99%	351	364.2	370.4
Electorate: 9,350  Valid: 5,856 (62.63%)  Spoilt: 121  Quota: 977  Turnout: 5,977 (63.93%)

1977 Election

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUUP

1973-1977 Change: DUP and UUUP gains from UUP

Lisburn Area B - 5 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Charles Poots *	27.05%	1,174
	DUP	Samuel Dorman	7.33%	318	677.19	778.19
	UUP	Thomas Lilburn	12.05%	523	537.82	558.94	733.54
	UUP	Elsie Kelsey*	12.63%	548	558.53	586.55	710.25	729.25
	UUUP	William Bleakes	13.96%	606	618.09	638.99	681.67	707.67
	Alliance	Moore Sinnerton	15.12%	656	657.95	660.73	673.51	675.51
	UUP	James Lilley*	7.70%	334	352.72	372.4
	UUUP	John Curry	4.17%	181	211.42
Electorate: 8,866  Valid: 4,340 (48.95%)  Spoilt: 108  Quota: 724  Turnout: 4,448 (50.17%)

1973 Election

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP

Lisburn Area B - 5 seats ^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	UUP	David Titterington	19.70%	1,102
	DUP	Charles Poots	19.46%	1,089
	UUP	Elsie Kelsey	17.23%	964
	UUP	James Lilley	9.85%	551	607.55	621.83	640.64	648.56	659.42	678.93	864.41
	UUP	Ivan McKeever	10.35%	579	660	674.98	682.48	684.96	697.93	714.56	857.02
	Alliance	Oliver Hunter	8.10%	453	457.95	459.49	460.18	542.66	715.93	721.21	733.28
	Vanguard	Robert Rush	5.42%	303	311.1	388.8	389.34	389.34	390.48	648.28
	Vanguard	David Williamson	4.61%	258	263.85	302.49	302.85	306.18	308.13
	Alliance	Nancy McIntyre	2.81%	157	159.55	160.11	160.62	204.4
	Alliance	Moore Sinnerton	2.48%	139	141.25	142.37	142.52
Electorate: 9,328  Valid: 5,595 (59.98%)  Spoilt: 87  Quota: 933  Turnout: 5,682 (60.91%)

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.