Magherafelt Area A was one of the three district electoral areas in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Magherafelt District Council, and formed part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Draperstown, Lower Glenshane, Maghera, Swatragh and Tobermore. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Sperrin DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | John Linton (DUP) | Mary McSorley (SDLP) | Patrick Sweeney (SDLP) | Francis McKendry (SDLP) | Noel McCusker (Independent Republican) | |||||
| 1977 | Francis Thompson (UUP) | John Henning (UUP) | Philip Bradley (SDLP) | Francis Donnelly (Republican Clubs) | ||||||
| 1973 | David Campbell (UUP) | P. J. Heron (SDLP) | ||||||||
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs
1981: 3 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Republican
1977-1981 Change: SDLP, DUP and Independent Republican gain from UUP (two seats) and Republican Clubs
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent Republican | Noel McCusker | 25.13% | 1,597 | |||||||
| SDLP | Mary McSorley | 14.48% | 920 | 993.08 | 1,032.4 | 1,032.4 | 1,247.4 | |||
| SDLP | Patrick Sweeney* | 11.10% | 705 | 960.24 | 976.64 | 984.64 | 1,012.12 | 1,090.92 | ||
| DUP | John Linton | 12.95% | 823 | 823.36 | 824.36 | 981.72 | 987.44 | 987.44 | 995.44 | |
| SDLP | Francis McKendry | 7.22% | 459 | 520.56 | 528.8 | 529.8 | 683.84 | 781.17 | 967.17 | |
| Ulster Unionist | John Henning* | 8.95% | 569 | 569.36 | 573.36 | 759.36 | 760.36 | 760.36 | 773.36 | |
| Republican Clubs | Francis Donnelly* | 5.18% | 329 | 390.56 | 545.24 | 548.24 | 566.56 | 577.68 | ||
| SDLP | Patrick McBride | 6.34% | 403 | 417.76 | 436.52 | 436.52 | ||||
| Ind. Unionist | Francis Thompson* | 5.65% | 359 | 359.56 | 361.36 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | Geraldine Crilly | 2.16% | 137 | 166.88 | ||||||
| Independent Republican | Peter Merron | 0.83% | 53 | 87.2 | ||||||
| Electorate: 7,247 Valid: 6,354 (87.68%) Spoilt: 129 Quota: 1,060 Turnout: 6,483 (89.46%) | ||||||||||
1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs
1973-1977 Change: UUP gain from SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SDLP | Philip Bradley* | 24.87% | 1,243 | ||||||
| Republican Clubs | Francis Donnelly* | 11.20% | 560 | 619.4 | 682.76 | 844.92 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Francis Thompson | 13.07% | 653 | 653 | 654 | 654 | 654 | 927 | |
| SDLP | Patrick Sweeney* | 13.81% | 690 | 789 | 806.08 | 830.32 | 832.48 | 832.48 | |
| Ulster Unionist | John Henning | 13.13% | 656 | 656.72 | 656.72 | 656.72 | 657.08 | 827.24 | |
| SDLP | Francis McKendry | 9.10% | 455 | 674.24 | 676.24 | 689.92 | 692.44 | 693.52 | |
| DUP | Phyllis Charlton | 8.98% | 449 | 455.12 | 455.12 | 455.12 | 455.12 | ||
| Republican Clubs | Kevin Murphy | 3.86% | 193 | 213.52 | 225.88 | ||||
| Republican Clubs | Peter Merron | 1.98% | 99 | 100.8 | |||||
| Electorate: 6,853 Valid: 4,998 (72.93%) Spoilt: 285 Quota: 834 Turnout: 5,283 (77.09%) | |||||||||
1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| SDLP | P. J. Heron | 20.42% | 1,168 | ||||||||||
| SDLP | Patrick Sweeney | 9.37% | 536 | 550.76 | 565.76 | 581.94 | 619.48 | 633.84 | 874.58 | 928.76 | ???? | ||
| Republican Clubs | Francis Donnelly | 5.94% | 340 | 341.62 | 357.62 | 396.62 | 398.8 | 399.8 | 412.16 | 632.34 | ???? | ||
| Ulster Unionist | David Campbell | 14.90% | 852 | 852.54 | 854.54 | 854.54 | 873.54 | 944.54 | 944.54 | 945.54 | ???? | ???? | |
| SDLP | Philip Bradley | 9.20% | 526 | 686.36 | 709.28 | 711.28 | 722 | 725 | 756.86 | 768.04 | ???? | ???? | |
| Ulster Unionist | Esmond Thompson | 13.18% | 754 | 754 | 754 | 754 | 779 | 890 | 892 | 893 | ???? | ???? | |
| Republican Clubs | J. Convery | 7.01% | 401 | 414.5 | 426.5 | 435.5 | 437.68 | 437.68 | 443.76 | 535.12 | |||
| Republican Clubs | W. Gribben | 5.63% | 322 | 322.54 | 330.72 | 370.72 | 377.72 | 380.9 | 387.9 | ||||
| SDLP | Bridget McKeown | 4.62% | 264 | 277.14 | 278.14 | 284.5 | 303.22 | 308.4 | |||||
| Independent | R. W. Shiels | 3.25% | 186 | 186.54 | 190.54 | 190.54 | 221.72 | ||||||
| Alliance | Andrew Davidson | 2.80% | 160 | 162.52 | 166.52 | 166.52 | |||||||
| Republican Clubs | Peter Merron | 1.87% | 107 | 107.54 | 113.54 | ||||||||
| Unity | Kevin Agnew | 1.82% | 104 | 105.26 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 7,097 Valid: 5,720 (80.60%) Spoilt: 122 Quota: 954 Turnout: 5,842 (82.32%) | |||||||||||||
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