Magherafelt Area B 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 Bellaghy, Gulladuff, Knockloughrim, Upperlands and Valley. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Moyola DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Robert Overend (UUUP) | Thomas Milligan (DUP) | John Junkin (UUP) | Henry McErlean (SDLP) | Oliver Hughes (IIP) | |||||
| 1977 | Matthew Hyndman (DUP) | Thomas Kelso (UUP) | Patrick Scullion (SDLP) | Vincent O'Neill (Independent Nationalist) | ||||||
| 1973 | Ian Davidson (Vanguard) | David Porte (UUP) | ||||||||
1977: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x IIP
1977-1981 Change: IIP gain from Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Irish Independence | Oliver Hughes | 33.77% | 1,961 | ||||||
| UUUP | Robert Overend * | 18.43% | 1,070 | ||||||
| SDLP | Henry McErlean | 4.89% | 284 | 679.66 | 679.66 | 1,075.39 | |||
| DUP | Thomas Milligan | 11.50% | 668 | 668.55 | 705.49 | 705.58 | 1,146.58 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | John Junkin | 11.88% | 690 | 695.99 | 736.79 | 736.79 | 818.03 | 991.87 | |
| Independent Nationalist | Vincent O'Neill* | 5.17% | 300 | 712.02 | 712.49 | 797.72 | 797.81 | 800.99 | |
| DUP | Alexander Montgomery | 8.82% | 512 | 513.1 | 534.72 | 534.72 | |||
| SDLP | Francis Madden | 5.55% | 322 | 498.58 | 498.86 | ||||
| Electorate: 6,702 Valid: 5,807 (86.65%) Spoilt: 178 Quota: 968 Turnout: 5,985 (89.30%) | |||||||||
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: DUP and UUUP gain from UUP and Vanguard
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| DUP | Matthew Hyndman | 14.81% | 768 | 809 | 812 | 812 | 812 | 960 | |||||||
| Independent Nationalist | Vincent O'Neill* | 13.21% | 685 | 685 | 698 | 712 | 753 | 753 | 753 | 912 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Thomas Kelso* | 11.27% | 584 | 647 | 667 | 667 | 667 | 713 | 726 | 727 | 986 | ||||
| UUUP | Robert Overend | 10.13% | 525 | 545 | 597 | 597 | 597 | 686 | 760.75 | 761.75 | 914.75 | ||||
| SDLP | Patrick Scullion* | 9.82% | 509 | 509 | 530 | 568 | 602 | 602 | 602 | 651 | 654 | 658 | 661 | 685.96 | |
| SDLP | John Madden | 7.29% | 378 | 379 | 388 | 405 | 566 | 566 | 566 | 626 | 630 | 637 | 639 | 660.32 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Shiels | 7.35% | 381 | 393 | 414 | 414 | 414 | 451 | 456.85 | 461.85 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | Murty Dorrity | 5.42% | 281 | 283 | 289 | 397 | 402 | 402 | 402 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | David Porte* | 5.90% | 306 | 321 | 326 | 328 | 328 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Frank McWilliams | 4.38% | 227 | 227 | 234 | 243 | |||||||||
| Republican Clubs | Michael Scullion | 3.67% | 190 | 190 | 198 | ||||||||||
| Alliance | Thomas Smyth | 3.57% | 185 | 190 | |||||||||||
| Vanguard | Ian Davidson* | 3.18% | 165 | ||||||||||||
| Electorate: 6,757 Valid: 5,184 (76.72%) Spoilt: 192 Quota: 865 Turnout: 5,376 (79.56%) | |||||||||||||||
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Thomas Kelso | 20.79% | 1,172 | ||||||
| Vanguard | Ian Davidson | 19.21% | 1,083 | ||||||
| Independent Nationalist | Vincent O'Neill | 15.75% | 888 | 888 | 888.52 | 949.52 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | David Porte | 8.35% | 471 | 562.77 | 615.94 | 615.94 | 657.79 | 1,051.79 | |
| SDLP | Patrick Scullion | 13.07% | 737 | 737.19 | 737.56 | 760.58 | 813.58 | 816.57 | |
| SDLP | John Madden | 10.89% | 614 | 614 | 614.13 | 626.13 | 655.32 | 662.07 | |
| Ulster Unionist | T. J. Johnston | 6.78% | 382 | 506.07 | 583.55 | 583.55 | 638.93 | ||
| Alliance | John Stewart | 3.37% | 190 | 194.56 | 197.03 | 197.03 | |||
| Unity | Harry McCoy | 1.79% | 101 | 101.19 | 101.32 | ||||
| Electorate: 6,838 Valid: 5,638 (82.45%) Spoilt: 57 Quota: 940 Turnout: 5,695 (83.28%) | |||||||||
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