Manse Road (District Electoral Area)

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Manse Road was one of the five district electoral areas in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 1993. The district elected five members to Newtownabbey Borough Council, and formed part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

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It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Newtownabbey Area C and Newtownabbey Area D which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Ballyduff, Burnthill, Carnmoney, Hawthorne and Mossley. It was abolished for the 1993 local elections and replaced with the Antrim Line DEA and the University DEA.

Councillors

ElectionCouncillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
1989 Gordon Mawhinney
(Alliance)
Samuel Neill
(DUP)
Arthur Kell
(UUP)
James Robinson
(UUP)
George Herron
(UUP)
1985 Edward Cassells
(DUP)
James Smith
(UUP)

1989 Election

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Manse Road - 5 seats [1]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123
Ulster Unionist George Herron*37.56%1,762  
Ulster Unionist James Robinson*19.48%914  
Ulster Unionist Arthur Kell6.46%3031,131.78 
DUP Samuel Neill*15.20%713800.78 
Alliance Gordon Mawhinney 15.46%725768.89 904.25
Ind. Unionist Thomas Buchanan2.11%99109.83 305.35
Workers' Party Brendan Heaney3.73%175182.41 196.98
Electorate: 11,302  Valid: 4,691 (41.51%)  Spoilt: 134  Quota: 782  Turnout: 4,825 (42.69%)  

    1985 Election

    1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

    Manse Road - 5 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Ulster Unionist George Herron*26.91%1,400      
    DUP Edward Cassells18.87%982      
    Ulster Unionist James Robinson14.15%7361,064.32     
    DUP Samuel Neill*13.47%701753.44 764.66 766.04 800.86 898.32 
    Ulster Unionist James Smith*7.61%396468.2 515.5 516.5 803.22 809.27 836.27
    Alliance George Jones11.45%596616.14 617.9 809.12 826.34 828.54 829.54
    Ulster Unionist Agnes Sloan3.56%185235.54 362.92 364.36    
    SDLP Bernard Conlon3.98%207207.76 208.64     
    Electorate: 10,827  Valid: 5,203 (48.06%)  Spoilt: 104  Quota: 868  Turnout: 5,307 (49.02%)  

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      References

      1. "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
      2. "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.