Armagh Area B was one of the four district electoral areas in Armagh, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected six members to Armagh District Council, and formed part of the Armagh constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Killeen, Laurelvale, Markethill, Poyntz Pass, Richhill and Tandragee. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Cusher DEA.
Councillors
edit| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Thomas Black (DUP) |
Francis Little (UUUP) |
Jim Speers (UUP) |
William McClelland (UUP) |
Robert Turner (UUP) |
Seamus Mallon (SDLP) | ||||||
| 1977 | William Henning (UUP) | |||||||||||
| 1973 | Nathaniel McMahon (UUP) |
Nelson Huddleston (UUP) |
Andrew Crothers (UUP) | |||||||||
1981 Election
edit1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP
1981: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP
1977-1981 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| UUP | Jim Speers* | 22.40% | 1,931 | |||||||
| SDLP | Seamus Mallon* | 16.17% | 1,394 | |||||||
| UUP | William McClelland* | 12.67% | 1,092 | 1,264.8 | ||||||
| DUP | Thomas Black* | 10.64% | 917 | 955.16 | 959.88 | 963.38 | 1,170.16 | 1,843.16 | ||
| UUUP | Francis Little* | 8.49% | 732 | 768.72 | 808.08 | 819.98 | 867.52 | 895.84 | 1,189.84 | |
| UUP | Robert Turner | 8.61% | 742 | 967 | 968.72 | 1,033.12 | 1,054.48 | 1,087.38 | 1,178.38 | |
| UUP | Thomas Johnston | 8.50% | 733 | 891.4 | 902.2 | 970.8 | 994.04 | 1,026.44 | 1,143.44 | |
| DUP | John Alexander | 6.51% | 561 | 573.96 | 576.4 | 582 | 787.96 | |||
| DUP | Mervyn Spratt | 5.32% | 459 | 498.96 | 503.96 | 511.66 | ||||
| UUUP | Frederick Hamilton | 0.68% | 59 | 65.48 | ||||||
| Electorate: 10,993 Valid: 8,620 (78.41%) Spoilt: 160 Quota: 1,232 Turnout: 8,780 (79.87%) | ||||||||||
1977 Election
edit1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUUP
1973-1977 Change: UUUP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| UUP | William Henning* | 16.55% | 1,177 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Seamus Mallon* | 15.35% | 1,092 | ||||||||
| DUP | Thomas Black* | 15.14% | 1,077 | ||||||||
| UUP | William McClelland | 13.51% | 961 | 1,044.85 | |||||||
| UUUP | Francis Little | 7.79% | 554 | 561.93 | 562.23 | 572.43 | 659.79 | 662.24 | 977.33 | 988.36 | |
| UUP | Jim Speers | 9.86% | 701 | 727.39 | 727.49 | 729.49 | 745.3 | 754.15 | 807.96 | 895.12 | |
| UUP | George Parks | 7.21% | 513 | 539.65 | 539.85 | 544.5 | 555.78 | 572.53 | 622.83 | 794.32 | |
| Alliance | James McAfee | 4.37% | 311 | 311.91 | 360.31 | 360.51 | 361.51 | 530.1 | 530.1 | ||
| DUP | Mervyn Spratt | 5.58% | 397 | 398.69 | 398.69 | 430.34 | 454.26 | 455.46 | |||
| Alliance | Christina Glendinning | 2.64% | 188 | 190.6 | 210.7 | 211.5 | 214.65 | ||||
| UUUP | David Robb | 2.00% | 142 | 143.43 | 143.43 | 147.03 | |||||
| Electorate: 10,579 Valid: 7,113 (67.24%) Spoilt: 257 Quota: 1,017 Turnout: 7,370 (69.67%) | |||||||||||
1973 Election
edit1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| DUP | Thomas Black | 20.51% | 1,525 | ||||||||
| UUP | Nathaniel McMahon | 16.26% | 1,209 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Seamus Mallon | 14.41% | 1,071 | ||||||||
| UUP | William Henning | 14.10% | 1,048 | 1,168.45 | |||||||
| UUP | Nelson Huddleston | 10.17% | 756 | 838.5 | 890.46 | 929.76 | 931.76 | 961.08 | 994.87 | 1,127.87 | |
| UUP | Andrew Crothers | 6.66% | 495 | 646.14 | 687.06 | 729.66 | 729.99 | 748.44 | 763.25 | 942.29 | |
| UUP | Thomas Hutchinson | 6.40% | 476 | 543.32 | 586.64 | 607.64 | 609.76 | 642.93 | 678.69 | 781.7 | |
| Alliance | Austin Best | 4.32% | 321 | 326.61 | 328.17 | 328.47 | 334.8 | 416.57 | 638.41 | ||
| Alliance | John Lamb | 3.23% | 240 | 249.24 | 252.6 | 252.9 | 267.9 | 329.9 | |||
| Alliance | Harden Glendinning | 1.56% | 116 | 119.63 | 120.35 | 120.35 | 141.47 | ||||
| Independent | Robert Newell | 1.30% | 97 | 108.55 | 110.95 | 112.15 | 112.15 | ||||
| NI Labour | Eamon McCann | 1.08% | 80 | 80.66 | 81.02 | 81.02 | |||||
| Electorate: 9,667 Valid: 7,434 (76.90%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 1,063 Turnout: 7,549 (78.09%) | |||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 26 July 2021.