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District electoral areas in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Newtownabbey Area B was one of the four district electoral areas in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected six members to Newtownabbey 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 Bradan, Coole, Dunanney, Hopefield, Whiteabbey and Whitehouse. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Doagh Road DEA.
Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | ||||||
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1981 | David Hanna (DUP) |
Cecil Stranger (UUP)/ (Loyalist) |
Fraser Agnew (UUP) |
Letitia McCartney (UUP) |
John Elliott (Alliance) |
Robert Kidd (Newtownabbey Labour)/ (NILP) | ||||||
1977 | George Herron (DUP) |
Ivan Hunter (UUP) |
Doris Robb (UUP) | |||||||||
1973 | Thomas Gourley (United Loyalist) |
Alex McGowan (UUP) |
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Loyalist
1981: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour
1977-1981 Change: Loyalist joins UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | David Hanna | 34.78% | 1,964 | ||||||
UUP | Fraser Agnew | 19.30% | 1,090 | ||||||
UUP | Letitia McCartney | 9.69% | 547 | 1,176.37 | |||||
UUP | Cecil Stringer* | 7.97% | 450 | 809.1 | |||||
Newtownabbey Labour | Robert Kidd* | 7.67% | 433 | 510.49 | 590.5 | 660.04 | 801.23 | 983.23 | |
Alliance | John Elliott* | 6.42% | 363 | 392.61 | 453.09 | 583.62 | 595.42 | 653.68 | |
Alliance | Hugh Montgomery | 5.15% | 291 | 307.38 | 351.48 | 409.62 | 417.08 | 445.11 | |
Republican Clubs | Austin Kelly | 6.64% | 375 | 378.78 | 381.93 | 384.78 | 396.78 | ||
Newtownabbey Labour | Alistair Keery | 1.81% | 102 | 123.42 | 151.14 | 169.38 | |||
Communist | William Stewart | 0.57% | 32 | 33.89 | 40.19 | 41.33 | |||
Electorate: 12,043 Valid: 5,647 (46.89%) Spoilt: 273 Quota: 807 Turnout: 5,920 (49.16%) |
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x Loyalist, 1 x United Loyalist
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Loyalist
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from United Loyalist, NILP joins Newtownabbey Labour
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
UUP | Ivan Hunter | 17.02% | 737 | |||||||||
DUP | George Herron | 16.01% | 693 | |||||||||
Alliance | John Elliott* | 11.92% | 516 | 516.96 | 517.84 | 543.84 | 561.84 | 600 | 876.43 | |||
Newtownabbey Labour | Robert Kidd* | 8.48% | 367 | 368.6 | 370.8 | 450.91 | 525.91 | 578.91 | 606.07 | 745.07 | ||
UUP | Doris Robb* | 12.22% | 529 | 545.64 | 553.67 | 554.67 | 554.67 | 596.35 | 661.78 | 663.78 | ||
Loyalist | Cecil Stringer* | 10.56% | 457 | 459.08 | 492.19 | 492.19 | 492.19 | 530.43 | 534.59 | 537.59 | 544.59 | |
UUP | James McWatters | 4.85% | 210 | 302.48 | 322.39 | 325.66 | 325.66 | 377.06 | 379.49 | 403.49 | 450.49 | |
Alliance | John Mellor | 7.02% | 304 | 305.28 | 305.61 | 307.61 | 329.61 | 342.72 | ||||
Ind. Unionist | Thomas Gourley* | 5.34% | 231 | 232.6 | 238.98 | 240.14 | 253.25 | |||||
Republican Clubs | J. J. Magee | 3.88% | 168 | 168 | 168.11 | 171.11 | ||||||
Newtownabbey Labour | Brian Caul | 2.70% | 117 | 117.32 | 117.65 | |||||||
Electorate: 12,848 Valid: 4,329 (33.69%) Spoilt: 208 Quota: 619 Turnout: 4,537 (35.31%) |
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x Loyalist, 1 x United Loyalist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
UUP | Alex McGowan | 20.58% | 1,665 | |||||||||||||
Loyalist | Cecil Stringer | 13.67% | 1,106 | 1,121.3 | 1,122.3 | 1,122.3 | 1,124.3 | 1,124.3 | 1,142.6 | 1,142.6 | 1,463.6 | |||||
United Loyalist | Thomas Gourley | 9.25% | 748 | 761.8 | 762.8 | 762.8 | 764.4 | 767.4 | 777.5 | 777.5 | 853.5 | 1,118.31 | 1,121.31 | 1,244.31 | ||
Alliance | John Elliott | 9.75% | 789 | 794.1 | 804.1 | 807.1 | 814.1 | 1,043.4 | 1,051.1 | 1,067.1 | 1,068.1 | 1,068.1 | 1,153.1 | 1,237.1 | ||
UUP | Doris Robb | 6.03% | 488 | 744.5 | 745.5 | 747.8 | 747.8 | 756.1 | 894.6 | 895.6 | 898.8 | 917.23 | 918.23 | 1,100.01 | 1,158.97 | |
NI Labour | Robert Kidd | 5.40% | 437 | 440.3 | 460.3 | 485.3 | 602.2 | 609.2 | 612.1 | 658.1 | 659.1 | 664.92 | 1,034.92 | 1,124.52 | 1,128.04 | |
UUP | Agnes Moore | 8.76% | 709 | 823.3 | 823.3 | 826.3 | 828.3 | 834.3 | 914.8 | 914.8 | 916.6 | 923.39 | 925.69 | 995.48 | 1,021.36 | |
Independent | Edna Stack | 5.97% | 483 | 493.8 | 497.8 | 505.8 | 508.4 | 515.4 | 534.8 | 540.8 | 545.8 | 557.44 | 579.44 | |||
NI Labour | William Byrne | 2.66% | 215 | 215 | 230 | 266 | 285.3 | 292.3 | 293.3 | 511.3 | 511.3 | 511.3 | ||||
Loyalist | John Watson | 4.92% | 398 | 402.8 | 403.8 | 403.8 | 404.8 | 405.8 | 410.3 | 410.3 | ||||||
NI Labour | Deirdre Byrne | 2.58% | 209 | 209.3 | 238.3 | 271.3 | 282.3 | 288.3 | 288.3 | |||||||
UUP | Joseph Sherrard | 2.60% | 210 | 279.6 | 279.6 | 280.6 | 281.6 | 282.9 | ||||||||
Alliance | Phyllis Fortune | 3.26% | 264 | 264.9 | 268.9 | 271.9 | 275.9 | |||||||||
NI Labour | R. Johnston | 1.87% | 151 | 153.4 | 158.4 | 168.4 | ||||||||||
NI Labour | Colm Mullan | 1.37% | 111 | 111.3 | 124.3 | |||||||||||
Communist | Joseph Bowers | 1.32% | 107 | 107 | ||||||||||||
Electorate: 13,188 Valid: 8,090 (61.34%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 1,156 Turnout: 8,200 (62.18%) |
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