Carrickfergus Area B

Carrickfergus Area B was one of the three district electoral areas in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Carrickfergus Borough Council, and formed part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Blackhead, Boneybefore, Eden, Victoria and Whitehead. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Kilroot DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
1981		William Cross (DUP)		William Knox (DUP)		Hugh McLean (UUP)		James Brown (UUP)		Patrick Conway (Alliance)
1977		Charles Hilditch (Alliance)		Desmond Scott (DUP)				George Armstrong (UUP)
1973		S. Campbell (Independent)		J. Craig (United Loyalist)				David McCune (UUP)		R. Lorimer (Alliance)

1981 Election

1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP

1981: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from Alliance

Carrickfergus Area B - 5 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	William Cross	18.98%	748
	UUP	Hugh McLean*	17.79%	701
	UUP	James Brown	14.92%	588	590.64	606.18	608.24	687.24
	Alliance	Patrick Conway*	11.32%	446	446.84	448.28	469.28	472.18	498.54	501.74	694.74
	DUP	William Knox	9.11%	359	433.52	437.24	438.3	454.88	483.6	495.76	500.94	749.94
	Alliance	Charles Hilditch*	7.79%	307	308.2	312.82	340.82	347.6	368.32	374.08	433.06	439.06
	DUP	Steven Watters	6.32%	249	256.8	259.2	259.2	265.52	274.82	280.58	285.58
	Alliance	Alice Bateman	5.86%	231	231	231.42	249.42	250.72	277.02	280.22
	UPUP	Robert Wilson	3.10%	122	122.6	124.34	131.4	134.02
	UUP	Henry Cardwell	2.66%	105	106.2	117	123
	Newtownabbey Labour	Richard Hopkins	2.16%	85	85	85.18
Electorate: 6,627   Valid: 3,941 (59.47%)   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 657   Turnout: 4,074 (61.48%)

1977 Election

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Independent

1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP

1973-1977 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from United Loyalist and Independent

Carrickfergus Area B - 5 seats^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Alliance	Charles Hilditch	21.44%	745
	UUP	George Armstrong	19.65%	683
	DUP	Desmond Scott	12.23%	425	425.22	427.92	453.37	617.37
	Alliance	Patrick Conway	7.80%	271	349.1	350.15	367.38	369.75	370.57	617.57
	UUP	Hugh McLean*	11.94%	415	425.56	455.41	493.75	514.72	527.43	557.53
	UUP	David McCune*	7.02%	244	255.44	308.84	332.18	390.68	411.18	447.27
	Alliance	Alice Bateman	7.37%	256	306.38	309.83	341.35	348.09	351.37
	United Loyalist	James Brown	7.28%	253	254.1	260.55	278.77
	Independent	Elizabeth McMaster	5.27%	183	192.02	195.77
Electorate: 6,389   Valid: 3,475 (54.39%)   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 580   Turnout: 3,566 (55.81%)

1973 Election

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Independent

Carrickfergus Area B - 5 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	United Loyalist	J. Craig	29.81%	1,231
	UUP	David McCune	14.04%	580	853.24
	UUP	Hugh McLean	11.02%	455	581.5	707.5
	Alliance	R. Lorimer	15.33%	633	649.56	650.96	707.96
	Independent	S. Campbell	9.88%	408	495.86	513.22	517.98	731.98
	Alliance	E. McGowan	10.15%	419	429.58	433.22	499.18	529.18
	Independent	S. Niblock	6.17%	255	275.24	282.8	299.48
	NI Labour	H. McKeown	3.61%	149	155.9	158.98
Electorate: 6,154   Valid: 4,130 (67.11%)   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 689   Turnout: 4,179 (67.91%)