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Down Area B was one of the three district electoral areas in Down, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected six members to Down District Council, and formed part of the South Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Ardglass, Audley's Acre, Cathedral, Killough, Quoile and Strangford. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Downpatrick DEA.

Councillors

Election
1981	Cecil Maxwell (UUP)	Eddie McGrady (SDLP)	Dermot Curran (SDLP)	John Ritchie (SDLP)	Raymond Blaney (Republican Clubs)	Malachi Curran (Independent Labour)
1977					Sean Quinn (SDLP)	George Flinn (Alliance)
1973					William Hampton (Independent)	Terence McKee (Alliance)

1981 Election

1977: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

1981: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Independent Labour

1977-1981 Change: Republican Clubs and Independent Labour gain from SDLP and Alliance

Down Area B - 6 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SDLP	Eddie McGrady*	21.56%	1,711
	Republican Clubs	Raymond Blaney	14.13%	1,121	1,153.64
	SDLP	Dermot Curran*	11.25%	893	987.52	1,016.9	1,178.9
	UUP	Cecil Maxwell*	11.03%	875	882.14	894.82	905.5	1,403.5
	SDLP	John Ritchie*	8.15%	647	787.08	803.76	869.48	869.48	874.48	880.48	1,171.48
	Independent Labour	Malachi Curran	8.38%	665	691.86	717.9	763.74	764.74	779.74	788.14	994.8
	Alliance	George Flinn*	5.68%	451	461.2	634.2	652.92	659.92	822.92	823.82	902.56
	SDLP	Sean Quinn*	4.70%	373	552.18	580.86	723.34	724.34	727.34	756.74
	UUP	Elizabeth Kennedy	6.46%	513	513	515	515
	SDLP	John Bryce	4.81%	382	455.78	461.46
	Alliance	Michael Healy	3.84%	305	312.82
Electorate: 10,747 Valid: 7,936 (73.84%) Spoilt: 252 Quota: 1,134 Turnout: 8,188 (76.19%)

1977 Election

1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

1977: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent

Down Area B - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	SDLP	Eddie McGrady*	21.72%	1,524
	SDLP	Dermot Curran*	14.17%	994	1,069.48
	UUP	Cecil Maxwell*	12.09%	848	853.44	854.34	862.68	873.68	903.36	1,325.36
	SDLP	John Ritchie*	8.48%	595	694.96	707.56	722.52	738.18	771.2	771.88	772.88	1,153.76
	SDLP	Sean Quinn	7.81%	548	755.06	780.86	806.16	823.2	921.78	924.76	925.76	1,153.76
	Alliance	George Flinn	5.20%	365	373.84	374.74	388.42	564.76	618.46	631.46	768.46	793.66	833.66
	Republican Clubs	Raymond Blaney	7.64%	536	551.64	554.04	586.72	593.72	661.34	662.34	680.34	735.08	782.08
	SDLP	Theresa McEvoy	6.66%	467	525.48	540.18	551.86	556.88	614.5	615.5	616.5
	UUP	Robert Nicholson	6.30%	442	443.7	444	448	451	454
	Independent	John Bryce	4.12%	289	308.04	313.14	376.18	384.54
	Alliance	William McNamara	3.26%	229	242.94	244.74	250.08
	Independent	James McDowell	2.55%	179	187.16	188.66
Electorate: 10,436 Valid: 7,016 (67.23%) Spoilt: 262 Quota: 1,003 Turnout: 7,278 (69.74%)

1973 Election

1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

Down Area B - 6 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SDLP	Eddie McGrady	17.51%	1,246
	Independent	William Hampton	15.45%	1,099
	SDLP	John Ritchie	7.01%	499	563.08	567.91	577.62	584.12	637.02	656.8	922.12	1,078.12
	Alliance	Terence McKee	6.42%	457	470.5	491.57	555.86	692.93	714.12	963.84	992.08	1,033.08
	SDLP	Dermot Curran	8.14%	579	600.6	610.61	621.83	633.47	706.44	723.36	813.22	1,018.22
	UUP	Cecil Maxwell	12.69%	903	905.7	909.55	912.62	924.62	927.72	946.29	949.82	975.45
	UUP	Martin Lowe	11.03%	785	785.18	786.58	788.58	798.58	800.65	809.72	813.72	823.97
	SDLP	Owen Adams	4.12%	293	363.38	369.4	372.15	380.19	450.29	473.65	531.57
	SDLP	Daniel Sharvin	5.10%	363	378.66	381.46	383.6	386.67	438.09	454.61
	Alliance	Brendan Rodgers	3.20%	228	237.72	245.56	298.49	370.09	376.29
	SDLP	Aidan Laverty	3.54%	252	268.92	276.97	282.12	287.12
	Alliance	Elsie Flinn	3.06%	218	219.44	222.52	269.74
	Alliance	Patrick McFarlane	2.71%	193	220.2	204.05
Electorate: 9,757 Valid: 7,115 (72.92%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 1,017 Turnout: 7,219 (73.99%)

References

^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[1] "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[2] "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[3] "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

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