Lisburn Area A

Lisburn Area A was one of the five district electoral areas in Lisburn, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected four members to Lisburn 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 Glenavy, Magheragall, Moira and Tullyrusk. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Killultagh DEA.

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party)
1981 Jim Wells
(DUP) 		Ronald Campbell
(UUP) 		Jim Dillon
(UUP) 		John Clenaghan
(SDLP)
1977 Charles Woodburne
(DUP)
1973 John Maze
(UUP) 		George McCartney
(UUP) 		Thomas Wilson
(UUP) 		Patrick Ritchie
(SDLP)

1981 Election

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

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

1977-1981 Change: No change

Lisburn Area A - 4 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
UUP Ronald Campbell* 25.81% 1,299        
DUP Jim Wells 19.95% 1,004        
UUP Jim Dillon* 18.20% 916 1,129.21      
SDLP John Clenaghan* 17.98% 905 913.97 915.65 915.86 932.28
DUP Charles Woodburne* 10.23% 515 527.19 537.55 548.68 842.47
UUP Henry Stewart 7.83% 394 429.65 539.13 545.01  
Electorate: 7,983   Valid: 5,033 (63.05%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,007   Turnout: 5,142 (64.41%)  

1977 Election

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

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

1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Lisburn Area A - 4 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
UUP Ronald Campbell 25.72% 889    
DUP Charles Woodburne 20.11% 695    
SDLP John Clenaghan 19.88% 687 691.62 828.62
UUP Jim Dillon 14.27% 493 634.46 733.46
UUP Henry Stewart 9.90% 342 371.92 447.72
Alliance Patrick Dorrian 7.00% 242 245.52  
UUUP Henry Sloan 3.13% 108 118.56  
Electorate: 7,040   Valid: 3,456 (49.09%)   Spoilt: 174   Quota: 692   Turnout: 3,630 (51.56%)  

1973 Election

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

Lisburn Area A - 4 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
UUP John Maze 18.43% 857 876 919 1,003        
SDLP Patrick Ritchie 17.83% 829 857 861 970        
UUP George McCartney 16.07% 747 759 768 808 940      
UUP Thomas Wilson 11.51% 535 536 560 588 776 832 868 876.8
DUP Charles Woodburne 16.54% 769 769 817 827 855 863 865 865.4
UUP William Moore 6.73% 313 316 354 381        
Alliance James Megarry 4.54% 211 330 337          
Ind. Unionist Henry Stewart 4.39% 204 205            
Alliance Patrick Dorrian 3.96% 184              
Electorate: 7,210   Valid: 4,649 (64.48%)   Spoilt: 58   Quota: 930   Turnout: 4,707 (65.28%)  

References

  1. ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.