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Newtownabbey Area A

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Newtownabbey Area A was one of the four district electoral areas in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five 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 Ballyclare, Ballyeaston, Ballynure, Doagh and Mallusk. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Ballyclare DEA.

Councillors

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Election Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
1981 Mary Harkness
(DUP)
Trevor Kirkland
(DUP)
Jim Wilson
(UUP)
Arthur Templeton
(UUP)
Sidney Cameron
(Independent Unionist)/
(UUP)
1977 Pat McCudden
(Alliance)
1973 Thomas Bell
(DUP)
James Craig
(UUP)
Samuel Todd
(UUP)

1981 Election

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1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1981: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1977-1981 Change: DUP and Independent Unionist gain from UUP and Alliance

Newtownabbey Area A - 5 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
UUP Jim Wilson* 16.62% 850 951    
UUP Arthur Templeton* 14.82% 758 832 872  
DUP Trevor Kirkland 16.23% 830 852 853  
DUP Mary Harkness* 16.00% 818 833 836 836.73
Ind. Unionist Sidney Cameron* 11.69% 598 760 789 799.22
UUP John Anderson 13.88% 710 762 786 794.03
Alliance Pat McCudden* 10.75% 550      
Electorate: 8,958   Valid: 5,114 (57.09%)   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 853   Turnout: 5,243 (58.53%)  

1977 Election

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1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1973-1977 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Newtownabbey Area A - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
UUP Sidney Cameron* 28.90% 1,053      
DUP Mary Harkness 17.73% 646      
UUP Jim Wilson 15.70% 572 685.82    
UUP Arthur Templeton* 13.23% 482 671.42    
Alliance Pat McCudden 14.93% 544 572.56 579.46 603.96
UUP Samuel Todd* 5.46% 199 280.9 346.9 461.18
Dominion Party Kennedy Lindsay 4.04% 147 168.84 173.64  
Electorate: 8,719   Valid: 3,643 (41.78%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 608   Turnout: 3,752 (43.03%)  

1973 Election

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1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP

Newtownabbey Area A - 5 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
UUP Sidney Cameron 26.45% 1,379          
DUP Thomas Bell 16.84% 878          
UUP James Craig 15.46% 806 1,085.35        
UUP Arthur Templeton 11.10% 579 642.64 643.01 674.93 680.78 912.17
UUP Samuel Todd 11.37% 593 684.39 684.39 737.87 757.28 890.28
Alliance T. A. Peoples 7.04% 367 382.17 398.17 409.93 699.52 749.92
UUP Margaret McGregor 4.95% 258 306.84 309.21 409.19 442.93  
Alliance Elizabeth McDowell 5.77% 301 309.51 343.25 354.45    
NI Labour Alex Byrne 1.02% 53 54.85        
Electorate: 8,286   Valid: 5,214 (62.93%)   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 870   Turnout: 5,274 (63.65%)  

References

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  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.