Belfast Area D

Area D was one of the eight district electoral areas (DEA) which existed in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 1973 to 1985. Located in the west of the city, the district elected six members to Belfast City Council and contained the wards of Andersonstown; Ladybrook; Milltown; Saint James; Suffolk; and Whiterock. The DEA largely formed part of the Belfast West constituency.

History

Covering the upper parts of the Falls Road areas, the DEA was created for the 1973 local government elections. It combined most of the former Falls ward with parts of the Saint Anne's ward and parts of the former Lisburn Rural District. It was abolished for the 1985 local government elections. The number of wards in the area had increased to eight. Three of the wards formed part of a new Lower Falls DEA, together with the Falls and Clonard wards, formerly part of Area F. The remaining five wards formed the new Upper Falls DEA.

Results

1973

Belfast A[1]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP J. Gillespie 2,306
SDLP Desmond O'Donnell 1,332
Alliance P. D. Corrie 1,159
Alliance Wilson 1,080
UUP Shaw 1,045
SDLP J. P. McCarron 871
Alliance Reginald Donnelly 822
Republican Clubs John Brady 758
Republican Clubs McAllister 684
Republican Clubs Raymond O'Hagan 649
Alliance McGrogan 569
SDLP McKenna 530
SDLP O'Connor 524
Republican Labour Barnes 360
Republican Clubs Bernard McDonagh 340
Alliance Slavin 332
NI Labour Hannon 326
Republican Clubs McElroy 276
Republican Labour McNamee 256
Republican Labour Flanigan 241
NI Labour Watson 169
NI Labour Moyna 109
Republican Labour Lavelle 90
Republican Labour McDermott 86
Turnout 15,915

1977

Belfast D[1]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Paddy Devlin 7,087
Alliance Dan McGuinness 1,235
Republican Clubs Bernard McDonagh 942
SDLP Cormac Boomer 905
SDLP Mary Sullivan 760
Republican Clubs M. Lynch 723
Alliance R. Turkington 575
Republican Clubs K. Smyth 527
SDLP W. Hunter 477
Independent Socialist G. Campbell 107
Turnout 14,932
No change

1981

Belfast D[1]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Joe Hendron 4,291
People's Democracy John McNulty 2,781
SDLP Cormac Boomer 2,070
Independent Socialist Paddy Devlin 1,343
Workers' Party Mary McMahon 1,125
Irish Republican Socialist Gerry Kelly 957
Irish Republican Socialist W. J. Browning 822
Alliance Dan McGuinness 725
SDLP Mary Muldoon 636
UUP J. Hand 538
Workers' Party K. Smyth 438
SDLP Anne McElroy 346
Independent L. Hunter 167
Alliance R. Turkington 137
Turnout 17,436
People's Democracy gain from Republican Clubs
Independent Socialist gain from Social Democratic and Labour
Irish Republican Socialist gain from Alliance

References

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