Antrim Area B was one of the three district electoral areas in Antrim, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Antrim 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 Aldergrove, Ballyrobin, Crumlin, Parkgate and Templepatrick. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced with the Antrim South East DEA.

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)
1981 Edgar Wallace
(UUP)		 James Cunningham
(UUP)		 Thomas Grant
(UUP)		 Roy Thompson
(DUP)		 Robert Burns
(SDLP)
1977 George Dundas
(UUP)		 Allister Lucas
(DUP)		 John McCourt
(Alliance)
1973 Robert Erwin
(UUP)		 Alexander Wilson
(UUP)

1981 Election

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

1981: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1977-1981 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

Antrim Area B - 5 seats[1]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Ulster Unionist Edgar Wallace* 16.66% 688 691        
Ulster Unionist James Cunningham* 16.56% 684 688 790      
SDLP Robert Burns 15.45% 638 640 641 699    
Ulster Unionist Thomas Grant 9.64% 398 402 501 654 740  
DUP Roy Thompson 14.21% 587 594 616 638 642 662
DUP Allister Lucas* 13.41% 554 556 570 579 582 600
Alliance John McCourt* 4.72% 195 302 310      
Ulster Unionist Alexander Wilson 6.10% 252 253        
Alliance George Luke 3.24% 134          
Electorate: 5,966   Valid: 4,130 (69.23%)   Spoilt: 121   Quota: 689   Turnout: 4,251 (71.25%)  

    1977 Election

    1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

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

    1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP

    Antrim Area B - 5 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Alliance John McCourt* 13.88% 394 397 605      
    Ulster Unionist James Cunningham 15.71% 446 455 460 502    
    Ulster Unionist Edgar Wallace* 16.17% 459 467 470 497    
    Ulster Unionist George Dundas* 10.78% 306 308 313 337 357.25 488.25
    DUP Allister Lucas 9.37% 266 448 453 459 459 476
    Ulster Unionist William Jones 9.51% 270 275 279 291 294 399
    Ulster Unionist Alexander Wilson* 8.63% 245 247 247 265 269.5  
    Alliance George Luke 8.31% 236 237        
    DUP John Patterson 7.64% 217          
    Electorate: 5,907   Valid: 2,839 (48.06%)   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 474   Turnout: 2,966 (50.21%)  

      1973 Election

      1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

      Antrim Area B - 5 seats[3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Ulster Unionist Edgar Wallace 19.90% 832            
      Ulster Unionist George Dundas 14.69% 614 629.84 635.32 722.32      
      Ulster Unionist Robert Erwin 15.31% 640 669.92 680.88 705.88      
      Alliance John McCourt 6.70% 280 280.8 452.24 498.88 782.88    
      Ulster Unionist Alexander Wilson 10.64% 445 492.84 503.12 524.76 543.76 597.96 606.76
      Ulster Unionist William Jones 12.32% 515 545.72 555.52 564.32 566.48 581.48 597.32
      SDLP Francis O'Brien 8.20% 343 343.16 357.16 420.16      
      NI Labour William Gregg 6.86% 287 288.76 300.56        
      Alliance Patricia MacKean 5.38% 225 230.76          
      Electorate: 6,211   Valid: 4,181 (67.32%)   Spoilt: 55   Quota: 697   Turnout: 4,236 (68.20%)  

        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.
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