Fermanagh Area A

Fermanagh Area A was one of the five district electoral areas in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected four members to Fermanagh District Council, and formed part of the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Derrylin, Lisnaskea, Newtownbutler and Rosslea. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and divided between the Enniskillen, Erne East and Erne West DEAs.

Councillors

Election
1981	Jack Leahy (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist)	Fergus McQuillan (SDLP)	John McMahon (IIP)	John McCusker (Independent Republican)/ (Unity)
1977		Thomas Murray (SDLP)/ (Independent Nationalist)	James McBarron (Independent)
1973			John McMahon (Unity)

1981 Election

1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Unity, 1 x Independent

1981: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP, 1 x Independent Republican

1977-1981 Change: IIP gain from Independent, Independent Republican leaves Unity

Fermanagh Area A - 4 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulster Unionist	Jack Leahy*	16.29%	1,075	1,076	1,363
	Irish Independence	John McMahon	19.58%	1,292	1,309	1,312	1,312	1,455
	Independent Republican	John McCusker*	16.20%	1,069	1,085	1,086	1,086.36	1,239.44	1,243.44
	SDLP	Fergus McQuillan	9.52%	628	834	838	838.72	1,005.08	1,025.42
	Independent Nationalist	Thomas Murray*	12.87%	849	859	860	860	887	889
	DUP	Caroline Madill	8.31%	548	549	576	612.9	616.8
	Independent	Michael McBarron	8.00%	528	544	546	550.32
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Johnston	4.99%	329	331
Electorate: 7,737 Valid: 6,598 (85.28%) Spoilt: 136 Quota: 1,320 Turnout: 6,734 (87.04%)

1977 Election

1973: 2 x Unity, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1977: 1 x Unity, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

1973-1977 Change: Independent gain from Unity, Independent Unionist joins UUP and Independent Nationalist joins SDLP

Fermanagh Area A - 4 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Ulster Unionist	Jack Leahy*	20.69%	1,327
	SDLP	Thomas Murray*	15.72%	1,008	1,361
	Independent	James McBarron	18.79%	1,205	1,212	1,257
	Unity	John McCusker*	14.95%	959	1,044	1,054
	Unity	John McMahon*	12.58%	807	843	847
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Johnston	9.64%	618	620
	SDLP	Ann McQuillan	7.63%	489
Electorate: 7,708 Valid: 6,413 (83.20%) Spoilt: 189 Quota: 1,283 Turnout: 6,602 (85.65%)

1973 Election

1973: 2 x Unity, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Fermanagh Area A - 4 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Ind. Unionist	Jack Leahy	20.07%	1,242
	Unity	John McCusker	19.59%	1,212	1,242
	Independent Nationalist	Thomas Murray	15.94%	986	1,049	1,068
	Unity	John McMahon	13.88%	859	897	913
	Independent	Hugh Reilly	12.90%	798	871	880
	Ind. Unionist	Samuel Hutchinson	12.38%	766	836
	Alliance	Maurice Watts	5.24%	324
Electorate: 7,332 Valid: 6,187 (84.38%) Spoilt: 86 Quota: 1,238 Turnout: 6,273 (85.56%)

References

↑ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

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[1] "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[2] "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[3] "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

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