# Antrim Area B

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 | Edgar Wallace (UUP) | James Cunningham (UUP) | George Dundas (UUP) | Allister Lucas (DUP) | John McCourt (Alliance) |
| 1973 | Edgar Wallace (UUP) | Robert Erwin (UUP) | George Dundas (UUP) | Alexander Wilson (UUP) | John McCourt (Alliance) |

## 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Edgar Wallace* | 16.66% | 688 | 691 | | | | |
| | UUP | James Cunningham* | 16.56% | 684 | 688 | 790 | | | |
| | SDLP | Robert Burns | 15.45% | 638 | 640 | 641 | 699 | | |
| | UUP | 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 | | | |
| | UUP | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Alliance | John McCourt* | 13.88% | 394 | 397 | 605 | | | |
| | UUP | James Cunningham | 15.71% | 446 | 455 | 460 | 502 | | |
| | UUP | Edgar Wallace* | 16.17% | 459 | 467 | 470 | 497 | | |
| | UUP | George Dundas* | 10.78% | 306 | 308 | 313 | 337 | 357.25 | 488.25 |
| | DUP | Allister Lucas | 9.37% | 266 | 448 | 453 | 459 | 459 | 476 |
| | UUP | William Jones | 9.51% | 270 | 275 | 279 | 291 | 294 | 399 |
| | UUP | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | Edgar Wallace | 19.90% | 832 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | George Dundas | 14.69% | 614 | 629.84 | 635.32 | 722.32 | | | |
| | UUP | 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 | | |
| | UUP | Alexander Wilson | 10.64% | 445 | 492.84 | 503.12 | 524.76 | 543.76 | 597.96 | 606.76 |
| | UUP | 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%) |||||||||||