# Ards Area B

Ards Area B was one of the three district electoral areas in Ards, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected six members to Ards Borough Council, and formed part of the North Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Central, Glen, Loughries, Movilla, Scrabo and Ulsterville. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Newtownards DEA.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 1981 | Hugh Boyd (DUP) | John Elliott (DUP) | Simpson Gibson (DUP) | Robert Brown (UPUP) | Owen Dorrian (Alliance) | Robert Gaw (NILP) |
| 1977 | Hugh Boyd (DUP) | John Algie (UUP) | William Boal (UUP) | Herbert Gallagher (Alliance) | Owen Dorrian (Alliance) | Robert Gaw (NILP) |
| 1973 | Cecilia Cooke (UUP) | John Algie (UUP) | William Spratt (UUP) | Robert Brown (Loyalist Coalition) | Owen Dorrian (Alliance) | Robert Gaw (NILP) |

## 1981 Election

1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x DUP
1981: 3 x DUP, 1 x NILP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) and UPUP gain from UUP (two seats) and Alliance
Ards Area B - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | DUP | Hugh Boyd* | 20.16% | 1,681 | | | | | | | | | |
| | NI Labour | Robert Gaw* | 15.71% | 1,310 | | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | John Elliott | 8.03% | 670 | 1,036.27 | 1,044.46 | 1,066.06 | 1,070.82 | 1,084.82 | 1,093.18 | 1,113.92 | 1,141.51 | 1,182.71 |
| | DUP | Simpson Gibson | 12.05% | 1,005 | 1,067.06 | 1,071.02 | 1,083.75 | 1,086.93 | 1,100.93 | 1,105.93 | 1,125.96 | 1,138.81 | 1,167.29 |
| | Alliance | Owen Dorrian* | 9.41% | 784 | 786.61 | 803.89 | 835.65 | 838.65 | 841.19 | 1,059.78 | 1,086.68 | 1,108.78 | 1,154.96 |
| | UPUP | Robert Brown | 6.09% | 508 | 538.16 | 545.72 | 552.61 | 559.17 | 566.46 | 575.73 | 686.73 | 724.76 | 1,136.69 |
| | UUP | Hugh Patton | 4.59% | 383 | 387.35 | 392.57 | 396.65 | 485.84 | 558.85 | 570.57 | 599.14 | 1,004.54 | 1,078.36 |
| | UPUP | James Murray | 5.61% | 468 | 471.77 | 478.61 | 486.76 | 493.85 | 499.12 | 505.84 | 660.55 | 686.21 | |
| | UUP | Robert Hamilton | 5.49% | 458 | 465.54 | 469.68 | 475.02 | 502.29 | 558.03 | 569.21 | 593.6 | | |
| | UPUP | Hugh Yeaman | 4.32% | 360 | 362.9 | 368.03 | 374.92 | 379.3 | 388.93 | 397.58 | | | |
| | Alliance | James Murphy | 3.24% | 270 | 270.29 | 273.53 | 286.5 | 289.59 | 294.86 | | | | |
| | UUP | Edward McLoughlin | 1.99% | 166 | 166.87 | 169.03 | 174.66 | 192.2 | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Speers | 1.94% | 162 | 163.45 | 165.7 | 168.51 | | | | | | |
| | NI Labour | John Gray | 1.37% | 114 | 115.16 | 164.12 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,070 Valid: 8,339 (51.89%) Spoilt: 310 Quota: 1,192 Turnout: 8,649 (53.82%) ||||||||||||||

## 1977 Election

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x Loyalist
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from UUP and Loyalist
Ards Area B - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | NI Labour | Robert Gaw* | 14.06% | 843 | 874 | | | | |
| | DUP | Hugh Boyd | 13.01% | 780 | 868 | | | | |
| | UUP | John Algie* | 13.71% | 822 | 861 | | | | |
| | UUP | William Boal | 6.36% | 381 | 415 | 418.5 | 512.5 | 774.5 | 852.2 |
| | Alliance | Herbert Gallagher | 10.94% | 656 | 667 | 669.8 | 685.8 | 720.8 | 813.5 |
| | Alliance | Owen Dorrian* | 10.23% | 613 | 621 | 621 | 626 | 638.7 | 802.4 |
| | Unionist Party NI | Cecilia Cooke* | 8.59% | 515 | 536 | 537.4 | 562.4 | 649.1 | 733.5 |
| | NI Labour | William Allen | 8.44% | 506 | 515 | 520.6 | 541.3 | 567.3 | |
| | UUP | Hugh Yeaman | 5.24% | 314 | 323 | 325.1 | 457.8 | | |
| | UUP | William Spratt* | 4.80% | 288 | 302 | 303.4 | | | |
| | Vanguard | Robert Brown* | 4.62% | 277 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,342 Valid: 5,995 (39.08%) Spoilt: 232 Quota: 857 Turnout: 6,227 (40.59%) ||||||||||

## 1973 Election

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x Loyalist Coalition
Ards Area B - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| | UUP | John Algie | 19.38% | 1,568 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Cecilia Cooke | 11.79% | 954 | 1,120.14 | 1,120.14 | 1,130.14 | 1,146.92 | 1,228.92 | | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Owen Dorrian | 8.26% | 668 | 671.9 | 719.9 | 755.9 | 830.42 | 835.68 | 836.59 | 1,207.59 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Spratt | 8.80% | 712 | 777.26 | 777.26 | 791.26 | 793.26 | 949.34 | 986.65 | 1,005.69 | 1,016.89 | 1,039.62 | 1,328.62 | | | |
| | Loyalist Coalition | Robert Brown | 6.90% | 558 | 573.86 | 573.86 | 580.86 | 581.38 | 587.9 | 589.72 | 593.72 | 593.88 | 961.9 | 1,009.53 | 1,044.53 | 1,605.53 | |
| | NI Labour | Robert Gaw | 7.00% | 566 | 584.46 | 591.46 | 630.46 | 648.72 | 652.72 | 652.72 | 687.93 | 702.33 | 712.43 | 789.12 | 815.12 | 858.26 | 934.26 |
| | NI Labour | William Allen | 6.09% | 493 | 515.62 | 522.62 | 550.88 | 556.88 | 562.88 | 562.88 | 583.79 | 593.55 | 608.75 | 670.86 | 699.86 | 729.73 | 784.73 |
| | Loyalist Coalition | William Hannigan | 6.64% | 537 | 541.94 | 542.2 | 543.2 | 546.2 | 550.72 | 552.54 | 554.54 | 555.98 | 642.28 | 674.99 | 697.99 | | |
| | UUP | Georgina Foulis | 4.59% | 371 | 430.54 | 430.54 | 443.8 | 449.06 | 512.7 | 539.09 | 560.39 | 570.31 | 607.3 | | | | |
| | DUP | Irene Brown | 6.34% | 513 | 533.54 | 534.54 | 537.54 | 540.54 | 545.54 | 547.36 | 550.88 | 552.64 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | W. H. Forsythe | 4.19% | 339 | 343.68 | 344.68 | 354.68 | 477.68 | 481.68 | 484.41 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | H. McGimpsey | 4.02% | 325 | 344.76 | 344.76 | 349.28 | 351.28 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | G. Hirst | 2.97% | 240 | 242.34 | 242.34 | 254.34 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ulster Liberal | Albert McElroy | 2.06% | 167 | 168.04 | 182.04 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | D. G. C. Devaney | 0.98% | 79 | 79.26 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,801 Valid: 8,090 (58.62%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,156 Turnout: 8,217 (59.54%) ||||||||||||||||||