# Newtownabbey Area A

Newtownabbey Area A was one of the four district electoral areas in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Newtownabbey 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 Ballyclare, Ballyeaston, Ballynure, Doagh and Mallusk. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Ballyclare DEA.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 1981 | Mary Harkness (DUP) | Trevor Kirkland (DUP) | Jim Wilson (UUP) | Arthur Templeton (UUP) | Sidney Cameron (Independent Unionist)/ (UUP) |
| 1977 | Mary Harkness (DUP) | Pat McCudden (Alliance) | Jim Wilson (UUP) | Arthur Templeton (UUP) | Sidney Cameron (Independent Unionist)/ (UUP) |
| 1973 | Thomas Bell (DUP) | James Craig (UUP) | Samuel Todd (UUP) | Arthur Templeton (UUP) | Sidney Cameron (Independent Unionist)/ (UUP) |

## 1981 Election

1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1981: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977-1981 Change: DUP and Independent Unionist gain from UUP and Alliance
Newtownabbey Area A - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Jim Wilson* | 16.62% | 850 | 951 | | |
| | UUP | Arthur Templeton* | 14.82% | 758 | 832 | 872 | |
| | DUP | Trevor Kirkland | 16.23% | 830 | 852 | 853 | |
| | DUP | Mary Harkness* | 16.00% | 818 | 833 | 836 | 836.73 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Sidney Cameron* | 11.69% | 598 | 760 | 789 | 799.22 |
| | UUP | John Anderson | 13.88% | 710 | 762 | 786 | 794.03 |
| | Alliance | Pat McCudden* | 10.75% | 550 | | | |
| Electorate: 8,958 Valid: 5,114 (57.09%) Spoilt: 129 Quota: 853 Turnout: 5,243 (58.53%) ||||||||

## 1977 Election

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Newtownabbey Area A - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Sidney Cameron* | 28.90% | 1,053 | | | |
| | DUP | Mary Harkness | 17.73% | 646 | | | |
| | UUP | Jim Wilson | 15.70% | 572 | 685.82 | | |
| | UUP | Arthur Templeton* | 13.23% | 482 | 671.42 | | |
| | Alliance | Pat McCudden | 14.93% | 544 | 572.56 | 579.46 | 603.96 |
| | UUP | Samuel Todd* | 5.46% | 199 | 280.9 | 346.9 | 461.18 |
| | Dominion Party | Kennedy Lindsay | 4.04% | 147 | 168.84 | 173.64 | |
| Electorate: 8,719 Valid: 3,643 (41.78%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 608 Turnout: 3,752 (43.03%) ||||||||

## 1973 Election

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP
Newtownabbey Area A - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Sidney Cameron | 26.45% | 1,379 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Thomas Bell | 16.84% | 878 | | | | | |
| | UUP | James Craig | 15.46% | 806 | 1,085.35 | | | | |
| | UUP | Arthur Templeton | 11.10% | 579 | 642.64 | 643.01 | 674.93 | 680.78 | 912.17 |
| | UUP | Samuel Todd | 11.37% | 593 | 684.39 | 684.39 | 737.87 | 757.28 | 890.28 |
| | Alliance | T. A. Peoples | 7.04% | 367 | 382.17 | 398.17 | 409.93 | 699.52 | 749.92 |
| | UUP | Margaret McGregor | 4.95% | 258 | 306.84 | 309.21 | 409.19 | 442.93 | |
| | Alliance | Elizabeth McDowell | 5.77% | 301 | 309.51 | 343.25 | 354.45 | | |
| | NI Labour | Alex Byrne | 1.02% | 53 | 54.85 | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,286 Valid: 5,214 (62.93%) Spoilt: 60 Quota: 870 Turnout: 5,274 (63.65%) ||||||||||