# North Down Area B

North Down Area B was one of the four district electoral areas in North Down, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to North Down 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 Conlig, Clandeboye, Rathgael, Silverstream and Whitehill. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Abbey DEA and the Bangor West DEA.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 1981 | Wesley Graham (DUP) | John McCormick (DUP) | Cecil Braniff (UPUP) | George Green (UPUP)/ (Vanguard)/ (Loyalist) | James Magee (Alliance) |
| 1977 | James Boyle (DUP) | Bruce Mulligan (UUP) | John Shields (UUP) | George Green (UPUP)/ (Vanguard)/ (Loyalist) | James Magee (Alliance) |
| 1973 | Thomas Braniff (Independent Unionist) | John Preston (UUP) | Amy Corry (UUP) | George Green (UPUP)/ (Vanguard)/ (Loyalist) | James Magee (Alliance) |

## 1981 Election

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
1981: 2 x DUP, 2 x UPUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: UPUP (two seats) and DUP gain from UUP (two seats) and Vanguard
North Down Area B - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 |
| | UPUP | George Green* | 17.95% | 1,200 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Wesley Graham | 14.54% | 972 | 975 | 978.99 | 986.41 | 1,005.11 | 1,026.18 | 1,029.18 | 1,052.6 | 1,082.74 | 1,406.79 | | |
| | DUP | John McCormick | 12.28% | 821 | 823 | 828.18 | 835.39 | 857.02 | 893.23 | 895.37 | 909.07 | 927.49 | 1,273.82 | | |
| | Alliance | James Magee* | 10.96% | 733 | 733 | 737.76 | 739.32 | 761.51 | 766.51 | 1,006.58 | 1,031.91 | 1,060.17 | 1,064.31 | 1,075.31 | 1,090.78 |
| | UPUP | Cecil Braniff | 4.58% | 306 | 313 | 324.03 | 473.79 | 488.93 | 561.54 | 566.68 | 749.1 | 782.57 | 805.92 | 891.92 | 980.19 |
| | UUP | Chalmers Quee | 5.77% | 386 | 387 | 393.72 | 397.42 | 443.26 | 455.47 | 463.89 | 495.15 | 771.25 | 792.67 | 851.67 | 906.27 |
| | DUP | George McMurtry | 9.91% | 663 | 667 | 669.8 | 674.35 | 693.71 | 719.78 | 721.92 | 734.34 | 746.69 | | | |
| | UUP | Phyllis Brown | 5.53% | 370 | 373 | 376.92 | 388.69 | 417.25 | 429.39 | 441.46 | 454.65 | | | | |
| | UPUP | William Elliott | 3.50% | 234 | 236 | 251.19 | 273.93 | 305.42 | 319.63 | 325.63 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Anne Wilson | 4.01% | 268 | 268 | 268.7 | 269.84 | 286.26 | 288.26 | | | | | | |
| | PUP | Thomas O'Brien | 4.04% | 270 | 272 | 273.4 | 276.54 | 285.75 | | | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | John Shields* | 3.48% | 233 | 235 | 241.44 | 246.28 | | | | | | | | |
| | UPUP | James Boyle* | 3.04% | 203 | 205 | 224.39 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | William Johnston | 0.42% | 28 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,099 Valid: 6,687 (47.43%) Spoilt: 201 Quota: 1,115 Turnout: 6,888 (48.85%) ||||||||||||||||

## 1977 Election

1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Loyalist, 1 x Alliance
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: Vanguard and DUP gain from Loyalist (two seats)
North Down Area B - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Vanguard | George Green* | 18.00% | 823 | | | | |
| | Alliance | James Magee* | 17.08% | 781 | | | | |
| | UUP | Bruce Mulligan | 10.89% | 498 | 539 | 554.92 | 555.6 | 864.6 |
| | DUP | James Boyle | 4.58% | 598 | 713 | 721.96 | 722.28 | 748.76 |
| | UUP | John Shields | 12.05% | 551 | 594 | 610.16 | 610.78 | 742.68 |
| | Alliance | John Hoy | 10.69% | 489 | 522 | 526.88 | 539.56 | 570.22 |
| | UUP | Amy Corry* | 10.61% | 485 | 514 | 526.72 | 527.32 | |
| | Ind. Unionist | William Ash | 4.02% | 184 | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | William Alexander | 3.59% | 164 | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,454 Valid: 4,573 (36.73%) Spoilt: 172 Quota: 763 Turnout: 4,745 (38.10%) |||||||||

## 1973 Election

1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Loyalist, 1 x Alliance
North Down Area B - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | UUP | John Preston | 19.24% | 1,276 | | | | | | | | |
| | Loyalist | George Green | 14.09% | 934 | 962 | 969.02 | 973.28 | 990.49 | 1,316.49 | | | |
| | Alliance | James Magee | 8.16% | 541 | 543 | 546.64 | 783.68 | 804.02 | 821.41 | 824.76 | 1,415.76 | |
| | UUP | Amy Corry | 10.83% | 718 | 722 | 760.22 | 765.48 | 892.35 | 930.38 | 941.77 | 956.42 | 1,121.22 |
| | Loyalist | Thomas Braniff | 10.33% | 685 | 754 | 757.9 | 762.03 | 771.55 | 898.37 | 1,080.61 | 1,090.06 | 1,114.86 |
| | UUP | Arminella McMullan | 8.34% | 553 | 553 | 586.28 | 591.93 | 869.78 | 907.77 | 919.16 | 929.81 | 1,047.41 |
| | Alliance | Clifford Creighton | 8.20% | 544 | 544 | 545.69 | 624.21 | 629.47 | 635.99 | 636.66 | | |
| | Loyalist | Bruce Mulligan | 7.51% | 498 | 526 | 532.89 | 535.89 | 561.92 | | | | |
| | UUP | Mary Norman | 6.09% | 404 | 407 | 474.21 | 483.47 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Denis Mayne | 5.16% | 342 | 344 | 347.12 | | | | | | |
| | Loyalist | Thomas O'Brien | 2.05% | 136 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,509 Valid: 6,631 (63.10%) Spoilt: 112 Quota: 1,106 Turnout: 6,743 (64.16%) |||||||||||||