# Fermanagh Area B

Fermanagh Area B 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 Brookeborough, Lisbellaw, Maguire's Bridge and Tempo. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and divided between the Enniskillen and Erne East DEAs.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 1981 | Roy Coulter (DUP) | Cecil Noble (UUP) | Norman Brown (UUP) | Anthony Cox (IIP) |
| 1977 | Hugh Buchanan (UUUP) | Cecil Noble (UUP) | Norman Brown (UUP) | Damien Campbell (SDLP) |
| 1973 | James Nethercott (UUP) | Cecil Noble (UUP) | Norman Brown (UUP) | James Breen (Unity) |

## 1981 Election

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x SDLP
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x IIP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: IIP and DUP gain from UUUP and SDLP
Fermanagh Area B - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Cecil Noble* | 29.30% | 1,660 | | | | | |
| | Irish Independence | Anthony Cox | 21.47% | 1,216 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Norman Brown* | 15.75% | 892 | 1,181.85 | | | | |
| | DUP | Roy Coulter | 9.44% | 535 | 583.05 | 583.14 | 826.68 | 828.3 | 1,136.3 |
| | SDLP | Thomas Doherty | 6.97% | 395 | 395.93 | 437.06 | 437.06 | 746.36 | 749.36 |
| | UUP | Cyril Crozier | 6.99% | 396 | 551 | 551.99 | 575.71 | 580.8 | |
| | SDLP | Seamus Carson | 5.47% | 310 | 310.93 | 348.01 | 350.01 | | |
| | DUP | Margaret Veitch | 4.61% | 261 | 276.5 | 276.5 | | | |
| Electorate: 6,582 Valid: 5,665 (86.07%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 1,134 Turnout: 5,774 (87.72%) ||||||||||

## 1977 Election

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Unity
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: UUUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Unity
Fermanagh Area B - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | Cecil Noble* | 22.09% | 1,202 | | | | | | |
| | UUUP | Hugh Buchanan | 19.86% | 1,081 | 1,100.35 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Norman Brown* | 11.65% | 634 | 678.01 | 735.73 | 737.73 | 737.82 | 737.82 | 1,270.82 |
| | SDLP | Damien Campbell | 14.19% | 772 | 772.27 | 790.36 | 933.36 | 985.36 | 1,034.36 | 1,036.99 |
| | Unity | Patrick Martin | 6.63% | 361 | 361 | 362 | 393 | 467 | 804 | 808 |
| | UUP | Cyril Crozier | 10.16% | 553 | 594.58 | 618.76 | 619.76 | 621.85 | 622.94 | |
| | Unity | Vera Cleary | 5.07% | 276 | 276.09 | 277.18 | 280.18 | 407.18 | | |
| | Unity | Patrick McKenna | 4.65% | 253 | 253.18 | 255.18 | 263.18 | | | |
| | SDLP | Margaret Traynor | 3.51% | 191 | 191 | 196 | | | | |
| | Alliance | James Henderson | 2.19% | 119 | 120.35 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,755 Valid: 5,442 (80.56%) Spoilt: 179 Quota: 1,089 Turnout: 5,621 (83.21%) |||||||||||

## 1973 Election

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Unity
Fermanagh Area B - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Unity | James Breen | 27.49% | 1,584 | | | |
| | UUP | Cecil Noble | 25.13% | 1,448 | | | |
| | UUP | Norman Brown | 18.48% | 1,065 | 1,068.51 | 1,167.51 | |
| | UUP | James Nethercott | 12.83% | 739 | 741.43 | 910.23 | 1,251.23 |
| | Unity | Margaret Traynor | 5.73% | 330 | 727.71 | 727.91 | 838.67 |
| | DUP | Irene Hughes | 5.38% | 310 | 311.35 | 327.75 | |
| | Alliance | James Henderson | 4.96% | 286 | 302.2 | 306.8 | |
| Electorate: 6,666 Valid: 5,762 (86.44%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,153 Turnout: 5,850 (87.76%) ||||||||