Londonderry Area D
Londonderry Area D, called Derry Area D from 1984, was one of the five district electoral areas in Derry, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Londonderry City Council, and formed part of the Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Brandywell, Riverside, St. Columb's Wells, The Diamond and Waterloo. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Northland DEA.
Councillors
[edit]Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | |||||
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1981 | Margaret Buchanan (DUP) |
William Keys (SDLP) |
William McCartney (SDLP) |
John Tierney (SDLP) |
Liam Bradley (IIP)/ (Nationalist) | |||||
1977 | Marlene Jefferson (UUP)/ (United Loyalist) |
Raymond McClean (SDLP) |
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1973 | Joe Cosgrove (Alliance) |
Feeney (SDLP) |
James Hegarty (Nationalist) |
1981 Election
[edit]1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Nationalist, 1 x UUP
1981: 3 x SDLP, 1 x IIP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP, Nationalist joins IIP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SDLP | William Keys* | 24.08% | 788 | |||||||
Irish Independence | Liam Bradley* | 18.06% | 591 | |||||||
DUP | Margaret Buchanan | 15.49% | 507 | |||||||
SDLP | William McCartney | 10.79% | 353 | 521.95 | 525.52 | 549.52 | ||||
SDLP | John Tierney | 13.38% | 438 | 481.4 | 483.99 | 496.92 | 504.68 | 516.1 | 564.1 | |
Irish Independence | Roger O'Doherty | 5.56% | 182 | 187.89 | 205.95 | 218.68 | 252.94 | 355.75 | 364.58 | |
Alliance | Snoo Sinclair | 4.31% | 141 | 145.96 | 146.24 | 155.07 | 156.38 | 160.38 | ||
Irish Independence | Liam Wray | 2.84% | 93 | 94.55 | 104.63 | 112.84 | 144.06 | |||
Irish Republican Socialist | Thomas McCourt | 2.81% | 92 | 95.72 | 98.66 | 104.87 | ||||
Independent Labour | Colm Fox | 2.69% | 88 | 94.82 | 96.71 | |||||
Electorate: 5,119 Valid: 3,273 (63.94%) Spoilt: 153 Quota: 546 Turnout: 3,426 (66.93%) |
1977 Election
[edit]1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Nationalist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist
1977: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Nationalist, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP and UUP gain from Alliance and United Loyalist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SDLP | Raymond McClean* | 26.15% | 927 | |||||||
UUP | Marlene Jefferson* | 17.80% | 631 | |||||||
SDLP | William Keys | 16.87% | 598 | |||||||
SDLP | William McCartney | 7.14% | 253 | 530.2 | 530.97 | 536.06 | 541.07 | 594.07 | ||
Nationalist | Liam Bradley | 10.55% | 374 | 379.76 | 379.98 | 380.08 | 438.17 | 459.54 | 661.54 | |
Alliance | Joe Cosgrove* | 7.48% | 265 | 284.44 | 317.99 | 318.24 | 325.08 | 375.08 | 385.08 | |
Nationalist | Charles McDaid | 4.32% | 153 | 163.08 | 163.63 | 163.73 | 240.09 | 245.66 | ||
Ind. Nationalist | James Hegarty* | 5.22% | 185 | 198.32 | 200.52 | 200.77 | 208.78 | |||
Nationalist | John McQuaide | 4.49% | 159 | 162.24 | 162.46 | 162.51 | ||||
Electorate: 5,973 Valid: 3,545 (59.35%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 591 Turnout: 3,719 (62.26%) |
1973 Election
[edit]1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x United Loyalist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Nationalist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
United Loyalist | Marlene Jefferson | 23.42% | 1,041 | ||||||||||||
SDLP | Raymond McClean | 18.18% | 808 | ||||||||||||
SDLP | Feeney | 14.47% | 643 | 644 | 666.4 | 666.48 | 668.64 | 675.72 | 689.8 | 696.88 | 745.64 | ||||
Alliance | Joe Cosgrove | 9.18% | 408 | 518 | 519.68 | 532.76 | 534.76 | 535.76 | 552 | 555 | 567.16 | 577.24 | 797.44 | 797.44 | |
Nationalist | James Hegarty | 7.67% | 341 | 344 | 346 | 346 | 346 | 351 | 361.08 | 373.16 | 375.56 | 518.8 | 529.12 | 607.04 | |
Republican Clubs | Mickey Doherty | 5.15% | 229 | 231 | 231 | 231 | 260 | 281 | 286.08 | 381.16 | 385.16 | 401.32 | 402.32 | 419.92 | |
SDLP | William O'Connoll | 4.81% | 214 | 215 | 235.88 | 235.96 | 236.04 | 239.04 | 246.12 | 248.12 | 318.52 | 325.4 | 339.8 | ||
Alliance | Mulhern | 3.49% | 155 | 273 | 274.04 | 295.2 | 296.2 | 297.2 | 308.28 | 308.28 | 310.44 | 317.68 | |||
Nationalist | Charles McDaid | 3.67% | 163 | 165 | 166.52 | 166.52 | 171.68 | 178.68 | 187.76 | 195.84 | 196.92 | ||||
SDLP | O'Hara | 2.68% | 119 | 119 | 131.64 | 131.64 | 131.72 | 133.72 | 140.96 | 142.04 | |||||
Republican Clubs | Lynch | 2.16% | 96 | 97 | 97.32 | 97.32 | 116.32 | 128.32 | 133.4 | ||||||
Independent | O'Neill | 1.51% | 67 | 80 | 80.96 | 83.96 | 84.04 | 92.12 | |||||||
Ind. Republican | Finbar O'Doherty | 1.60% | 71 | 71 | 71.16 | 71.16 | 71.16 | ||||||||
Republican Clubs | McCool | 1.33% | 59 | 59 | 59.56 | 59.56 | |||||||||
Alliance | McKenna | 0.70% | 31 | 39 | 39.4 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 6,982 Valid: 4,445 (63.66%) Spoilt: 122 Quota: 741 Turnout: 4,567 (65.41%) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.