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)
1973		Thomas Braniff (Independent Unionist)		John Preston (UUP)		Amy Corry (UUP)

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		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)