Strabane Area A

Strabane Area A was one of the three district electoral areas in Strabane, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Strabane District Council, and formed part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Castlederg, Clare, Glenderg, Newtownstewart and Sion Mills. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and mostly replaced with the Derg DEA, with Sion Mills moving to the Mourne DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
1981		Thomas Kerrigan (DUP)		Robert Anderson (DUP)		Edward Turner (UUP)		Mary McCrea (SDLP)		Denis McCrory (Independent Nationalist)
1977		George McIntyre (DUP)		Ernest Young (UUP)				Daniel Gallagher (SDLP)
1973		Bobby Moore (UUP)				Frances Hamilton (UUP)

1981 Election

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Strabane Area A - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Ind. Nationalist	Denis McCrory*	22.11%	1,320
	DUP	Thomas Kerrigan	20.46%	1,221
	SDLP	Mary McCrea	17.24%	1,029
	DUP	Robert Anderson	9.72%	580	581	602.6	1,070.22
	UUP	Edward Turner*	13.94%	832	882	892.26	908.42
	UUP	Ernest Young*	11.26%	672	738	747.36	754.62
	DUP	David Baird	5.28%	315	321	497.22
Electorate: 7,833   Valid: 5,969 (76.20%)   Spoilt: 193   Quota: 995   Turnout: 6,162 (78.67%)

1977 Election

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Strabane Area A - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	George McIntyre	18.18%	1,047
	Ind. Nationalist	Denis McCrory*	17.53%	1,010
	SDLP	Daniel Gallagher*	8.99%	518	518	542	556	764	1,002
	UUP	Edward Turner	13.16%	758	789.04	798.2	864.32	865.32	871.4	875.4
	UUP	Ernest Young*	12.40%	714	731.04	750.04	791.28	794.28	795.28	807.28
	UUP	Frank Stewart	10.36%	597	611.24	623.32	708.44	710.44	721.52	736.52
	Independent	Brian MacBride	7.99%	460	460.08	493.16	500.24	571.24
	SDLP	Mary McCrea	5.28%	304	304	311	313.08
	Ind. Unionist	James Moore	3.56%	205	219.56	244.56
	Alliance	James Smyth	2.55%	147	147.4
Electorate: 7,693   Valid: 5,760 (74.87%)   Spoilt: 266   Quota: 961   Turnout: 6,026 (78.33%)

1973 Election

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Strabane Area A - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	UUP	Bobby Moore	19.99%	1,279
	UUP	Ernest Young	19.55%	1,251
	UUP	Frances Hamilton	17.55%	1,123
	SDLP	Daniel Gallagher	15.18%	971	974	974	975.11	987.11	989.11	996.11	1,019.48	1,457.48
	Ind. Nationalist	Denis McCrory	13.46%	861	861	861	862.48	874.48	874.48	877.48	879.85	902.8	1,011.8
	Alliance	Thomas Riddell	1.83%	117	165	298.95	325.96	341.7	377.1	385.42	563.8	581.8	606.8
	SDLP	Patrick McCallion	7.28%	466	475	476.9	479.12	484.12	487.12	527.12	537.07
	Alliance	Lala Nabney	1.47%	94	129	141.35	145.79	187.9	239.13	252.03
	Independent Labour	Robert King	1.42%	91	119	130.4	135.58	136.58	138.53
	Alliance	James Smyth	0.81%	52	81	104.75	116.22	121.22
	Alliance	Eileen Lynch	1.45%	93	96	96	97.85
Electorate: 7,897   Valid: 6,398 (81.02%)   Spoilt: 76   Quota: 1,067   Turnout: 6,474 (81.98%)