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Ards Area B was one of the three district electoral areas in Ards, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected six members to Ards 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 Central, Glen, Loughries, Movilla, Scrabo and Ulsterville. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Newtownards DEA.

Councillors

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Election Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party)
1981 Hugh Boyd
(DUP) 		John Elliott
(DUP) 		Simpson Gibson
(DUP) 		Robert Brown
(UPUP) 		Owen Dorrian
(Alliance) 		Robert Gaw
(NILP)
1977 John Algie
(UUP) 		William Boal
(UUP) 		Herbert Gallagher
(Alliance)
1973 Cecilia Cooke
(UUP) 		William Spratt
(UUP) 		Robert Brown
(Loyalist Coalition)

1981 Election

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1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x DUP

1981: 3 x DUP, 1 x NILP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Alliance

1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) and UPUP gain from UUP (two seats) and Alliance

Ards Area B - 7 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DUP Hugh Boyd* 20.16% 1,681                  
NI Labour Robert Gaw* 15.71% 1,310                  
DUP John Elliott 8.03% 670 1,036.27 1,044.46 1,066.06 1,070.82 1,084.82 1,093.18 1,113.92 1,141.51 1,182.71
DUP Simpson Gibson 12.05% 1,005 1,067.06 1,071.02 1,083.75 1,086.93 1,100.93 1,105.93 1,125.96 1,138.81 1,167.29
Alliance Owen Dorrian* 9.41% 784 786.61 803.89 835.65 838.65 841.19 1,059.78 1,086.68 1,108.78 1,154.96
UPUP Robert Brown 6.09% 508 538.16 545.72 552.61 559.17 566.46 575.73 686.73 724.76 1,136.69
UUP Hugh Patton 4.59% 383 387.35 392.57 396.65 485.84 558.85 570.57 599.14 1,004.54 1,078.36
UPUP James Murray 5.61% 468 471.77 478.61 486.76 493.85 499.12 505.84 660.55 686.21  
UUP Robert Hamilton 5.49% 458 465.54 469.68 475.02 502.29 558.03 569.21 593.6    
UPUP Hugh Yeaman 4.32% 360 362.9 368.03 374.92 379.3 388.93 397.58      
Alliance James Murphy 3.24% 270 270.29 273.53 286.5 289.59 294.86        
UUP Edward McLoughlin 1.99% 166 166.87 169.03 174.66 192.2          
UUP William Speers 1.94% 162 163.45 165.7 168.51            
NI Labour John Gray 1.37% 114 115.16 164.12              
Electorate: 16,070   Valid: 8,339 (51.89%)   Spoilt: 310   Quota: 1,192   Turnout: 8,649 (53.82%)  

1977 Election

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1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x Loyalist

1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x DUP

1973-1977 Change: Alliance and DUP gain from UUP and Loyalist

Ards Area B - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
NI Labour Robert Gaw* 14.06% 843 874        
DUP Hugh Boyd 13.01% 780 868        
UUP John Algie* 13.71% 822 861        
UUP William Boal 6.36% 381 415 418.5 512.5 774.5 852.2
Alliance Herbert Gallagher 10.94% 656 667 669.8 685.8 720.8 813.5
Alliance Owen Dorrian* 10.23% 613 621 621 626 638.7 802.4
Unionist Party NI Cecilia Cooke* 8.59% 515 536 537.4 562.4 649.1 733.5
NI Labour William Allen 8.44% 506 515 520.6 541.3 567.3  
UUP Hugh Yeaman 5.24% 314 323 325.1 457.8    
UUP William Spratt* 4.80% 288 302 303.4      
Vanguard Robert Brown* 4.62% 277          
Electorate: 15,342   Valid: 5,995 (39.08%)   Spoilt: 232   Quota: 857   Turnout: 6,227 (40.59%)  

1973 Election

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1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP, 1 x Loyalist Coalition

Ards Area B - 7 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
UUP John Algie 19.38% 1,568                          
UUP Cecilia Cooke 11.79% 954 1,120.14 1,120.14 1,130.14 1,146.92 1,228.92                
Alliance Owen Dorrian 8.26% 668 671.9 719.9 755.9 830.42 835.68 836.59 1,207.59            
UUP William Spratt 8.80% 712 777.26 777.26 791.26 793.26 949.34 986.65 1,005.69 1,016.89 1,039.62 1,328.62      
Loyalist Coalition Robert Brown 6.90% 558 573.86 573.86 580.86 581.38 587.9 589.72 593.72 593.88 961.9 1,009.53 1,044.53 1,605.53  
NI Labour Robert Gaw 7.00% 566 584.46 591.46 630.46 648.72 652.72 652.72 687.93 702.33 712.43 789.12 815.12 858.26 934.26
NI Labour William Allen 6.09% 493 515.62 522.62 550.88 556.88 562.88 562.88 583.79 593.55 608.75 670.86 699.86 729.73 784.73
Loyalist Coalition William Hannigan 6.64% 537 541.94 542.2 543.2 546.2 550.72 552.54 554.54 555.98 642.28 674.99 697.99    
UUP Georgina Foulis 4.59% 371 430.54 430.54 443.8 449.06 512.7 539.09 560.39 570.31 607.3        
DUP Irene Brown 6.34% 513 533.54 534.54 537.54 540.54 545.54 547.36 550.88 552.64          
Alliance W. H. Forsythe 4.19% 339 343.68 344.68 354.68 477.68 481.68 484.41              
UUP H. McGimpsey 4.02% 325 344.76 344.76 349.28 351.28                  
Alliance G. Hirst 2.97% 240 242.34 242.34 254.34                    
Ulster Liberal Albert McElroy 2.06% 167 168.04 182.04                      
SDLP D. G. C. Devaney 0.98% 79 79.26                        
Electorate: 13,801   Valid: 8,090 (58.62%)   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 1,156   Turnout: 8,217 (59.54%)  

References

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  1. ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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