Belfast Area H
Area H was one of the eight district electoral areas (DEA) which existed in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 1973 to 1985. Located in the north of the city, it covered the Antrim and Shore Road areas, together with parts of the Cliftonville area. The district elected seven members to Belfast City Council and contained the wards of Bellevue, Castleview; Cavehill, Cliftonville; Duncairn; Fortwilliam; and Grove. The DEA largely formed part of the Belfast North constituency.
History
The area was created for the 1973 local government elections. It combined the whole of the former Duncairn ward with part of the Clifton ward and parts of Newtownabbey Urban District. It was abolished for the 1985 local government elections. The Cliftonville ward became part of the new Oldpark DEA. The remaining six wards became the Castle DEA.
Results
1973
| Belfast H[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| UUP | John Carson | 5,518 | |
| UUP | Frank Millar | 3,993 | |
| SDLP | Thomas Donnelly | 2,667 | |
| Alliance | John Ferguson | 2,271 | |
| UUP | Myles Humphreys | 1,935 | |
| UUP | Shannon | 1,263 | |
| UUP | H. E. Smith | 1,245 | |
| Alliance | McManus | 974 | |
| Independent United Loyalist | David M. Riddelsdell | 967 | |
| UUP | Mary Creighton | 730 | |
| Alliance | Lantin | 700 | |
| UUP | Lavery | 689 | |
| NI Labour | Barbour | 432 | |
| NI Labour | Simpson | 407 | |
| NI Labour | Boyd | 327 | |
| Republican Labour | Loughran | 277 | |
| Ulster Liberal | R. A. Smith | 172 | |
| Independent Unionist | McAuley | 129 | |
| Independent | Daly | 115 | |
| Turnout | 25,144 | ||
1977
| Belfast H[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| SDLP | Paschal O'Hare | 2,414 | |
| Independent Unionist | Frank Millar | 2,321 | |
| UUP | John Carson | 2,250 | |
| UUP | Myles Humphreys | 1,942 | |
| Alliance | John Cushnahan | 1,865 | |
| DUP | William Annon | 1,507 | |
| SDLP | Alban Maginness | 1,099 | |
| Alliance | R. O. Jamison | 944 | |
| NI Labour | Alan Carr | 502 | |
| Unionist Party NI | J. E. Gibson | 462 | |
| DUP | Cynthia McDowell | 441 | |
| UUP | J. S. Kennet | 439 | |
| UUP | Mary Creighton | 331 | |
| Dominion Party | A. Beattie | 114 | |
| Turnout | 17,316 | ||
| Alliance gain from Ulster Unionist | |||
| Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist | |||
| Independent Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist | |||
1981
| Belfast H[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| UUP | John Carson | 5,014 | |
| SDLP | Paschal O'Hare | 3,057 | |
| DUP | William Annon | 3,010 | |
| Independent Unionist | Frank Millar | 1,848 | |
| Alliance | John Cushnahan | 1,739 | |
| NI Labour | Alan Carr | 1,000 | |
| SDLP | Alban Maginness | 818 | |
| DUP | William Gault | 813 | |
| Workers' Party | L. McK. Clarke | 553 | |
| Alliance | R. O. Jamison | 531 | |
| PUP | David Overend | 503 | |
| DUP | Pauline Strong | 466 | |
| UUP | Raymond Trimble | 408 | |
| Turnout | 20,480 | ||
| Democratic Unionist gain from Alliance | |||
1984 by-election
Following the death of the DUP's William Annon in October 1983, a by-election was held on 23 February 1984.[2]
| Area H by-election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | |||||
| UUP | Alfie Redpath | 2635 | 2648 | 2991 | 3307 | |||||
| SDLP | M. Rodgers | 1256 | 1439 | 1442 | 1847 | |||||
| DUP | Eveline Thompson | 1038 | 1045 | 1244 | 1268 | |||||
| Alliance | Tom Campbell | 811 | 947 | 987 | ||||||
| Independent Unionist | Nelson McCausland | 647 | 663 | |||||||
| Workers' Party | Kathy Johnston | 474 | ||||||||
| Ulster Liberal | T. Shaw | 20 | ||||||||
References
- The Local Government Elections 1973–1981: Belfast, Northern Ireland Elections
- Belfast Telegraph, p4, 27 February 1984