Belfast Area G
Area G was one of the eight district electoral areas (DEA) which existed in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 1973 to 1985. Covering Belfast city centre and the inner parts of the north and west of the city, the district elected six members to Belfast City Council and contained the wards of Central; Court; Crumlin; New Lodge; North Howard; and Shankill. The DEA formed part of the Belfast North and Belfast West constituencies.
History
The area was created for the 1973 local government elections. It combined the whole of the former Court and Dock wards with parts of the Clifton, Shankill, Smithfield and Woodvale wards. It was abolished for the 1985 local government elections, when it was split between the new Oldpark and Court DEAs.
Results
1973
Belfast E[1] | |||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
UUP | M. Laird | 3,632 | |
UUP | Herbert Ditty | 3,556 | |
SDLP | Gerry Fitt | 2,876 | |
UUP | H. H. Kidd | 2,651 | |
Ind. Unionist | Sammy Millar | 2,291 | |
Alliance | M. J. V. McKeown | 572 | |
Republican Clubs | John McAlea | 376 | |
NI Labour | Boyle | 368 | |
Republican Clubs | McGlade | 291 | |
Republican Labour | Jim O'Kane | 193 | |
NI Labour | Pakenham | 182 | |
Republican Labour | S. O'Hare | 174 | |
NI Labour | Jack Sharkey | 132 | |
Independent | Moya Saunders | 52 | |
Republican Labour | Scullion | 19 | |
Independent | Rigby | 13 | |
Turnout | 17,895 |
1977
Belfast G[1] | |||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
SDLP | Gerry Fitt | 3,006 | |
DUP | Frederick Ashby | 1,377 | |
Republican Clubs | Seamus Lynch | 1,323 | |
UUP | Herbert Ditty | 1,043 | |
UUP | Cecil Walker | 779 | |
DUP | G. A. Haffey | 742 | |
UUP | M. Laird | 592 | |
UUP | Sammy Millar | 515 | |
Ind. Unionist | H. H. Kidd | 387 | |
Alliance | McKeown | 320 | |
Turnout | 10,970 | ||
style="background:Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color;"| | Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist | ||
style="background:Template:Republican Clubs/meta/color;"| | Republican Clubs gain from Independent Unionist |
January 1981 by-election
The by-election was held in controversial circumstances following the death of the Alliance councillor McKeown. The DUP were criticised for blocking the co-option of an Alliance member, triggering an election just 3 months before regular council elections were held.[2] The DUP then opted not to contest the by-election. The UUP candidate David Smylie, a former councillor for Area E, withdrew after nominations closed, claiming that he had received a paramilitary death threat.[2] In March 1981, Sammy Millar, the by-election winner, survived an assassination attempt by the Irish National Liberation Army in which he was seriously injured.[3]
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #aadfff;" data-sort-value="Independent Unionist" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Workers' Party of Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |Area G by-election, 28 January 1981 | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | |||||
Ind. Unionist | Sammy Millar | 1826 | 2111 | 2295 | 2328 | |||||
SDLP | Brian Feeney | 1093 | 1095 | 1326 | 1823 | |||||
Workers' Party of Ireland | Margaret McNulty | 936 | 939 | 1015 | ||||||
Alliance | Philip McGarry | 639 | 689 | |||||||
UUP | David Smylie | 497 |
1981
Belfast G[1] | |||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
DUP | Frederick Ashby | 1,913 | |
People's Democracy | Fergus O'Hare | 1,953 | |
New Ulster Political Research | Sammy Millar | 1,420 | |
UUP | Cecil Walker | 1,173 | |
Workers' Party of Ireland | Seamus Lynch | 750 | |
SDLP | Brian Feeney | 749 | |
UUP | Herbert Ditty | 595 | |
Independent Socialist | Gerry Fitt | 541 | |
DUP | Joseph Coggle | 392 | |
Alliance | P. J. McGarry | 313 | |
Turnout | 10,336 | ||
style="background:Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color;"| | Democratic Unionist gain from Alliance | ||
style="background:Template:People's Democracy/meta/color;"| | People's Democracy gain from Republican Clubs | ||
New Ulster Political Research gain from Ulster Unionist |
References