Londonderry Area A, called Derry Area A from 1984, was one of the five district electoral areas in Derry, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected six members to Londonderry City Council, and formed part of the Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Banagher, Claudy, Eglinton, Enagh, Faughan and Prehen. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Rural DEA.
Councillors
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | John Henry (DUP) |
William Hay (DUP) |
Robert Bond (UUP)/ (United Loyalist) |
John McNickle (SDLP) |
Thomas Doherty (SDLP) |
George Peoples (SDLP) | ||||||
| 1977 | Thomas Craig (UUP)/ (United Loyalist) | |||||||||||
| 1973 | Robinson (United Loyalist) |
Arthur Barr (Alliance) | ||||||||||
1981 Election
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1981: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | John Henry* | 16.60% | 1,412 | ||||||
| UUP | Robert Bond* | 11.01% | 937 | 948.34 | 1,107.62 | 1,269.62 | |||
| SDLP | Thomas Doherty* | 9.84% | 837 | 837.14 | 921.14 | 921.14 | 1,371.14 | ||
| SDLP | George Peoples* | 11.07% | 942 | 942.14 | 984.14 | 988.14 | 1,232.14 | ||
| SDLP | John McNickle* | 11.97% | 1,018 | 1,018.14 | 1,041.14 | 1,041.28 | 1,148.28 | 1,299.21 | |
| DUP | William Hay | 10.65% | 906 | 1,071.76 | 1,100.9 | 1,159.96 | 1,161.96 | 1,162.74 | |
| UUP | Ernest Hamilton | 6.96% | 592 | 598.3 | 635.58 | 959.74 | 962.74 | 964.3 | |
| SDLP | Danny Ferguson | 9.50% | 808 | 808 | 844 | 844 | |||
| UUP | Alan Lindsay | 6.18% | 526 | 536.78 | 558.06 | ||||
| Alliance | John Allen | 3.74% | 318 | 318.56 | |||||
| Alliance | James Patterson | 2.03% | 173 | 173.42 | |||||
| NI Labour | Delap Stevenson | 0.46% | 39 | 39.14 | |||||
| Electorate: 11,803 Valid: 8,508 (72.08%) Spoilt: 278 Quota: 1,216 Turnout: 8,786 (74.44%) | |||||||||
1977 Election
1973: 3 x United Loyalist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats), DUP and SDLP gain from United Loyalists (three seats) and Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| SDLP | Thomas Doherty* | 10.65% | 762 | 780 | 781 | 781 | 1,124 | ||||||
| UUP | Thomas Craig* | 13.21% | 945 | 948 | 963 | 1,002 | 1,004 | 1,004.29 | 1,430.29 | ||||
| UUP | Robert Bond* | 10.12% | 724 | 728 | 739 | 948 | 950 | 950 | 1,158 | ||||
| DUP | John Henry | 9.70% | 694 | 695 | 851 | 858 | 858 | 858 | 912 | 1,156 | |||
| SDLP | John McNickle | 12.33% | 882 | 886 | 886 | 888 | 910 | 979.31 | 981.31 | 983.31 | 983.31 | 984.31 | |
| SDLP | George Peoples* | 10.69% | 765 | 771 | 772 | 773 | 825 | 851.39 | 852.39 | 852.39 | 853.39 | 854.39 | |
| Alliance | Arthur Barr* | 7.35% | 526 | 686 | 688 | 695 | 718 | 720.03 | 730.03 | 760.03 | 807.03 | 827.03 | |
| UUP | Alan Lindsay | 8.81% | 630 | 631 | 642 | 716 | 717 | 717 | |||||
| SDLP | Patrick Boyle | 6.49% | 464 | 472 | 472 | 472 | |||||||
| UUP | Vincent Lindsay | 4.64% | 332 | 332 | 347 | ||||||||
| DUP | Joseph Mooney | 3.02% | 216 | 217 | |||||||||
| Alliance | James Patterson | 2.38% | 170 | ||||||||||
| NI Labour | Delap Stevenson | 0.62% | 44 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 10,859 Valid: 7,154 (65.88%) Spoilt: 268 Quota: 1,023 Turnout: 7,422 (68.35%) | |||||||||||||
1973 Election
1973: 3 x United Loyalist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| United Loyalist | Thomas Craig | 15.66% | 1,294 | |||||||||
| United Loyalist | Robert Bond | 13.63% | 1,126 | 1,160.56 | 1,163.72 | 1,163.72 | 1,172.96 | 1,189.96 | ||||
| SDLP | George Peoples | 10.64% | 879 | 879.08 | 884.08 | 912.08 | 965.08 | 1,018.08 | 1,192.08 | |||
| United Loyalist | Robinson | 11.62% | 960 | 1,014.64 | 1,020.64 | 1,020.64 | 1,033.96 | 1,034.04 | 1,035.04 | 1,783.04 | ||
| Alliance | Arthur Barr | 5.10% | 421 | 421.8 | 450.8 | 458.8 | 580.04 | 880.36 | 904.36 | 921.32 | 997.32 | |
| SDLP | Thomas Doherty | 6.49% | 536 | 536.08 | 547.08 | 569.08 | 655.16 | 679.16 | 968.16 | 970.16 | 970.16 | |
| SDLP | Courtrey | 9.11% | 753 | 753 | 754 | 776 | 809 | 866 | 915 | 915 | 916 | |
| United Loyalist | Gordon Hegarty | 9.28% | 767 | 777.64 | 778.64 | 779.72 | 782.8 | 786.88 | 788.96 | |||
| SDLP | Millar | 5.95% | 492 | 492.08 | 494.08 | 505.08 | 552.08 | 564.08 | ||||
| Alliance | Gormley | 5.02% | 415 | 415.56 | 428.56 | 443.56 | 499.56 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | Gillespie | 2.59% | 214 | 214.08 | 214.08 | 251.08 | ||||||
| Alliance | Morrison | 2.12% | 175 | 175.88 | 183.88 | 184.88 | ||||||
| Nationalist | Mulhern | 1.72% | 142 | 142.08 | 146.08 | |||||||
| NI Labour | Grace Stevenson | 1.07% | 88 | 88.16 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 10,497 Valid: 8,262 (78.71%) Spoilt: 94 Quota: 1,181 Turnout: 8,356 (79.60%) | ||||||||||||
References
- "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.