Limavady Area A

Limavady Area A was one of the three district electoral areas in Limavady, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected six members to Limavady Borough 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 Aghanloo, Glack, Gresteel, Magilligan, Myroe and Walworth. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Bellarena DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
1981		Ernest Murray (DUP)		Robert Grant (UUP)/ (United Unionist)		Stanley Gault (UUP)		Roy King (SDLP)		Thomas Mullan (SDLP)		Arthur Doherty (SDLP)
1977						Florence Sloan (UUP)/ (United Unionist)		Michael Nicholas (SDLP)
1973		James Gilfillan (United Unionist)								Eddie McGowan (SDLP)		James Boylan (Alliance)

1981 Election

1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1981: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1977-1981 Change: No change

Limavady Area A - 6 seats[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty*	18.60%	727
	SDLP	Roy King	17.35%	678
	DUP	Ernest Murray*	16.73%	654
	UUP	Robert Grant*	14.41%	563
	SDLP	Thomas Mullan*	14.38%	562
	UUP	Stanley Gault	11.11%	434	453	464
	UUP	James Gilfillan	7.42%	290	303	317
Electorate: 5,076   Valid: 3,908 (76.99%)   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 559   Turnout: 3,986 (78.53%)

1977 Election

1973: 3 x United Unionist, 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 Unionist (three seats) and Alliance

Limavady Area A - 6 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Michael Nicholas*	19.43%	724
	UUP	Robert Grant*	14.81%	552
	SDLP	Thomas Mullan	13.55%	505	510	630.58
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty	10.14%	378	378	439.36	533.86
	UUP	Florence Sloan*	9.63%	359	368	368	368.21	629.21
	DUP	Ernest Murray	13.04%	486	488	488.52	488.73	542.73
	Alliance	James Boylan*	9.12%	340	383	385.6	386.65	387.65
	UUP	Hugh Guthrie	8.59%	320	323	323.26	323.26
	Alliance	Stanley Stewart	1.69%	63
Electorate: 5,044   Valid: 3,727 (73.89%)   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 533   Turnout: 3,840 (76.13%)

1973 Election

1973: 3 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

Limavady Area A - 6 seats[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	United Unionist	Florence Sloan	16.40%	690
	United Unionist	Robert Grant	15.11%	636
	SDLP	Michael Nicholas	14.64%	616
	United Unionist	James Gilfillan	13.95%	587	667.76
	Alliance	James Boylan	7.03%	296	296.12	297.2	302.8	305.04	305.16	341.46	341.5	558.72
	SDLP	Eddie McGowan	7.89%	332	332	332	332	332	335.76	359.24	519.5	539.68
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty	10.41%	438	438	438	438.4	438.4	439.66	475.06	506.72	526.34
	Alliance	J. Barr	5.82%	245	245.48	252.32	270.32	281.08	281.54	315.98	322.1
	SDLP	Donal Morgan	4.54%	191	191	191	191	192	197.08	203.28
	Independent	Rosalind Deighan	1.35%	57	57.12	57.12	58.32	59.32	60.04
	Republican Clubs	P. J. Loughrey	1.38%	58	58	58	58.4	59.4	59.98
	Alliance	Bill Cunningham	1.12%	47	47.6	48.08	52.08	54.96	55.08
	Alliance	Desmond Wallace	0.36%	15	15.6	16.68	20.28
Electorate: 5,298   Valid: 4,208 (79.43%)   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 602   Turnout: 4,248 (80.18%)

References

1. "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
2. "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
3. "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 18 July 2021.