Magherafelt Area B

Magherafelt Area B was one of the three district electoral areas in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Magherafelt District Council, and formed part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Bellaghy, Gulladuff, Knockloughrim, Upperlands and Valley. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Moyola DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
1981		Robert Overend (UUUP)		Thomas Milligan (DUP)		John Junkin (UUP)		Henry McErlean (SDLP)		Oliver Hughes (IIP)
1977				Matthew Hyndman (DUP)		Thomas Kelso (UUP)		Patrick Scullion (SDLP)		Vincent O'Neill (Independent Nationalist)
1973		Ian Davidson (Vanguard)		David Porte (UUP)

1981 Election

1977: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1981: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x IIP

1977-1981 Change: IIP gain from Independent Nationalist

Magherafelt Area B - 5 seats[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Irish Independence	Oliver Hughes	33.77%	1,961
	UUUP	Robert Overend*	18.43%	1,070
	SDLP	Henry McErlean	4.89%	284	679.66	679.66	1,075.39
	DUP	Thomas Milligan	11.50%	668	668.55	705.49	705.58	1,146.58
	UUP	John Junkin	11.88%	690	695.99	736.79	736.79	818.03	991.87
	Ind. Nationalist	Vincent O'Neill*	5.17%	300	712.02	712.49	797.72	797.81	800.99
	DUP	Alexander Montgomery	8.82%	512	513.1	534.72	534.72
	SDLP	Francis Madden	5.55%	322	498.58	498.86
Electorate: 6,702   Valid: 5,807 (86.65%)   Spoilt: 178   Quota: 968   Turnout: 5,985 (89.30%)

1977 Election

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: DUP and UUUP gain from UUP and Vanguard

Magherafelt Area B - 5 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	DUP	Matthew Hyndman	14.81%	768	809	812	812	812	960
	Ind. Nationalist	Vincent O'Neill*	13.21%	685	685	698	712	753	753	753	912
	UUP	Thomas Kelso*	11.27%	584	647	667	667	667	713	726	727	986
	UUUP	Robert Overend	10.13%	525	545	597	597	597	686	760.75	761.75	914.75
	SDLP	Patrick Scullion*	9.82%	509	509	530	568	602	602	602	651	654	658	661	685.96
	SDLP	John Madden	7.29%	378	379	388	405	566	566	566	626	630	637	639	660.32
	UUP	Robert Shiels	7.35%	381	393	414	414	414	451	456.85	461.85
	Republican Clubs	Murty Dorrity	5.42%	281	283	289	397	402	402	402
	UUP	David Porte*	5.90%	306	321	326	328	328
	SDLP	Frank McWilliams	4.38%	227	227	234	243
	Republican Clubs	Michael Scullion	3.67%	190	190	198
	Alliance	Thomas Smyth	3.57%	185	190
	Vanguard	Ian Davidson*	3.18%	165
Electorate: 6,757   Valid: 5,184 (76.72%)   Spoilt: 192   Quota: 865   Turnout: 5,376 (79.56%)

1973 Election

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Magherafelt Area B - 5 seats[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Thomas Kelso	20.79%	1,172
	Vanguard	Ian Davidson	19.21%	1,083
	Ind. Nationalist	Vincent O'Neill	15.75%	888	888	888.52	949.52
	UUP	David Porte	8.35%	471	562.77	615.94	615.94	657.79	1,051.79
	SDLP	Patrick Scullion	13.07%	737	737.19	737.56	760.58	813.58	816.57
	SDLP	John Madden	10.89%	614	614	614.13	626.13	655.32	662.07
	UUP	T. J. Johnston	6.78%	382	506.07	583.55	583.55	638.93
	Alliance	John Stewart	3.37%	190	194.56	197.03	197.03
	Unity	Harry McCoy	1.79%	101	101.19	101.32
Electorate: 6,838   Valid: 5,638 (82.45%)   Spoilt: 57   Quota: 940   Turnout: 5,695 (83.28%)

References

1. "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
2. "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
3. "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 4 August 2021.