Manse Road (District Electoral Area)

Manse Road was one of the five district electoral areas in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 1993. The district elected five members to Newtownabbey Borough Council, and formed part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Newtownabbey Area C and Newtownabbey Area D which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Ballyduff, Burnthill, Carnmoney, Hawthorne and Mossley. It was abolished for the 1993 local elections and replaced with the Antrim Line DEA and the University DEA.

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party)
1989 Gordon Mawhinney
(Alliance) 		Samuel Neill
(DUP) 		Arthur Kell
(UUP) 		James Robinson
(UUP) 		George Herron
(UUP)
1985 Edward Cassells
(DUP) 		James Smith
(UUP)

1989 Election

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Manse Road - 5 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
UUP George Herron* 37.56% 1,762    
UUP James Robinson* 19.48% 914    
UUP Arthur Kell 6.46% 303 1,131.78  
DUP Samuel Neill* 15.20% 713 800.78  
Alliance Gordon Mawhinney 15.46% 725 768.89 904.25
Ind. Unionist Thomas Buchanan 2.11% 99 109.83 305.35
Workers' Party Brendan Heaney 3.73% 175 182.41 196.98
Electorate: 11,302   Valid: 4,691 (41.51%)   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 782   Turnout: 4,825 (42.69%)  

1985 Election

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

Manse Road - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
UUP George Herron* 26.91% 1,400            
DUP Edward Cassells 18.87% 982            
UUP James Robinson 14.15% 736 1,064.32          
DUP Samuel Neill* 13.47% 701 753.44 764.66 766.04 800.86 898.32  
UUP James Smith* 7.61% 396 468.2 515.5 516.5 803.22 809.27 836.27
Alliance George Jones 11.45% 596 616.14 617.9 809.12 826.34 828.54 829.54
UUP Agnes Sloan 3.56% 185 235.54 362.92 364.36      
SDLP Bernard Conlon 3.98% 207 207.76 208.64        
Electorate: 10,827   Valid: 5,203 (48.06%)   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 868   Turnout: 5,307 (49.02%)  

References

  1. ^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.