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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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.