Antrim Area A was one of the three district electoral areas in Antrim, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to

Antrim Borough Council Antrim Borough Council was the local authority of Antrim in Northern Ireland. It merged with Newtownabbey Borough Council on 1 April 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Counci ...

and formed part of the South Antrim constituencies for the

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and UK Parliament. It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Cranfield, Drumanaway, Randalstown, Tardree and Toome. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced with the Antrim North West DEA.

Councillors

1981 Election

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP
1977-1981 Change: SDLP gain from Independent, Independent Nationalist joins IIP

1977 Election

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: No change

1973 Election

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist

References

{{reflist 1973 establishments in Northern Ireland 1985 disestablishments in Northern Ireland