Area A was one of the eight district electoral areas (DEA) which existed in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 1973 to 1985. Located in the south-east of the city, the district elected seven members to Belfast City Council and contained the wards of Ballymacarrett; Ballynafeigh; Orangefield; Ormeau; Rosetta; The Mount and Willowfield. The DEA formed part of the Belfast South and Belfast East constituencies.
History The area was created for the 1973 local government elections, combining the whole of the former Ormeau ward with most of the former Pottinger ward. It was abolished for the 1985 local government elections. The Rosetta and Ballynafeigh wards became part of a new Laganbank DEA, while the remaining five wards joined the Bloomfield ward, formerly part of Area B, in the new Pottinger DEA.
Councillors
Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) 1981 Donnell Deeny (Alliance) Grace Bannister (UUP) William Blair (UUP) Jeremy Burchill (UUP) Sammy Wilson (DUP) John Foster (DUP) Raymond McCrea (DUP) 1977 Basil Glass (Alliance) Denis Loretto (Alliance) Alasdair McDonnell (SDLP) Robert Newman (DUP) 1973 Patricia Carson (Alliance) Benjamin Horan (UUP) Thomas Gildea (UUP) William Elliott (Vanguard) Erskine Holmes (NILP)
1981 Election
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1981: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: DUP and UUP gain from Alliance and SDLP
1977 Election
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x NILP
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats), Alliance and SDLP gain from UUP (two seats), Vanguard and NILP
1973 Election
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x NILP
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