Fermanagh Area B

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

It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Brookeborough, Lisbellaw, Maguire's Bridge and Tempo. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and divided between the Enniskillen and Erne East DEAs.

Councillors
Election Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)
1981 Roy Coulter
(DUP)		 Cecil Noble
(UUP)		 Norman Brown
(UUP)		 Anthony Cox
(IIP)
1977 Hugh Buchanan
(UUUP)		 Damien Campbell
(SDLP)
1973 James Nethercott
(UUP)		 James Breen
(Unity)

1981 Election

1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x SDLP

1981: 2 x UUP, 1 x IIP, 1 x DUP

1977-1981 Change: IIP and DUP gain from UUUP and SDLP

Fermanagh Area B - 4 seats[1]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Ulster Unionist Cecil Noble* 29.30% 1,660          
Irish Independence Anthony Cox 21.47% 1,216          
Ulster Unionist Norman Brown* 15.75% 892 1,181.85        
DUP Roy Coulter 9.44% 535 583.05 583.14 826.68 828.3 1,136.3
SDLP Thomas Doherty 6.97% 395 395.93 437.06 437.06 746.36 749.36
Ulster Unionist Cyril Crozier 6.99% 396 551 551.99 575.71 580.8  
SDLP Seamus Carson 5.47% 310 310.93 348.01 350.01    
DUP Margaret Veitch 4.61% 261 276.5 276.5      
Electorate: 6,582   Valid: 5,665 (86.07%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,134   Turnout: 5,774 (87.72%)  

    1977 Election

    1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Unity

    1977: 2 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x SDLP

    1973-1977 Change: UUUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Unity

    Fermanagh Area B - 4 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Ulster Unionist Cecil Noble* 22.09% 1,202            
    UUUP Hugh Buchanan 19.86% 1,081 1,100.35          
    Ulster Unionist Norman Brown* 11.65% 634 678.01 735.73 737.73 737.82 737.82 1,270.82
    SDLP Damien Campbell 14.19% 772 772.27 790.36 933.36 985.36 1,034.36 1,036.99
    Unity Patrick Martin 6.63% 361 361 362 393 467 804 808
    Ulster Unionist Cyril Crozier 10.16% 553 594.58 618.76 619.76 621.85 622.94  
    Unity Vera Cleary 5.07% 276 276.09 277.18 280.18 407.18    
    Unity Patrick McKenna 4.65% 253 253.18 255.18 263.18      
    SDLP Margaret Traynor 3.51% 191 191 196        
    Alliance James Henderson 2.19% 119 120.35          
    Electorate: 6,755   Valid: 5,442 (80.56%)   Spoilt: 179   Quota: 1,089   Turnout: 5,621 (83.21%)  

      1973 Election

      1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Unity

      Fermanagh Area B - 4 seats[3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234
      Unity James Breen 27.49% 1,584      
      Ulster Unionist Cecil Noble 25.13% 1,448      
      Ulster Unionist Norman Brown 18.48% 1,065 1,068.51 1,167.51  
      Ulster Unionist James Nethercott 12.83% 739 741.43 910.23 1,251.23
      Unity Margaret Traynor 5.73% 330 727.71 727.91 838.67
      DUP Irene Hughes 5.38% 310 311.35 327.75  
      Alliance James Henderson 4.96% 286 302.2 306.8  
      Electorate: 6,666   Valid: 5,762 (86.44%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,153   Turnout: 5,850 (87.76%)  

        References
        1. "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
        2. "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
        3. "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
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