Dungannon Area B

Dungannon Area B was one of the four district electoral areas in Dungannon, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Dungannon 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 Altmore, Coalisland North, Coalisland South, Donaghmore and Washing Bay. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Torrent DEA.

Councillors

Election
1981	Thomas Kempton (UUP)	Patrick McGlinchey (SDLP)	Owen Nugent (Independent Nationalist)/ (SDLP)	Jim Canning (Independent Nationalist)/ (SDLP)	John Corr (Independent Republican)
1977		Patrick McGlinchey (SDLP)			John Corr (Independent Republican)
1973		James McQuaid (Independent Republican)			Eugene Lyttle (Independent Republican)

1981 Election

1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican

1981: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Republican

1977-1981 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP

Dungannon Area B - 5 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2
	Ind. Nationalist	Jim Canning*	29.18%	1,744
	Ind. Nationalist	Owen Nugent*	19.08%	1,140
	SDLP	Patrick McGlinchey*	19.04%	1,138
	Ind. Republican	John Corr*	9.02%	539	1,275.47
	UUP	Thomas Kempton*	15.36%	918	921.43
	DUP	Abraham White	8.32%	497	498.96
Electorate: 7,753 Valid: 5,976 (77.08%) Spoilt: 210 Quota: 997 Turnout: 6,186 (79.79%)

1977 Election

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Republican, 1 x UUP

1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican

1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Independent Republican, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP

Dungannon Area B - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ind. Nationalist	Jim Canning*	24.92%	1,494
	UUP	Thomas Kempton*	21.91%	1,314
	SDLP	Owen Nugent*	13.63%	817	825.16	844.6	866.94	896.47	939.53	1,099.53
	Ind. Republican	John Corr	9.17%	550	746.52	757.05	759.39	818.15	841.23	1,033.23
	SDLP	Patrick McGlinchey	8.94%	536	647.18	660.95	660.95	794.75	845.39	860.26
	Republican Clubs	Eugene Lyttle*	6.57%	394	523.54	530.02	595.7	609.06	625.62	659.36
	Independent	Arthur Donaghy	7.04%	422	435.26	448.22	469.56	471.9	488.87
	Alliance	Francis Falls	1.93%	116	125.52	370.95	370.95	378.29
	SDLP	Brian McLernon	3.97%	238	254.66	256.28	256.62
	Republican Clubs	James McQuaid*	1.92%	115	117.04	118.66
Electorate: 7,638 Valid: 5,996 (78.50%) Spoilt: 233 Quota: 1,000 Turnout: 6,229 (81.55%)

1973 Election