Down Area A was one of the three district electoral areas in Down, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected seven members to Down District Council, and formed part of the South Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Ballymaglave, Crossgar, Derryboy, Killyleagh, Kilmore, Market and Saintfield. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Rowallane DEA and part of the Ballynahinch DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Samuel Osborne (UUP) | William Brown (UUP) | Dermot Nesbitt (UUP) | Cecil Harvey (DUP) | Thomas Poole (DUP) | Francis Laverty (SDLP) | Monica Smyth (SDLP) | |||||||
| 1977 | Edward McVeigh (UUP) | William Finlay (UUP) | Denis Rowan-Hamilton (Alliance) | Patrick Smyth (SDLP) | ||||||||||
| 1973 | William Cochrane (UUP) | John Cleland (Vanguard) | ||||||||||||
1977: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1981: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and Alliance
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard
1977: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from Vanguard
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard