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District electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland

Ballymena Area B was one of the four district electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected six members to Ballymena Borough Council, and formed part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Ahoghill, Cullybackey, Dunminning, Galgorm, Grange and Portglenone. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by The Main DEA.

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party)
1981 Roy Gillespie
(DUP) 		Sandy Spence
(DUP) 		John Greer
(DUP) 		Tommy Nicholl
(DUP) 		William Wright
(UUP) 		Hugh Simpson
(UUP)/
(Independent Unionist)
1977 Hubert Nicholl
(DUP) 		Thomas Smyth
(UUP)/
(Independent Unionist)
1973 A. Simpson
(Independent) 		W. Dickey
(UUP)

1981 Election

1977: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP

1981: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP

1977-1981 Change: No change

Ballymena Area B - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DUP Roy Gillespie* 19.20% 1,254                
DUP Sandy Spence* 15.02% 981                
DUP John Greer* 13.06% 853 1,075.3              
UUP Hugh Simpson* 8.22% 537 538.56 539.52 590.52 593.12 793.19 1,109.19    
UUP William Wright* 7.10% 464 474.14 474.78 605.56 608.91 661.68 807.62 972.07  
DUP Tommy Nicholl 11.33% 740 763.66 771.34 793.34 824.04 831.75 844.29 848.19 860.54
DUP Hubert Nicholl* 9.43% 616 649.02 765.82 765.82 773.67 794.06 830.53 835.08 853.93
UUP Robert Nelson 6.33% 413 431.2 438.88 473.88 474.73 561.18      
UUP Thomas Smyth* 6.16% 402 409.8 410.28 435.28 436.93        
UUP John Sutter 4.15% 271 272.04 272.04            
Electorate: 9,994   Valid: 6,531 (65.35%)   Spoilt: 240   Quota: 934   Turnout: 6,771 (67.75%)  

1977 Election

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

1977: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP

1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and Independent, Independent Unionists (two seats) join UUP

Ballymena Area B - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
DUP Roy Gillespie* N/A N/A
DUP John Greer N/A N/A
DUP Hubert Nicholl N/A N/A
UUP Hugh Simpson* N/A N/A
UUP Thomas Smyth* N/A N/A
DUP Sandy Spence* N/A N/A
Electorate: N/A   Valid: N/A   Spoilt: N/A   Quota: N/A   Turnout: N/A  
  • As only six candidates had been nominated for six seats, there was no vote in Area B and all six candidates were deemed elected.

1973 Election

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

Ballymena Area B - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent A. Simpson 22.30% 1,390          
DUP Sandy Spence 20.07% 1,251          
DUP Roy Gillespie 19.06% 1,188          
UUP W. Dickey 11.78% 734 930.8        
Ind. Unionist Hugh Simpson 7.49% 467 541 648.3 728.34 814.64 894.12
Ind. Unionist Thomas Smyth 6.03% 376 431.6 504.1 607.6 693.1 786.54
UUP W. O. Given 4.19% 261 305.8 433.98 481.36 569.28 685.18
Alliance Maeve Kyle 5.30% 330 398.4 413.48 420.38 435.78  
Independent W. R. McNeilly 3.77% 235 291 324.64 378    
Electorate: 9,474   Valid: 6,232 (65.78%)   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 891   Turnout: 6,293 (66.42%)  

References

  1. "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  3. "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
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