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District electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland

The Main was one of the four district electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 1993. The district elected five members to Ballymena Borough Council, and formed part of the North Antrim constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Ballymena Area B which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Ahoghill, Cullybackey, Galgorm, Grange and Portglenone. It was abolished for the 1993 local elections, and mostly replaced with the new Bannside DEA with Galgorm moving to the new Ballymena North DEA.

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party)
1989 Ian Johnston
(UUP) 		Roy Gillespie
(DUP) 		Sandy Spence
(DUP) 		Tommy Nicholl
(DUP) 		Hubert Nicholl
(DUP)
1985

1989 Election

1985: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP

1989: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP

1985-1989 Change: No change

The Main - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP Roy Gillespie* 19.54% 1,068            
UUP Ian Johnston* 10.94% 598 608.5 628.65 780.8 1,072.25    
DUP Sandy Spence* 13.76% 752 773.75 788.05 816.8 857.45 918.75  
DUP Tommy Nicholl* 13.71% 749 761.15 770.15 791.45 811.75 819.75 891.9
DUP Hubert Nicholl* 9.61% 525 626.7 628.7 649.6 673.65 694.65 777.45
SDLP Seamus Laverty 11.45% 626 626 626 632 632.15 632.15 691.3
Alliance David Alderdice 8.20% 448 451 458 465.15 481.6 517.6  
UUP Robert Megaw 4.72% 258 262.2 342.2 402.35      
UUP Sarah McCullough 5.32% 291 293.85 308.85        
UUP John Sutter 2.74% 150 150.45          
Electorate: 9,076   Valid: 5,465 (60.21%)   Spoilt: 118   Quota: 911   Turnout: 5,583 (61.51%)  

1985 Election

1985: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP

The Main - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
DUP Roy Gillespie* 21.36% 1,076      
DUP Tommy Nicholl* 19.06% 960      
DUP Sandy Spence* 15.80% 796 831.64 925.48  
DUP Hubert Nicholl 12.57% 633 792.94 804.7 876.75
UUP Ian Johnston* 16.12% 812 834.88 838.24 841.76
UUP William Wright* 15.09% 760 774.08 777.92 782.43
Electorate: 8,309   Valid: 5,037 (60.62%)   Spoilt: 213   Quota: 840   Turnout: 5,250 (63.18%)  

References

  1. "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
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