1981 Ballymena Borough Council election

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1981 Ballymena Borough Council election
←  1977 20 May 1981 (1981-05-20) 1985  →
All 21 seats to Ballymena Borough Council
11 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party DUP Ulster Unionist Independent
Seats won1352
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Ind. Unionist Alliance
Seats won10
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1

Elections to Ballymena Borough Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.

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Election results

Ballymena Borough Council Election Result 1981 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  DUP 1320Increase2.svg261.955.512,739Increase2.svg15.4
  Ulster Unionist 610Increase2.svg128.630.06,886Decrease2.svg10.5
  Independent 200Steady2.svg09.510.62,438Decrease2.svg3.1
  Ind. Unionist 102Decrease2.svg24.83.4790Decrease2.svg18.0
  UUUP 000Steady2.svg00.00.5108New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Ballymena Borough Council election, 1981
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Others
Area A42.8237.8119.414
Area B68.0432.020.006
Area C66.6431.511.905
Area D41.9321.7136.426
Total55.51330.0514.5321

Districts results

Area A

1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: No change

Ballymena Area A - 4 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
Ulster Unionist Desmond Armstrong22.71%964   
DUP John Armstrong19.39%823945  
DUP Samuel Hanna13.74%583842 852.32 
Independent James Woulahan*19.42%824826 826.48 827.48
Ulster Unionist James McKay15.08%640656 754.52 798.52
DUP James Millar*9.66%410   
Electorate: 5,861  Valid: 4,244 (72.41%)  Spoilt: 121  Quota: 549  Turnout: 4,365 (74.48%)  

    Area B

    1977: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP
    1981: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP
    1977-1981 Change: No change

    Ballymena Area B - 7 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789
    DUP Roy Gillespie*19.20%1,254        
    DUP Sandy Spence*15.02%981        
    DUP John Greer*13.06%8531,075.3       
    Ulster Unionist Hugh Simpson*8.22%537538.56 539.52 590.52 593.12 793.19 1,109.19  
    Ulster Unionist William Wright *7.10%464474.14 474.78 605.56 608.91 661.68 807.62 972.07 
    DUP Tommy Nicholl11.33%740763.66 771.34 793.34 824.04 831.75 844.29 848.19 860.54
    DUP Hubert Nicholl*9.43%616649.02 765.82 765.82 773.67 794.06 830.53 835.08 853.93
    Ulster Unionist Robert Nelson6.33%413431.2 438.88 473.88 474.73 561.18    
    Ulster Unionist Thomas Smyth6.16%402409.8 410.28 435.28 436.93     
    Ulster Unionist John Sutter4.15%271272.04 272.04       
    Electorate: 9,994  Valid: 6,531 (65.35%)  Spoilt: 240  Quota: 934  Turnout: 6,771 (67.75%)  

      Area C

      1977: 3 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist
      1981: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP
      1977-1981 Change: DUP and UUP gain from Independent Unionist (two seats)

      Ballymena Area C - 5 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234
      DUP Roy West19.43%1,082   
      DUP Martin Clarke17.56%978   
      Ulster Unionist William Brownlees14.63%815953  
      DUP Edwin Maternaghan14.81%825839 953.8 
      DUP John McAuley*14.81%825846 870.22 915.62
      Ulster Unionist William Simpson12.46%694844 851.14 852.94
      Ulster Unionist William McConnell4.36%243   
      UUUP Ernest Johnston1.94%108   
      Electorate: 9,902  Valid: 5,570 (56.25%)  Spoilt: 143  Quota: 929  Turnout: 5,713 (57.70%)  

        Area D

        1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Unionist
        1981: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Unionist
        1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from Alliance

        Ballymena Area D - 6 seats [2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Independent Patrick Burke*20.12%1,331      
        DUP Maurice Mills*16.82%1,113      
        Ind. Unionist Samuel Henry*11.94%790972.35     
        DUP James Alexander*13.57%898900.1 983.2    
        Ulster Unionist Gordon Wilson8.27%547553.65 558.45 558.87 560.91 803.69 917.34
        DUP Robert Maternaghan11.46%758758.7 824.55 860.25 860.31 868.8 893.26
        Ulster Unionist Kenneth Wood7.57%501524.1 527.25 527.6 530.96 662.67 802.89
        Independent Samuel Barr4.28%283434.2 436.9 437.18 455.9 472.22  
        Ulster Unionist James Rainey5.97%395408.65 413.75 414.1 415.3   
        Electorate: 11,475  Valid: 6,616 (57.66%)  Spoilt: 139  Quota: 946  Turnout: 6,755 (58.87%)  

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          References

          1. 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Ballymena". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. 1 2 3 4 "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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