1981 Ballymoney Borough Council election

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1981 Ballymoney Borough Council election
←  1977 20 May 1981 (1981-05-20) 1985  →
All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council
9 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party DUP Ulster Unionist Independent
Seats won733
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg 0
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party SDLP Alliance Ind. Unionist
Seats won210
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 1

Elections to Ballymoney Borough Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.

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Election results

Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 1981 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  DUP 740Increase2.svg443.840.34,310Increase2.svg21.1
  Ulster Unionist 302Decrease2.svg218.824.02,563Decrease2.svg5.4
  Independent 300Steady2.svg018.817.81,899Decrease2.svg7.0
  SDLP 201Decrease2.svg112.59.91,054Decrease2.svg5.2
  Alliance 111Steady2.svg06.38.1868Decrease2.svg0.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 1981
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP SDLP Alliance Others
Area A53.8227.210.0019.010.004
Area B31.6330.3221.320.0016.818
Area C42.3210.8011.600.0035.324
Total40.3724.039.928.1117.7316

Districts results

Area A

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

Ballymoney Area A - 4 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123
DUP Robert Halliday*21.17%575  
Ulster Unionist Kenneth Bamford*14.87%404666 
Alliance Hugh McFarland19.00%516525 567
DUP James Patterson17.82%484512 544
DUP Robert Wilson14.84%403423 441
Ulster Unionist Adam Taylor*6.92%188  
DUP Olive Craig5.38%146  
Electorate: 3,877  Valid: 2,716 (70.05%)  Spoilt: 41  Quota: 544  Turnout: 2,757 (71.11%)  

    Area B

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

    Ballymoney Area B - 8 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678910
    DUP Charles Steele*16.01%791         
    Independent Hugh Boyle*12.45%615         
    Ulster Unionist Joe Gaston *12.06%596         
    SDLP Harry Connolly*6.78%335335 345.67 350.19 485.17 485.17 495.17 784.17  
    SDLP Edward McClements7.10%351351.62 376.59 477.94 502.04 502.11 506.11 529.17 735.17 
    DUP William Gracey9.59%474511.2 511.42 511.42 511.42 512.75 529.41 531.41 531.41 532.41
    Ulster Unionist William Logan*7.33%362382.77 384.75 384.86 386.3 413.18 501.02 502.55 503.55 516.55
    DUP Bertie McIlhatton6.03%298457.34 457.56 457.56 457.56 460.64 483.12 485.43 485.43 487.43
    Ulster Unionist Patricia Ellis*5.63%278284.2 285.08 285.08 285.19 290.44 399.22 399.33 400.33 411.33
    SDLP John Mulholland*5.48%271271.93 276.88 279.31 325.18 325.18 326.6    
    Ulster Unionist Samuel Barlett5.28%261274.33 275.32 275.32 276.43 281.05     
    Independent Margaret Donnelly4.29%212212 217.94 218.16       
    SDLP Malachy McCamphill1.96%9797.31 109.85        
    Electorate: 6,904  Valid: 4,941 (71.57%)  Spoilt: 122  Quota: 550  Turnout: 5,063 (73.33%)  

      Area C

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

      Ballymoney Area C - 5 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      DUP Cecil Cousley 24.60%747    
      DUP Ralph Stronge17.71%538540 648.54  
      Independent Mary Holmes*18.67%567589 600.52 753.52 
      Independent Robert McComb*11.62%353379 386.56 511.98 617.98
      Alliance Brendan Smyth*11.59%352435 435.36 462.54 476.54
      Ulster Unionist James Simpson10.80%328337 342.04   
      Independent Thomas McKenna5.00%152    
      Electorate: 4,923  Valid: 3,037 (61.69%)  Spoilt: 65  Quota: 608  Turnout: 3,102 (63.01%)  

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        References

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