Ballymena (District Electoral Area)

Ballymena
Ballymena
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	2014
Seats	7 (2014-)
Councillors	Matthew Armstrong (TUV); Jack Gibson (APNI); Reuben Glover (DUP); Bréanainn Lyness (SF); Lawrie Philpott (IND); Rodney Quigley (IND); Brian Thompson (UUP);

Last updated September 19, 2025

Ballymena is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects seven members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of Academy, Ardeevin, Ballykeel, Braidwater, Castle Demesne, Fair Green and Park.^[2] Ballymena forms part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Councillors

Election
August 2025 Defection	Bréanainn Lyness (Sinn Féin)	Jack Gibson (Alliance)	Rodney Quigley (Independent)	Brian Thompson (UUP)	Matthew Armstrong (TUV)	Reuben Glover (DUP)	Lawrie Philpott (DUP)/ (Independent)
August 2024 Co-Option				Brian Thompson (UUP)
September 2023 Co-Option				Colin Crawford (UUP)
2023		John Hyland (Alliance)		Colin Crawford (UUP)
May 2022 Co-Option	Eugene Reid (SDLP)	John Hyland (Alliance)		James Henry (Independent)		Audrey Wales (DUP)	John Carson (DUP)
2019	Eugene Reid (SDLP)	Patricia O'Lynn (Alliance)
August 2018 Defection	Declan O'Loan (SDLP)	Reuben Glover (DUP)	Stephen Nicholl (UUP)		Donna Anderson (TUV)/ (UKIP)/ (Independent)
September 2015 Defection
2014

2023 Election

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and UUP gain from SDLP and Independent

Ballymena - 7 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Independent	Rodney Quigley*	14.02%	1,023
	TUV	Matthew Armstrong*	13.58%	991
	UUP	Colin Crawford †	13.28%	969
	Sinn Féin	Bréanainn Lyness	12.69%	926
	DUP	Reuben Glover	12.51%	913
	Alliance	John Hyland* †	12.29%	897	913.80
	DUP	Lawrie Philpott ‡	6.33%	462	514.64	831.80	906.90
	SDLP	Eugene Reid*	11.03%	805	816.62	820.04	822.84
	DUP	Andrew Wright	4.25%	310	337.58
Electorate: 16,173 Valid: 7,296 (45.11%) Spoilt: 40 Quota: 913 Turnout: 7,336 (45.55%)

2019 Election

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance

2014-2019 Change: Alliance and Independent gain from DUP and UUP

Ballymena - 7 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	James Henry*	12.57%	872
	SDLP	Eugene Reid	12.23%	848	870
	TUV	Matthew Armstrong	11.03%	765	781	1,016
	Alliance	Patricia O'Lynn †	8.33%	578	611	612	614.96	617.96	941.96
	DUP	Audrey Wales*	6.79%	471	496	499	503.44	706.36	707.36	709.3	812.72
	Independent	Rodney Quigley	6.24%	433	514	530	571.44	586.44	610.44	669.61	802.38
	DUP	John Carson* –	7.60%	527	538	544	558.8	655.28	657.28	657.28	758.47
	DUP	Reuben Glover*	7.18%	498	511	529	557.12	632.3	634.3	634.3	706.4
	UUP	Stephen Nicholl*	6.99%	485	500	510	548.48	575.48	578.48	589.15
	Sinn Féin	Patrice Hardy	7.51%	521	529	529	529	530
	DUP	William Logan	5.80%	402	410	417	431.06
	TUV	Philip Gordon	4.13%	286	302
	UKIP	Rab Picken	2.06%	143
	Independent	Conal Stewart	1.54%	107
Electorate: 15,896 Valid: 6,956 (43.76%) Spoilt: 67 Quota: 870 Turnout: 7,023 (44.18%)

2014 Election

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

Ballymena - 7 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent	James Henry*	15.85%	1,042
	SDLP	Declan O'Loan *	9.66%	635	649.08	655.52	672.06	906.06
	DUP	Audrey Wales*	9.10%	598	632.76	657.84	682.6	684.6	685.05	883.05
	TUV	Donna Anderson ‡	11.22%	738	754.72	798.14	804.14	804.14	804.14	813.24	813.86	1,117.86
	DUP	John Carson*	8.85%	582	598.5	625.48	633.14	633.14	633.59	683.89	730.39	761.35	859.35
	UUP	Stephen Nicholl	5.79%	381	418.18	434.94	477.02	480.46	480.91	497.33	497.95	534.67	616.67	728.92
	DUP	Reuben Glover	6.49%	427	439.76	461.52	470.4	470.4	470.85	531.81	543.59	564.79	627.79	647.45
	Sinn Féin	Marian Maguire	7.25%	477	479.42	479.42	484.42	516.3	548.25	548.25	548.25	548.25	548.25	605.45
	Alliance	Jayne Dunlop*	4.71%	310	328.48	333.9	410.18	422.72	471.77	473.21	473.21	478.43	482.43
	TUV	Matthew Armstrong	5.73%	377	388.89	400.2	404.86	404.86	404.86	412.74	413.05
	DUP	David McCartney	5.05%	332	346.08	355.74	362.18	362.18	362.18
	SDLP	Eugene Reid	4.40%	289	292.52	293.52	296.52
	NI21	Richard Marshall	3.21%	211	225.74	236.28
	Independent	Rodney Quigley	2.68%	176	197.34
Electorate: 15,691 Valid: 6,575 (41.90%) Spoilt: 94 Quota: 822 Turnout: 6,669 (42.50%)

References

↑ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
↑ , ARK, accessed 8 July 2023
↑ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
↑ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
↑ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage" . Retrieved 23 January 2022.

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[1] Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014

[2] , ARK, accessed 8 July 2023

[3] "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

[4] "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

[5] "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage" . Retrieved 23 January 2022.

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