Ballymena Area B

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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.

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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

ElectionCouncillor
(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 [1]
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 Smyth*6.16%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%)  

    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 [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    DUP Roy Gillespie*N/AN/A
    DUP John GreerN/AN/A
    DUP Hubert NichollN/AN/A
    Ulster Unionist Hugh Simpson*N/AN/A
    Ulster Unionist Thomas Smyth*N/AN/A
    DUP Sandy Spence*N/AN/A
    Electorate: N/A  Valid: N/A  Spoilt: N/A  Quota: N/A  Turnout: N/A  

      1973 Election

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

      Ballymena Area B - 4 seats [3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      Independent A. Simpson22.30%1,390     
      DUP Sandy Spence20.07%1,251     
      DUP Roy Gillespie19.06%1,188     
      Ulster Unionist W. Dickey11.78%734930.8    
      Ind. Unionist Hugh Simpson7.49%467541 648.3 728.34 814.64 894.12
      Ind. Unionist Thomas Smyth6.03%376431.6 504.1 607.6 693.1 786.54
      Ulster Unionist W. O. Given4.19%261305.8 433.98 481.36 569.28 685.18
      Alliance Maeve Kyle5.30%330398.4 413.48 420.38 435.78  
      Independent W. R. McNeilly3.77%235291 324.64 378   
      Electorate: 9,474  Valid: 6,232 (65.78%)  Spoilt: 61  Quota: 891  Turnout: 6,293 (66.42%)  

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        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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