Ballymena Area D 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.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Ballyloughan, Castle Demesne, Dunclug, Fair Green, Park and Waveney. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Ballymena Town DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Maurice Mills (DUP) | James Alexander (DUP) | Robert Maternaghan (DUP) | Gordon Wilson (UUP) | Samuel Henry (Independent Unionist)/ (UUP) | Patrick Burke (Independent) | ||||||
| 1977 | Muriel Lamont (Alliance) | William Rainey (UUP) | ||||||||||
| 1973 | R. L. D. Pinkerton (UUP) | J. O'Mullan (Alliance) | David Thompson (UUP) | |||||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Patrick Burke* | 20.12% | 1,331 | |||||||
| DUP | Maurice Mills* | 16.82% | 1,113 | |||||||
| Ind. Unionist | Samuel Henry* | 11.94% | 790 | 972.35 | ||||||
| DUP | James Alexander* | 13.57% | 898 | 900.1 | 983.2 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Gordon Wilson | 8.27% | 547 | 553.65 | 558.45 | 558.87 | 560.91 | 803.69 | 917.34 | |
| DUP | Robert Maternaghan | 11.46% | 758 | 758.7 | 824.55 | 860.25 | 860.31 | 868.8 | 893.26 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Kenneth Wood | 7.57% | 501 | 524.1 | 527.25 | 527.6 | 530.96 | 662.67 | 802.89 | |
| Independent | Samuel Barr | 4.28% | 283 | 434.2 | 436.9 | 437.18 | 455.9 | 472.22 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | James Rainey | 5.97% | 395 | 408.65 | 413.75 | 414.1 | 415.3 | |||
| Electorate: 11,475 Valid: 6,616 (57.66%) Spoilt: 139 Quota: 946 Turnout: 6,755 (58.87%) | ||||||||||
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP, Independent Unionist leaves UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Patrick Burke* | 18.93% | 990 | ||||||
| Ind. Unionist | Samuel Henry* | 15.49% | 810 | ||||||
| Alliance | Muriel Lamont | 12.85% | 672 | 882.08 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Rainey | 12.89% | 674 | 683.1 | 736.4 | 764.56 | |||
| DUP | Maurice Mills* | 12.18% | 637 | 638.56 | 640.9 | 644.66 | 702.56 | 706.24 | |
| DUP | James Alexander | 11.61% | 607 | 609.08 | 611.94 | 615.06 | 667.66 | 671.66 | |
| DUP | Robert McAuley | 10.50% | 549 | 552.64 | 553.42 | 556.38 | 582.42 | 583.94 | |
| Ulster Unionist | David Thompson* | 5.55% | 290 | 297.28 | 326.66 | 348.66 | |||
| Electorate: 11,819 Valid: 5,229 (44.24%) Spoilt: 176 Quota: 748 Turnout: 5,405 (45.73%) | |||||||||
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Henry | 34.37% | 2,321 | |||||||||
| DUP | Maurice Mills | 19.81% | 1,338 | |||||||||
| Independent | Patrick Burke | 11.58% | 782 | 823.18 | 826.54 | 903.82 | 907.82 | 955.46 | 967.36 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | R. L. D. Pinkerton | 2.71% | 183 | 555.94 | 574.98 | 579.58 | 625.38 | 653.44 | 912.32 | 1,065.32 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | David Thompson | 5.29% | 357 | 663.24 | 678.64 | 688.96 | 790.46 | 813.4 | 890.72 | 1,063.72 | ||
| Alliance | J. O'Mullan | 7.48% | 505 | 527.04 | 528.72 | 577.58 | 580.9 | 770.64 | 804.86 | 830.76 | ???? | |
| DUP | H. S. Roulton | 3.04% | 205 | 266.48 | 574.2 | 584.22 | 594.58 | 597.86 | 617.8 | 694.34 | ???? | |
| Ulster Unionist | J. D. Walker | 4.07% | 275 | 420 | 427 | 429.58 | 517.1 | 531.26 | 565.92 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | John Magaughin | 1.91% | 129 | 368.54 | 376.66 | 388 | 416.36 | 428.68 | ||||
| Alliance | Phyllis Doloughan | 4.19% | 283 | 297.5 | 298.06 | 339.34 | 346.36 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Dorothy Smith | 2.44% | 165 | 283.32 | 287.8 | 292.68 | ||||||
| NI Labour | S. McQuiston | 1.64% | 111 | 126.08 | 127.2 | |||||||
| NI Labour | J. A. Rooney | 1.47% | 99 | 99 | 100.96 | |||||||
| Electorate: 10,323 Valid: 6,753 (65.42%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 965 Turnout: 6,844 (66.30%) | ||||||||||||
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