Ballymoney Area B

Ballymoney Area B was one of the three district electoral areas in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected eight members to Ballymoney 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 Ballyhoe and Corkey, Benvardin, Castlequarter, Clogh Mills, Derrick, Dunloy, Kilraghts and Stranocum. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Bann Valley DEA and the Bushvale DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
1981		Charles Steele (DUP)		William Gracey (DUP)		Bertie McIlhatton (DUP)		Joe Gaston (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist)		William Logan (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist)		Harry Connolly (SDLP)		Edward McClements (SDLP)		Hugh Boyle (Independent)
1977				Daniel McAlonan (SDLP)		Patricia Ellis (UUP)								John Mulholland (SDLP)
1973		Samuel Montgomery (UUP)		Robert Chestnutt (UUP)												Edward McClements (Independent Nationalist)

1981 Election

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 ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Charles Steele*	16.01%	791
	Independent	Hugh Boyle*	12.45%	615
	UUP	Joe Gaston *	12.06%	596
	SDLP	Harry Connolly*	6.78%	335	335	345.67	350.19	485.17	485.17	495.17	784.17
	SDLP	Edward McClements	7.10%	351	351.62	376.59	477.94	502.04	502.11	506.11	529.17	735.17
	DUP	William Gracey	9.59%	474	511.2	511.42	511.42	511.42	512.75	529.41	531.41	531.41	532.41
	UUP	William Logan*	7.33%	362	382.77	384.75	384.86	386.3	413.18	501.02	502.55	503.55	516.55
	DUP	Bertie McIlhatton	6.03%	298	457.34	457.56	457.56	457.56	460.64	483.12	485.43	485.43	487.43
	UUP	Patricia Ellis*	5.63%	278	284.2	285.08	285.08	285.19	290.44	399.22	399.33	400.33	411.33
	SDLP	John Mulholland*	5.48%	271	271.93	276.88	279.31	325.18	325.18	326.6
	UUP	Samuel Barlett	5.28%	261	274.33	275.32	275.32	276.43	281.05
	Independent	Margaret Donnelly	4.29%	212	212	217.94	218.16
	SDLP	Malachy McCamphill	1.96%	97	97.31	109.85
Electorate: 6,904  Valid: 4,941 (71.57%)  Spoilt: 122  Quota: 550  Turnout: 5,063 (73.33%)

1977 Election

1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1977: 3 x UUP, 3 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent

1973-1977 Change: DUP, SDLP and Independent gain from UUP (two seats) and Independent Nationalist, Independent Unionists (two seats) join UUP

Ballymoney Area B - 8 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Charles Steele	18.10%	753
	Independent	Hugh Boyle	14.23%	592
	SDLP	Daniel McAlonan	13.84%	576
	UUP	William Logan*	11.39%	474
	UUP	Joe Gaston *	8.96%	373	464.68
	SDLP	Harry Connolly*	8.82%	367	367	421.6	473.8
	SDLP	John Mulholland*	7.95%	331	331.96	384.74	444.34	445.26
	UUP	Patricia Ellis*	7.55%	314	350	355.72	355.72	491.18
	UUP	Robert Chestnutt*	5.65%	235	318.04	326.62	326.62	391.2
	UUP	Ronald McDowell	3.51%	146	224.24	227.1	227.9
Electorate: 6,951  Valid: 4,161 (59.86%)  Spoilt: 96  Quota: 463  Turnout: 4,257 (61.24%)

1973 Election

1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Ballymoney Area B - 8 seats ^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Ind. Nationalist	Edward McClements	16.42%	702
	Ind. Unionist	Joe Gaston	14.11%	603
	SDLP	John Mulholland	10.79%	461	573.96
	Ind. Unionist	William Logan	10.34%	442	442.32	519.81
	SDLP	Harry Connolly	8.49%	363	466.36	466.36	556.52
	UUP	Patricia Ellis	9.80%	419	419.32	424.36	424.64	424.64	490.48
	UUP	Samuel Montgomery	7.81%	334	335.28	342.63	342.91	345.39	391.81	441.88	458.13
	UUP	Robert Chestnutt	8.12%	347	347	364.22	364.22	364.84	382.58	415.47	435.23
	UUP	J. F. Jamison	6.62%	283	283	295.81	295.81	296.43	316.05	356.3	362.41
	Alliance	T. Stuart	3.93%	168	172.16	173.21	179.09	255.35	255.56
	UUP	J. G. Lyons	3.56%	152	152.32	154.84	154.84	155.46
Electorate: 7,161  Valid: 4,274 (59.68%)  Spoilt: 72  Quota: 475  Turnout: 4,346 (60.69%)

References

1. "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
2. "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
3. "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 11 July 2021.