Bann Valley (District Electoral Area)

Last updated October 03, 2023

Bann Valley was one of the three district electoral areas in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected six 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 1985 local elections, replacing Ballymoney Area A and Ballymoney Area B which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Clough Mills, Dunloy, Killoquin Lower, Killoquin Upper, Seacon and The Vow. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and most of the area was moved to the Ballymoney DEA.

Councillors

Election
2011	Philip McGuigan (Sinn Féin)	Cathal McLaughlin (Sinn Féin)	William Blair (TUV)	Robert Halliday (DUP)	Jason Atkinson (DUP)	John Finlay (DUP)
2005		Daithí McKay (Sinn Féin)	Malachy McCamphill (SDLP)	Audrey Patterson (DUP)	Robert Wilson (DUP)
2001		Joe Gaston (UUP)		Robert Halliday (DUP)
1997	Martin O'Neill (Sinn Féin)					John Watt (UUP)
1993	Charley O'Kane (SDLP)
1989	Charley O'Kane (SDLP)
1985	Margaret Hogan (Sinn Féin)			James Patterson (DUP)		Kenneth Bamford (UUP)

2011 Election

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV

2005-2011 Change: TUV gain from SDLP

Bann Valley - 6 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	John Finlay*	18.50%	905
	Sinn Féin	Philip McGuigan *	17.91%	876
	DUP	Robert Halliday	11.72%	573	706.63
	DUP	Jason Atkinson	12.08%	591	633.32	633.32	638.34	779.34
	Sinn Féin	Cathal McLaughlin	9.06%	443	443.46	580.06	580.07	580.07	580.07	876.07
	TUV	William Blair	9.00%	440	456.33	456.33	456.64	553.41	604.41	606.84	607.84
	SDLP	Malachy McCamphill*	7.63%	373	374.15	394.95	395	432.46	446.46	486.26	557.26
	Sinn Féin	Leanne Peacock	7.05%	345	345.23	359.83	359.83	360.03	360.03
	Ulster Unionist	Steven Phillips	7.05%	345	352.36	352.56	352.74
Electorate: 8,473 Valid: 4,891 (57.72%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 699 Turnout: 5,104 (60.24%)

2005 Election

2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Bann Valley - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Sinn Féin	Philip McGuigan *	20.43%	1,062
	DUP	John Finlay*	15.30%	795
	Sinn Féin	Daithí McKay	13.26%	689	945.5
	DUP	Robert Wilson*	14.24%	740	740	740	740
	DUP	Audrey Patterson	13.76%	715	715	715	715
	SDLP	Malachy McCamphill*	7.54%	392	420.2	484.1	704.9
	Ulster Unionist	Joe Gaston*	12.43%	646	646.3	646.9	649.5
	SDLP	Charley O'Kane	3.04%	158	182.9	275
Electorate: 7,643 Valid: 5,197 (68.00%) Spoilt: 100 Quota: 743 Turnout: 5,297 (69.31%)

2001 Election

1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Bann Valley - 6 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Philip McGuigan	21.51%	1,123
	DUP	John Finlay	16.46%	859
	SDLP	Malachy McCamphill*	12.70%	663	803.8
	Ulster Unionist	Joe Gaston *	13.62%	711	712.2	926.2
	DUP	Robert Halliday*	12.93%	675	675.8	687.8	753.8
	DUP	Robert Wilson*	10.34%	540	540	556	611	717.68
	SDLP	Charley O'Kane	7.43%	388	614.4	617.4	629.4	629.68
	Ulster Unionist	John Watt*	5.00%	261	261.4
Electorate: 7,451 Valid: 5,220 (70.06%) Spoilt: 122 Quota: 746 Turnout: 5,342 (71.70%)

1997 Election

1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP

1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Bann Valley - 6 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ulster Unionist	Joe Gaston *	18.09%	719
	SDLP	Malachy McCamphill*	17.76%	706
	DUP	Robert Halliday*	15.30%	608
	DUP	Robert Wilson*	11.09%	441	454.44	454.63	482.35	743.35
	Ulster Unionist	John Watt*	6.54%	260	382.85	382.85	385.07	463.49	578.49
	Sinn Féin	Martin O'Neill	12.78%	508	508.21	519.42	519.42	519.42	519.42	519.42
	SDLP	Mary McPoland	9.61%	382	382	502.27	502.27	503.27	503.27	504.27
	DUP	John Finlay	8.83%	351	361.29	361.29	367.11
Electorate: 6,991 Valid: 3,975 (56.86%) Spoilt: 80 Quota: 568 Turnout: 4,055 (58.00%)

1993 Election

1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP

1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP

1989-1993 Change: No change

Bann Valley - 6 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ulster Unionist	Joe Gaston *	23.48%	865
	DUP	Robert Halliday*	16.80%	619
	SDLP	Charley O'Kane*	16.64%	613
	Ulster Unionist	John Watt*	8.47%	312	592.8
	DUP	Robert Wilson*	12.54%	462	493.2	547.65
	SDLP	Malachy McCamphill*	9.39%	346	348	348.15	423.75	426.48	426.48	583.78
	DUP	Daniel Taylor	4.86%	179	198.2	231.5	231.5	293.03	311.33	311.33
	Sinn Féin	Pearse McMahon	7.82%	288	288.4	288.4	297.25	297.25	297.25
Electorate: 6,638 Valid: 3,684 (55.50%) Spoilt: 80 Quota: 527 Turnout: 3,764 (56.70%)

1989 Election

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP

1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Bann Valley - 6 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Ulster Unionist	Joe Gaston *	21.21%	790
	DUP	Robert Halliday	19.06%	710
	Ulster Unionist	John Watt	9.56%	356	558.95
	DUP	Robert Wilson*	11.52%	429	457.05	570.3
	SDLP	Malachy McCamphill*	12.08%	450	452.31	452.56	455.47
	SDLP	Charley O'Kane	11.54%	430	430	430.25	431
	Sinn Féin	Una Casey	9.80%	365	365.33	365.58	365.58
	DUP	Daniel Taylor	5.23%	195	216.45	273.2
Electorate: 6,284 Valid: 3,725 (59.28%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 533 Turnout: 3,816 (60.73%)

1985 Election

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

Bann Valley - 6 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	James Patterson*	16.96%	669
	DUP	Robert Wilson*	12.27%	484	564.1
	SDLP	Malachy McCamphill	13.94%	550	550.15	712.15
	Sinn Féin	Margaret Hogan	13.49%	532	532	557.15	622.15
	Ulster Unionist	Kenneth Bamford*	12.34%	487	491.8	524.95	556.95	567.95
	Ulster Unionist	Joe Gaston *	12.72%	502	505.9	518.05	522.05	522.05
	DUP	Robert Halliday*	11.99%	473	483.2	487.35	487.35	490.35
	Alliance	Hugh McFarland*	6.29%	248	248.75
Electorate: 5,997 Valid: 3,945 (65.78%) Spoilt: 57 Quota: 564 Turnout: 4,002 (66.73%)

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References

↑ "Bann Valley Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

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[1] "Bann Valley Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[2] "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[3] "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[4] "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[5] "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

[6] "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

[7] "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

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