Bannside (District Electoral Area)

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Bannside
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created1993
Seats5 (1993-2014)
6 (2014-)
Councillors
  •   Ian Friary (SF)
  •   Thomas Gordon (DUP)
  •   Anna Henry (TUV)
  •   Tyler Hoey (DUP)
  •   Stewart McDonald (TUV)
  •   Jackson Minford (UUP)
Bannside DEA within Mid and East Antrim Mid and East Antrim Bannside highlight.svg
Bannside DEA within Mid and East Antrim
Bannside DEA (1993-2014) within Ballymena Ballymena 1993 Bannside highlight.svg
Bannside DEA (1993-2014) within Ballymena

Bannside is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland. [1] The district elects six members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of Ahoghill, Cullybackey, Galgorm, Grange, Maine and Portglenone. [2] Bannside forms part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

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It was created for the 1993 local elections, where it contained five wards (Ahoghill, Cullybackey, Dunminning, Grange and Portglenone), replacing The Main DEA which had existed since 1985. For the 2014 local elections it gained an additional ward, gaining Galgorm from the abolished Ballymena North DEA.

Councillors

ElectionCouncillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)
July 2024 Co-OptionIan Friary
(Sinn Féin)		Jackson Minford
(UUP)		Tyler Hoey
(DUP)		Thomas Gordon
(DUP)		Anna Henry
(TUV)		Stewart McDonald
(TUV)
2023 Timothy Gaston
(TUV)
2019 William McNeilly
(UUP)		Tommy Nicholl
(DUP)
2014 Patrice Hardy
(Sinn Féin)		Billy Henry
(DUP)
2011 Monica Digney
(Sinn Féin)		Roy Gillespie
(TUV)/
(DUP)		5 seats
1993–2014
2005 Samuel Gaston
(DUP)
2001 Seamus Laverty
(SDLP)
1997 Robert Coulter
(UUP)		Ian Johnston
(UUP)		Sandy Spence
(DUP)
1993

2023 Election

2019: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2023: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: No change

Bannside - 6 seats [3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
TUV Timothy Gaston* †16.72%1,468     
TUV Stewart McDonald*16.42%1,442     
Sinn Féin Ian Friary*14.72%1,292     
DUP Thomas Gordon*14.31%1,256     
DUP Tyler Hoey9.54%838865.45 867.45 892.28 892.43 1,295.83
UUP Jackson Minford10.74%943957.1 965.1 983.69 984.14 1,238.67
Alliance Jack Gibson8.75%768773.25 961.25 965.02 994.63 1,015.02
TUV Anna Henry6.40%562727.75 728.9 862.54 862.75  
SDLP Morgan Murphy2.40%211211.15     
Electorate: 15,197  Valid: 8,780 (57.77%)  Spoilt: 82  Quota: 1,255  Turnout: 8,862 (58.31%)  

    2019 Election

    2014: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

    2019: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

    2014-2019 Change: No change

    Bannside - 6 seats [4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    TUV Stewart McDonald*18.63%1,504       
    TUV Timothy Gaston *17.75%1,433       
    UUP William McNeilly*9.70%783855.54 916.48 1,285.48    
    DUP Thomas Gordon9.21%744796.52 863.84 895.3 923.14 1,339.14  
    DUP Tommy Nicholl*8.55%690812.72 856.72 901.14 940.5 1,242.5  
    Sinn Féin Ian Friary12.03%971971.52 972.18 972.18 972.18 972.4 972.4 972.4
    Alliance Philip Burnside9.29%750763 773.34 809.52 860.4 883.34 927.34 971.34
    DUP Andrew Wright9.28%749773.7 828.92 843.44 854.44    
    UUP Jackson Minford5.56%449503.08 537.4      
    Electorate: 14,393  Valid: 8,073 (56.09%)  Spoilt: 96  Quota: 1,154  Turnout: 8,169 (56.76%)  

      2014 Election

      2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

      2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

      2011-2014 Change: TUV gain due to the addition of one seat

      Bannside - 6 seats [5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      TUV Timothy Gaston *15.51%1,212      
      Sinn Féin Patrice Hardy13.24%1,0351,123     
      DUP Tommy Nicholl*9.94%777790 793.52 1,205.52   
      DUP Billy Henry* ‡7.69%601614 618.08 690.52 758.14 758.4 1,270.4
      TUV Stewart McDonald12.17%951975 1,040.6 1,054.88 1,057.82 1,058.86 1,105.67
      UUP William McNeilly*11.09%867944 947.76 967.08 968.13 971.25 1,056.77
      UUP Andrew Wright8.55%668720 724.56 747.52 750.25 751.81 792.51
      DUP Thomas Gordon8.61%673694 702.16 740.64 751.77 751.77  
      DUP Phil Moffatt7.45%582593 598.04     
      Alliance Philip Burnside5.76%450      
      Electorate: 14,039  Valid: 7,816 (55.67%)  Spoilt: 105  Quota: 1,117  Turnout: 7,921 (56.42%)  

        2011 Election

        2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

        2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

        2005-2011 Change: TUV gain from DUP

        Bannside - 5 seats [6]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345
        DUP Tommy Nicholl*17.65%1,192    
        TUV Roy Gillespie*15.27%1,0311,034.05 1,040.05 1,428.05 
        UUP William McNeilly*15.34%1,0361,038.65 1,084.7 1,109.85 1,225.85
        DUP Billy Henry15.04%1,0161,046.8 1,056.85 1,075.45 1,155.45
        Sinn Féin Monica Digney*11.65%787787.05 1,036.1 1,039.1 1,040.1
        DUP Philip Moffett11.67%788808.3 814.45 832.9 891.9
        TUV Timothy Gaston 6.88%465466.45 470.5   
        SDLP Eugene Reid6.50%439439.35    
        Electorate: 11,284  Valid: 6,754 (59.85%)  Spoilt: 118  Quota: 1,126  Turnout: 6,872 (60.90%)  

          2005 Election

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

          2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

          2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

          Bannside - 5 seats [7]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234
          DUP Roy Gillespie*22.95%1,664   
          UUP William McNeilly*18.93%1,373   
          DUP Samuel Gaston*13.49%9781,147.02 1,187.2 1,195.71
          Sinn Féin Monica Digney11.65%733733.54 733.68 1,152.07
          DUP Tommy Nicholl*13.22%9591,065.38 1,121.24 1,150.11
          DUP William Wilkinson12.67%9191,079.38 1,105.98 1,108.8
          SDLP Seamus Laverty*8.63%626628.7 660.2  
          Electorate: 10,772  Valid: 7,252 (67.32%)  Spoilt: 92  Quota: 1,209  Turnout: 7,344 (68.18%)  

            2001 Election

            1997: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

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

            1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

            Bannside - 5 seats [8]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            123456
            DUP Roy Gillespie*19.13%1,427     
            SDLP Seamus Laverty12.57%938938.65 941.65 1,276.65  
            UUP William McNeilly14.21%1,0601,068.58 1,111.97 1,112.97 1,806.97 
            DUP Tommy Nicholl*12.90%962993.72 1,052.93 1,055.06 1,075.97 1,247.97
            DUP Samuel Gaston11.93%890934.46 976.24 976.24 989.45 1,121.45
            DUP William Wilkinson11.29%842926.76 971.19 972.19 981.1 1,057.1
            UUP Samuel McLean9.75%727733.11 763.5 765.63   
            SDLP Joseph Montgomery5.03%375375.39 375.39    
            NI Unionist Norman Sloan2.49%186190.16     
            PUP Kenneth McCaughey0.71%5354.3     
            Electorate: 10,493  Valid: 7,460 (71.10%)  Spoilt: 152  Quota: 1,244  Turnout: 7,612 (72.54%)  

              1997 Election

              1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

              1997: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

              1993-1997 Change: No change

              Bannside - 5 seats [9]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              12345
              DUP Roy Gillespie*18.75%1,110    
              DUP Tommy Nicholl*17.70%1,048    
              UUP Robert Coulter *17.13%1,014    
              DUP Sandy Spence*14.27%845949.28 1,004.6  
              UUP Ian Johnston*15.81%936948.43 953.71 972.89 987.89
              SDLP Seamus Laverty16.33%967967.33 967.39 967.55 967.67
              Electorate: 9,931  Valid: 5,920 (59.61%)  Spoilt: 115  Quota: 987  Turnout: 6,035 (60.77%)  

                1993 Election

                1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

                Bannside - 5 seats [10]
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                1234
                UUP Robert Coulter *21.69%1,239   
                UUP Ian Johnston*15.82%9041,136.3  
                DUP Roy Gillespie*11.61%663677.49 691.75 999.75
                DUP Tommy Nicholl*13.85%791799.28 823.89 985.89
                DUP Sandy Spence*11.59%662678.56 749.4 905.35
                SDLP Seamus Laverty14.04%802802.46 812.12 814.35
                DUP Hubert Nicholl*11.41%652658.67 677.3  
                Electorate: 9,229  Valid: 5,713 (61.90%)  Spoilt: 102  Quota: 953  Turnout: 5,815 (63.01%)  

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