Ballymena (District Electoral Area)

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Ballymena
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats7 (2014-)
Councillors
  •   Matthew Armstrong (TUV)
  •   Colin Crawford (UUP)
  •   Jack Gibson (APNI)
  •   Reuben Glover (DUP)
  •   Bréanainn Lyness (SF)
  •   Lawrie Philpott (DUP)
  •   Rodney Quigley (IND)

Ballymena is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland. [1] The district elects seven members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of Academy, Ardeevin, Ballykeel, Braidwater, Castle Demesne, Fair Green and Park. [2] Ballymena forms part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Contents

It was created 2014 local elections, replacing the Ballymena North DEA and Ballymena South DEA which had existed since 1993.

Councillors

ElectionCouncillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)
September 2023 Co-OptionBréanainn Lyness
(Sinn Féin)		Jack Gibson
(Alliance)		Rodney Quigley
(Independent)		Colin Crawford
(UUP)		Matthew Armstrong
(TUV)		Reuben Glover
(DUP)		Lawrie Philpott
(DUP)
2023 John Hyland
(Alliance)
May 2022 Co-OptionEugene Reid
(SDLP)		James Henry
(Independent)		Audrey Wales
(DUP)		John Carson
(DUP)
2019 Patricia O'Lynn
(Alliance)
August 2018 Defection Declan O'Loan
(SDLP)		Reuben Glover
(DUP)		Stephen Nicholl
(UUP)		Donna Anderson
(TUV)/
(UKIP)/
(Independent)
September 2015 Defection
2014

2023 Election

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and UUP gain from SDLP and Independent

Ballymena - 7 seats [3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
Independent Rodney Quigley*14.02%1,023   
TUV Matthew Armstrong*13.58%991   
Ulster Unionist Colin Crawford13.28%969   
Sinn Féin Bréanainn Lyness12.69%926   
DUP Reuben Glover12.51%913   
Alliance John Hyland* †12.29%897913.80  
DUP Lawrie Philpott6.33%462514.64 831.80 906.90
SDLP Eugene Reid*11.03%805816.62 820.04 822.84
DUP Andrew Wright4.25%310337.58   
Electorate: 16,173  Valid: 7,296 (45.11%)  Spoilt: 40  Quota: 913  Turnout: 7,336 (45.55%)  

    2019 Election

    2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP

    2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance

    2014-2019 Change: Alliance and Independent gain from DUP and UUP

    Ballymena - 7 seats [4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Independent James Henry*12.57%872       
    SDLP Eugene Reid12.23%848870      
    TUV Matthew Armstrong11.03%765781 1,016     
    Alliance Patricia O'Lynn †8.33%578611 612 614.96 617.96 941.96  
    DUP Audrey Wales*6.79%471496 499 503.44 706.36 707.36 709.3 812.72
    Independent Rodney Quigley6.24%433514 530 571.44 586.44 610.44 669.61 802.38
    DUP John Carson* –7.60%527538 544 558.8 655.28 657.28 657.28 758.47
    DUP Reuben Glover*7.18%498511 529 557.12 632.3 634.3 634.3 706.4
    Ulster Unionist Stephen Nicholl*6.99%485500 510 548.48 575.48 578.48 589.15  
    Sinn Féin Patrice Hardy7.51%521529 529 529 530    
    DUP William Logan5.80%402410 417 431.06     
    TUV Philip Gordon4.13%286302       
    UKIP Rab Picken2.06%143       
    Independent Conal Stewart1.54%107       
    Electorate: 15,896  Valid: 6,956 (43.76%)  Spoilt: 67  Quota: 870  Turnout: 7,023 (44.18%)  

      2014 Election

      2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

      Ballymena - 7 seats [5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011
      Independent James Henry*15.85%1,042          
      SDLP Declan O'Loan *9.66%635649.08 655.52 672.06 906.06      
      DUP Audrey Wales*9.10%598632.76 657.84 682.6 684.6 685.05 883.05    
      TUV Donna Anderson ‡11.22%738754.72 798.14 804.14 804.14 804.14 813.24 813.86 1,117.86  
      DUP John Carson*8.85%582598.5 625.48 633.14 633.14 633.59 683.89 730.39 761.35 859.35 
      Ulster Unionist Stephen Nicholl5.79%381418.18 434.94 477.02 480.46 480.91 497.33 497.95 534.67 616.67 728.92
      DUP Reuben Glover6.49%427439.76 461.52 470.4 470.4 470.85 531.81 543.59 564.79 627.79 647.45
      Sinn Féin Marian Maguire7.25%477479.42 479.42 484.42 516.3 548.25 548.25 548.25 548.25 548.25 605.45
      Alliance Jayne Dunlop*4.71%310328.48 333.9 410.18 422.72 471.77 473.21 473.21 478.43 482.43  
      TUV Matthew Armstrong5.73%377388.89 400.2 404.86 404.86 404.86 412.74 413.05    
      DUP David McCartney5.05%332346.08 355.74 362.18 362.18 362.18      
      SDLP Eugene Reid4.40%289292.52 293.52 296.52        
      NI21 Richard Marshall3.21%211225.74 236.28         
      Independent Rodney Quigley2.68%176197.34          
      Electorate: 15,691  Valid: 6,575 (41.90%)  Spoilt: 94  Quota: 822  Turnout: 6,669 (42.50%)  

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