Ballymoney Borough Council
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| Ballymoney Borough | |
| Comhairle Baile Bhaile Monaidh | |
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| Geography | |
| Area - Total - % Water |
Ranked 17th 418 km² ? % |
| Admin HQ | Ballymoney |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-BLY |
| ONS code | 95D |
| Demographics | |
| Population - Total (2008) - Density |
Ranked 25th 30,100 72 / km² |
| Community | Protestant: 66.2% Catholic: 31.9% |
| Politics | |
| Ballymoney Borough Council http://www.ballymoney.gov.uk |
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| MPs | Ian Paisley |
Ballymoney Borough Council is a district council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It is headquartered in Ballymoney. Other towns in the council area include Dervock, Dunloy, Cloughmills and Rasharkin. The area has a population of nearly 27,000.
In the last local government election on 5 May 2005, 16 members were elected. The current composition of the council is: 7 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 3 Sinn Féin, 2 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 1 Traditional Unionist Voice and 1 Independent. The current mayor is Councillor John Finlay (DUP) (who previously served on Down District Council [1]) and deputy mayor is Harry Connolly (SDLP).
The present council boundaries were established in the 1973 reorganisation of local government. In 1977, on the granting of a charter, Ballymoney District Council became Ballymoney Borough Council.
In 2000, Ballymoney Borough Council twinned with the French town of Vanves. Since 2001, the council has been a sister city of Benbrook in Texas and building on its motorcycling history, is also linked to the borough of Douglas, Isle of Man.
Together with the neighbouring districts of Ballymena and Moyle, it forms the North Antrim constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.
Ballymoney is Northern Ireland's fastest-growing town in terms of population[citation needed]. It is thought that this is because it is one of the most central places in Northern Ireland, being one hour from Belfast and one hour from Derry[citation needed]. Another reason is as a result of high house prices in the Coleraine/Portstewart/Portrush 'Triangle' areas shifting first-time buyers to the less expensive Ballymoney area[citation needed].
The Ballymoney Borough Council area has the highest life expectancy of any area in Northern Ireland, with the average male life expectancy at birth being 78.0 years and 82.6 years for females [2].
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[edit] Mayor of Ballymoney
Source: Freedom of Information request to Ballymoney Borough Council
[edit] Review of Public Administration
Under the Review of Public Administration (RPA) the Council is due to merge with Coleraine Borough Council, Limavady Borough Council and Moyle District Council in 2011 to form Causeway Coast and Glens District Council, a single council for the enlarged area totalling 1796 km² and a population of 131,564.[3] The next election was due to take place in May 2009, but on April 25, 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until the introduction of the eleven new councils in 2011.[4]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Down Council Elections 1993-2005
- ^ Life Expectency
- ^ "Minister Foster announces decisions on Local Government Reform". DoE. http://www.doeni.gov.uk/index/local_government/minister_foster_announces_decisions_on_local_government_reform.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
- ^ Northern Ireland elections are postponed, BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008
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