Ballymoney Area A
Ballymoney Area A was one of the three district electoral areas in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected four 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 Killoquin Lower, Killoquin Upper, Seacon and The Vow. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Bann Valley DEA.
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Robert Halliday (DUP) |
James Patterson (DUP) |
Kenneth Bamford (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist) |
Hugh McFarland (Alliance) | ||||
| 1977 | Ralph Stronge (DUP) |
Adam Taylor (UUP) | ||||||
| 1973 | David Hanna (DUP) |
W. Campbell (Independent) |
R. D. Gilmour (UUP) | |||||
1981 Election
[edit]1977: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| DUP | Robert Halliday* | 21.17% | 575 | |||
| UUP | Kenneth Bamford* | 14.87% | 404 | 666 | ||
| Alliance | Hugh McFarland | 19.00% | 516 | 525 | 567 | |
| DUP | James Patterson | 17.82% | 484 | 512 | 544 | |
| DUP | Robert Wilson | 14.84% | 403 | 423 | 441 | |
| UUP | Adam Taylor* | 6.92% | 188 | |||
| DUP | Olive Craig | 5.38% | 146 | |||
| Electorate: 3,877 Valid: 2,716 (70.05%) Spoilt: 41 Quota: 544 Turnout: 2,757 (71.11%) | ||||||
1977 Election
[edit]1973: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from Independent, Independent Unionist joins UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| DUP | Robert Halliday | 21.05% | 430 | |||||
| UUP | Kenneth Bamford* | 16.10% | 329 | 372 | 372.36 | 395.36 | 411.36 | |
| DUP | Ralph Stronge | 10.96% | 224 | 240 | 250.68 | 250.68 | 443.68 | |
| UUP | Adam Taylor | 13.71% | 280 | 372 | 372.44 | 372.44 | 378.24 | |
| Alliance | Hugh McFarland | 10.18% | 208 | 212 | 212.04 | 369.04 | 370.04 | |
| DUP | David Hanna* | 10.47% | 214 | 216 | 221.6 | 223.6 | ||
| Independent | Henry McCloy | 9.69% | 198 | 198 | 198 | |||
| UUP | James Taylor | 7.83% | 160 | |||||
| Electorate: 4,037 Valid: 2,043 (50.61%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 409 Turnout: 2,118 (52.46%) | ||||||||
1973 Election
[edit]1973: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Ind. Unionist | Kenneth Bamford | 22.59% | 453 | |||||
| UUP | R. D. Gilmour | 17.06% | 342 | 352.67 | 418.67 | |||
| DUP | David Hanna | 19.25% | 386 | 389.41 | 401.41 | 402.66 | ||
| Independent | W. Campbell | 9.18% | 184 | 210.51 | 226.26 | 237.76 | 374.36 | |
| DUP | T. Milligan | 15.01% | 301 | 303.64 | 316.64 | 317.64 | 347.08 | |
| Independent | T. L. McElderry | 10.32% | 207 | 209.64 | 230.97 | 233.47 | ||
| Independent | M. A. Hunter | 6.58% | 132 | 135.08 | ||||
| Electorate: 3,947 Valid: 2,005 (50.80%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 402 Turnout: 2,034 (51.53%) | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 11 July 2021.