Ballymena North (District Electoral Area)

District electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland

Ballymena North DEA (1993-2014) within Ballymena

Ballymena North was one of the four district electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland which existed from 1993 to 2014. The district elected seven members to Ballymena Borough Council, and formed part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1993 local elections, and contained the wards of academy, Ardeevin, Ballyloughan, Dunclug, Fair Green, Galgorm and Park. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and most of the area was transferred to the new Ballymena DEA, with Galgorm moving to the Bannside DEA.

## Councillors

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Election  | Councillor
(Party)  | Councillor
(Party)  | Councillor
(Party)  | Councillor
(Party)  | Councillor
(Party)  | Councillor
(Party)  | Councillor
(Party)

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2011 |  | Patrick McAvoy
(SDLP)  |  | Jayne Dunlop
(Alliance)  |  | James McClean
(UUP)  |  | John Carson
(DUP)  |  | Audrey Wales
(DUP)  |  | Maurice Mills
(DUP)  |  | James Henry
(Independent Unionist)
2005 |  | Neil Armstrong
(UUP)  | Joseph McKernan
(UUP)  | James Alexander
(DUP)/
(UUP)
2001 |  | William Wright
(UUP)/
(Independent Unionist)
1997 |  | Jayne Dunlop
(Alliance)  |  |  | Samuel Henry
(Independent Unionist)
1993 | Gareth Williams
(Alliance)

## 2011 Election

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2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Ballymena North - 7 seats[1] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Independent | James Henry*  | 17.13%  | 1,026 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | John Carson*  | 15.71%  | 941 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | Maurice Mills*  | 12.45%  | 746  | 787.44 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| SDLP | Patrick McAvoy*  | 9.95%  | 596  | 617.84  | 619.31  | 622.15  | 910.15 |  |  |  |
| UUP | James McClean | 7.28%  | 436  | 477.72  | 485.7  | 503.9  | 505.18  | 509.18  | 512.96  | 826.96 |
| DUP | Audrey Wales | 7.53%  | 451  | 479.56  | 643.36  | 664.77  | 666.05  | 674.05  | 700.51  | 745.78  | 780.1
| Alliance | Jayne Dunlop | 6.94%  | 416  | 463.88  | 466.61  | 474.45  | 492.01  | 624.01  | 625.63  | 674.96  | 699.05
| TUV | James Alexander*  | 6.49%  | 389  | 412.52  | 417.98  | 575.88  | 575.88  | 575.88  | 577.23  | 620.8  | 638.95
| UUP | Neil Armstrong*  | 6.94%  | 416  | 463.32  | 468.57  | 481.25  | 481.25  | 482.25  | 486.3  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Sean Davey  | 5.94%  | 356  | 357.96  | 357.96  | 357.96  |  |  |  |  |
| TUV | David Lynn  | 3.64%  | 218  | 232.56  | 237.81  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 12,118  Valid: 5,991 (49.44%)  Spoilt: 118  Quota: 749  Turnout: 6,109 (50.41%)

## 2005 Election

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2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent

Ballymena North - 7 seats[2] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| DUP | James Alexander*  | 21.90%  | 1,503 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | Maurice Mills*  | 13.55%  | 930 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | James Henry*  | 13.20%  | 906 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | John Carson | 8.25%  | 566  | 1,125 |  |  |  |  |  |
| UUP | Neil Armstrong*  | 9.56%  | 656  | 693.41  | 839.56  | 875.83 |  |  |  |
| SDLP | Patrick McAvoy*  | 11.00%  | 755  | 756.29  | 762.95  | 764.51  | 1,025.51 |  |  |
| UUP | Joseph McKernan*  | 6.28%  | 431  | 445.62  | 499.27  | 512.66  | 512.66  | 520.66  | 536.86  | 878.51
| Alliance | Jayne Dunlop  | 5.89%  | 404  | 413.03  | 427.09  | 430.08  | 449.08  | 574.08  | 584.34  | 631.34
| UUP | Peter Brown  | 5.39%  | 370  | 388.92  | 432.58  | 449.22  | 453.22  | 456.22  | 475.9  |
| Sinn Féin | Padraig McShane  | 4.97%  | 341  | 341  | 341  | 341.26  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 11,822  Valid: 6,862 (58.04%)  Spoilt: 101  Quota: 858  Turnout: 6,963 (58.90%)

## 2001 Election

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1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance, Independent leaves UUP and Independent Unionist becomes Independent

Ballymena North - 7 seats[3] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
| DUP | James Alexander*  | 14.34%  | 1,110 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| SDLP | Patrick McAvoy*  | 13.83%  | 1,071 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | James Henry | 13.69%  | 1,060 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| UUP | Joseph McKernan*  | 7.92%  | 613  | 614.32  | 616.32  | 625.12  | 642.58  | 806.06  | 855.29  | 942.07  | 992.25 |  |
| DUP | Maurice Mills*  | 8.07%  | 625  | 663.28  | 673.4  | 674.1  | 680.76  | 684.04  | 705.49  | 711.56  | 713.86  | 1,092.86 |
| Independent | William Wright*  | 7.14%  | 553  | 557.32  | 561.32  | 561.72  | 578.28  | 584.37  | 651.57  | 691.17  | 709.97  | 753.83  | 835.94
| UUP | Neil Armstrong | 6.88%  | 533  | 538.28  | 540.4  | 541.5  | 551.58  | 585.49  | 613.77  | 682.18  | 701.58  | 732.55  | 760.09
| UUP | Gillian Scott  | 6.87%  | 532  | 534.04  | 538.04  | 539.94  | 546.6  | 569.19  | 598.75  | 698.32  | 706.41  | 719.98  | 734.26
| DUP | Simon Hamilton | 5.31%  | 411  | 489.24  | 494.6  | 494.8  | 499.21  | 504.63  | 516.99  | 525.11  | 526.41  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Gerard Magee  | 4.93%  | 382  | 382  | 382  | 429  | 429.72  | 429.72  | 433.22  | 454.9  |  |  |
| Alliance | Jayne Dunlop*  | 4.09%  | 317  | 318.08  | 319.08  | 348.28  | 357.28  | 358.47  | 427.39  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Audrey Wales  | 3.40%  | 263  | 263.6  | 265.6  | 275  | 288.68  | 302.13  |  |  |  |  |
| UUP | William McElfatrick  | 3.13%  | 242  | 242.72  | 242.72  | 244.12  | 250.87  |  |  |  |  |  |
| PUP | William Parkhill  | 0.39%  | 30  | 30.6  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 12,285  Valid: 7,742 (63.02%)  Spoilt: 134  Quota: 968  Turnout: 7,876 (64.11%)

## 1997 Election

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1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

1993-1997 Change: No change

Ballymena North - 7 seats[4] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| SDLP | Patrick McAvoy*  | 16.84%  | 975 |  |  |  |  |
| UUP | William Wright*  | 16.46%  | 953 |  |  |  |  |
| Ind. Unionist | Samuel Henry*  | 12.58%  | 728 |  |  |  |  |
| UUP | Joseph McKernan*  | 10.88%  | 630  | 669.9  | 785.34 |  |  |
| UUP | James Alexander*  | 9.45%  | 547  | 551.8  | 620.92  | 675.52  | 778.52 |
| DUP | Maurice Mills*  | 10.54%  | 610  | 610.3  | 624.46  | 626.15  | 650.28  | 768.28
| Alliance | Jayne Dunlop | 7.72%  | 447  | 641.4  | 645  | 645.91  | 700.61  | 703.09
| DUP | John Stewart  | 7.20%  | 417  | 417.3  | 428.1  | 429.4  | 439.14  | 562.22
| DUP | David Warwick  | 4.27%  | 247  | 247.3  | 253.78  | 253.91  | 269.15  |
| Ind. Unionist | Herbert Park  | 4.06%  | 235  | 242.2  | 246.28  | 247.58  |  |
Electorate: 12,239  Valid: 5,789 (47.30%)  Spoilt: 81  Quota: 724  Turnout: 5,870 (47.96%)

## 1993 Election

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1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Ballymena North - 7 seats[5] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| Ind. Unionist | Samuel Henry*  | 15.50%  | 964 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| SDLP | Patrick McAvoy*  | 13.83%  | 860 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| UUP | William Wright | 13.19%  | 820 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Alliance | Gareth Williams*  | 11.69%  | 727  | 765.6  | 800.8 |  |  |  |  |
| UUP | James Alexander*  | 10.95%  | 681  | 727.4  | 728.4  | 751.45  | 771.05  | 791.05 |  |
| DUP | Maurice Mills*  | 7.24%  | 450  | 461.8  | 462  | 463.35  | 468.05  | 671.55  | 951.55 |
| UUP | Joseph McKernan*  | 7.93%  | 493  | 539.6  | 545.2  | 555.7  | 568.5  | 574.55  | 615.05  | 684.05
| Alliance | Ethel Kenny  | 7.94%  | 494  | 521  | 553.2  | 555  | 569.9  | 573.9  | 582.85  | 593.85
| DUP | John Wilson*  | 5.53%  | 344  | 350.2  | 350.2  | 351.75  | 359.15  | 423.25  |  |
| DUP | John Carson  | 4.66%  | 290  | 293.2  | 293.2  | 293.5  | 306.5  |  |  |
| Ulster Democratic | Samuel Balmer  | 1.53%  | 95  | 100.2  | 101.1  | 102.15  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 12,034  Valid: 6,218 (51.67%)  Spoilt: 72  Quota: 778  Turnout: 6,290 (52.27%)

## References

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1. ^ "Ballymena North Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
2. ^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
3. ^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
4. ^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
5. ^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

*[FPv%]: First preference votes percentage