Ballymena South (District Electoral Area)

Ballymena South DEA (1993-2014) within Ballymena

Ballymena South 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 Ballee, Ballykeel, Castle Demesne, Harryville, Kells, Moat and Summerfield. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and most of the area was transferred to the new Ballymena DEA, with Ballee, Harryville and Kells moving to the Braid DEA.

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party)
2011 Declan O'Loan
(SDLP) 		James Currie
(UUP) 		Desmond Robinson
(DUP) 		Beth Adger
(DUP) 		Hubert Nicholl
(DUP) 		Martin Clarke
(DUP) 		David Tweed
(TUV)/
(DUP)
2005 Deirdre Nelson
(DUP)
2001 Peter Brown
(UUP)
1997 Malcolm Gilmour
(UUP)
1993 John Scott
(UUP) 		William Brownlees
(Independent Unionist) 		James McCosh
(DUP) 		Frederick Coulter
(DUP)

2011 Election

2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP

2005-2011 Change: TUV gain from DUP

Ballymena South - 7 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
DUP Beth Adger* 14.98% 746              
SDLP Declan O'Loan* 12.37% 616 627            
DUP Hubert Nicholl* 10.92% 544 559 575.64 707.64        
DUP Martin Clarke* 10.26% 511 522 583.92 627.92        
DUP Desmond Robinson 9.92% 494 499 506.04 570.92 648.64      
TUV David Tweed* 8.03% 400 408 409.44 412.08 413.42 416.66 417.66 662.66
UUP James Currie* 8.41% 419 426 430 443.8 448.49 463.61 506.61 518.77
UUP Robin Swann 6.47% 322 330 332.4 338.04 338.04 344.52 356.52 391.68
TUV Jeremy Saulters 5.94% 296 298 299.28 304.28 304.28 304.82 310.82  
Sinn Féin Thomas O'Hara 5.74% 286 289 289 289 289 289    
DUP Gayle Nelson 5.08% 253 260 282.56          
Independent Deirdre Nelson* 1.87% 93              
Electorate: 10,675   Valid: 4,980 (46.65%)   Spoilt: 139   Quota: 623   Turnout: 5,119 (47.95%)  

2005 Election

2001: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Ballymena South - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DUP Beth Adger* 16.25% 960                
DUP David Tweed* 13.41% 792                
DUP Martin Clarke* 13.15% 777                
DUP Hubert Nicholl* 12.61% 745                
UUP James Currie* 11.41% 674 699.2 714.68 719.09 721.99 823.99      
SDLP Declan O'Loan* 12.16% 718 719.2 721.2 721.34 721.34 723.39 726.21 1,034.21  
DUP Deirdre Nelson 5.86% 346 519.52 552.16 594.37 624.47 652.13 661.53 661.53 669.53
UUP Robin Swann 4.16% 246 250.8 256.8 257.71 258.26 336.93 409.31 410.31 477.31
Sinn Féin Daniel O'Connell 5.86% 346 346.24 346.24 346.24 346.29 347.29 347.29    
UUP Colette Gilmour 3.54% 209 218.36 234.32 237.33 240.13        
PUP William McCaughey 1.59% 94 99.76              
Electorate: 10,637   Valid: 5,907 (55.53%)   Spoilt: 139   Quota: 739   Turnout: 6,046 (56.84%)  

2001 Election

1997 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2001 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Ballymena South - 7 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SDLP Declan O'Loan* 17.29% 1,212              
UUP James Currie* 15.58% 1,092              
DUP Beth Adger 15.14% 1,061              
DUP David Tweed* 14.52% 1,018              
DUP Martin Clarke* 11.31% 793 798.72 805.92 875.45 960.85      
DUP Hubert Nicholl* 10.77% 755 759.84 770.44 859.35 894.91      
UUP Peter Brown* 6.55% 459 543.48 624.48 635.19 640.65 649.61 668.38 757.76
UUP William Moore 4.07% 285 376.52 476.52 479.41 480.53 484.17 511.16 601.89
Independent David Warwick 3.44% 241 364.2 372 375.23 380.97 387.27 409.61  
PUP William McCaughey 0.73% 51 59.36 60.56 61.58 62.98 65.08    
PUP Jean Rainey 0.61% 43 59.28 61.28 61.79 62.91 64.31    
Electorate: 11,772   Valid: 7,010 (59.55%)   Spoilt: 136   Quota: 877   Turnout: 7,146 (60.70%)  

1997 Election

1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1993-1997 Change: UUP gain from Independent Unionist

Ballymena South - 7 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SDLP Declan O'Loan* 17.56% 967                
UUP James Currie* 16.67% 918                
DUP David Tweed 15.11% 832                
DUP Martin Clarke* 10.37% 571 576.6 581.02 604.99 614.81 655.29 896.29    
DUP Hubert Nicholl 9.70% 534 535.68 544 575.45 585 622.43 714.87    
UUP Peter Brown 6.85% 377 425.72 478.24 481.64 524.27 548.93 559.69 583.69 586.41
UUP Malcolm Gilmour 6.63% 365 390.76 472.66 479.63 495.69 538.51 556.29 577.29 580.86
UUP John Scott* 6.48% 357 410.2 473.9 479.51 499.95 534.81 546.52 565.52 567.56
DUP John Carson 5.72% 315 316.68 320.84 369.63 379.16 397.12      
Ind. Unionist Agnes McLeister 3.34% 184 196.32 203.6 219.75 240.93        
Ind. Unionist Samuel Balmer 1.56% 86 210.32 214.74 216.1          
Electorate: 12,043   Valid: 5,506 (45.72%)   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 689   Turnout: 5,622 (46.68%)  

1993 Election

1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Ballymena South - 7 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ind. Unionist William Brownlees* 22.64% 1,301              
SDLP Declan O'Loan 17.77% 1,021              
UUP John Scott 14.41% 828              
UUP James Currie* 10.30% 592 946            
DUP Martin Clarke* 9.99% 574 649.5 654.06 684.06 703.56 720.56    
DUP James McCosh* 9.55% 549 580 581.71 602.21 611.96 615.92 677.74 686.08
DUP Frederick Coulter 4.63% 266 304.5 306.21 322.71 337.96 342.46 493.03 522.35
Ind. Unionist Agnes McLeister 3.90% 224 263.5 278.89 346.39 381.39 403.74 415.99 499.09
Independent Charles Magill 1.56% 66 80.5 236.11 257.11 265.11 405.78 409.35  
DUP John McKendry 4.07% 234 247 250.42 255.92 264.17 271.49    
Ind. Unionist Melvyn McKendry 1.58% 91 107 224.42 242.42 252.92      
Electorate: 12,121   Valid: 5,746 (47.41%)   Spoilt: 141   Quota: 719   Turnout: 5,887 (48.57%)  

References

  1. ^ "Ballymena South 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.