District electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Kells Water was one of the four district electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 1993. The district elected six members to Ballymena Borough Council , and formed part of the North Antrim constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly .
It was created for the 1985 local elections , replacing Ballymena Area C which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Ballee, Ballykeel, Glenwhirry, Harryville, Kells and Moat. It was abolished for the 1993 local elections , and mostly replaced with the new Ballymena South DEA with Glenwhirry moving to the new Braid DEA .
Councillors
Election
Councillor
Councillor
Councillor
Councillor
Councillor
Councillor
1989
William Brownlees UUP )
James Currie UUP )
Martin Clarke DUP )
David McClintock DUP )
James McCosh DUP )
Ronald Fry DUP )
1985
Roy West DUP )
John McAuley DUP )
Edwin Maternaghan DUP )
1989 Election
1985: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1989: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Kells Water - 6 seats[ 1]
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
2
3
4
UUP
William Brownlees *
20.48%
929
DUP
Martin Clarke *
16.73%
759
UUP
James Currie
16.07%
729
DUP
Ronald Fry
11.28%
512
581.66
661.01
DUP
David McClintock *
11.22%
509
556.3
565
623.12
DUP
James McCosh
11.00%
499
536.41
546.16
585.25
DUP
Andrew McKendry
8.40%
381
410.24
416.39
489.44
Ind. Unionist
Melvyn McKendry
4.83%
219
315.32
318.92
Electorate: 10,142 Valid: 4,537 (44.73%) Spoilt: 138 Quota: 649 Turnout: 4,675 (46.10%)
1985 Election
1985: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP
Kells Water - 6 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
2
3
4
UUP
William Brownlees *
17.86%
856
DUP
John McAuley *
17.63%
845
DUP
Roy West *
16.60%
796
DUP
Martin Clarke *
14.50%
695
DUP
Edwin Maternaghan *
12.04%
577
586.4
693.37
DUP
David McClintock
12.83%
615
623.4
657.41
753.17
UUP
Victoria Brownlees
8.55%
410
558.8
570.96
579.92
Electorate: 9,621 Valid: 4,794 (49.83%) Spoilt: 133 Quota: 685 Turnout: 4,927 (51.21%)
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