1981 Ballymena Borough Council election

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1981 Ballymena Borough Council election
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All 21 seats to Ballymena Borough Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party DUP Ulster Unionist
Independent
Seats won 13 5 2
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1 Steady 0
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Ind. Unionist Alliance
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Ballymena Borough Council Election Result 1981[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP 13 2 0 Increase2 61.9 55.5 12,739 Increase15.4
  Ulster Unionist 5 1 0 Increase1 28.6 30.0 6,886 Decrease10.5
 
Independent
 2 0 0 Steady0 9.5 10.6 2,438 Decrease3.1
  Ind. Unionist 1 0 2 Decrease2 4.8 3.4 790 Decrease18.0
  UUUP 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.5 108 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Ballymena Borough Council election, 1981
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Others
Area A 42.8 2 37.8 1 19.4 1 4
Area B 68.0 4 32.0 2 0.0 0 6
Area C 66.6 4 31.5 1 1.9 0 5
Area D 41.9 3 21.7 1 36.4 2 6
Total 55.5 13 30.0 5 14.5 3 21

Districts results

Area A

1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: No change

Ballymena Area A - 4 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Ulster Unionist Desmond Armstrong 22.71% 964      
DUP John Armstrong 19.39% 823 945    
DUP Samuel Hanna 13.74% 583 842 852.32  
Independent
 James Woulahan* 19.42% 824 826 826.48 827.48
Ulster Unionist James McKay 15.08% 640 656 754.52 798.52
DUP James Millar* 9.66% 410      
Electorate: 5,861   Valid: 4,244 (72.41%)   Spoilt: 121   Quota: 549   Turnout: 4,365 (74.48%)  

Area B

1977: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1981: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1977-1981 Change: No change

Ballymena Area B - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DUP Roy Gillespie* 19.20% 1,254                
DUP Sandy Spence* 15.02% 981                
DUP John Greer* 13.06% 853 1,075.3              
Ulster Unionist Hugh Simpson* 8.22% 537 538.56 539.52 590.52 593.12 793.19 1,109.19    
Ulster Unionist William Wright* 7.10% 464 474.14 474.78 605.56 608.91 661.68 807.62 972.07  
DUP Tommy Nicholl 11.33% 740 763.66 771.34 793.34 824.04 831.75 844.29 848.19 860.54
DUP Hubert Nicholl* 9.43% 616 649.02 765.82 765.82 773.67 794.06 830.53 835.08 853.93
Ulster Unionist Robert Nelson 6.33% 413 431.2 438.88 473.88 474.73 561.18      
Ulster Unionist Thomas Smyth 6.16% 402 409.8 410.28 435.28 436.93        
Ulster Unionist John Sutter 4.15% 271 272.04 272.04            
Electorate: 9,994   Valid: 6,531 (65.35%)   Spoilt: 240   Quota: 934   Turnout: 6,771 (67.75%)  

Area C

1977: 3 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist
1981: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1977-1981 Change: DUP and UUP gain from Independent Unionist (two seats)

Ballymena Area C - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
DUP Roy West 19.43% 1,082      
DUP Martin Clarke 17.56% 978      
Ulster Unionist William Brownlees 14.63% 815 953    
DUP Edwin Maternaghan 14.81% 825 839 953.8  
DUP John McAuley* 14.81% 825 846 870.22 915.62
Ulster Unionist William Simpson 12.46% 694 844 851.14 852.94
Ulster Unionist William McConnell 4.36% 243      
UUUP Ernest Johnston 1.94% 108      
Electorate: 9,902   Valid: 5,570 (56.25%)   Spoilt: 143   Quota: 929   Turnout: 5,713 (57.70%)  

Area D

1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Unionist
1981: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from Alliance

Ballymena Area D - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent
 Patrick Burke* 20.12% 1,331            
DUP Maurice Mills* 16.82% 1,113            
Ind. Unionist Samuel Henry* 11.94% 790 972.35          
DUP James Alexander* 13.57% 898 900.1 983.2        
Ulster Unionist Gordon Wilson 8.27% 547 553.65 558.45 558.87 560.91 803.69 917.34
DUP Robert Maternaghan 11.46% 758 758.7 824.55 860.25 860.31 868.8 893.26
Ulster Unionist Kenneth Wood 7.57% 501 524.1 527.25 527.6 530.96 662.67 802.89
Independent
 Samuel Barr 4.28% 283 434.2 436.9 437.18 455.9 472.22  
Ulster Unionist James Rainey 5.97% 395 408.65 413.75 414.1 415.3    
Electorate: 11,475   Valid: 6,616 (57.66%)   Spoilt: 139   Quota: 946   Turnout: 6,755 (58.87%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Ballymena". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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