1981 Ballymoney Borough Council election

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1981 Ballymoney Borough Council election
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All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party DUP Ulster Unionist
Independent
Seats won 7 3 3
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 2 Steady 0
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party SDLP Alliance Ind. Unionist
Seats won 2 1 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady 0 Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 1981[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP 7 4 0 Increase4 43.8 40.3 4,310 Increase21.1
  Ulster Unionist 3 0 2 Decrease2 18.8 24.0 2,563 Decrease5.4
 
Independent
 3 0 0 Steady0 18.8 17.8 1,899 Decrease7.0
  SDLP 2 0 1 Decrease1 12.5 9.9 1,054 Decrease5.2
  Alliance 1 1 1 Steady0 6.3 8.1 868 Decrease0.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 1981
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP SDLP Alliance Others
Area A 53.8 2 27.2 1 0.0 0 19.0 1 0.0 0 4
Area B 31.6 3 30.3 2 21.3 2 0.0 0 16.8 1 8
Area C 42.3 2 10.8 0 11.6 0 0.0 0 35.3 2 4
Total 40.3 7 24.0 3 9.9 2 8.1 1 17.7 3 16

Districts results

Area A

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

Ballymoney Area A - 4 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
DUP Robert Halliday* 21.17% 575    
Ulster Unionist 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
Ulster Unionist 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%)  

Area B

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

Ballymoney Area B - 8 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DUP Charles Steele* 16.01% 791                  
Independent
 Hugh Boyle* 12.45% 615                  
Ulster Unionist Joe Gaston* 12.06% 596                  
SDLP Harry Connolly* 6.78% 335 335 345.67 350.19 485.17 485.17 495.17 784.17    
SDLP Edward McClements 7.10% 351 351.62 376.59 477.94 502.04 502.11 506.11 529.17 735.17  
DUP William Gracey 9.59% 474 511.2 511.42 511.42 511.42 512.75 529.41 531.41 531.41 532.41
Ulster Unionist William Logan* 7.33% 362 382.77 384.75 384.86 386.3 413.18 501.02 502.55 503.55 516.55
DUP Bertie McIlhatton 6.03% 298 457.34 457.56 457.56 457.56 460.64 483.12 485.43 485.43 487.43
Ulster Unionist Patricia Ellis* 5.63% 278 284.2 285.08 285.08 285.19 290.44 399.22 399.33 400.33 411.33
SDLP John Mulholland* 5.48% 271 271.93 276.88 279.31 325.18 325.18 326.6      
Ulster Unionist Samuel Barlett 5.28% 261 274.33 275.32 275.32 276.43 281.05        
Independent
 Margaret Donnelly 4.29% 212 212 217.94 218.16            
SDLP Malachy McCamphill 1.96% 97 97.31 109.85              
Electorate: 6,904   Valid: 4,941 (71.57%)   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 550   Turnout: 5,063 (73.33%)  

Area C

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

Ballymoney Area C - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Cecil Cousley 24.60% 747        
DUP Ralph Stronge 17.71% 538 540 648.54    
Independent
 Mary Holmes* 18.67% 567 589 600.52 753.52  
Independent
 Robert McComb* 11.62% 353 379 386.56 511.98 617.98
Alliance Brendan Smyth* 11.59% 352 435 435.36 462.54 476.54
Ulster Unionist James Simpson 10.80% 328 337 342.04    
Independent
 Thomas McKenna 5.00% 152        
Electorate: 4,923   Valid: 3,037 (61.69%)   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 608   Turnout: 3,102 (63.01%)  

References

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