Ballymena (District Electoral Area)

Ballymena is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects seven members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of academy, Ardeevin, Ballykeel, Braidwater, Castle Demesne, Fair Green and Park.[2] Ballymena forms part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Ballymena
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats7 (2014-)
Councillors
  •   Matthew Armstrong (TUV)
  •   Colin Crawford (UUP)
  •   Jack Gibson (APNI)
  •   Reuben Glover (DUP)
  •   Bréanainn Lyness (SF)
  •   Lawrie Philpott (DUP)
  •   Rodney Quigley (IND)

It was created 2014 local elections, replacing the Ballymena North DEA and Ballymena South DEA which had existed since 1993.

Councillors
Election Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)
September 2023 Co-Option Bréanainn Lyness
(Sinn Féin)		 Jack Gibson
(Alliance)		 Rodney Quigley
(Independent)		 Colin Crawford
(UUP)		 Matthew Armstrong
(TUV)		 Reuben Glover
(DUP)		 Lawrie Philpott
(DUP)
2023 John Hyland
(Alliance)
May 2022 Co-Option Eugene Reid
(SDLP)		 James Henry
(Independent)		 Audrey Wales
(DUP)		 John Carson
(DUP)
2019 Patricia O'Lynn
(Alliance)
August 2018 Defection Declan O'Loan
(SDLP)		 Reuben Glover
(DUP)		 Stephen Nicholl
(UUP)		 Donna Anderson
(TUV)/
(UKIP)/
(Independent)
September 2015 Defection
2014

2023 Election

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and UUP gain from SDLP and Independent

Ballymena - 7 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Independent Rodney Quigley* 14.02% 1,023      
TUV Matthew Armstrong* 13.58% 991      
Ulster Unionist Colin Crawford 13.28% 969      
Sinn Féin Bréanainn Lyness 12.69% 926      
DUP Reuben Glover 12.51% 913      
Alliance John Hyland* † 12.29% 897 913.80    
DUP Lawrie Philpott 6.33% 462 514.64 831.80 906.90
SDLP Eugene Reid* 11.03% 805 816.62 820.04 822.84
DUP Andrew Wright 4.25% 310 337.58    
Electorate: 16,173   Valid: 7,296 (45.11%)   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 913   Turnout: 7,336 (45.55%)  

    2019 Election

    2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP

    2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance

    2014-2019 Change: Alliance and Independent gain from DUP and UUP

    Ballymena - 7 seats[4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Independent James Henry* 12.57% 872              
    SDLP Eugene Reid 12.23% 848 870            
    TUV Matthew Armstrong 11.03% 765 781 1,016          
    Alliance Patricia O'Lynn † 8.33% 578 611 612 614.96 617.96 941.96    
    DUP Audrey Wales* 6.79% 471 496 499 503.44 706.36 707.36 709.3 812.72
    Independent Rodney Quigley 6.24% 433 514 530 571.44 586.44 610.44 669.61 802.38
    DUP John Carson* – 7.60% 527 538 544 558.8 655.28 657.28 657.28 758.47
    DUP Reuben Glover* 7.18% 498 511 529 557.12 632.3 634.3 634.3 706.4
    Ulster Unionist Stephen Nicholl* 6.99% 485 500 510 548.48 575.48 578.48 589.15  
    Sinn Féin Patrice Hardy 7.51% 521 529 529 529 530      
    DUP William Logan 5.80% 402 410 417 431.06        
    TUV Philip Gordon 4.13% 286 302            
    UKIP Rab Picken 2.06% 143              
    Independent Conal Stewart 1.54% 107              
    Electorate: 15,896   Valid: 6,956 (43.76%)   Spoilt: 67   Quota: 870   Turnout: 7,023 (44.18%)  

      2014 Election

      2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

      Ballymena - 7 seats[5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011
      Independent James Henry* 15.85% 1,042                    
      SDLP Declan O'Loan* 9.66% 635 649.08 655.52 672.06 906.06            
      DUP Audrey Wales* 9.10% 598 632.76 657.84 682.6 684.6 685.05 883.05        
      TUV Donna Anderson ‡ 11.22% 738 754.72 798.14 804.14 804.14 804.14 813.24 813.86 1,117.86    
      DUP John Carson* 8.85% 582 598.5 625.48 633.14 633.14 633.59 683.89 730.39 761.35 859.35  
      Ulster Unionist Stephen Nicholl 5.79% 381 418.18 434.94 477.02 480.46 480.91 497.33 497.95 534.67 616.67 728.92
      DUP Reuben Glover 6.49% 427 439.76 461.52 470.4 470.4 470.85 531.81 543.59 564.79 627.79 647.45
      Sinn Féin Marian Maguire 7.25% 477 479.42 479.42 484.42 516.3 548.25 548.25 548.25 548.25 548.25 605.45
      Alliance Jayne Dunlop* 4.71% 310 328.48 333.9 410.18 422.72 471.77 473.21 473.21 478.43 482.43  
      TUV Matthew Armstrong 5.73% 377 388.89 400.2 404.86 404.86 404.86 412.74 413.05      
      DUP David McCartney 5.05% 332 346.08 355.74 362.18 362.18 362.18          
      SDLP Eugene Reid 4.40% 289 292.52 293.52 296.52              
      NI21 Richard Marshall 3.21% 211 225.74 236.28                
      Independent Rodney Quigley 2.68% 176 197.34                  
      Electorate: 15,691   Valid: 6,575 (41.90%)   Spoilt: 94   Quota: 822   Turnout: 6,669 (42.50%)  

        References
        1. Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
        2. , ARK, accessed 8 July 2023
        3. "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
        4. "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
        5. "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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