1981 Ballymena Borough Council election
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All 21 seats to Ballymena Borough Council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Ballymena Borough Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Democratic Unionist | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 61.9 | 55.5 | 12,739 | 15.4 | |
Ulster Unionist | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28.6 | 30.0 | 6,886 | 10.5 | |
Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 2,438 | 3.1 | |
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 790 | 18.0 | |
UUUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 108 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
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[edit]
Area A[edit]
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Desmond Armstrong | 22.71% | 964 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | John Armstrong | 19.39% | 823 | 945 | |||
Democratic Unionist | 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 | |
Democratic Unionist | James Millar* | 9.66% | 410 | ||||
Electorate: 5,861 Valid: 4,244 (72.41%) Spoilt: 121 Quota: 549 Turnout: 4,365 (74.48%) |
Area B[edit]
1977: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1981: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1977-1981 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Roy Gillespie* | 19.20% | 1,254 | |||||||||
Democratic Unionist | Sandy Spence* | 15.02% | 981 | |||||||||
Democratic Unionist | 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 | ||
Democratic Unionist | Tommy Nicholl | 11.33% | 740 | 763.66 | 771.34 | 793.34 | 824.04 | 831.75 | 844.29 | 848.19 | 860.54 | |
Democratic Unionist | 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[edit]
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)
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Roy West | 19.43% | 1,082 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Martin Clarke | 17.56% | 978 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | William Brownlees | 14.63% | 815 | 953 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Edwin Maternaghan | 14.81% | 825 | 839 | 953.8 | ||
Democratic Unionist | 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[edit]
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Independent | Patrick Burke* | 20.12% | 1,331 | |||||||
Democratic Unionist | Maurice Mills* | 16.82% | 1,113 | |||||||
Ind. Unionist | Samuel Henry* | 11.94% | 790 | 972.35 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | 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 | |
Democratic Unionist | 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[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Ballymena". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.