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1981 Ballymoney Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1981
1981 Ballymoney Borough Council election parliamentary no 1977 Ballymoney Borough Council election 1977 1981 05 20 y 1985 Ballymoney Borough Council election 1985 All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council 9 Democratic Unionist Party 7 4 Ulster Unionist Party 3 2 Independent (politician) 3 0 Social Democratic and Labour Party 2 1 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1 0 Independent Unionist 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Ballymoney Borough Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.
Election results
Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 1981https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgballymoney.htm Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Ballymoney www.ark.ac.uk
Democratic Unionist Party
7
4
0
4
43.8
40.3
4,310
21.1
Ulster Unionist Party
3
0
2
2
18.8
24.0
2,563
5.4
Independent (politician)
3
0
0
0
18.8
17.8
1,899
7.0
Social Democratic and Labour Party
2
0
1
1
12.5
9.9
1,054
5.2
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
1
1
1
0
6.3
8.1
868
0.2
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 1981by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|53.8
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|27.2
|1
|0.0
|0
|19.0
|1
|0.0
|0
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.6
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|30.3
|2
|21.3
|2
|0.0
|0
|16.8
|1
|8
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|42.3
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|10.8
|0
|11.6
|0
|0.0
|0
|35.3
|2
|4
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| 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 seatsLocal Government Results 1981 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/064e8d36-856a-4f60-b950-716cf2c3c7bb/local_government_election_results_1981 EONI 8 July 2021
3
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Halliday*
575
21.17%
Ulster Unionist Party
Kenneth Bamford*
404
14.87%
666
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Hugh McFarland
516
19.00%
525
567
Democratic Unionist Party
James Patterson
484
17.82%
512
544
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Wilson
403
14.84%
423
441
Ulster Unionist Party
Adam Taylor*
188
6.92%
Democratic Unionist Party
Olive Craig
146
5.38%
3
3,877
2,716 (70.05%)
41
544
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
10
Democratic Unionist Party
Charles Steele*
791
16.01%
Independent (politician)
Hugh Boyle*
615
12.45%
Ulster Unionist Party
Joe Gaston*
596
12.06%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Harry Connolly*
335
6.78%
335
345.67
350.19
485.17
485.17
495.17
784.17
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Edward McClements
351
7.10%
351.62
376.59
477.94
502.04
502.11
506.11
529.17
735.17
Democratic Unionist Party
William Gracey
474
9.59%
511.2
511.42
511.42
511.42
512.75
529.41
531.41
531.41
532.41
Ulster Unionist Party
William Logan*
362
7.33%
382.77
384.75
384.86
386.3
413.18
501.02
502.55
503.55
516.55
Democratic Unionist Party
Bertie McIlhatton
298
6.03%
457.34
457.56
457.56
457.56
460.64
483.12
485.43
485.43
487.43
Ulster Unionist Party
Patricia Ellis*
278
5.63%
284.2
285.08
285.08
285.19
290.44
399.22
399.33
400.33
411.33
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Mulholland*
271
5.48%
271.93
276.88
279.31
325.18
325.18
326.6
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Barlett
261
5.28%
274.33
275.32
275.32
276.43
281.05
Independent (politician)
Margaret Donnelly
212
4.29%
212
217.94
218.16
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Malachy McCamphill
97
1.96%
97.31
109.85
10
6,904
4,941 (71.57%)
122
550
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
5
Democratic Unionist Party
Cecil Cousley
747
24.60%
Democratic Unionist Party
Ralph Stronge
538
17.71%
540
648.54
Independent (politician)
Mary Holmes*
567
18.67%
589
600.52
753.52
Independent (politician)
Robert McComb*
353
11.62%
379
386.56
511.98
617.98
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Brendan Smyth*
352
11.59%
435
435.36
462.54
476.54
Ulster Unionist Party
James Simpson
328
10.80%
337
342.04
Independent (politician)
Thomas McKenna
152
5.00%
5
4,923
3,037 (61.69%)
65
608
3,102 (63.01%)
References
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