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1981 Ballymena Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1981
1981 Ballymena Borough Council election parliamentary no 1977 Ballymena Borough Council election 1977 1981 05 20 y 1985 Ballymena Borough Council election 1985 All 21 seats to Ballymena Borough Council 11 Democratic Unionist Party 13 2 Ulster Unionist Party 5 1 Independent (politician) 2 0 Independent Unionist 1 2 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
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
Ballymena Borough Council Election Result 1981https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgballymena.htm Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Ballymena www.ark.ac.uk
Democratic Unionist Party
13
2
0
2
61.9
55.5
12,739
15.4
Ulster Unionist Party
5
1
0
1
28.6
30.0
6,886
10.5
Independent (politician)
2
0
0
0
9.5
10.6
2,438
3.1
Independent Unionist
1
0
2
2
4.8
3.4
790
18.0
United Ulster Unionist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.5
108
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Ballymena Borough Council election, 1981by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!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="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|42.8
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|37.8
|1
|19.4
|1
|4
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|68.0
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4
|32.0
|2
|0.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|66.6
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4
|31.5
|1
|1.9
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area D
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|41.9
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|21.7
|1
|36.4
|2
|6
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| 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 seatsLocal Government Results 1981 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/064e8d36-856a-4f60-b950-716cf2c3c7bb/local_government_election_results_1981 EONI 8 July 2021
4
Ulster Unionist Party
Desmond Armstrong
964
22.71%
Democratic Unionist Party
John Armstrong
823
19.39%
945
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Hanna
583
13.74%
842
852.32
Independent (politician)
James Woulahan*
824
19.42%
826
826.48
827.48
Ulster Unionist Party
James McKay
640
15.08%
656
754.52
798.52
Democratic Unionist Party
James Millar*
410
9.66%
4
5,861
4,244 (72.41%)
121
549
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 - 6 seats
9
Democratic Unionist Party
Roy Gillespie*
1,254
19.20%
Democratic Unionist Party
Sandy Spence*
981
15.02%
Democratic Unionist Party
John Greer*
853
13.06%
1,075.3
Ulster Unionist Party
Hugh Simpson*
537
8.22%
538.56
539.52
590.52
593.12
793.19
1,109.19
Ulster Unionist Party
William Wright*
464
7.10%
474.14
474.78
605.56
608.91
661.68
807.62
972.07
Democratic Unionist Party
Tommy Nicholl
740
11.33%
763.66
771.34
793.34
824.04
831.75
844.29
848.19
860.54
Democratic Unionist Party
Hubert Nicholl*
616
9.43%
649.02
765.82
765.82
773.67
794.06
830.53
835.08
853.93
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Nelson
413
6.33%
431.2
438.88
473.88
474.73
561.18
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Smyth
402
6.16%
409.8
410.28
435.28
436.93
Ulster Unionist Party
John Sutter
271
4.15%
272.04
272.04
9
9,994
6,531 (65.35%)
240
934
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
4
Democratic Unionist Party
Roy West
1,082
19.43%
Democratic Unionist Party
Martin Clarke
978
17.56%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Brownlees
815
14.63%
953
Democratic Unionist Party
Edwin Maternaghan
825
14.81%
839
953.8
Democratic Unionist Party
John McAuley*
825
14.81%
846
870.22
915.62
Ulster Unionist Party
William Simpson
694
12.46%
844
851.14
852.94
Ulster Unionist Party
William McConnell
243
4.36%
United Ulster Unionist Party
Ernest Johnston
108
1.94%
4
9,902
5,570 (56.25%)
143
929
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
7
Independent (politician)
Patrick Burke*
1,331
20.12%
Democratic Unionist Party
Maurice Mills*
1,113
16.82%
Independent Unionist
Samuel Henry*
790
11.94%
972.35
Democratic Unionist Party
James Alexander*
898
13.57%
900.1
983.2
Ulster Unionist Party
Gordon Wilson
547
8.27%
553.65
558.45
558.87
560.91
803.69
917.34
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Maternaghan
758
11.46%
758.7
824.55
860.25
860.31
868.8
893.26
Ulster Unionist Party
Kenneth Wood
501
7.57%
524.1
527.25
527.6
530.96
662.67
802.89
Independent (politician)
Samuel Barr
283
4.28%
434.2
436.9
437.18
455.9
472.22
Ulster Unionist Party
James Rainey
395
5.97%
408.65
413.75
414.1
415.3
7
11,475
6,616 (57.66%)
139
946
6,755 (58.87%)
References
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