1977 Ballymena Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland April 2022 Northern Ireland local elections, 1977 1977 Ballymena Borough Council election parliamentary no 1973 Ballymena Borough Council election 1973 1977 05 18 y 1981 Ballymena Borough Council election 1981 All 21 seats to Ballymena Borough Council 11 Democratic Unionist Party 11 6 Ulster Unionist Party 4 5 Independent Unionist 3 Independent (politician) 2 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1 Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party 0 1 Party with the most votes by district. Elections to Ballymena Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 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 1977https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgballymena.htm Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Ballymena www.ark.ac.uk Democratic Unionist Party 11 6 0 6 52.4 40.1 5,175 15.9 Ulster Unionist Party 4 1 6 5 19.0 19.5 2,523 18.4 Independent Unionist 3 3 3 14.3 21.4 2,765 12.1 Independent (politician) 2 1 1 9.5 13.7 1,774 0.8 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1 0 0 4.8 5.2 672 1.2 Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. Districts summary Results of the Ballymena Borough Council election, 1977by district yes |- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !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="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Area A |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.6 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |28.3 |1 |0.0 |0 |35.1 |1 |4 |- |align="left"|Area B |N/A |4 |N/A |2 |N/A |0 |N/A |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Area C |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|50.5 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |13.3 |0 |0.0 |0 |36.2 |2 |5 |- |align="left"|Area D |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|34.3 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |18.4 |1 |12.0 |1 |35.3 |2 |6 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |40.1 |11 |19.5 |4 |5.2 |1 |35.2 |5 |21 |- |} Districts results Area A 1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP Ballymena Area A - 4 seatsLocal Government Results 1977 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/4f2c8097-9a51-463d-8373-947a5954aa40/local_government_election_results_1977 EONI 9 July 2021 3 Independent (politician) James Woulahan 784 21.93%     Democratic Unionist Party William Turtle 725 20.28%     Democratic Unionist Party James Millar 584 20.03% 716   Ulster Unionist Party Thomas Hume* 516 14.43% 531 698 Ulster Unionist Party Thomas McCaughey* 496 13.87% 498 589 Independent Unionist Lyle Cubitt 308 8.62% 315   Independent Unionist William Wilson* 162 4.53%     3 5,986 3,575 (59.72%) 79 716 3,654 (61.04%) Area B 1973: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1977: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP 1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and Independent, Independent Unionists (two seats) join UUP Ballymena Area B - 6 seats 1 Democratic Unionist Party Roy Gillespie* N/A N/A Democratic Unionist Party John Greer N/A N/A Democratic Unionist Party Hubert Nicholl N/A N/A Ulster Unionist Party Hugh Simpson* N/A N/A Ulster Unionist Party Thomas Smyth* N/A N/A Democratic Unionist Party Sandy Spence* N/A N/A 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A As only six candidates had been nominated for six seats, there was no vote in Area B and all six candidates were deemed elected. Area C 1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard 1977: 3 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist 1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP, Independent Unionists (two seats) leave UUP and Vanguard Ballymena Area C - 5 seats 6 Democratic Unionist Party John McAuley* 928 22.61%           Independent Unionist George Sloane* 850 20.71%           Democratic Unionist Party Desmond McBurney 762 18.56%           Independent Unionist David Allen* 635 15.47% 653.34 716.36       Democratic Unionist Party Albert Young 383 9.33% 589.82 593.81 658.41 677.66 678.92 Ulster Unionist Party William Simpson 323 7.87% 327.59 376.94 381.04 583.55 612.39 Ulster Unionist Party Robert McCosh 224 5.46% 236.96 285.05 288.75     6 9,789 4,105 (41.93%) 183 685 4,288 (43.80%) Area D 1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Unionist 1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP, Independent Unionist leaves UUP Ballymena Area D - 6 seats 6 Independent (politician) Patrick Burke* 990 18.93%           Independent Unionist Samuel Henry* 810 15.49%           Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Muriel Lamont 672 12.85% 882.08         Ulster Unionist Party William Rainey 674 12.89% 683.1 736.4 764.56     Democratic Unionist Party Maurice Mills* 637 12.18% 638.56 640.9 644.66 702.56 706.24 Democratic Unionist Party James Alexander 607 11.61% 609.08 611.94 615.06 667.66 671.66 Democratic Unionist Party Robert McAuley 549 10.50% 552.64 553.42 556.38 582.42 583.94 Ulster Unionist Party David Thompson* 290 5.55% 297.28 326.66 348.66     6 11,819 5,229 (44.24%) 176 748 5,405 (45.73%) References Category:Ballymena Borough Council elections Ballymena