Ballymena Area B was one of the four district electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected six members to Ballymena Borough Council, and formed part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Ahoghill, Cullybackey, Dunminning, Galgorm, Grange and Portglenone. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by The Main DEA.

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)
1981 Roy Gillespie
(DUP)		 Sandy Spence
(DUP)		 John Greer
(DUP)		 Tommy Nicholl
(DUP)		 William Wright
(UUP)		 Hugh Simpson
(UUP)/
(Independent Unionist)
1977 Hubert Nicholl
(DUP)		 Thomas Smyth
(UUP)/
(Independent Unionist)
1973 A. Simpson
(Independent)		 W. Dickey
(UUP)

1981 Election

1977: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP

1981: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP

1977-1981 Change: No change

Ballymena Area B - 7 seats[1]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
DUP Roy Gillespie* 19.20% 1,254                
DUP Sandy Spence* 15.02% 981                
DUP 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  
DUP Tommy Nicholl 11.33% 740 763.66 771.34 793.34 824.04 831.75 844.29 848.19 860.54
DUP 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%)  

    1977 Election

    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[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    DUP Roy Gillespie* N/A N/A
    DUP John Greer N/A N/A
    DUP Hubert Nicholl N/A N/A
    Ulster Unionist Hugh Simpson* N/A N/A
    Ulster Unionist Thomas Smyth* N/A N/A
    DUP Sandy Spence* N/A N/A
    Electorate: N/A   Valid: N/A   Spoilt: N/A   Quota: N/A   Turnout: 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.

      1973 Election

      1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent

      Ballymena Area B - 4 seats[3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      Independent A. Simpson 22.30% 1,390          
      DUP Sandy Spence 20.07% 1,251          
      DUP Roy Gillespie 19.06% 1,188          
      Ulster Unionist W. Dickey 11.78% 734 930.8        
      Ind. Unionist Hugh Simpson 7.49% 467 541 648.3 728.34 814.64 894.12
      Ind. Unionist Thomas Smyth 6.03% 376 431.6 504.1 607.6 693.1 786.54
      Ulster Unionist W. O. Given 4.19% 261 305.8 433.98 481.36 569.28 685.18
      Alliance Maeve Kyle 5.30% 330 398.4 413.48 420.38 435.78  
      Independent W. R. McNeilly 3.77% 235 291 324.64 378    
      Electorate: 9,474   Valid: 6,232 (65.78%)   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 891   Turnout: 6,293 (66.42%)  

        References

        1. ↑ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
        2. ↑ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
        3. ↑ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
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