1977 Ballymena Borough Council election
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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[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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DUP | 11 | 6 | 0 | ![]() | 52.4 | 40.1 | 5,175 | ![]() | |
UUP | 4 | 1 | 6 | ![]() | 19.0 | 19.5 | 2,523 | ![]() | |
Ind. Unionist | 3 | 3 | 3 | ![]() | 14.3 | 21.4 | 2,765 | ![]() | |
Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | ![]() | 9.5 | 13.7 | 1,774 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 4.8 | 5.2 | 672 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | UUP | Alliance | Others | ||||||
Area A | 36.6 | 2 | 28.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 35.1 | 1 | 4 |
Area B | N/A | 4 | N/A | 2 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 0 | 6 |
Area C | 50.5 | 3 | 13.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 36.2 | 2 | 5 |
Area D | 34.3 | 2 | 18.4 | 1 | 12.0 | 1 | 35.3 | 2 | 6 |
Total | 40.1 | 11 | 19.5 | 4 | 5.2 | 1 | 35.2 | 5 | 21 |
Districts results[edit]
Area A[edit]
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Independent | James Woulahan | 21.93% | 784 | |||
DUP | William Turtle | 20.28% | 725 | |||
DUP | James Millar | 20.03% | 584 | 716 | ||
UUP | Thomas Hume* | 14.43% | 516 | 531 | 698 | |
UUP | Thomas McCaughey* | 13.87% | 496 | 498 | 589 | |
Ind. Unionist | Lyle Cubitt | 8.62% | 308 | 315 | ||
Ind. Unionist | William Wilson* | 4.53% | 162 | |||
Electorate: 5,986 Valid: 3,575 (59.72%) Spoilt: 79 Quota: 716 Turnout: 3,654 (61.04%) |
Area B[edit]
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ||||
DUP | Roy Gillespie* | N/A | N/A | |
DUP | John Greer | N/A | N/A | |
DUP | Hubert Nicholl | N/A | N/A | |
UUP | Hugh Simpson* | N/A | N/A | |
UUP | 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.
Area C[edit]
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | John McAuley* | 22.61% | 928 | ||||||
Ind. Unionist | George Sloane* | 20.71% | 850 | ||||||
DUP | Desmond McBurney | 18.56% | 762 | ||||||
Ind. Unionist | David Allen* | 15.47% | 635 | 653.34 | 716.36 | ||||
DUP | Albert Young | 9.33% | 383 | 589.82 | 593.81 | 658.41 | 677.66 | 678.92 | |
UUP | William Simpson | 7.87% | 323 | 327.59 | 376.94 | 381.04 | 583.55 | 612.39 | |
UUP | Robert McCosh | 5.46% | 224 | 236.96 | 285.05 | 288.75 | |||
Electorate: 9,789 Valid: 4,105 (41.93%) Spoilt: 183 Quota: 685 Turnout: 4,288 (43.80%) |
Area D[edit]
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Independent | Patrick Burke* | 18.93% | 990 | ||||||
Ind. Unionist | Samuel Henry* | 15.49% | 810 | ||||||
Alliance | Muriel Lamont | 12.85% | 672 | 882.08 | |||||
UUP | William Rainey | 12.89% | 674 | 683.1 | 736.4 | 764.56 | |||
DUP | Maurice Mills* | 12.18% | 637 | 638.56 | 640.9 | 644.66 | 702.56 | 706.24 | |
DUP | James Alexander | 11.61% | 607 | 609.08 | 611.94 | 615.06 | 667.66 | 671.66 | |
DUP | Robert McAuley | 10.50% | 549 | 552.64 | 553.42 | 556.38 | 582.42 | 583.94 | |
UUP | David Thompson* | 5.55% | 290 | 297.28 | 326.66 | 348.66 | |||
Electorate: 11,819 Valid: 5,229 (44.24%) Spoilt: 176 Quota: 748 Turnout: 5,405 (45.73%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Ballymena". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 9 July 2021.