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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Democratic Unionist | 11 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 52.4 | 40.1 | 5,175 | 15.9 | |
Ulster Unionist | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 2,523 | 18.4 | |
Ind. Unionist | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14.3 | 21.4 | 2,765 | 12.1 | ||
Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9.5 | 13.7 | 1,774 | 0.8 | ||
Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 672 | 1.2 |
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 | |||
Democratic Unionist | William Turtle | 20.28% | 725 | |||
Democratic Unionist | James Millar | 20.03% | 584 | 716 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Hume* | 14.43% | 516 | 531 | 698 | |
Ulster Unionist | 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 | |
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1 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Roy Gillespie* | N/A | N/A | |
Democratic Unionist | John Greer | N/A | N/A | |
Democratic Unionist | Hubert Nicholl | N/A | N/A | |
Ulster Unionist | Hugh Simpson* | N/A | N/A | |
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Smyth* | N/A | N/A | |
Democratic Unionist | 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 | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | John McAuley* | 22.61% | 928 | ||||||
Ind. Unionist | George Sloane* | 20.71% | 850 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | Desmond McBurney | 18.56% | 762 | ||||||
Ind. Unionist | David Allen* | 15.47% | 635 | 653.34 | 716.36 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Albert Young | 9.33% | 383 | 589.82 | 593.81 | 658.41 | 677.66 | 678.92 | |
Ulster Unionist | William Simpson | 7.87% | 323 | 327.59 | 376.94 | 381.04 | 583.55 | 612.39 | |
Ulster Unionist | 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 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | William Rainey | 12.89% | 674 | 683.1 | 736.4 | 764.56 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Maurice Mills* | 12.18% | 637 | 638.56 | 640.9 | 644.66 | 702.56 | 706.24 | |
Democratic Unionist | James Alexander | 11.61% | 607 | 609.08 | 611.94 | 615.06 | 667.66 | 671.66 | |
Democratic Unionist | Robert McAuley | 10.50% | 549 | 552.64 | 553.42 | 556.38 | 582.42 | 583.94 | |
Ulster Unionist | 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.