1981 Ballymoney Borough Council election
Appearance
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All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council 9 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Ballymoney Borough Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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DUP | 7 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
43.8 | 40.3 | 4,310 | ![]() | |
UUP | 3 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
18.8 | 24.0 | 2,563 | ![]() | |
Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
18.8 | 17.8 | 1,899 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 2 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
12.5 | 9.9 | 1,054 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 1 | 1 | 1 | ![]() |
6.3 | 8.1 | 868 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % |
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DUP | UUP | SDLP | Alliance | Others | |||||||
Area A | 53.8 | 2 | 27.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 19.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 |
Area B | 31.6 | 3 | 30.3 | 2 | 21.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.8 | 1 | 8 |
Area C | 42.3 | 2 | 10.8 | 0 | 11.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 35.3 | 2 | 4 |
Total | 40.3 | 7 | 24.0 | 3 | 9.9 | 2 | 8.1 | 1 | 17.7 | 3 | 16 |
Districts results
[edit]Area A
[edit]1977: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
DUP | Robert Halliday* | 21.17% | 575 | |||
UUP | Kenneth Bamford* | 14.87% | 404 | 666 | ||
Alliance | Hugh McFarland | 19.00% | 516 | 525 | 567 | |
DUP | James Patterson | 17.82% | 484 | 512 | 544 | |
DUP | Robert Wilson | 14.84% | 403 | 423 | 441 | |
UUP | Adam Taylor* | 6.92% | 188 | |||
DUP | Olive Craig | 5.38% | 146 | |||
Electorate: 3,877 Valid: 2,716 (70.05%) Spoilt: 41 Quota: 544 Turnout: 2,757 (71.11%) |
Area B
[edit]1977: 3 x UUP, 3 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1981: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
DUP | Charles Steele* | 16.01% | 791 | ||||||||||
Independent | Hugh Boyle* | 12.45% | 615 | ||||||||||
UUP | Joe Gaston* | 12.06% | 596 | ||||||||||
SDLP | Harry Connolly* | 6.78% | 335 | 335 | 345.67 | 350.19 | 485.17 | 485.17 | 495.17 | 784.17 | |||
SDLP | Edward McClements | 7.10% | 351 | 351.62 | 376.59 | 477.94 | 502.04 | 502.11 | 506.11 | 529.17 | 735.17 | ||
DUP | William Gracey | 9.59% | 474 | 511.2 | 511.42 | 511.42 | 511.42 | 512.75 | 529.41 | 531.41 | 531.41 | 532.41 | |
UUP | William Logan* | 7.33% | 362 | 382.77 | 384.75 | 384.86 | 386.3 | 413.18 | 501.02 | 502.55 | 503.55 | 516.55 | |
DUP | Bertie McIlhatton | 6.03% | 298 | 457.34 | 457.56 | 457.56 | 457.56 | 460.64 | 483.12 | 485.43 | 485.43 | 487.43 | |
UUP | Patricia Ellis* | 5.63% | 278 | 284.2 | 285.08 | 285.08 | 285.19 | 290.44 | 399.22 | 399.33 | 400.33 | 411.33 | |
SDLP | John Mulholland* | 5.48% | 271 | 271.93 | 276.88 | 279.31 | 325.18 | 325.18 | 326.6 | ||||
UUP | Samuel Barlett | 5.28% | 261 | 274.33 | 275.32 | 275.32 | 276.43 | 281.05 | |||||
Independent | Margaret Donnelly | 4.29% | 212 | 212 | 217.94 | 218.16 | |||||||
SDLP | Malachy McCamphill | 1.96% | 97 | 97.31 | 109.85 | ||||||||
Electorate: 6,904 Valid: 4,941 (71.57%) Spoilt: 122 Quota: 550 Turnout: 5,063 (73.33%) |
Area C
[edit]1977: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1981: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from Alliance and Independent Unionist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
DUP | Cecil Cousley | 24.60% | 747 | |||||
DUP | Ralph Stronge | 17.71% | 538 | 540 | 648.54 | |||
Independent | Mary Holmes* | 18.67% | 567 | 589 | 600.52 | 753.52 | ||
Independent | Robert McComb* | 11.62% | 353 | 379 | 386.56 | 511.98 | 617.98 | |
Alliance | Brendan Smyth* | 11.59% | 352 | 435 | 435.36 | 462.54 | 476.54 | |
UUP | James Simpson | 10.80% | 328 | 337 | 342.04 | |||
Independent | Thomas McKenna | 5.00% | 152 | |||||
Electorate: 4,923 Valid: 3,037 (61.69%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 608 Turnout: 3,102 (63.01%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Ballymoney". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.