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Ballymoney Area C

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Ballymoney Area C was one of the three district electoral areas in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected four members to Ballymoney 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 Fairhill, Newhill, The Hills and Town Park. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Ballymoney Town DEA.

Councillors

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Election Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
1981 Cecil Cousley
(DUP)
Ralph Stronge
(DUP)
Mary Holmes
(Independent)
Robert McComb
(Independent)
1977 Brendan Smyth
(Alliance)
Frederick Holland
(Independent Unionist)
1973

1981 Election

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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

Ballymoney Area C - 5 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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%)  

1977 Election

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1973: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

1977: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

1973-1977 Change: No change

Ballymoney Area C - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Independent Robert McComb* 39.33% 875      
Independent Mary Holmes* 16.40% 365 526    
Alliance Brendan Smyth* 18.20% 405 440.36 448.72  
Ind. Unionist Frederick Holland* 12.13% 270 326.16 377.08 450.06
UUP Samuel Montgomery 7.55% 168 240.8 294.76 343.44
Independent Ernest Lee 2.56% 57 93.4 115.44  
Alliance John Greer 3.82% 85 92.28 96.84  
Electorate: 4,382   Valid: 2,225 (50.78%)   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 446   Turnout: 2,298 (52.44%)  

1973 Election

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1973: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

Ballymoney Area C - 5 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Independent Robert McComb 29.69% 753        
Independent Mary Holmes 14.16% 359 438.56 482.78 502.2 579.2
Alliance Brendan Smyth 14.83% 376 390.96 395.64 496.36 516.36
Ind. Unionist Frederick Holland 15.77% 400 436.72 456.76 466.12 514.76
UUP James Simpson 10.69% 271 301.6 325.08 334.42 377.98
Independent G. S. H. Hughes 5.95% 151 191.8 210.28 222.3  
Alliance J. A. Scott 5.32% 135 144.18 152.88    
Independent J. Pollock 3.59% 91 121.94      
Electorate: 4,073   Valid: 2,536 (62.26%)   Spoilt: 22   Quota: 508   Turnout: 2,558 (62.80%)  

References

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  1. ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 11 July 2021.