# Ballymena (District Electoral Area)

Ballymena is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland. The district elects seven members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of Academy, Ardeevin, Ballykeel, Braidwater, Castle Demesne, Fair Green and Park. Ballymena forms part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created 2014 local elections, replacing the Ballymena North DEA and Ballymena South DEA which had existed since 1993.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| August 2024 Co-Option | Bréanainn Lyness (Sinn Féin) | Jack Gibson (Alliance) | Rodney Quigley (Independent) | Brian Thompson (UUP) | Matthew Armstrong (TUV) | Reuben Glover (DUP) | Lawrie Philpott (DUP) |
| September 2023 Co-Option | Bréanainn Lyness (Sinn Féin) | Jack Gibson (Alliance) | Rodney Quigley (Independent) | Colin Crawford (UUP) | Matthew Armstrong (TUV) | Reuben Glover (DUP) | Lawrie Philpott (DUP) |
| 2023 | Bréanainn Lyness (Sinn Féin) | John Hyland (Alliance) | Rodney Quigley (Independent) | Colin Crawford (UUP) | Matthew Armstrong (TUV) | Reuben Glover (DUP) | Lawrie Philpott (DUP) |
| May 2022 Co-Option | Eugene Reid (SDLP) | John Hyland (Alliance) | Rodney Quigley (Independent) | James Henry (Independent) | Matthew Armstrong (TUV) | Audrey Wales (DUP) | John Carson (DUP) |
| 2019 | Eugene Reid (SDLP) | Patricia O'Lynn (Alliance) | Rodney Quigley (Independent) | James Henry (Independent) | Matthew Armstrong (TUV) | Audrey Wales (DUP) | John Carson (DUP) |
| August 2018 Defection | Declan O'Loan (SDLP) | Reuben Glover (DUP) | Stephen Nicholl (UUP) | James Henry (Independent) | Donna Anderson (TUV)/ (UKIP)/ (Independent) | Audrey Wales (DUP) | John Carson (DUP) |
| September 2015 Defection | Declan O'Loan (SDLP) | Reuben Glover (DUP) | Stephen Nicholl (UUP) | James Henry (Independent) | Donna Anderson (TUV)/ (UKIP)/ (Independent) | Audrey Wales (DUP) | John Carson (DUP) |
| 2014 | Declan O'Loan (SDLP) | Reuben Glover (DUP) | Stephen Nicholl (UUP) | James Henry (Independent) | Donna Anderson (TUV)/ (UKIP)/ (Independent) | Audrey Wales (DUP) | John Carson (DUP) |

## 2023 Election

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and UUP gain from SDLP and Independent
Ballymena - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Independent | Rodney Quigley* | 14.02% | 1,023 | | | |
| | TUV | Matthew Armstrong* | 13.58% | 991 | | | |
| | UUP | Colin Crawford † | 13.28% | 969 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Bréanainn Lyness | 12.69% | 926 | | | |
| | DUP | Reuben Glover | 12.51% | 913 | | | |
| | Alliance | John Hyland* † | 12.29% | 897 | 913.80 | | |
| | DUP | Lawrie Philpott | 6.33% | 462 | 514.64 | 831.80 | 906.90 |
| | SDLP | Eugene Reid* | 11.03% | 805 | 816.62 | 820.04 | 822.84 |
| | DUP | Andrew Wright | 4.25% | 310 | 337.58 | | |
| Electorate: 16,173 Valid: 7,296 (45.11%) Spoilt: 40 Quota: 913 Turnout: 7,336 (45.55%) ||||||||

## 2019 Election

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: Alliance and Independent gain from DUP and UUP
Ballymena - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Independent | James Henry* | 12.57% | 872 | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Eugene Reid | 12.23% | 848 | 870 | | | | | | |
| | TUV | Matthew Armstrong | 11.03% | 765 | 781 | 1,016 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Patricia O'Lynn † | 8.33% | 578 | 611 | 612 | 614.96 | 617.96 | 941.96 | | |
| | DUP | Audrey Wales* | 6.79% | 471 | 496 | 499 | 503.44 | 706.36 | 707.36 | 709.3 | 812.72 |
| | Independent | Rodney Quigley | 6.24% | 433 | 514 | 530 | 571.44 | 586.44 | 610.44 | 669.61 | 802.38 |
| | DUP | John Carson* – | 7.60% | 527 | 538 | 544 | 558.8 | 655.28 | 657.28 | 657.28 | 758.47 |
| | DUP | Reuben Glover* | 7.18% | 498 | 511 | 529 | 557.12 | 632.3 | 634.3 | 634.3 | 706.4 |
| | UUP | Stephen Nicholl* | 6.99% | 485 | 500 | 510 | 548.48 | 575.48 | 578.48 | 589.15 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrice Hardy | 7.51% | 521 | 529 | 529 | 529 | 530 | | | |
| | DUP | William Logan | 5.80% | 402 | 410 | 417 | 431.06 | | | | |
| | TUV | Philip Gordon | 4.13% | 286 | 302 | | | | | | |
| | UKIP | Rab Picken | 2.06% | 143 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Conal Stewart | 1.54% | 107 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,896 Valid: 6,956 (43.76%) Spoilt: 67 Quota: 870 Turnout: 7,023 (44.18%) ||||||||||||

## 2014 Election

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
Ballymena - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| | Independent | James Henry* | 15.85% | 1,042 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Declan O'Loan* | 9.66% | 635 | 649.08 | 655.52 | 672.06 | 906.06 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Audrey Wales* | 9.10% | 598 | 632.76 | 657.84 | 682.6 | 684.6 | 685.05 | 883.05 | | | | |
| | TUV | Donna Anderson ‡ | 11.22% | 738 | 754.72 | 798.14 | 804.14 | 804.14 | 804.14 | 813.24 | 813.86 | 1,117.86 | | |
| | DUP | John Carson* | 8.85% | 582 | 598.5 | 625.48 | 633.14 | 633.14 | 633.59 | 683.89 | 730.39 | 761.35 | 859.35 | |
| | UUP | Stephen Nicholl | 5.79% | 381 | 418.18 | 434.94 | 477.02 | 480.46 | 480.91 | 497.33 | 497.95 | 534.67 | 616.67 | 728.92 |
| | DUP | Reuben Glover | 6.49% | 427 | 439.76 | 461.52 | 470.4 | 470.4 | 470.85 | 531.81 | 543.59 | 564.79 | 627.79 | 647.45 |
| | Sinn Féin | Marian Maguire | 7.25% | 477 | 479.42 | 479.42 | 484.42 | 516.3 | 548.25 | 548.25 | 548.25 | 548.25 | 548.25 | 605.45 |
| | Alliance | Jayne Dunlop* | 4.71% | 310 | 328.48 | 333.9 | 410.18 | 422.72 | 471.77 | 473.21 | 473.21 | 478.43 | 482.43 | |
| | TUV | Matthew Armstrong | 5.73% | 377 | 388.89 | 400.2 | 404.86 | 404.86 | 404.86 | 412.74 | 413.05 | | | |
| | DUP | David McCartney | 5.05% | 332 | 346.08 | 355.74 | 362.18 | 362.18 | 362.18 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Eugene Reid | 4.40% | 289 | 292.52 | 293.52 | 296.52 | | | | | | | |
| | NI21 | Richard Marshall | 3.21% | 211 | 225.74 | 236.28 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Rodney Quigley | 2.68% | 176 | 197.34 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,691 Valid: 6,575 (41.90%) Spoilt: 94 Quota: 822 Turnout: 6,669 (42.50%) |||||||||||||||