# Ballymoney Area C

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

| 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) | Mary Holmes (Independent) | Robert McComb (Independent) |
| 1973 | Brendan Smyth (Alliance) | Frederick Holland (Independent Unionist) | Mary Holmes (Independent) | Robert McComb (Independent) |

## 1981 Election

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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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

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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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

1973: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
Ballymoney Area C - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) |||||||||