# Ballyclare (District Electoral Area)

Ballyclare is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and contains the wards of Ballyclare East, Ballyclare West, Ballynure, Ballyrobert and Doagh. Ballyclare forms part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Newtownabbey Area A which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained five wards (Ballyclare North, Ballyclare South, Ballynure, Doagh and Mallusk). For the 1993 local elections it lost Mallusk to Antrim Line DEA, while a new Ballyrobert ward was created within the DEA.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 2023 | Michael Stewart (Independent) | Lewis Boyle (Alliance) | Vera McWilliam (UUP) | Jeannie Archibald (DUP) | Helen Magill (DUP) |
| September 2020 Co-Option | Michael Stewart (Independent) | Norrie Ramsey (UUP) | Vera McWilliam (UUP) | Jeannie Archibald (DUP) | Mandy Girvan (DUP) |
| 2019 | Michael Stewart (Independent) | Danny Kinahan (UUP) | Vera McWilliam (UUP) | Jeannie Archibald (DUP) | Mandy Girvan (DUP) |
| November 2015 Defection | David Arthurs (UUP)/ (TUV) | James Bingham (UUP) | Vera McWilliam (UUP) | Tim Girvan (DUP) | Mandy Girvan (DUP) |
| 2014 | David Arthurs (UUP)/ (TUV) | James Bingham (UUP) | Vera McWilliam (UUP) | Tim Girvan (DUP) | Mandy Girvan (DUP) |
| 2011 | Pat McCudden (Alliance) | James Bingham (UUP) | Jackie Mann (DUP) | Victoria Girvan (DUP) | Paul Girvan (DUP) |
| 2005 | Vera McWilliam (UUP) | James Bingham (UUP) | Etta Mann (DUP) | Pamela Hunter (DUP) | Paul Girvan (DUP) |
| 2001 | Vera McWilliam (UUP) | James Bingham (UUP) | Edward Turkington (UUP) | Pamela Hunter (DUP) | Paul Girvan (DUP) |
| 1997 | Vera McWilliam (UUP) | James Bingham (UUP) | Edward Turkington (UUP) | Pat McCudden (Alliance) | Paul Girvan (DUP) |
| 1993 | Stephen Turkington (UUP) | James Bingham (UUP) | Leonard Hardy (UUP) | Sidney Cameron (Independent Unionist) | Samuel Cameron (DUP) |
| 1989 | Stephen Turkington (UUP) | Thomas Downes (UUP) | Arthur Templeton (Independent Unionist) | Sidney Cameron (Independent Unionist) | Samuel Cameron (DUP) |
| 1985 | Jim Wilson (UUP) | Leonard Hardy (Independent) | Arthur Templeton (Independent Unionist) | Sidney Cameron (Independent Unionist) | Samuel Gardiner (DUP) |

## 2023 Election

2019: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Ballyclare - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Jeannie Archibald* | 23.18% | 1,655 | | | | |
| | DUP | Helen Magill | 13.18% | 947 | 1,297.46 | | | |
| | UUP | Vera McWilliam* | 15.74% | 1,131 | 1,151.52 | 1,159.79 | 1,620.79 | |
| | Alliance | Lewis Boyle | 13.60% | 977 | 984.02 | 1,103.02 | 1,129.29 | 1,234.29 |
| | Independent | Michael Stewart* | 12.92% | 928 | 937.99 | 990.99 | 1,041.5 | 1,153.5 |
| | TUV | Mel Lucas | 10.40% | 747 | 791.55 | 793.82 | 845.14 | 1,004.14 |
| | UUP | Norrie Ramsay* | 8.41% | 604 | 615.07 | 619.34 | | |
| | Green (NI) | Robert Robinson | 1.52% | 109 | 109.81 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerard Magee | 1.20% | 86 | 86.27 | | | |
| Electorate: 14,151 Valid: 7,184 (50.77%) Spoilt: 64 Quota: 1,198 Turnout: 7,248 (51.22%) |||||||||

## 2019 Election

2014: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV
2019: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from TUV
Ballyclare - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Danny Kinahan † | 18.54% | 1,253 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Stewart | 17.49% | 1,182 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Vera McWilliam* | 10.46% | 707 | 790.4 | 1,073.2 | 1,084.95 | 1,109.3 | 1,233.3 |
| | DUP | Jeannie Archibald | 10.93% | 739 | 745.4 | 754.1 | 756.55 | 1,054.6 | 1,130.6 |
| | DUP | Mandy Girvan* | 12.74% | 861 | 865 | 876.1 | 880.65 | 1,006.8 | 1,091.8 |
| | Alliance | Gary English | 11.47% | 775 | 783.9 | 799.5 | 811.35 | 819.55 | 900.55 |
| | Independent | David Arthurs* | 6.76% | 457 | 462.9 | 473.7 | 496.2 | 503.75 | |
| | DUP | Austin Orr | 6.56% | 443 | 445.9 | 465.2 | 466.8 | | |
| | UUP | Norman Ramsey | 5.05% | 341 | 352.8 | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,190 Valid: 6,758 (51.24%) Spoilt: 63 Quota: 1,127 Turnout: 6,821 (51.71%) ||||||||||

## 2014 Election

2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x TUV
2011-2014 Change: UUP and TUV gain from DUP and Alliance
Ballyclare - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Mandy Girvan* | 16.57% | 930 | 938 | | | |
| | UUP | James Bingham* | 14.59% | 819 | 831 | 886 | 936 | |
| | DUP | Tim Girvan* | 10.40% | 584 | 589 | 621 | 654 | 1,057 |
| | UUP | Vera McWilliam | 14.52% | 815 | 828 | 856 | 895 | 938 |
| | TUV | David Arthurs ‡‡ | 13.36% | 750 | 766 | 834 | 853 | 900 |
| | Alliance | Pat McCudden* | 9.85% | 553 | 581 | 585 | 720 | 730 |
| | DUP | Jordan Greer | 8.78% | 493 | 500 | 515 | 526 | |
| | NI21 | Gary English | 5.56% | 312 | 343 | 348 | | |
| | PUP | Scott McDowell | 3.81% | 214 | 220 | | | |
| | Independent | David McMaster | 1.85% | 104 | | | | |
| | Independent | Robert Moore | 0.69% | 39 | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,408 Valid: 5,613 (45.24%) Spoilt: 71 Quota: 936 Turnout: 5,684 (45.81%) |||||||||

## 2011 Election

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Ballyclare - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | DUP | Paul Girvan* | 41.96% | 2,545 | | | |
| | DUP | Victoria Girvan | 6.30% | 382 | 1,484.27 | | |
| | UUP | James Bingham* | 14.79% | 897 | 980.57 | 1,008.92 | 1,095.92 |
| | Alliance | Pat McCudden | 15.23% | 924 | 977.07 | 994.08 | 1,014.96 |
| | DUP | Jackie Mann | 6.94% | 421 | 598.51 | 982.45 | 998.32 |
| | UUP | Vera McWilliam* | 11.76% | 713 | 788.64 | 822.66 | 895.88 |
| | UUP | Gavin Eastwood | 3.02% | 183 | 205.57 | 213.94 | |
| Electorate: 12,689 Valid: 6,065 (47.80%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 1,011 Turnout: 6,174 (48.66%) ||||||||

## 2005 Election

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Ballyclare - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Paul Girvan* | 50.74% | 3,402 | | | | |
| | DUP | Pamela Hunter* | 2.68% | 180 | 1,896.54 | | | |
| | DUP | Etta Mann | 2.60% | 174 | 371.65 | 1,104.55 | 1,127.55 | |
| | UUP | James Bingham* | 13.80% | 925 | 1,031.53 | 1,042.03 | 1,089.01 | 1,193.01 |
| | UUP | Vera McWilliam* | 10.96% | 735 | 850.91 | 860.51 | 931.21 | 1,093.21 |
| | UUP | Edward Turkington* | 8.99% | 603 | 691.44 | 701.64 | 746.59 | 841.59 |
| | Alliance | Patrick Sweeney | 6.73% | 451 | 457.7 | 458 | 511.61 | |
| | NI Conservatives | Alan Greer | 3.50% | 235 | 261.13 | 264.43 | | |
| Electorate: 12,101 Valid: 6,705 (55.41%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 1,118 Turnout: 6,860 (56.69%) |||||||||

## 2001 Election

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
Ballyclare - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Paul Girvan* | 34.22% | 2,583 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Pamela Hunter | 4.08% | 308 | 1,449.4 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Vera McWilliam* | 16.31% | 1,231 | 1,265.32 | | | | | |
| | UUP | James Bingham* | 15.79% | 1,192 | 1,232.56 | 1,296.91 | | | | |
| | UUP | Edward Turkington* | 7.17% | 541 | 560.76 | 604.57 | 673.67 | 701.03 | 783.91 | 1,108.91 |
| | Alliance | Pat McCudden* | 10.08% | 761 | 774.52 | 783.1 | 813.61 | 814.51 | 880.12 | 927.12 |
| | UUP | Peter Walker | 3.54% | 267 | 272.72 | 284.94 | 307.49 | 311.27 | 339.53 | |
| | PUP | Norman Lavery | 3.30% | 249 | 270.84 | 291.12 | 305.8 | 307.87 | 327.17 | |
| | Independent | Sharon Parkes | 3.27% | 247 | 254.8 | 272.22 | 285.6 | 287.22 | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Alan Greer | 2.24% | 169 | 188.76 | 204.75 | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,666 Valid: 7,548 (59.59%) Spoilt: 186 Quota: 1,259 Turnout: 7,734 (61.06%) |||||||||||

## 1997 Election

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: Alliance gain from Independent Unionist
Ballyclare - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | James Bingham* | 19.68% | 847 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Paul Girvan | 16.38% | 705 | 719.1 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Pat McCudden | 13.62% | 586 | 588.85 | 596.85 | 598.85 | 613.3 | 701.3 | 755.3 |
| | UUP | Vera McWilliam | 11.09% | 477 | 532.8 | 549.95 | 565.7 | 610.05 | 670.05 | 729.05 |
| | UUP | Edward Turkington | 8.41% | 362 | 384.65 | 401.4 | 424.45 | 479.9 | 518.65 | 641.3 |
| | UUP | Peter Walker | 8.09% | 348 | 358.65 | 367.25 | 378.85 | 396.45 | 425.45 | 482 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Samuel Cameron* | 6.09% | 262 | 268.75 | 286.9 | 316.15 | 354.3 | 399.6 | |
| | Newtownabbey Ratepayers | Etta Mann | 6.02% | 259 | 259.9 | 269.9 | 275.05 | 296.35 | | |
| | PUP | Norman Lavery | 5.23% | 225 | 228.15 | 230.15 | 263.2 | | | |
| | Ulster Democratic | Dave Burgess | 3.18% | 137 | 142.85 | 145 | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Leslie Porter | 2.21% | 95 | 96.95 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,796 Valid: 4,303 (36.48%) Spoilt: 79 Quota: 718 Turnout: 4,382 (37.15%) |||||||||||

## 1993 Election

1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989-1993 Change: UUP gain from Independent Unionist
Ballyclare - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Sidney Cameron* | 22.49% | 942 | | | |
| | UUP | Stephen Turkington* | 20.82% | 872 | | | |
| | DUP | Samuel Cameron* | 16.73% | 701 | | | |
| | UUP | James Bingham | 13.97% | 585 | 675.72 | 744.81 | |
| | UUP | Leonard Hardy | 7.42% | 311 | 416 | 486.98 | 608.64 |
| | Alliance | Trevor Strain | 12.20% | 511 | 529.48 | 538.09 | 547.94 |
| | DUP | Greg Steele | 6.37% | 267 | 289.4 | 309.35 | |
| Electorate: 11,161 Valid: 4,189 (37.53%) Spoilt: 112 Quota: 699 Turnout: 4,301 (38.54%) ||||||||

## 1989 Election

1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Independent
Ballyclare - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Stephen Turkington | 21.48% | 969 | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Arthur Templeton* | 19.13% | 863 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Thomas Downes | 15.98% | 721 | 846.12 | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Sidney Cameron* | 12.52% | 565 | 594.67 | 656.62 | 697.15 | 791.15 | |
| | DUP | Samuel Cameron | 9.55% | 431 | 442.96 | 461.26 | 478.48 | 527.16 | 600.94 |
| | DUP | Samuel Gardiner* | 7.96% | 359 | 384.3 | 396.3 | 414.57 | 456.23 | 507.23 |
| | Alliance | Trevor Strain | 7.16% | 323 | 326.22 | 332.37 | 334.26 | 399.81 | |
| | Independent | Leonard Hardy* | 6.23% | 281 | 297.79 | 308.29 | 319.63 | | |
| Electorate: 11,546 Valid: 4,512 (39.08%) Spoilt: 106 Quota: 753 Turnout: 4,618 (40.00%) ||||||||||

## 1985 Election

1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
Ballyclare - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Arthur Templeton* | 19.29% | 1,007 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Samuel Gardiner | 17.24% | 900 | | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Sidney Cameron* | 14.46% | 755 | 804.79 | 822.61 | 823.42 | 881.42 | | |
| | UUP | Jim Wilson* | 11.61% | 606 | 636.68 | 679.63 | 680.2 | 713.59 | 734.14 | 1,058.14 |
| | Independent | Leonard Hardy | 7.45% | 389 | 392.77 | 402.9 | 403.17 | 481.56 | 774.63 | 828.64 |
| | DUP | Winston Hanna | 8.27% | 432 | 449.68 | 470.59 | 494.71 | 501.9 | 521.15 | 598.25 |
| | UUP | William Christie | 7.22% | 377 | 389.35 | 463.38 | 464.04 | 482.59 | 507.72 | |
| | Independent | Nan Foster | 5.71% | 298 | 301.12 | 304.12 | 304.42 | 372.55 | | |
| | Alliance | Albert Reid | 5.55% | 290 | 292.21 | 295.21 | 295.3 | | | |
| | UUP | Robert McKenzie | 3.20% | 167 | 176.36 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,303 Valid: 5,221 (50.67%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 871 Turnout: 5,336 (51.79%) |||||||||||