# Ballymena Area A

Ballymena Area A was one of the four district electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected four members to Ballymena 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 Broughshane, Craigywarren, Glenravel and Slemish. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Braid Valley DEA.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 1981 | John Armstrong (DUP) | Samuel Hanna (DUP) | Desmond Armstrong (UUP) | James Woulahan (Independent) |
| 1977 | William Turtle (DUP) | James Millar (DUP) | Thomas Hume (UUP) | James Woulahan (Independent) |
| 1973 | William Wilson (DUP) | Thomas McCaughey (UUP) | Thomas Hume (UUP) | Clifford Davison (Independent Unionist) |

## 1981 Election

1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: No change
Ballymena Area A - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Desmond Armstrong | 22.71% | 964 | | | |
| | DUP | John Armstrong | 19.39% | 823 | 945 | | |
| | DUP | Samuel Hanna | 13.74% | 583 | 842 | 852.32 | |
| | Independent | James Woulahan* | 19.42% | 824 | 826 | 826.48 | 827.48 |
| | UUP | James McKay | 15.08% | 640 | 656 | 754.52 | 798.52 |
| | DUP | James Millar* | 9.66% | 410 | | | |
| Electorate: 5,861 Valid: 4,244 (72.41%) Spoilt: 121 Quota: 549 Turnout: 4,365 (74.48%) ||||||||

## 1977 Election

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Ballymena Area A - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Independent | James Woulahan | 21.93% | 784 | | |
| | DUP | William Turtle | 20.28% | 725 | | |
| | DUP | James Millar | 20.03% | 584 | 716 | |
| | UUP | Thomas Hume* | 14.43% | 516 | 531 | 698 |
| | UUP | Thomas McCaughey* | 13.87% | 496 | 498 | 589 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Lyle Cubitt | 8.62% | 308 | 315 | |
| | Ind. Unionist | William Wilson* | 4.53% | 162 | | |
| Electorate: 5,986 Valid: 3,575 (59.72%) Spoilt: 79 Quota: 716 Turnout: 3,654 (61.04%) |||||||

## 1973 Election

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Ballymena Area A - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Thomas Hume | 21.74% | 934 | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Clifford Davison | 20.81% | 894 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Thomas McCaughey | 14.87% | 639 | 666 | 1,036 | | | |
| | DUP | William Wilson | 13.64% | 586 | 592 | 612 | 759.4 | 818.57 | 849.95 |
| | Independent | J. J. O'Hagan | 17.99% | 773 | 792 | 794 | 822.6 | 835.02 | 835.46 |
| | UUP | D. McCarthy | 8.70% | 374 | 409 | | | | |
| | Alliance | S. O. Nesbitt | 2.26% | 97 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,576 Valid: 4,297 (65.34%) Spoilt: 57 Quota: 860 Turnout: 4,354 (66.21%) ||||||||||