# Ballymena Area D

Ballymena Area D was one of the four district electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected six 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 Ballyloughan, Castle Demesne, Dunclug, Fair Green, Park and Waveney. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Ballymena Town DEA.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 1981 | Maurice Mills (DUP) | James Alexander (DUP) | Robert Maternaghan (DUP) | Gordon Wilson (UUP) | Samuel Henry (Independent Unionist)/ (UUP) | Patrick Burke (Independent) |
| 1977 | Maurice Mills (DUP) | James Alexander (DUP) | Muriel Lamont (Alliance) | William Rainey (UUP) | Samuel Henry (Independent Unionist)/ (UUP) | Patrick Burke (Independent) |
| 1973 | Maurice Mills (DUP) | R. L. D. Pinkerton (UUP) | J. O'Mullan (Alliance) | David Thompson (UUP) | Samuel Henry (Independent Unionist)/ (UUP) | Patrick Burke (Independent) |

## 1981 Election

1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Unionist
1981: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
Ballymena Area D - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Patrick Burke* | 20.12% | 1,331 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Maurice Mills* | 16.82% | 1,113 | | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Samuel Henry* | 11.94% | 790 | 972.35 | | | | | |
| | DUP | James Alexander* | 13.57% | 898 | 900.1 | 983.2 | | | | |
| | UUP | Gordon Wilson | 8.27% | 547 | 553.65 | 558.45 | 558.87 | 560.91 | 803.69 | 917.34 |
| | DUP | Robert Maternaghan | 11.46% | 758 | 758.7 | 824.55 | 860.25 | 860.31 | 868.8 | 893.26 |
| | UUP | Kenneth Wood | 7.57% | 501 | 524.1 | 527.25 | 527.6 | 530.96 | 662.67 | 802.89 |
| | Independent | Samuel Barr | 4.28% | 283 | 434.2 | 436.9 | 437.18 | 455.9 | 472.22 | |
| | UUP | James Rainey | 5.97% | 395 | 408.65 | 413.75 | 414.1 | 415.3 | | |
| Electorate: 11,475 Valid: 6,616 (57.66%) Spoilt: 139 Quota: 946 Turnout: 6,755 (58.87%) |||||||||||

## 1977 Election

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP, Independent Unionist leaves UUP
Ballymena Area D - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Patrick Burke* | 18.93% | 990 | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Samuel Henry* | 15.49% | 810 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Muriel Lamont | 12.85% | 672 | 882.08 | | | | |
| | UUP | William Rainey | 12.89% | 674 | 683.1 | 736.4 | 764.56 | | |
| | DUP | Maurice Mills* | 12.18% | 637 | 638.56 | 640.9 | 644.66 | 702.56 | 706.24 |
| | DUP | James Alexander | 11.61% | 607 | 609.08 | 611.94 | 615.06 | 667.66 | 671.66 |
| | DUP | Robert McAuley | 10.50% | 549 | 552.64 | 553.42 | 556.38 | 582.42 | 583.94 |
| | UUP | David Thompson* | 5.55% | 290 | 297.28 | 326.66 | 348.66 | | |
| Electorate: 11,819 Valid: 5,229 (44.24%) Spoilt: 176 Quota: 748 Turnout: 5,405 (45.73%) ||||||||||

## 1973 Election

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
Ballymena Area D - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | UUP | Samuel Henry | 34.37% | 2,321 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Maurice Mills | 19.81% | 1,338 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick Burke | 11.58% | 782 | 823.18 | 826.54 | 903.82 | 907.82 | 955.46 | 967.36 | | |
| | UUP | R. L. D. Pinkerton | 2.71% | 183 | 555.94 | 574.98 | 579.58 | 625.38 | 653.44 | 912.32 | 1,065.32 | |
| | UUP | David Thompson | 5.29% | 357 | 663.24 | 678.64 | 688.96 | 790.46 | 813.4 | 890.72 | 1,063.72 | |
| | Alliance | J. O'Mullan | 7.48% | 505 | 527.04 | 528.72 | 577.58 | 580.9 | 770.64 | 804.86 | 830.76 | ???? |
| | DUP | H. S. Roulton | 3.04% | 205 | 266.48 | 574.2 | 584.22 | 594.58 | 597.86 | 617.8 | 694.34 | ???? |
| | UUP | J. D. Walker | 4.07% | 275 | 420 | 427 | 429.58 | 517.1 | 531.26 | 565.92 | | |
| | UUP | John Magaughin | 1.91% | 129 | 368.54 | 376.66 | 388 | 416.36 | 428.68 | | | |
| | Alliance | Phyllis Doloughan | 4.19% | 283 | 297.5 | 298.06 | 339.34 | 346.36 | | | | |
| | UUP | Dorothy Smith | 2.44% | 165 | 283.32 | 287.8 | 292.68 | | | | | |
| | NI Labour | S. McQuiston | 1.64% | 111 | 126.08 | 127.2 | | | | | | |
| | NI Labour | J. A. Rooney | 1.47% | 99 | 99 | 100.96 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,323 Valid: 6,753 (65.42%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 965 Turnout: 6,844 (66.30%) |||||||||||||
* Data missing from stage 9