# Ballymena Town (District Electoral Area)

Ballymena Town was one of the four district electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 1993. The district elected seven members to Ballymena Borough Council, and formed part of the North Antrim constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Ballymena Area D which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Ardeevin, Ballyloughan, Castle Demesne, Dunclug, Fair Green, Park and Summerfield. It was abolished for the 1993 local elections, with Ardeevin, Ballyloughan, Dunclug, Fair Green and Park moving to the new Ballymena North DEA and Castle Demesne and Summerfield moving to the new Ballymena South DEA.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 1989 | | Patrick McAvoy (SDLP) | | Gareth Williams (Alliance) | | John Wilson (DUP) | | Maurice Mills (DUP) | | James Alexander (UUP) | | Robert Coulter (UUP) | | Samuel Henry (Independent Unionist) |
| 1985 | | Patrick McAvoy (SDLP) | | Richard McKeown (DUP) | | Robert Maternaghan (DUP) | | Maurice Mills (DUP) | | Gordon Wilson (UUP) | | Robert Coulter (UUP) | | Samuel Henry (Independent Unionist) |

## 1989 Election

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
Ballymena Town - 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 |
| | SDLP | Patrick McAvoy* | 15.06% | 897 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Gareth Williams | 13.97% | 832 | | | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Samuel Henry* | 13.67% | 814 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | James Alexander | 10.60% | 631 | 631.17 | 651.32 | 668.06 | 750.12 | | | |
| | DUP | Maurice Mills* | 8.14% | 485 | 485 | 488.12 | 495.14 | 501.99 | 724.64 | 969.75 | |
| | UUP | Robert Coulter* | 9.99% | 595 | 595 | 612.55 | 631.54 | 738.14 | 743.49 | 784.65 | |
| | DUP | John Wilson | 7.42% | 442 | 442 | 445.51 | 447.94 | 451.88 | 466.06 | 592.47 | 783.26 |
| | SDLP | Declan O'Loan | 6.77% | 403 | 553.45 | 573.34 | 576.04 | 580.65 | 581.65 | 582.65 | 585.65 |
| | DUP | John Carson | 6.87% | 409 | 409 | 410.69 | 413.12 | 416.87 | 433.05 | | |
| | DUP | Vera Mills | 4.38% | 261 | 261.34 | 261.99 | 263.52 | 264.01 | | | |
| | UUP | Robert Simpson | 3.12% | 186 | 186 | 204.2 | 220.13 | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,831 Valid: 5,955 (46.41%) Spoilt: 130 Quota: 745 Turnout: 6,085 (47.42%) ||||||||||||

## 1985 Election

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Ballymena Town - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SDLP | Patrick McAvoy | 17.33% | 1,126 | | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Samuel Henry* | 13.48% | 876 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Robert Coulter | 12.22% | 794 | 794.28 | 807.58 | 886.58 | | | |
| | UUP | Gordon Wilson* | 6.20% | 403 | 403.56 | 419.17 | 581.16 | 711.3 | 775.3 | 841.22 |
| | DUP | Maurice Mills* | 10.89% | 708 | 708.28 | 711.71 | 722.99 | 753.18 | 756.18 | 764 |
| | DUP | Richard McKeown | 9.85% | 640 | 640.84 | 642.94 | 644.08 | 677.99 | 679.99 | 691.12 |
| | DUP | Robert Maternaghan* | 8.66% | 563 | 563.28 | 566.22 | 571.36 | 635.41 | 637.41 | 639.32 |
| | DUP | John Wilson | 8.28% | 538 | 538 | 539.33 | 550.89 | 589.45 | 591.45 | 600.37 |
| | SDLP | Malachy Reynolds | 3.71% | 241 | 550.12 | 552.29 | 555.43 | 565.99 | 565.99 | |
| | Ind. Unionist | James Alexander* | 5.05% | 328 | 329.4 | 340.67 | 352.72 | | | |
| | UUP | Warren Wray | 4.34% | 282 | 282 | 288.72 | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,497 Valid: 6,499 (52.00%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 813 Turnout: 6,604 (52.84%) |||||||||||