1977 Ballymena Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymena Borough Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
1977 Ballymena Borough Council election
May 18, 1977 (1977-05-18)
All 21 seats to Ballymena Borough Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party DUP UUP Ind U
Seats won 11 4 3
Seat change 6 5
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Independent Alliance Vanguard
Seats won 2 1 0
Seat change 1

Election results
Ballymena Borough Council Election Result 1977[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP 11 6 0 6 52.4 40.1 5,175 15.9
  UUP 4 1 6 5 19.0 19.5 2,523 18.4
  Ind U 3 3 3 14.3 21.4 2,765 12.1
  Independent 2 1 1 9.5 13.7 1,774 0.8
  Alliance 1 0 0 4.8 5.2 672 1.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Ballymena Borough Council election, 1977
by district
Ward  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance Others
Area A 36.6 2 28.3 1 0.0 0 35.1 1 4
Area B N/A 4 N/A 2 N/A 0 N/A 0 6
Area C 50.5 3 13.3 0 0.0 0 36.2 2 5
Area D 34.3 2 18.4 1 12.0 1 35.3 2 6
Total 40.1 11 19.5 4 5.2 1 35.2 5 21

Districts results

Area A

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[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123
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 U Lyle Cubitt 8.62% 308 315  
Ind U William Wilson* 4.53% 162    
Electorate: 5,986   Valid: 3,575 (59.72%)   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 716   Turnout: 3,654 (61.04%)

    Area B

    1973: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
    1977: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP
    1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and Independent, Independent Unionists (two seats) join UUP

    Ballymena Area B - 6 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    DUP Roy Gillespie* N/A N/A
    DUP John Greer N/A N/A
    DUP Hubert Nicholl N/A N/A
    UUP Hugh Simpson* N/A N/A
    UUP Thomas Smyth* N/A N/A
    DUP Sandy Spence* N/A N/A
    Electorate: N/A   Valid: N/A   Spoilt: N/A   Quota: N/A   Turnout: N/A
      • As only six candidates had been nominated for six seats, there was no vote in Area B and all six candidates were deemed elected.

      Area C

      1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard
      1977: 3 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist
      1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP, Independent Unionists (two seats) leave UUP and Vanguard

      Ballymena Area C - 5 seats[2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      DUP John McAuley* 22.61% 928          
      Ind U George Sloane* 20.71% 850          
      DUP Desmond McBurney 18.56% 762          
      Ind U David Allen* 15.47% 635 653.34 716.36      
      DUP Albert Young 9.33% 383 589.82 593.81 658.41 677.66 678.92
      UUP William Simpson 7.87% 323 327.59 376.94 381.04 583.55 612.39
      UUP Robert McCosh 5.46% 224 236.96 285.05 288.75    
      Electorate: 9,789   Valid: 4,105 (41.93%)   Spoilt: 183   Quota: 685   Turnout: 4,288 (43.80%)

        Area D

        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[2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        Independent Patrick Burke* 18.93% 990          
        Ind U 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%)

          References
          1. "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Ballymena". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
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