Ballyclare (District Electoral Area)

Ballyclare is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects five members to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and contains the wards of Ballyclare East, Ballyclare West, Ballynure, Ballyrobert and Doagh.^[2] Ballyclare forms part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Ballyclare
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	5 (1985-)
Councillors	Jeannie Archibald (DUP)   Lewis Boyle (APNI)   Helen Magill (DUP)   Vera McWilliam (UUP)   Michael Stewart (IND)

Ballyclare DEA within Antrim and Newtownabbey

Ballyclare DEA (1993-2014) within Newtownabbey

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				Norrie Ramsey (UUP)						Mandy Girvan (DUP)
2019				Danny Kinahan (UUP)
November 2015 defection		David Arthurs (UUP)/ (TUV)		James Bingham (UUP)				Tim Girvan (DUP)
2014
2011		Pat McCudden (Alliance)				Jackie Mann (DUP)		Victoria Girvan (DUP)		Paul Girvan (DUP)
2005		Vera McWilliam (UUP)				Etta Mann (DUP)		Pamela Hunter (DUP)
2001						Edward Turkington (UUP)
1997								Pat McCudden (Alliance)
1993		Stephen Turkington (UUP)				Leonard Hardy (UUP)		Sidney Cameron (Independent Unionist)		Samuel Cameron (DUP)
1989				Thomas Downes (UUP)		Arthur Templeton (Independent Unionist)
1985		Jim Wilson (UUP)		Leonard Hardy (Independent)						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^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)