Bannside (District Electoral Area)

Bannside is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects six members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of Ahoghill, Cullybackey, Galgorm, Grange, Maine and Portglenone.^[2] Bannside forms part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Bannside
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1993
Seats	5 (1993-2014) 6 (2014-)
Councillors	Ian Friary (SF)   Thomas Gordon (DUP)   Anna Henry (TUV)   Tyler Hoey (DUP)   Stewart McDonald (TUV)   Jackson Minford (UUP)

Bannside DEA within Mid and East Antrim

Bannside DEA (1993-2014) within Ballymena

It was created for the 1993 local elections, where it contained five wards (Ahoghill, Cullybackey, Dunminning, Grange and Portglenone), replacing The Main DEA which had existed since 1985. For the 2014 local elections it gained an additional ward, gaining Galgorm from the abolished Ballymena North DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
July 2024 Co-Option		Ian Friary (Sinn Féin)		Jackson Minford (UUP)		Tyler Hoey (DUP)		Thomas Gordon (DUP)		Anna Henry (TUV)		Stewart McDonald (TUV)
2023										Timothy Gaston (TUV)
2019				William McNeilly (UUP)		Tommy Nicholl (DUP)
2014		Patrice Hardy (Sinn Féin)						Billy Henry (DUP)
2011		Monica Digney (Sinn Féin)								Roy Gillespie (TUV)/ (DUP)	5 seats 1993–2014
2005								Samuel Gaston (DUP)
2001		Seamus Laverty (SDLP)
1997		Robert Coulter (UUP)		Ian Johnston (UUP)				Sandy Spence (DUP)
1993

2023 Election

2019: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2023: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: No change

Bannside - 6 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	TUV	Timothy Gaston* †	16.72%	1,468
	TUV	Stewart McDonald*	16.42%	1,442
	Sinn Féin	Ian Friary*	14.72%	1,292
	DUP	Thomas Gordon*	14.31%	1,256
	DUP	Tyler Hoey	9.54%	838	865.45	867.45	892.28	892.43	1,295.83
	UUP	Jackson Minford	10.74%	943	957.1	965.1	983.69	984.14	1,238.67
	Alliance	Jack Gibson	8.75%	768	773.25	961.25	965.02	994.63	1,015.02
	TUV	Anna Henry	6.40%	562	727.75	728.9	862.54	862.75
	SDLP	Morgan Murphy	2.40%	211	211.15
Electorate: 15,197   Valid: 8,780 (57.77%)   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 1,255   Turnout: 8,862 (58.31%)

2019 Election

2014: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2019: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2014-2019 Change: No change

Bannside - 6 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	TUV	Stewart McDonald*	18.63%	1,504
	TUV	Timothy Gaston*	17.75%	1,433
	UUP	William McNeilly*	9.70%	783	855.54	916.48	1,285.48
	DUP	Thomas Gordon	9.21%	744	796.52	863.84	895.3	923.14	1,339.14
	DUP	Tommy Nicholl*	8.55%	690	812.72	856.72	901.14	940.5	1,242.5
	Sinn Féin	Ian Friary	12.03%	971	971.52	972.18	972.18	972.18	972.4	972.4	972.4
	Alliance	Philip Burnside	9.29%	750	763	773.34	809.52	860.4	883.34	927.34	971.34
	DUP	Andrew Wright	9.28%	749	773.7	828.92	843.44	854.44
	UUP	Jackson Minford	5.56%	449	503.08	537.4
Electorate: 14,393   Valid: 8,073 (56.09%)   Spoilt: 96   Quota: 1,154   Turnout: 8,169 (56.76%)

2014 Election

2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2011-2014 Change: TUV gain due to the addition of one seat

Bannside - 6 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	TUV	Timothy Gaston*	15.51%	1,212
	Sinn Féin	Patrice Hardy	13.24%	1,035	1,123
	DUP	Tommy Nicholl*	9.94%	777	790	793.52	1,205.52
	DUP	Billy Henry* ‡	7.69%	601	614	618.08	690.52	758.14	758.4	1,270.4
	TUV	Stewart McDonald	12.17%	951	975	1,040.6	1,054.88	1,057.82	1,058.86	1,105.67
	UUP	William McNeilly*	11.09%	867	944	947.76	967.08	968.13	971.25	1,056.77
	UUP	Andrew Wright	8.55%	668	720	724.56	747.52	750.25	751.81	792.51
	DUP	Thomas Gordon	8.61%	673	694	702.16	740.64	751.77	751.77
	DUP	Phil Moffatt	7.45%	582	593	598.04
	Alliance	Philip Burnside	5.76%	450
Electorate: 14,039   Valid: 7,816 (55.67%)   Spoilt: 105   Quota: 1,117   Turnout: 7,921 (56.42%)

2011 Election

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2005-2011 Change: TUV gain from DUP

Bannside - 5 seats^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Tommy Nicholl*	17.65%	1,192
	TUV	Roy Gillespie*	15.27%	1,031	1,034.05	1,040.05	1,428.05
	UUP	William McNeilly*	15.34%	1,036	1,038.65	1,084.7	1,109.85	1,225.85
	DUP	Billy Henry	15.04%	1,016	1,046.8	1,056.85	1,075.45	1,155.45
	Sinn Féin	Monica Digney*	11.65%	787	787.05	1,036.1	1,039.1	1,040.1
	DUP	Philip Moffett	11.67%	788	808.3	814.45	832.9	891.9
	TUV	Timothy Gaston	6.88%	465	466.45	470.5
	SDLP	Eugene Reid	6.50%	439	439.35
Electorate: 11,284   Valid: 6,754 (59.85%)   Spoilt: 118   Quota: 1,126   Turnout: 6,872 (60.90%)

2005 Election

2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Bannside - 5 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	DUP	Roy Gillespie*	22.95%	1,664
	UUP	William McNeilly*	18.93%	1,373
	DUP	Samuel Gaston*	13.49%	978	1,147.02	1,187.2	1,195.71
	Sinn Féin	Monica Digney	11.65%	733	733.54	733.68	1,152.07
	DUP	Tommy Nicholl*	13.22%	959	1,065.38	1,121.24	1,150.11
	DUP	William Wilkinson	12.67%	919	1,079.38	1,105.98	1,108.8
	SDLP	Seamus Laverty*	8.63%	626	628.7	660.2
Electorate: 10,772   Valid: 7,252 (67.32%)   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 1,209   Turnout: 7,344 (68.18%)

2001 Election

1997: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

Bannside - 5 seats^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Roy Gillespie*	19.13%	1,427
	SDLP	Seamus Laverty	12.57%	938	938.65	941.65	1,276.65
	UUP	William McNeilly	14.21%	1,060	1,068.58	1,111.97	1,112.97	1,806.97
	DUP	Tommy Nicholl*	12.90%	962	993.72	1,052.93	1,055.06	1,075.97	1,247.97
	DUP	Samuel Gaston	11.93%	890	934.46	976.24	976.24	989.45	1,121.45
	DUP	William Wilkinson	11.29%	842	926.76	971.19	972.19	981.1	1,057.1
	UUP	Samuel McLean	9.75%	727	733.11	763.5	765.63
	SDLP	Joseph Montgomery	5.03%	375	375.39	375.39
	NI Unionist	Norman Sloan	2.49%	186	190.16
	PUP	Kenneth McCaughey	0.71%	53	54.3
Electorate: 10,493   Valid: 7,460 (71.10%)   Spoilt: 152   Quota: 1,244   Turnout: 7,612 (72.54%)

1997 Election

1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

1997: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

1993-1997 Change: No change

Bannside - 5 seats^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Roy Gillespie*	18.75%	1,110
	DUP	Tommy Nicholl*	17.70%	1,048
	UUP	Robert Coulter*	17.13%	1,014
	DUP	Sandy Spence*	14.27%	845	949.28	1,004.6
	UUP	Ian Johnston*	15.81%	936	948.43	953.71	972.89	987.89
	SDLP	Seamus Laverty	16.33%	967	967.33	967.39	967.55	967.67
Electorate: 9,931   Valid: 5,920 (59.61%)   Spoilt: 115   Quota: 987   Turnout: 6,035 (60.77%)

1993 Election

1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

Bannside - 5 seats^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	UUP	Robert Coulter*	21.69%	1,239
	UUP	Ian Johnston*	15.82%	904	1,136.3
	DUP	Roy Gillespie*	11.61%	663	677.49	691.75	999.75
	DUP	Tommy Nicholl*	13.85%	791	799.28	823.89	985.89
	DUP	Sandy Spence*	11.59%	662	678.56	749.4	905.35
	SDLP	Seamus Laverty	14.04%	802	802.46	812.12	814.35
	DUP	Hubert Nicholl*	11.41%	652	658.67	677.3
Electorate: 9,229   Valid: 5,713 (61.90%)   Spoilt: 102   Quota: 953   Turnout: 5,815 (63.01%)