Kells Water (District Electoral Area)

Kells Water was one of the four district electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 1993. The district elected six 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 C which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Ballee, Ballykeel, Glenwhirry, Harryville, Kells and Moat. It was abolished for the 1993 local elections, and mostly replaced with the new Ballymena South DEA with Glenwhirry moving to the new Braid DEA.

Councillors

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Election Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
1989 William Brownlees
(UUP)
James Currie
(UUP)
Martin Clarke
(DUP)
David McClintock
(DUP)
James McCosh
(DUP)
Ronald Fry
(DUP)
1985 Roy West
(DUP)
John McAuley
(DUP)
Edwin Maternaghan
(DUP)

1989 Election

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1985: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP

1989: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP

1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Kells Water - 6 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
UUP William Brownlees* 20.48% 929      
DUP Martin Clarke* 16.73% 759      
UUP James Currie 16.07% 729      
DUP Ronald Fry 11.28% 512 581.66 661.01  
DUP David McClintock* 11.22% 509 556.3 565 623.12
DUP James McCosh 11.00% 499 536.41 546.16 585.25
DUP Andrew McKendry 8.40% 381 410.24 416.39 489.44
Ind. Unionist Melvyn McKendry 4.83% 219 315.32 318.92  
Electorate: 10,142   Valid: 4,537 (44.73%)   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 649   Turnout: 4,675 (46.10%)  

1985 Election

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1985: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP

Kells Water - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
UUP William Brownlees* 17.86% 856      
DUP John McAuley* 17.63% 845      
DUP Roy West* 16.60% 796      
DUP Martin Clarke* 14.50% 695      
DUP Edwin Maternaghan* 12.04% 577 586.4 693.37  
DUP David McClintock 12.83% 615 623.4 657.41 753.17
UUP Victoria Brownlees 8.55% 410 558.8 570.96 579.92
Electorate: 9,621   Valid: 4,794 (49.83%)   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 685   Turnout: 4,927 (51.21%)  

References

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  1. ^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 9 July 2021.