The Main was one of the four district electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 1993. The district elected five 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 B which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Ahoghill, Cullybackey, Galgorm, Grange and Portglenone. It was abolished for the 1993 local elections, and mostly replaced with the new Bannside DEA with Galgorm moving to the new Ballymena North DEA.
Councillors edit
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Ian Johnston (UUP) |
Roy Gillespie (DUP) |
Sandy Spence (DUP) |
Tommy Nicholl (DUP) |
Hubert Nicholl (DUP) | |||||
| 1985 | ||||||||||
1989 Election edit
1985: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1989: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Democratic Unionist | Roy Gillespie* | 19.54% | 1,068 | |||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Ian Johnston* | 10.94% | 598 | 608.5 | 628.65 | 780.8 | 1,072.25 | |||
| Democratic Unionist | Sandy Spence* | 13.76% | 752 | 773.75 | 788.05 | 816.8 | 857.45 | 918.75 | ||
| Democratic Unionist | Tommy Nicholl* | 13.71% | 749 | 761.15 | 770.15 | 791.45 | 811.75 | 819.75 | 891.9 | |
| Democratic Unionist | Hubert Nicholl* | 9.61% | 525 | 626.7 | 628.7 | 649.6 | 673.65 | 694.65 | 777.45 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Seamus Laverty | 11.45% | 626 | 626 | 626 | 632 | 632.15 | 632.15 | 691.3 | |
| Alliance | David Alderdice | 8.20% | 448 | 451 | 458 | 465.15 | 481.6 | 517.6 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Megaw | 4.72% | 258 | 262.2 | 342.2 | 402.35 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Sarah McCullough | 5.32% | 291 | 293.85 | 308.85 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Sutter | 2.74% | 150 | 150.45 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,076 Valid: 5,465 (60.21%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 911 Turnout: 5,583 (61.51%) | ||||||||||
1985 Election edit
1985: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Democratic Unionist | Roy Gillespie* | 21.36% | 1,076 | ||||
| Democratic Unionist | Tommy Nicholl* | 19.06% | 960 | ||||
| Democratic Unionist | Sandy Spence* | 15.80% | 796 | 831.64 | 925.48 | ||
| Democratic Unionist | Hubert Nicholl | 12.57% | 633 | 792.94 | 804.7 | 876.75 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Ian Johnston* | 16.12% | 812 | 834.88 | 838.24 | 841.76 | |
| Ulster Unionist | William Wright* | 15.09% | 760 | 774.08 | 777.92 | 782.43 | |
| Electorate: 8,309 Valid: 5,037 (60.62%) Spoilt: 213 Quota: 840 Turnout: 5,250 (63.18%) | |||||||
References edit
- ^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 9 July 2021.