Ballyclare is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 The district elects five members to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and contains the wards of Ballyclare East, Ballyclare West, Ballynure, Ballyrobert and Doagh., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Ballyclare forms part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
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
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
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
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
2005 election
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2001-2005 change: DUP gain from UUP
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
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
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
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
1985 election
1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
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