Ballymoney is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 The district elects seven members to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and contains the wards of Ballymoney East, Ballymoney North, Ballymoney South, Clogh Mills, Dunloy, Rasharkin and Route., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Ballymoney forms part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Ballymoney Area C which had existed since 1973. It was called Ballymoney Town until 2014, and contained five wards (Carnany, Fairhill, Glebe, Newhill and Route). For the 2014 local elections it gained most of the abolished Bann Valley DEA and parts of the abolished Bushvale DEA.
Councillors Election Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party)January 2025 defection Lee Kane (Alliance) Darryl Wilson (UUP)/ (DUP) Mervyn Storey (DUP) Ivor Wallace (DUP)/ (Independent) Jonathan McAuley (TUV) Leanne Peacock (Sinn Féin) Ciarán McQuillan (Sinn Féin)May 2024 defection2023August 2022 co-options Tom McKeown (UUP) Alan McLean (DUP)2019 John Finlay (DUP) Cathal McLaughlin (Sinn Féin)September 2016 co-option Ian Stevenson (DUP) William Blair (TUV)2014 Philip McGuigan (Sinn Féin) 2011 Iain McAfee (Independent) Mervyn Storey (DUP) Cecil Cousley (DUP) 5 seats1985–2014 5 seats1985–2014 2005 James Simpson (UUP) 2001 1997 Bill Williamson (Independent) Robert McComb (Independent) Samuel McConaghie (DUP) 1993 James Simpson (UUP) 1989 James McKeown (UUP) 1985 Adam McNeilly (UUP) Kenneth Blair (DUP)
2023 election
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 change: Alliance and TUV gain from DUP and UUP
2019 election
2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin
2014-2019 change: Sinn Féin gain from TUV
2014 election
2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV
2011-2014 change: UUP, Sinn Féin and TUV gain due to the addition of two seats
2011 election
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 change: Independent gain from UUP
2005 election
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2001-2005 change: No change
2001 election
1997: 2 x Independent, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1997-2001 change: DUP and UUP gain from Independent (two seats)
1997 election
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997: 2 x Independent, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 change: Independent gain from UUP
1993 election
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1989-1993 change: No change
1989 election
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1985-1989 change: No change
As only five candidates had been nominated for five seats, there was no vote in Ballymoney Town and all five candidates were deemed elected.
1985 election
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
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