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 | |
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 edit
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ian Friary (Sinn Féin) |
Jackson Minford (UUP) |
Tyler Hoey (DUP) |
Thomas Gordon (DUP) |
Timothy Gaston (TUV) |
Stewart McDonald (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) |
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| 2001 | Seamus Laverty (SDLP) | |||||||||||
| 1997 | Robert Coulter (UUP) |
Ian Johnston (UUP) |
Sandy Spence (DUP) | |||||||||
| 1993 | ||||||||||||
2023 Election edit
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
| 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 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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 edit
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
| 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 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 edit
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
| 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 | |
| Ulster Unionist | William McNeilly* | 11.09% | 867 | 944 | 947.76 | 967.08 | 968.13 | 971.25 | 1,056.77 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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 edit
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
| 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 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 edit
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| DUP | Roy Gillespie* | 22.95% | 1,664 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 edit
1997: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
| 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 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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 edit
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1997: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| DUP | Roy Gillespie* | 18.75% | 1,110 | |||||
| DUP | Tommy Nicholl* | 17.70% | 1,048 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Coulter* | 17.13% | 1,014 | |||||
| DUP | Sandy Spence* | 14.27% | 845 | 949.28 | 1,004.6 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 edit
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Coulter* | 21.69% | 1,239 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | |||||||
References edit
- ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
- ^ [1], ARK, accessed 8 July 2023
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Bannside Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.