Ballyclare is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in

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, Northern Ireland. 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 South Antrim (Assembly constituency), Northern Ireland Assembly and

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. 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

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

References

{{reflist 1985 establishments in Northern Ireland