Bannside (District Electoral Area)

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
Created1993
Seats5 (1993-2014)
6 (2014-)
Councillors
  •   Ian Friary (SF)
  •   Thomas Gordon (DUP)
  •   Anna Henry (TUV)
  •   Tyler Hoey (DUP)
  •   Stewart McDonald (TUV)
  •   Jackson Minford (UUP)
Bannside DEA within Mid and East Antrim
Bannside DEA (1993-2014) within Ballymena

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

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Election Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
July 2024 Co-Option Ian Friary
(Sinn Féin)
Jackson Minford
(UUP)
Tyler Hoey
(DUP)
Thomas Gordon
(DUP)
Anna Henry
(TUV)
Stewart McDonald
(TUV)
2023 Timothy Gaston
(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)
2001 Seamus Laverty
(SDLP)
1997 Robert Coulter
(UUP)
Ian Johnston
(UUP)
Sandy Spence
(DUP)
1993

2023 Election

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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

Bannside - 6 seats[3]
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
UUP 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

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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

Bannside - 6 seats[4]
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              
UUP 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      
UUP 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

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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

Bannside - 6 seats[5]
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
UUP William McNeilly* 11.09% 867 944 947.76 967.08 968.13 971.25 1,056.77
UUP 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

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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

Bannside - 5 seats[6]
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  
UUP 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

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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

Bannside - 5 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
DUP Roy Gillespie* 22.95% 1,664      
UUP 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

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1997: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

Bannside - 5 seats[8]
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    
UUP 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
UUP 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

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1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

1997: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

1993-1997 Change: No change

Bannside - 5 seats[9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Roy Gillespie* 18.75% 1,110        
DUP Tommy Nicholl* 17.70% 1,048        
UUP Robert Coulter* 17.13% 1,014        
DUP Sandy Spence* 14.27% 845 949.28 1,004.6    
UUP 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

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1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

Bannside - 5 seats[10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
UUP Robert Coulter* 21.69% 1,239      
UUP 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

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  1. ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
  2. ^ [1], ARK, accessed 8 July 2023
  3. ^ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Bannside Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.