1981 Ballymoney Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymoney Borough Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
DUP	7	4	0	4	43.8	40.3	4,310	21.1
UUP	3	0	2	2	18.8	24.0	2,563	5.4
Independent	3	0	0	0	18.8	17.8	1,899	7.0
SDLP	2	0	1	1	12.5	9.9	1,054	5.2
Alliance	1	1	1	0	6.3	8.1	868	0.2

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	DUP		UUP		SDLP		Alliance		Others		Total Cllrs
Area A	53.8	2	27.2	1	0.0	0	19.0	1	0.0	0	4
Area B	31.6	3	30.3	2	21.3	2	0.0	0	16.8	1	8
Area C	42.3	2	10.8	0	11.6	0	0.0	0	35.3	2	4
Total	40.3	7	24.0	3	9.9	2	8.1	1	17.7	3	16

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	DUP	Robert Halliday*	21.17%	575
	UUP	Kenneth Bamford*	14.87%	404	666
	Alliance	Hugh McFarland	19.00%	516	525	567
	DUP	James Patterson	17.82%	484	512	544
	DUP	Robert Wilson	14.84%	403	423	441
	UUP	Adam Taylor*	6.92%	188
	DUP	Olive Craig	5.38%	146
Electorate: 3,877 Valid: 2,716 (70.05%) Spoilt: 41 Quota: 544 Turnout: 2,757 (71.11%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Charles Steele*	16.01%	791
	Independent	Hugh Boyle*	12.45%	615
	UUP	Joe Gaston*	12.06%	596
	SDLP	Harry Connolly*	6.78%	335	335	345.67	350.19	485.17	485.17	495.17	784.17
	SDLP	Edward McClements	7.10%	351	351.62	376.59	477.94	502.04	502.11	506.11	529.17	735.17
	DUP	William Gracey	9.59%	474	511.2	511.42	511.42	511.42	512.75	529.41	531.41	531.41	532.41
	UUP	William Logan*	7.33%	362	382.77	384.75	384.86	386.3	413.18	501.02	502.55	503.55	516.55
	DUP	Bertie McIlhatton	6.03%	298	457.34	457.56	457.56	457.56	460.64	483.12	485.43	485.43	487.43
	UUP	Patricia Ellis*	5.63%	278	284.2	285.08	285.08	285.19	290.44	399.22	399.33	400.33	411.33
	SDLP	John Mulholland*	5.48%	271	271.93	276.88	279.31	325.18	325.18	326.6
	UUP	Samuel Barlett	5.28%	261	274.33	275.32	275.32	276.43	281.05
	Independent	Margaret Donnelly	4.29%	212	212	217.94	218.16
	SDLP	Malachy McCamphill	1.96%	97	97.31	109.85
Electorate: 6,904 Valid: 4,941 (71.57%) Spoilt: 122 Quota: 550 Turnout: 5,063 (73.33%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Cecil Cousley	24.60%	747
	DUP	Ralph Stronge	17.71%	538	540	648.54
	Independent	Mary Holmes*	18.67%	567	589	600.52	753.52
	Independent	Robert McComb*	11.62%	353	379	386.56	511.98	617.98
	Alliance	Brendan Smyth*	11.59%	352	435	435.36	462.54	476.54
	UUP	James Simpson	10.80%	328	337	342.04
	Independent	Thomas McKenna	5.00%	152
Electorate: 4,923 Valid: 3,037 (61.69%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 608 Turnout: 3,102 (63.01%)

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