1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: No change
Ballymena North - 7 seats[ 2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP
Patrick McAvoy *
16.84%
975
UUP
William Wright *
16.46%
953
Ind. Unionist
Samuel Henry *
12.58%
728
UUP
Joseph McKernan *
10.88%
630
669.9
785.34
UUP
James Alexander *
9.45%
547
551.8
620.92
675.52
778.52
DUP
Maurice Mills *
10.54%
610
610.3
624.46
626.15
650.28
768.28
Alliance
Jayne Dunlop
7.72%
447
641.4
645
645.91
700.61
703.09
DUP
John Stewart
7.20%
417
417.3
428.1
429.4
439.14
562.22
DUP
David Warwick
4.27%
247
247.3
253.78
253.91
269.15
Ind. Unionist
Herbert Park
4.06%
235
242.2
246.28
247.58
Electorate: 12,239 Valid: 5,789 (47.30%) Spoilt: 81 Quota: 724 Turnout: 5,870 (47.96%)
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: UUP gain from Independent Unionist
Ballymena South - 7 seats[ 2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SDLP
Declan O'Loan *
17.56%
967
UUP
James Currie *
16.67%
918
DUP
David Tweed
15.11%
832
DUP
Martin Clarke *
10.37%
571
576.6
581.02
604.99
614.81
655.29
896.29
DUP
Hubert Nicholl
9.70%
534
535.68
544
575.45
585
622.43
714.87
UUP
Peter Brown
6.85%
377
425.72
478.24
481.64
524.27
548.93
559.69
583.69
586.41
UUP
Malcolm Gilmour
6.63%
365
390.76
472.66
479.63
495.69
538.51
556.29
577.29
580.86
UUP
John Scott*
6.48%
357
410.2
473.9
479.51
499.95
534.81
546.52
565.52
567.56
DUP
John Carson
5.72%
315
316.68
320.84
369.63
379.16
397.12
Ind. Unionist
Agnes McLeister
3.34%
184
196.32
203.6
219.75
240.93
Ind. Unionist
Samuel Balmer
1.56%
86
210.32
214.74
216.1
Electorate: 12,043 Valid: 5,506 (45.72%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 689 Turnout: 5,622 (46.68%)
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1997: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Bannside - 5 seats[ 2]
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: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
Braid - 5 seats[ 2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SDLP
Margaret Gribben
19.57%
1,042
UUP
David Clyde *
18.05%
961
UUP
Desmond Armstrong *
15.33%
816
919.48
DUP
Samuel Hanna *
11.70%
623
632.36
1,029.36
UUP
Lexie Scott
14.37%
765
794.12
812.2
814.72
878.48
DUP
Samuel Gaston
11.78%
627
629.08
690.72
826.8
833.92
DUP
David McClintock*
9.20%
490
497.8
Electorate: 9,081 Valid: 5,324 (58.63%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 888 Turnout: 5,415 (59.63%)