Ballynahinch was one of the four district electoral areas in Down, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected five members to Down District Council, and formed part of the Strangford constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the South Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing parts of Down Area A and Down Area C which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Ballynaglave, Ballynahinch East, Drumaness, Dunmore and Seaforde. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections with Ballynahinch moving to the Rowallane DEA and most of the DEA moving to the new Slieve Croob DEA.
Councillors
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Patrick Toman (SDLP) |
Anne Marie McAleenan (SDLP) |
Michael Coogan (Sinn Féin) |
Walter Lyons (UUP) |
Garth Craig (DUP) | |||||
| 2005 | Peter Bowles (UUP) |
Jim Wells (DUP) | ||||||||
| 2001 | Francis Branniff (Sinn Féin) |
Harvey Bicker (UUP) | ||||||||
| 1997 | Francis Casement (SDLP) |
William Alexander (DUP) | ||||||||
| 1993 | Walter Lyons (UUP) |
James Cochrane (UUP) | ||||||||
| 1989 | James Magee (SDLP) |
Thomas Poole (DUP) | ||||||||
| 1985 | Francis Laverty (SDLP) |
William Brown (UUP) | ||||||||
2011 Election
2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2011: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Garth Craig | 21.32% | 1,260 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Michael Coogan* | 20.41% | 1,206 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Walter Lyons | 14.26% | 843 | 898.88 | 899.57 | 908.02 | 971.91 | 1,145.91 | |
| SDLP | Anne Marie McAleenan* | 12.52% | 740 | 742.42 | 833.27 | 878.49 | 944.17 | 979.17 | |
| SDLP | Patrick Toman* | 14.01% | 828 | 830.42 | 883.09 | 913.38 | 943.13 | 967.67 | |
| Independent | Mark Murnin | 6.24% | 369 | 372.74 | 415.75 | 451.12 | 507.09 | 549.01 | |
| DUP | Yvonne Moore | 4.65% | 275 | 478.28 | 478.97 | 485.97 | 504.19 | ||
| Alliance | Andy Corkhill | 3.60% | 213 | 215.2 | 225.55 | 269.16 | |||
| Green (NI) | Mark McCormick | 2.98% | 176 | 176.88 | 195.74 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,680 Valid: 5,910 (55.34%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 986 Turnout: 6,026 (56.42%) | |||||||||
2005 Election
2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Jim Wells* | 20.85% | 1,305 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Michael Coogan | 19.94% | 1,248 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Peter Bowles | 12.90% | 807 | 845 | 847.07 | 1,211.07 | |||
| SDLP | Anne Marie McAleenan* | 11.92% | 746 | 748.6 | 832.55 | 838.98 | 854.91 | 1,188.91 | |
| SDLP | Patrick Toman* | 14.01% | 877 | 877.8 | 934.84 | 942.5 | 956.66 | 1,055.23 | |
| DUP | Samuel Hanna | 5.99% | 375 | 554 | 554 | 624.8 | 735.72 | 749.85 | |
| SDLP | Francis Casement | 7.38% | 462 | 463 | 517.51 | 524.14 | 548.92 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Walter Lyons | 7.00% | 438 | 471 | 472.61 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,963 Valid: 6,258 (62.81%) Spoilt: 106 Quota: 1,044 Turnout: 6,364 (63.88%) | |||||||||
2001 Election
1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SDLP | Patrick Toman* | 16.74% | 1,150 | ||||||
| SDLP | Anne Marie McAleenan* | 14.01% | 962 | 965 | 1,456 | ||||
| DUP | Jim Wells | 12.55% | 862 | 951 | 956 | 961 | 1,358 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Francis Branniff | 13.64% | 937 | 937 | 985 | 1,123 | 1,125 | 1,125.85 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Harvey Bicker* | 11.50% | 790 | 839 | 855 | 902 | 1,022 | 1,125.7 | |
| Ulster Unionist | John Cochrane | 9.81% | 674 | 778 | 789 | 817 | 911 | 1,018.95 | |
| DUP | William Alexander* | 8.63% | 593 | 640 | 644 | 649 | |||
| SDLP | Francis Casement* | 8.62% | 592 | 598 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Reid | 2.65% | 182 | ||||||
| DUP | Alan McIlroy | 1.83% | 126 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,997 Valid: 6,868 (68.70%) Spoilt: 137 Quota: 1,145 Turnout: 7,005 (70.07%) | |||||||||
1997 Election
1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | William Alexander* | 24.91% | 1,362 | ||||||
| SDLP | Patrick Toman* | 21.89% | 1,197 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Harvey Bicker | 18.11% | 990 | ||||||
| SDLP | Anne Marie McAleenan* | 17.39% | 951 | ||||||
| SDLP | Francis Casement | 7.48% | 409 | 413.2 | 672.64 | 821.91 | 823.11 | 856.51 | |
| Ulster Unionist | John Reid | 5.94% | 325 | 769.5 | 772.62 | 776.86 | 851.5 | 852.06 | |
| Sinn Féin | John Smyth | 4.28% | 234 | 234.7 | 249.58 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,536 Valid: 5,468 (57.34%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 912 Turnout: 5,578 (58.49%) | |||||||||
1993 Election
1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| SDLP | Patrick Toman* | 25.41% | 1,480 | |||
| SDLP | Anne Marie McAleenan | 23.97% | 1,396 | |||
| DUP | William Alexander | 19.81% | 1,154 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | James Cochrane* | 16.12% | 939 | 1,025 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Walter Lyons* | 8.38% | 488 | 648 | 867 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Janet Crothers | 6.32% | 368 | 450 | 583 | |
| Electorate: 8,953 Valid: 5,825 (65.06%) Spoilt: 132 Quota: 971 Turnout: 5,957 (66.54%) | ||||||
1989 Election
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SDLP | Patrick Toman | 21.33% | 1,222 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | James Cochrane* | 21.01% | 1,204 | |||||
| SDLP | James Magee* | 17.19% | 985 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Walter Lyons | 15.08% | 864 | 865.54 | 1,053.91 | |||
| DUP | Thomas Poole* | 13.79% | 790 | 791.98 | 848.47 | 935.26 | 967.26 | |
| SDLP | Patrick King | 6.77% | 388 | 630.88 | 631.51 | 632.17 | 750.17 | |
| Sinn Féin | Patrick McGreevy | 2.97% | 170 | 180.12 | 180.12 | 180.34 | ||
| Green (NI) | Philip Allen | 1.87% | 107 | 109.2 | 111.51 | 115.8 | ||
| Electorate: 8,529 Valid: 5,730 (67.18%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 956 Turnout: 5,856 (68.66%) | ||||||||
1985 Election
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SDLP | James Magee* | 19.00% | 1,020 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Brown* | 18.70% | 1,004 | |||||
| DUP | Thomas Poole* | 13.82% | 742 | 742.24 | 971.24 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | James Cochrane | 14.57% | 782 | 782 | 822 | 928 | ||
| SDLP | Francis Laverty* | 10.36% | 556 | 630.52 | 630.64 | 788.12 | 879.32 | |
| SDLP | Patrick Savage | 11.10% | 596 | 635 | 635 | 711.48 | 728.76 | |
| Alliance | Patrick Forde* | 7.38% | 396 | 403.44 | 405.44 | |||
| DUP | Stanley Priestley | 5.08% | 273 | 273.12 | ||||
| Electorate: 7,947 Valid: 5,369 (67.56%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 895 Turnout: 5,480 (68.96%) | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Ballynahinch Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
This page was last edited on 2 October 2023, at 20:26