Ballymena is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 The district elects seven members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of Academy, Ardeevin, Ballykeel, Braidwater, Castle Demesne, Fair Green and Park., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Ballymena forms part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created 2014 local elections, replacing the Ballymena North DEA and Ballymena South DEA which had existed since 1993.
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party)August 2025 Defection Bréanainn Lyness (Sinn Féin) Jack Gibson (Alliance) Rodney Quigley (Independent) Brian Thompson (UUP) Matthew Armstrong (TUV) Reuben Glover (DUP) Lawrie Philpott (DUP)/ (Independent)August 2024 Co-OptionSeptember 2023 Co-Option Colin Crawford (UUP)2023 John Hyland (Alliance)May 2022 Co-Option Eugene Reid (SDLP) James Henry (Independent) Audrey Wales (DUP) John Carson (DUP)2019 Patricia O'Lynn (Alliance)August 2018 Defection Declan O'Loan (SDLP) Reuben Glover (DUP) Stephen Nicholl (UUP) Donna Anderson (TUV)/ (UKIP)/ (Independent)September 2015 Defection2014
2023 Election
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and UUP gain from SDLP and Independent
2019 Election
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: Alliance and Independent gain from DUP and UUP
2014 Election
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
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