Ballyclare (District Electoral Area)

Ballyclare is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and contains the wards of Ballyclare East, Ballyclare West, Ballynure, Ballyrobert and Doagh. Ballyclare forms part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Newtownabbey Area A which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained five wards (Ballyclare North, Ballyclare South, Ballynure, Doagh and Mallusk). For the 1993 local elections it lost Mallusk to Antrim Line DEA, while a new Ballyrobert ward was created within the DEA.

2023 Election
2019: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

2019 Election
2014: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV

2019: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent

2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from TUV

2014 Election
2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x TUV

2011-2014 Change: UUP and TUV gain from DUP and Alliance

2011 Election
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

2005 Election
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

2001 Election
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance

1997 Election
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1993-1997 Change: Alliance gain from Independent Unionist

1993 Election
1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1989-1993 Change: UUP gain from Independent Unionist

1989 Election
1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent

1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Independent

1985 Election
1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent