See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1981.
Election Name: | 1981 Ballymoney Borough Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1977 Ballymoney Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 1977 |
Next Election: | 1985 Ballymoney Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 1985 |
Seats For Election: | All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 9 |
Party1: | Democratic Unionist Party |
Seats1: | 7 |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Party2: | Ulster Unionist Party |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Party3: | Independent (politician) |
Seats3: | 3 |
Seat Change3: | 0 |
Party4: | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
Seats4: | 2 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Party5: | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 0 |
Party6: | Independent Unionist |
Seats6: | 0 |
Seat Change6: | 1 |
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.
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|
1977: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1977-1981 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
1977: 3 x UUP, 3 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1981: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and SDLP
1977: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1981: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent
1977-1981 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from Alliance and Independent Unionist