Ballymena Area B was one of the four district electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected six members to Ballymena Borough Council, and formed part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Ahoghill, Cullybackey, Dunminning, Galgorm, Grange and Portglenone. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by The Main DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Roy Gillespie (DUP) | Sandy Spence (DUP) | John Greer (DUP) | Tommy Nicholl (DUP) | William Wright (UUP) | Hugh Simpson (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist) | ||||||
| 1977 | Hubert Nicholl (DUP) | Thomas Smyth (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist) | ||||||||||
| 1973 | A. Simpson (Independent) | W. Dickey (UUP) | ||||||||||
1977: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1981: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1977-1981 Change: No change
1973: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1977: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and Independent, Independent Unionists (two seats) join UUP
1973: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent