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.
2019: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2019âÂÂ2023 change: Alliance gain from UUP
2014: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV<br />
2019: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent<br />
2014-2019 change: Independent gain from TUV
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
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP<br />
2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance<br />
2005-2011 change: Alliance gain from UUP
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP<br />
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP<br />
2001-2005 change: DUP gain from UUP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance<br />
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP<br />
1997-2001 change: DUP gain from Alliance
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist<br />
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance<br />
1993-1997 change: Alliance gain from Independent Unionist
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
1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent<br />
1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP<br />
1985-1989 change: UUP gain from Independent
1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent