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Braid Valley (District Electoral Area)
Braid Valley was one of the four district electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 1993. The district elected five members to Ballymena Borough Council, and formed part of the North Antrim constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly sco-ulster, Norlin Airlan Assemblie , legislature = 7th Northern Ireland Assembly, Seventh Assembly , coa_pic = File:NI_Assembly.svg , coa_res = 250px , house_type = Unicameralism, Unicameral , hou .... It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Ballymena Area A which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Broughshane, Craigywarren, Dunminning, Glenravel and Slemish. It was abolished for the 1993 local elections, and replaced with the new Braid DEA. Councillors 1989 Election 1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP 1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1985-1989 Change: Independent gain from DUP 1985 Election 1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballymena Borough Council
Ballymena Borough Council was the local authority of Ballymena in Northern Ireland. It merged with Carrickfergus Borough Council and Larne Borough Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. The borough of Ballymena was created in 1973 from the merging of the former municipal borough of Ballymena with most of the surrounding Ballymena Rural District. The new council inherited the 1937 charter of incorporation of the municipal borough, continuing the borough status and mayoralty. Makeup The borough was divided into four electoral areas: Ballymena North, Ballymena South, Bannside, and Braid, from which 24 members were elected. The entire council was elected every four years by proportional representation. The last election was due to take place in May 2009, but on April 25, 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Antrim (Assembly Constituency)
North Antrim (, Ulster Scots: ''North Anthrim'') is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. It usually shares boundaries with the North Antrim UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 as the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes. In 1996 members of the Northern Ireland Forum were elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected in 1992 under the 1983–95 constituency boundaries, was still in session. However the boundaries of North Antrim were not changed in the 1996–1997 redistribution. Members were elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention, the 1982 Assembly, the 1996 Forum and then to the current Assembly from 1998. For further details of the history and bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)
The Northern Ireland Assembly established in 1982 represented an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to restore the devolution to Northern Ireland which had been suspended 10 years previously. The Assembly was abolished in 1986. Origins The Assembly emerged as a result of initiatives by the then Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland, Humphrey Atkins and James Prior. The first step in this process was a white paper called The Government of Northern Ireland: A Working Paper for a Conference, published on 20 November 1979. This established a conference, attended the following year by the Democratic Unionist Party, the Alliance Party and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). (The UUP refused to become involved in protest at a decision to allow discussions on an Irish dimension, discussions which the DUP also boycotted.) Talks between the DUP, Alliance and SDLP took place between 7 January and 24 March 1980, but failed to reach agreement. In July 1980, the British Gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Ballymena Borough Council Election
Elections to Ballymena Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors. Election results Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. Districts summary , - class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left", Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2, TotalCllrs , - class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="white", , - , align="left", Ballymena Town , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 37.7 , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 3 , 22.8 , 2 , 21.0 , 1 , 18.5 , 1 , 7 , - , align="left", Braid Valley , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 48.5 , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 3 , 35.3 , 2 , 0.0 , 0 , 16.2 , 0 , 5 , - , align="left", Kells Water , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 73.6 , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 5 , 26.4 , 1 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 6 , - , align="left", The Main , bgcolor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballymena Area A
Ballymena Area A was one of the four district electoral areas in Ballymena, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected four members to Ballymena Borough Council, and formed part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly sco-ulster, Norlin Airlan Assemblie , legislature = 7th Northern Ireland Assembly, Seventh Assembly , coa_pic = File:NI_Assembly.svg , coa_res = 250px , house_type = Unicameralism, Unicameral , hou ... and UK Parliament. It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Broughshane, Craigywarren, Glenravel and Slemish. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Braid Valley DEA. Councillors 1981 Election 1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1981: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1977-1981 Change: No change 1977 Election 1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 1977: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Indep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Ballymena Borough Council Election
Elections to Ballymena Borough Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 24 councillors. Election results Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. Districts summary , - class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left", Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2, TotalCllrs , - class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="white", , - , align="left", Ballymena North , bgcolor="40BFF5", 32.2 , bgcolor="40BFF5", 3 , 17.4 , 1 , 13.8 , 1 , 19.6 , 1 , 17.0 , 1 , 7 , - , align="left", Ballymena South , 24.7 , 2 , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 28.2 , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 3 , 17.8 , 1 , 0.0 , 0 , 29.3 , 1 , 7 , - , align="left", Bannside , 37.5 , 2 , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 48.5 , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 3 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braid (District Electoral Area)
Braid is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland. The district elects seven members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of Ballee and Harryville, Broughshane, Glenravel, Glenwhirry, Kells, Kirkinriola and Slemish. ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Braid forms part of the North Antrim constituencies for the North Antrim (Assembly constituency), Northern Ireland Assembly and North Antrim (UK Parliament constituency), UK Parliament. It was created for the 1993 Ballymena Borough Council election, 1993 local elections, where it contained five wards (Broughshane, Craigywarren, Glenravel, Glenwhirry and Slemish), replacing the Braid Valley (District Electoral Area), Braid Valley DEA which had existed since 1985. For the 2014 Mid and East Antrim District Council election, 2014 local elections it gained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Ballymena Borough Council Election
Elections to Ballymena Borough Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors. Election results Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. Districts summary , - class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left", Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2, TotalCllrs , - class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="white", , - , align="left", Ballymena Town , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 26.8 , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 2 , 23.7 , 2 , 21.8 , 1 , 14.0 , 1 , 13.7 , 1 , 7 , - , align="left", Braid Valley , 40.9 , 2 , bgcolor="40BFF5", 41.7 , bgcolor="40BFF5", 2 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 17.4 , 1 , 5 , - , align="left", Kells Water , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 58.7 , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 4 , 36.5 , 2 , 0. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulster Unionist Party
The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson, it led unionist opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement. Following the partition of Ireland, it was the governing party of Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. It was supported by most unionist voters throughout the conflict known as the Troubles, during which time it was often referred to as the Official Unionist Party (OUP). Under David Trimble, the party helped negotiate the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, which ended the conflict. Trimble served as the first First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002. However, it was overtaken as the largest unionist party in 2003 by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). As of 2022 it is the fourth-largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly, after the DUP, Sinn Féin, and the Alliance Party. The party has been unrepresented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Unionist Party
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a unionist, loyalist, and national conservative political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1971 during the Troubles by Ian Paisley, who led the party for the next 37 years. Currently led by Jeffrey Donaldson, it is the second largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly, and is the fifth-largest party in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The party has been described as right-wing and socially conservative, being anti-abortion and opposing same-sex marriage. The DUP sees itself as defending Britishness and Ulster Protestant culture against Irish nationalism and Irish republicanism; the party is Eurosceptic and supported Brexit. It supports Northern Ireland remaining in the United Kingdom and opposes the unification of Ireland. The DUP evolved from the Protestant Unionist Party and has historically strong links to the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, the church Paisley founded. During the Troubles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent (politician)
An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party, and therefore choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it, or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In running for public office, independents sometimes choose to form a party or alliance with other independents, and may formally register their party or alliance. Even where the word "independent" is used, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Establishments In Northern Ireland
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States space exploration programs, United States or the Soviet space program, Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is Brazilian presidential election, 1985, elected president of Brazil by the National Congress of Brazil, Congress, ending the Military dictatorship in Brazil, 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is Second inauguration of Ronald Reagan, privately sworn in for a second term as Presidency of Ronald Reagan, President of the United States. * January 27 – The Eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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