Ballymena (Borough)

Ballymena Borough Buirg to Bhaile Mheánaigh
geography
Traditional county	County Antrim
surface	632 km²
Administrative headquarters	Ballymena
ISO 3166-2	GB-BLA
Demographics
population	64,551 (2012)
density	102 people / km²
Denominations	Protestants: 63.3% Catholics: 20.4%

Ballymena ( Irish : An Baile Meánach ) was one of the 26 Northern Irish districts that existed from 1973 to 2015. The district, whose area was in the traditional County of Antrim , was established in 1973 and had the status of a borough . Important places in the borough were the city of Ballymena , which was also the administrative seat, as well as Broughshane , Cullybackey , Galgorm , Ahoghill and Portglenone . On April 1, 2015, he was in the new District of Mid and East Antrim .

Ballymena Borough Council

The election for Ballymena Borough Council on May 11, 2011 resulted in the following:

Political party		2011 result		Change from 2005
		Seats	be right	Seats	be right
	Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	12	45.9%	−2	−9.2%
	Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	4th	16.3%	−1	−5.2%
	Traditional Unionist Voice	2	13.5%	2	13.5%
	Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP)	2	8.5%	−1	−1.8%
	Sinn Féin	2	8.3%	1	0.7%
	Alliance Party	1	1.7%	1	0.2%
	Others	0	0.0%	0	−0.4%
	Independent	1	5.7%	0	2.3%

See also

• Administrative division of Northern Ireland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Northern Ireland Population Estimates 2012 (XLS file)
2. ↑ Northern Ireland Census 2011: Religion (administrative geographies)
3. ^ Election result on BBC News (accessed July 26, 2011)

Coordinates: 54 ° 51 ′ 48 ″  N , 6 ° 17 ′ 3 ″  W.