- Ballymoney Borough Council
NI_district
district_name = Ballymoney Borough
alt_name = Comhairle Baile Bhaile Monaidh
district_
area_rank = 17th
district_area = 418
district_HQ =Ballymoney
district_iso = GB-BLY
district_ons = 95D
protestant_pc = 66.2%
catholic_pc = 31.9%
web_address =
http://www.ballymoney.gov.uk
district_MPs =Ian Paisley Ballymoney Borough Council is a Local Council in
County Antrim inNorthern Ireland . It is based inBallymoney . Other towns in the Council area includeDervock ,Dunloy ,Cloughmills andRasharkin . The area has a population of nearly 27,000.In the last local government elections on
5 May 2005 , 16 members were elected. The current composition of the council is: 7Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 3Sinn Féin , 2Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 2Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and 2 Independents. The current Mayor is Councillor John Finlay (DUP) (who previously served onDown District Council [ [http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgdown.htm Down Council Elections 1993-2005 ] ] ) and Deputy Mayor is Harry Connolly (SDLP).The present Council boundaries, which upon the granting of a charter in 1977 became the Borough of Ballymoney, were established in the 1973 reorganisation of local government.
In 2000 Ballymoney Borough Council twinned with the French town of
Vanves . Since 2001, the Council has been a sister city ofBenbrook inTexas and building on its motorcycling history, is also linked to the Borough ofDouglas, Isle of Man .Together with the neighbouring districts of
Ballymena andMoyle , it forms the North Antrim constituency for elections to theWestminster Parliament andNorthern Ireland Assembly .Ballymoney is Northern Ireland's fastest growing town in terms of population. It is thought this is because it is one of the most central places in Northern Ireland, being one hour from
Belfast and one hour fromDerry . Another reason is as a result of high house prices in theColeraine /Portstewart /Portrush 'Triangle' areas shifting first-time buyers to the less expensive Ballymoney area.The Ballymoney Borough Council area has the highest life expectancy of any area in Northern Ireland, with the average male life expectancy at birth being 78.0 years and 82.6 years for females [ [http://www.csp.org.uk/uploads/documents/lifeexpectancyatbirth.xls Life Expectency] ] .
Mayor of Ballymoney
Source: Freedom of Information request to Ballymoney Borough Council
Review of Public Administration
Under the Review of Public Administration (RPA) the Council is due to merge with
Coleraine Borough Council ,Limavady Borough Council andMoyle District Council in 2011 to formCauseway Coast District Council , a single council for the enlarged area totalling 1796 km² and a population of 131,564. [cite web | title=Minister Foster announces decisions on Local Government Reform | work=DoE | url=http://www.doeni.gov.uk/index/local_government/minister_foster_announces_decisions_on_local_government_reform.htm | accessdate=2008-05-31] The next election was due to take place in May2009 , but onApril 25 ,2008 ,Shaun Woodward ,Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until the introduction of the eleven new councils in 2011. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7367253.stm "Northern Ireland elections are postponed", BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008] ]ee also
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Local Councils in Northern Ireland References
External links
* [http://www.ballymoney.gov.uk/ Ballymoney Borough Council]
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