Antrim is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects six members to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and contains the wards of Antrim Centre, Fountain Hill, Greystone, Springfarm, Steeple and Stiles.[2] Antrim forms part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Antrim | |
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Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council DEA constituency | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1985 |
Seats | 7 (1985-2014) 6 (2014-) |
Councillors |
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It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Antrim Area C which had existed since 1973. It was called Antrim Town until 2014, and originally contained seven wards (Balloo, Fountain Hill, Massereene, Rathenraw, Springfarm, Steeple and Stiles). For the 2014 local elections it was reduced by one ward, losing Massereene and Rathenraw but gaining Antrim Centre.
Councillors
editElection | Councillor (Party) |
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2023 | Neil Kelly (Alliance) |
Roisin Lynch (SDLP) |
Lucille O'Hagan (Sinn Féin) |
Leah Smyth (UUP) |
Paul Dunlop (DUP) |
John Smyth (DUP) |
6 seats 2014–present | |||||||
2019 | Jim Montgomery (UUP) | |||||||||||||
October 2018 Co-Option | Andrew Ritchie (UUP) | |||||||||||||
July 2015 Co-Option | Nigel Kells (DUP) | |||||||||||||
2014 | Adrian Cochrane-Watson (UUP) | |||||||||||||
2011 | Gráinne Teggart (SDLP) |
Pam Lewis (DUP) |
Brian Graham (DUP) |
Noel Maguire (Sinn Féin) | ||||||||||
2005 | David Ford (Alliance) |
Oran Keenan (SDLP) |
John Smyth (DUP) | |||||||||||
2001 | Sean McKee (SDLP) |
Paddy Marks (UUP) |
Paul Michael (UUP) | |||||||||||
1997 | James McConnell (Alliance) |
Andrew Thompson (UUP) |
Andrew Ritchie (UUP) |
Robert McClay (DUP) | ||||||||||
1993 | Jack Allen (UUP) |
James Brown (DUP) | ||||||||||||
1989 | Avril Swann (UUP) | |||||||||||||
1985 | Roy Stinson (UUP) |
Margaret Brown (DUP) |
Charles Quinn (DUP) |
2023 Election
edit2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Lucille O'Hagan | 17.82% | 1,270 | ||||||||
Alliance | Neil Kelly* | 15.31% | 1,091 | ||||||||
DUP | Paul Dunlop* | 13.84% | 986 | 987.05 | 1,078.05 | ||||||
DUP | John Smyth* | 10.12% | 721 | 722.26 | 857.26 | 858.46 | 905.36 | 1,168.36 | |||
SDLP | Roisin Lynch* | 9.51% | 678 | 851.67 | 888.34 | 902.68 | 903.35 | 913.35 | 914.71 | 1,104.71 | |
UUP | Leah Smyth* | 10.44% | 744 | 746.1 | 764.31 | 768.15 | 770.16 | 867.16 | 963.04 | 1,032.04 | |
UUP | Jim Montgomery* | 6.20% | 442 | 443.47 | 461.47 | 463.81 | 470.51 | 527.72 | 576 | 610 | |
Alliance | Tommy Monahan | 5.56% | 396 | 443.04 | 482.77 | 524.59 | 524.59 | 536.07 | 538.79 | ||
TUV | Richard Shields | 6.36% | 453 | 454.05 | 465.05 | 465.47 | 467.48 | ||||
DUP | Karl McMeekin | 3.61% | 257 | 257.21 | |||||||
Green (NI) | Eleanor Bailey | 1.23% | 88 | 101.23 | |||||||
Electorate: 16,652 Valid: 7,126 (42.79%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,019 Turnout: 7,215 (43.33%) |
2019 Election
edit2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2014-2019 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Alliance | Neil Kelly* | 26.26% | 1,689 | |||||||
SDLP | Roisin Lynch* | 11.24% | 723 | 1,111.11 | ||||||
DUP | John Smyth* | 11.41% | 734 | 765.11 | 769.79 | 832.32 | 1,047.32 | |||
DUP | Paul Dunlop | 9.38% | 603 | 620.34 | 622.14 | 704.69 | 806.77 | 921.45 | ||
UUP | Leah Smyth | 9.56% | 615 | 721.08 | 752.04 | 802.07 | 838.17 | 844.27 | 971.27 | |
UUP | Jim Montgomery | 6.47% | 416 | 477.2 | 503.48 | 557.05 | 578.68 | 581.73 | 824.65 | |
Sinn Féin | Gerard Magee | 9.06% | 583 | 637.06 | 725.98 | 727.98 | 728.34 | 728.34 | 740.89 | |
Independent | Adrian Cochrane-Watson | 5.58% | 359 | 421.73 | 449.09 | 527.29 | 538.82 | 541.26 | ||
DUP | Karl McMeekin | 5.64% | 363 | 379.83 | 382.35 | 403.35 | ||||
TUV | Richard Cairns | 5.40% | 347 | 374.54 | 379.58 | |||||
Electorate: 15,051 Valid: 6,432 (42.73%) Spoilt: 80 Quota: 919 Turnout: 6,512 (43.27%) |
2014 Election
edit2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2011-2014 Change: Sinn Féin loss due to the reduction of one seat
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | Nigel Kells † | 11.15% | 662 | 667 | 1,026 | ||||
UUP | Adrian Cochrane-Watson* † | 13.22% | 785 | 801 | 844 | 858.21 | |||
DUP | John Smyth* | 10.62% | 631 | 636 | 724 | 856.79 | |||
UUP | Drew Ritchie* | 9.63% | 572 | 595 | 614 | 626.25 | 1,009.25 | ||
Alliance | Neil Kelly* | 10.44% | 620 | 813 | 825 | 830.39 | 876.39 | ||
SDLP | Roisin Lynch | 10.24% | 608 | 636 | 637 | 638.47 | 648.94 | 690.94 | |
Sinn Féin | Noel Maguire* | 10.64% | 632 | 643 | 644 | 644 | 646.98 | 646.98 | |
TUV | Richard Cairns | 9.43% | 560 | 574 | 591 | 598.84 | |||
DUP | Brian Graham* | 9.09% | 540 | 545 | |||||
Alliance | Sian O'Neill | 3.06% | 182 | ||||||
NI21 | George Young | 2.42% | 144 | ||||||
Electorate: 14,408 Valid: 5,939 (41.22%) Spoilt: 101 Quota: 849 Turnout: 6,040 (41.92%) |
2011 Election
edit2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
UUP | Adrian Cochrane-Watson* | 17.25% | 884 | ||||||||
DUP | Pam Lewis* | 14.32% | 734 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Noel Maguire | 12.45% | 638 | 638.56 | 638.56 | 639.56 | 655.56 | ||||
UUP | Andrew Ritchie* | 7.80% | 400 | 490.72 | 496.44 | 521.51 | 654.87 | ||||
Alliance | Neil Kelly | 9.77% | 501 | 509.4 | 512.65 | 517.65 | 546.18 | 847.18 | |||
DUP | Brian Graham* | 9.97% | 511 | 536.48 | 585.1 | 602.2 | 618.62 | 622.9 | 651.9 | ||
SDLP | Gráinne Teggart | 7.22% | 370 | 371.4 | 372.44 | 372.44 | 418.85 | 455.53 | 580.53 | 591.53 | |
DUP | John Smyth* | 8.56% | 439 | 459.16 | 486.59 | 523.38 | 530.54 | 536.62 | 561.62 | 562.62 | |
Alliance | Oran Keenan* | 6.89% | 353 | 356.92 | 357.57 | 360.57 | 381.53 | ||||
UUP | Amanda Johnston | 1.35% | 69 | 151.6 | 154.2 | 167.33 | |||||
Independent | Donovan McClelland | 2.30% | 118 | 119.4 | 120.18 | 121.18 | |||||
PUP | Ken Wilkinson | 2.13% | 109 | 113.48 | 115.04 | ||||||
Electorate: 11,925 Valid: 5,126 (42.99%) Spoilt: 102 Quota: 641 Turnout: 5,228 (43.84%) |
2005 Election
edit2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | John Smyth* | 13.33% | 705 | |||||||
UUP | Adrian Cochrane-Watson* | 12.65% | 669 | |||||||
SDLP | Oran Keenan* | 8.08% | 427 | 427.06 | 434.12 | 684.12 | ||||
Alliance | David Ford | 11.65% | 616 | 616.66 | 626.72 | 680.72 | ||||
UUP | Andrew Ritchie | 8.00% | 423 | 425.52 | 485.12 | 489.12 | 490.47 | 791.47 | ||
DUP | Brian Graham* | 8.80% | 465 | 484.86 | 537.28 | 538.28 | 538.58 | 579.36 | 658.41 | |
DUP | Pam Lewis | 9.06% | 479 | 493.94 | 539.3 | 543.3 | 544.05 | 574.89 | 626.04 | |
Sinn Féin | Gerard Magee | 8.98% | 475 | 475 | 490 | 518 | 534.65 | 539.1 | 539.1 | |
UUP | Paul Michael* | 7.02% | 371 | 372.8 | 439.1 | 441.1 | 444.1 | |||
SDLP | Brian Duffin | 6.53% | 345 | 345.06 | 356.06 | |||||
Independent | Darran Smyth | 2.57% | 136 | 136.9 | ||||||
PUP | Ken Wilkinson | 2.08% | 110 | 110.66 | ||||||
UUP | James Sands | 0.72% | 38 | 38.48 | ||||||
Independent | Aine Gribbon | 0.53% | 28 | 28 | ||||||
Electorate: 10,792 Valid: 5,287 (48.99%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 661 Turnout: 5,410 (50.13%) |
2001 Election
edit1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
UUP | Paddy Marks* | 15.98% | 1,016 | |||||||||
DUP | John Smyth | 11.78% | 749 | 759.56 | 799.56 | |||||||
UUP | Adrian Cochrane-Watson* | 9.94% | 632 | 695.14 | 721.36 | 812.36 | ||||||
DUP | Brian Graham | 8.12% | 516 | 521.28 | 532.28 | 542.7 | 543.58 | 847.58 | ||||
UUP | Paul Michael | 7.39% | 470 | 529.18 | 566.4 | 751.86 | 766.6 | 808.6 | ||||
SDLP | Sean McKee | 9.94% | 632 | 635.96 | 642.96 | 646.62 | 646.84 | 648.84 | 651.36 | 651.36 | 778.36 | |
SDLP | Oran Keenan* | 9.61% | 611 | 614.52 | 617.74 | 620.84 | 621.06 | 623.06 | 625.58 | 625.58 | 726.58 | |
Sinn Féin | Aine Gribbon | 7.79% | 495 | 495.44 | 500.44 | 500.44 | 500.66 | 501.66 | 501.66 | 501.66 | 517.66 | |
Alliance | Pete Whitcroft | 6.39% | 406 | 411.06 | 420.06 | 429.36 | 429.8 | 439.44 | 486.48 | 491.48 | ||
DUP | Robert McClay* | 5.76% | 366 | 373.26 | 391.7 | 408.12 | 408.56 | |||||
UUP | Andrew Ritchie* | 4.22% | 268 | 325.42 | 344.08 | |||||||
PUP | Ken Wilkinson | 3.10% | 197 | 199.42 | ||||||||
Electorate: 11,616 Valid: 6,358 (54.73%) Spoilt: 195 Quota: 795 Turnout: 6,553 (56.41%) |
1997 Election
edit1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
UUP | Paddy Marks* | 25.51% | 1,066 | |||||||||
DUP | Robert McClay | 15.36% | 642 | |||||||||
UUP | Andrew Ritchie* | 6.87% | 287 | 646.04 | ||||||||
SDLP | Oran Keenan* | 12.30% | 514 | 516.04 | 516.04 | 516.24 | 520.75 | 531.75 | ||||
UUP | Andrew Thompson* | 5.22% | 218 | 314.39 | 410.95 | 479.55 | 495.72 | 504.18 | 562.18 | |||
UUP | Adrian Cochrane-Watson | 8.54% | 357 | 410.04 | 427.38 | 464.38 | 474.03 | 485.18 | 524.24 | |||
Alliance | James McConnell* | 6.41% | 268 | 279.73 | 281.09 | 282.69 | 292.4 | 412.2 | 458.8 | 467.8 | 470.71 | |
SDLP | Sean McKee | 10.36% | 433 | 436.06 | 436.23 | 436.43 | 437.43 | 446.43 | 458.43 | 460.43 | 466.25 | |
Independent | Maurice Lynn | 2.97% | 124 | 126.55 | 127.06 | 130.06 | 193.19 | 202.1 | ||||
Alliance | Mary Wallace | 3.80% | 159 | 167.16 | 169.03 | 170.63 | 178.05 | |||||
Independent | Samuel Greer | 2.66% | 111 | 115.59 | 116.44 | 121.24 | ||||||
Electorate: 11,780 Valid: 4,179 (35.48%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 523 Turnout: 4,271 (36.26%) |
1993 Election
edit1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1989-1993 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
UUP | Paddy Marks* | 17.45% | 791 | |||||||||
UUP | Jack Allen* | 15.86% | 719 | |||||||||
SDLP | Oran Keenan* | 14.67% | 665 | |||||||||
DUP | James Brown* | 12.31% | 558 | 570.76 | ||||||||
UUP | Andrew Ritchie | 6.57% | 298 | 398.05 | 472.81 | 473.61 | 475.82 | 548.8 | 557.01 | 638.01 | ||
Alliance | James McConnell* | 8.80% | 399 | 405.38 | 413.15 | 448.03 | 473.51 | 476.01 | 525.08 | 531.08 | 532.08 | |
UUP | Andrew Thompson* | 5.56% | 252 | 291.73 | 312.52 | 312.68 | 312.68 | 341.6 | 343.76 | 461.13 | 516.13 | |
Alliance | Mary Wallace | 6.40% | 290 | 292.9 | 295.63 | 328.27 | 355.03 | 358.03 | 435.51 | 448.46 | 450.46 | |
UUP | Avril Swann* | 3.31% | 150 | 202.2 | 224.25 | 224.25 | 224.25 | 248.3 | 252.93 | |||
Democratic Left | Patrick McGinley | 3.95% | 179 | 180.16 | 181.42 | 192.14 | 217.62 | 219.83 | ||||
DUP | James Porter | 3.33% | 151 | 158.54 | 174.5 | 174.66 | 175.66 | |||||
Workers' Party | Eamon Gillen | 1.81% | 82 | 82 | 83.47 | 100.75 | ||||||
Electorate: 11,484 Valid: 4,534 (39.48%) Spoilt: 131 Quota: 567 Turnout: 4,665 (40.62%) |
1989 Election
edit1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
UUP | Jack Allen* | 21.11% | 907 | |||||||||
UUP | Paddy Marks* | 17.25% | 741 | |||||||||
DUP | James Brown | 14.06% | 604 | |||||||||
SDLP | Oran Keenan* | 12.52% | 535 | 537.46 | 538.58 | |||||||
Alliance | James McConnell* | 8.26% | 355 | 364.43 | 368.91 | 377.73 | 378.06 | 388.06 | 536.21 | 619.21 | ||
UUP | Avril Swann | 3.12% | 134 | 330.8 | 433.56 | 466.13 | 469.32 | 473.32 | 475.32 | 491.47 | 501.47 | |
UUP | Andrew Thompson | 5.68% | 244 | 324.77 | 386.65 | 396 | 398.64 | 398.64 | 399.64 | 402.05 | 405.05 | |
DUP | James Graham | 4.66% | 200 | 248.38 | 269.1 | 284.2 | 342.83 | 342.83 | 343.8 | 352.03 | 358.03 | |
Workers' Party | Eamon Gillen | 3.68% | 158 | 162.51 | 163.91 | 179.91 | 180.35 | 253.35 | 275.35 | |||
Alliance | Peter Kelly | 4.00% | 172 | 176.51 | 178.19 | 181.19 | 181.41 | 202.41 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Paul Little | 3.98% | 171 | 171 | 171.28 | 171.28 | 171.28 | |||||
Independent | James Millar | 1.75% | 75 | 89.76 | 97.04 | |||||||
Electorate: 9,883 Valid: 4,296 (43.47%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 538 Turnout: 4,437 (44.90%) |
1985 Election
edit1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
UUP | Jack Allen* | 21.03% | 872 | ||||||||
SDLP | Oran Keenan | 16.16% | 670 | ||||||||
UUP | Paddy Marks* | 15.48% | 642 | ||||||||
Alliance | James McConnell | 6.42% | 266 | 273.79 | 324.79 | 326.31 | 352.31 | 399 | 405.28 | 577.28 | |
UUP | Roy Stinson | 2.41% | 100 | 289.01 | 289.01 | 333.85 | 337.79 | 340.98 | 498.4 | 516.46 | |
DUP | Margaret Brown | 10.44% | 433 | 469.9 | 470.15 | 478.89 | 478.89 | 480.71 | 505.24 | 510.88 | |
DUP | Charles Quinn* | 9.72% | 403 | 421.45 | 421.45 | 430.95 | 431.45 | 432.64 | 464.38 | 465.38 | |
DUP | Adam McKee | 6.75% | 280 | 295.17 | 295.67 | 304.22 | 305.97 | 308.97 | 337.5 | 346.05 | |
Alliance | Mary Wallace | 3.50% | 145 | 149.1 | 196.1 | 199.9 | 251.81 | 308.82 | 314.28 | ||
UUP | Andrew Thompson | 3.93% | 163 | 239.26 | 239.76 | 282.13 | 283.82 | 284.82 | |||
Alliance | James Williamson | 2.63% | 109 | 111.46 | 116.96 | 117.72 | 121.97 | ||||
Workers' Party | Robert Owens | 1.52% | 63 | 63.41 | 108.41 | 108.79 | |||||
Electorate: 9,755 Valid: 4,146 (42.50%) Spoilt: 138 Quota: 519 Turnout: 4,284 (43.92%) |
References
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