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 Antrim and Newtownabbey 2019 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by the plurality of FPVs) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elections to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council , part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council using Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party were the largest party in both first-preference votes and seats. [1] [2]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUP | 14 | 0 | 1 |  1 | 35.0 | 31.5 | 15,100 | 0.7 | |
| UUP | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22.5 | 20.3 | 9,726 | 1.7 | |
| Alliance | 7 | 3 | 0 |  3 | 17.5 | 18.7 | 8,970 | 6.0 | |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 6,269 | 0.7 | |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 10.0 | 7.8 | 3,742 | 0.8 | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 5,364 | 5.0 | |
| TUV | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 804 | 4.0 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 473 | 1.0 | |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 341 | 0.7 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
The overall turnout was 49.07% with a total of 48,526 valid votes cast. A total of 537 ballots were rejected.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUP | UUP | Alliance | Sinn Féin | SDLP | Others | ||||||||
| Airport | 23.3 | 1 | 20.7 | 1 | 17.3 | 1 | 22.7 | 1 | 16.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Antrim | 26.4 | 2 | 16.0 | 2 | 26.3 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 11.2 | 1 | 11.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ballyclare | 30.2 | 2 | 34.0 | 2 | 11.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 24.3 | 1 | 5 |
| Dunsilly | 28.7 | 1 | 17.4 | 1 | 15.2 | 1 | 24.8 | 1 | 13.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Glengormley Urban | 29.3 | 2 | 15.5 | 1 | 16.9 | 1 | 21.5 | 2 | 12.5 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Macedon | 43.0 | 3 | 15.3 | 1 | 18.0 | 1 | 12.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.6 | 0 | 6 |
| Three Mile Water | 40.1 | 3 | 22.9 | 1 | 25.9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 31.5 | 14 | 20.3 | 9 | 18.7 | 7 | 13.1 | 5 | 7.8 | 4 | 8.7 | 1 | 40 |
2014: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2019: 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Alliance | Vikki McAuley † | 17.31% | 1,221 | |||||
| DUP | Matthew Magill* | 16.51% | 1,164 | 1,165.44 | 1,589.44 | |||
| UUP | Paul Michael* | 12.66% | 893 | 903.24 | 940.68 | 1,190.68 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Anne-Marie Logue* | 15.53% | 1,095 | 1,097.56 | 1,098.56 | 1,098.56 | 1,567.56 | |
| SDLP | Thomas Burns * | 15.95% | 1,125 | 1,148.68 | 1,152.8 | 1,166.8 | 1,197.8 | |
| UUP | Mervyn Rea* | 8.06% | 568 | 571.16 | 584.16 | 702.16 | 704.16 | |
| Sinn Féin | Cathy Rooney | 7.16% | 505 | 506.6 | 506.6 | 506.6 | ||
| DUP | Ben Mallon | 6.82% | 481 | 481.76 | ||||
| Electorate: 14,042 Valid: 7,052 (50.22%) Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,176 Turnout: 7,121 (50.71%) | ||||||||
2014: 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV
2019: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from TUV
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| UUP | Danny Kinahan † | 18.54% | 1,253 | ||||||
| Independent | Michael Stewart | 17.49% | 1,182 | ||||||
| UUP | Vera McWilliam* | 10.46% | 707 | 790.4 | 1,073.2 | 1,084.95 | 1,109.3 | 1,233.3 | |
| DUP | Jeannie Archibald | 10.93% | 739 | 745.4 | 754.1 | 756.55 | 1,054.6 | 1,130.6 | |
| DUP | Mandy Girvan* | 12.74% | 861 | 865 | 876.1 | 880.65 | 1,006.8 | 1,091.8 | |
| Alliance | Gary English | 11.47% | 775 | 783.9 | 799.5 | 811.35 | 819.55 | 900.55 | |
| Independent | David Arthurs* | 6.76% | 457 | 462.9 | 473.7 | 496.2 | 503.75 | ||
| DUP | Austin Orr | 6.56% | 443 | 445.9 | 465.2 | 466.8 | |||
| UUP | Norman Ramsey | 5.05% | 341 | 352.8 | |||||
| Electorate: 13,190 Valid: 6,758 (51.24%) Spoilt: 63 Quota: 1,127 Turnout: 6,821 (51.71%) | |||||||||
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2019: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Henry Cushinan* | 16.33% | 1,064 | 1,065 | 1,520 | |||
| SDLP | Ryan Wilson | 13.85% | 902 | 913 | 984 | 1,294 | ||
| Alliance | Glenn Finlay ‡† | 15.18% | 989 | 1,030 | 1,048 | 1,111 | ||
| UUP | Roderick Swann* | 10.92% | 711 | 1,038 | 1,040 | 1,040 | 1,065 | |
| DUP | Linda Clarke* | 14.82% | 965 | 980 | 980 | 980 | 986 | |
| DUP | Jordan Greer | 13.92% | 907 | 935 | 935 | 935 | 939 | |
| Sinn Féin | Andrew Maguire | 8.47% | 552 | 553 | ||||
| UUP | Gareth Thomas | 6.51% | 424 | |||||
| Electorate: 12,519 Valid: 6,514 (52.03%) Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,086 Turnout: 6,590 (52.64%) | ||||||||
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Alliance | Julian McGrath* | 16.94% | 1,345 | |||||||
| DUP | Phillip Brett * † | 13.84% | 1,099 | |||||||
| SDLP | Noreen McClelland* | 12.50% | 992 | 1,127 | ||||||
| UUP | Mark Cosgrove* | 11.22% | 891 | 921.51 | 928.53 | 936.81 | 1,208.81 | |||
| DUP | Alison Bennington | 10.78% | 856 | 861.67 | 861.67 | 894.7 | 929.84 | 1,052.84 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Michael Goodman* | 11.39% | 904 | 914.8 | 925.06 | 925.24 | 928.51 | 929.51 | 932.69 | |
| Sinn Féin | Rosie Kinnear | 10.09% | 801 | 814.23 | 827.46 | 827.55 | 827.82 | 827.82 | 829 | |
| Green (NI) | Paul Veronica | 4.30% | 341 | 471.41 | 558.08 | 558.53 | 586.11 | 629.11 | 761 | |
| DUP | Samantha Burns | 4.70% | 373 | 374.35 | 374.35 | 429.34 | 440.32 | 475.32 | ||
| UUP | Michael Maguire* | 4.24% | 337 | 358.33 | 365.62 | 366.34 | ||||
| Electorate: 15,810 Valid: 7,939 (50.22%) Spoilt: 107 Quota: 993 Turnout: 8,046 (50.89%) | ||||||||||
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 X UUP, 1 x TUV
2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from TUV
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Alliance | Billy Webb* | 18.01% | 1,127 | |||||||
| DUP | Paul Hamill* † | 16.67% | 1,043 | |||||||
| DUP | Thomas William Hogg* † | 15.96% | 999 | |||||||
| UUP | Robert Foster* | 15.28% | 956 | |||||||
| DUP | Dean McCullough †† | 5.13% | 321 | 332.4 | 439.08 | 509.88 | 558.24 | 687.42 | 976.42 | |
| Sinn Féin | Taylor McGrann | 12.22% | 765 | 830.7 | 830.84 | 831.54 | 834.84 | 836.44 | 836.44 | |
| Independent | Stafford Ward | 5.48% | 343 | 452.8 | 458.96 | 463.26 | 499.72 | 545.22 | 560.22 | |
| DUP | Victor Robinson | 5.23% | 327 | 337.5 | 354.72 | 368.42 | 383.52 | 444.78 | ||
| TUV | David Hollis* | 3.56% | 223 | 238 | 244.58 | 248.48 | 297.56 | |||
| UKIP | Robert Hill | 2.46% | 154 | 168.1 | 173.56 | 176.56 | ||||
| Electorate: 13,593 Valid: 6,258 (46.04%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 895 Turnout: 6,331 (46.58%) | ||||||||||
2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| DUP | Mark Cooper* | 17.48% | 1,230 | |||||||
| DUP | Stephen Ross* | 15.68% | 1,103 | |||||||
| UUP | Fraser Agnew * | 15.63% | 1,100 | |||||||
| Alliance | Tom Campbell* | 15.28% | 1,075 | |||||||
| DUP | Sam Flanagan* | 6.95% | 489 | 679.62 | 761.43 | 770.79 | 771.27 | 777.13 | 996.13 | |
| Alliance | Julie Gilmour | 10.64% | 749 | 751.34 | 752.69 | 755.49 | 815.01 | 927.45 | 975.45 | |
| UUP | Stephen McCarthy* | 7.31% | 514 | 522.64 | 528.13 | 589.41 | 591.45 | 651.33 | 843.33 | |
| UKIP | Raymond Stewart | 4.53% | 319 | 324.76 | 328.27 | 331.55 | 331.73 | 347.97 | ||
| TUV | Norman Boyd | 3.33% | 234 | 240.84 | 243.81 | 251.73 | 252.03 | 258.7 | ||
| Independent | Gary Grattan | 3.17% | 223 | 224.8 | 225.79 | 227.07 | 228.57 | |||
| Electorate: 14,694 Valid: 7,036 (47.88%) Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,006 Turnout: 7,105 (48.35%) | ||||||||||
| Date co-opted | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 October 2019 | Macedon | DUP | Thomas Hogg | Victor Robinson | Hogg resigned. | |
| 4 May 2020 | Macedon | DUP | Dean McCullough | Linda Irwin | McCullough was co-opted to Belfast City Council. | |
| 2 September 2020 | Ballyclare | UUP | Danny Kinahan | Norman Ramsay | Kinahan resigned following his appointment as Northern Ireland’s Veterans Commissioner. | |
| 24 February 2021 | Airport | Alliance | Vikki McAuley | Andrew McAuley | Vikki McAuley resigned. | |
| 18 October 2021 | Macedon | DUP | Paul Hamill | Ben Mallon | Hamill died. | |
| 7 December 2021 | Macedon | DUP | Linda Irwin | Matthew Brady | Irwin resigned. | |
| 31 May 2022 | Glengormley Urban | DUP | Phillip Brett | Paula Bradley | Brett was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
| 18 June 2022 | Dunsilly | Alliance | Glenn Finlay (Ind.) | Jay Burbank | Finlay died. | |
| Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 December 2021 | Dunsilly | Glenn Finlay | Alliance | Independent | Suspended from Alliance due to 'ongoing investigations'. [4] | ||
| 18 June 2022 | Dunsilly | Vacant | Independent | Alliance | Finlay's seat returned to Alliance. [5] | ||
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Last updated 19 June 2022.
Current composition: see Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
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