2023 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election

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2023 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election
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Leader Jeffrey Donaldson Michelle O'Neill [n 1] Naomi Long
Party DUP Sinn Féin Alliance
Last election1457
Seats won1398
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 4Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote16,06611,6139,179
Percentage30.1%21.7%17.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.4%Increase2.svg 8.6%Decrease2.svg 1.6%
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Leader Doug Beattie Colum Eastwood
Party Ulster Unionist Independent SDLP
Last election914
Seats won721
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 3
Popular vote8,3581,5172,829
Percentage15.7%2.8%5.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.6%Decrease2.svg 2.5%Decrease2.svg 2.5%
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Antrim and Newtownabbey 2023 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by the plurality of FPVs)
Council control before election

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Council control after election

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The 2023 election to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after the local elections in England. [1] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III. [2]

Contents

They returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Election results

2023 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election result
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  DUP 1301Decrease2.svg 132.5030.0516,066Decrease2.svg1.42
  Sinn Féin 940Increase2.svg 422.5021.7211,613Increase2.svg 8.66
  Alliance 810Increase2.svg 120.0017.179,179Decrease2.svg 1.52
  Ulster Unionist 702Decrease2.svg 217.5015.638,358Decrease2.svg 4.64
  Independent 210Increase2.svg 15.002.841,517Decrease2.svg 2.50
  SDLP 103Decrease2.svg 32.505.292,829Decrease2.svg 2.51
  TUV 000Steady2.svg 00.004.492,403Increase2.svg 2.81
  Green (NI) 000Steady2.svg 00.001.80964Increase2.svg 1.09
  PUP 000Steady2.svg 00.000.46244New
  Aontú 000Steady2.svg 00.000.45243New
  NI Conservatives 000Steady2.svg 00.000.0949New
Total4053,465

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the 2023 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election
by district
District Electoral Area (DEA) %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
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DUP Sinn Féin Alliance UUP SDLP Independents and others
Airport22.791Steady2.svg36.292Increase2.svg 115.081Steady2.svg13.411Steady2.svg10.750 Decrease2.svg 11.670 Steady2.svg5
Antrim27.572Steady2.svg17.821Increase2.svg 120.871Steady2.svg16.641Decrease2.svg 19.511Steady2.svg7.590 Steady2.svg6
Ballyclare36.362Steady2.svg1.200 Steady2.svg13.601Increase2.svg 124.151Decrease2.svg 10.000 Steady2.svg24.841Steady2.svg5
Dunsilly22.571Steady2.svg34.942Increase2.svg 112.251Steady2.svg11.311Steady2.svg9.710 Decrease2.svg 19.230 Steady2.svg5
Glengormley Urban26.062Steady2.svg35.293Increase2.svg 116.051Steady2.svg10.861Steady2.svg6.450 Decrease2.svg 15.290 Steady2.svg7
Macedon32.982Decrease2.svg 118.631Steady2.svg15.241Steady2.svg15.991Steady2.svg0.000 Steady2.svg17.171Increase2.svg 16
Three Mile Water43.073Steady2.svg4.170 Steady2.svg26.932Steady2.svg18.311Steady2.svg0.000 Steady2.svg7.530 Steady2.svg6
Total30.0513Decrease2.svg 121.729Increase2.svg 417.178Increase2.svg 115.637Decrease2.svg 25.291Decrease2.svg 310.142Increase2.svg 140

District results

Airport

2019: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Airport - 5 seats [3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
DUP Matthew Magill*22.79%1,827   
Sinn Féin Anne-Marie Logue*19.64%1,574   
Sinn Féin Maighréad Ní Chonghaile16.65%1,3351,355  
Ulster Unionist Paul Michael* ‡13.41%1,0751,086 1,536.63 
Alliance Andrew McAuley*15.08%1,2091,281 1,295.58 1,342.02
SDLP Thomas Burns*10.75%862889 898.72 1,081.96
Green (NI) Terri Johnston1.67%134   
Electorate: 15,479  Valid: 8,016 (51.79%)  Spoilt: 55  Quota: 1,337  Turnout: 8,071 (52.14%)  

    Antrim

    2019: 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

    Antrim - 6 seats [3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Sinn Féin Lucille O'Hagan17.82%1,270       
    Alliance Neil Kelly*15.31%1,091       
    DUP Paul Dunlop*13.84%986987.05 1,078.05     
    DUP John Smyth*10.12%721722.26 857.26 858.46 905.36 1,168.36  
    SDLP Roisin Lynch*9.51%678851.67 888.34 902.68 903.35 913.35 914.71 1,104.71
    Ulster Unionist Leah Smyth*10.44%744746.1 764.31 768.15 770.16 867.16 963.04 1,032.04
    Ulster Unionist Jim Montgomery*6.20%442443.47 461.47 463.81 470.51 527.72 576 610
    Alliance Tommy Monahan5.56%396443.04 482.77 524.59 524.59 536.07 538.79  
    TUV Richard Shields6.36%453454.05 465.05 465.47 467.48    
    DUP Karl McMeekin3.61%257257.21       
    Green (NI) Eleanor Bailey1.23%88101.23       
    Electorate: 16,652  Valid: 7,126 (42.79%)  Spoilt: 89  Quota: 1,019  Turnout: 7,215 (43.33%)  

      Ballyclare

      2019: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent

      2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

      2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

      Ballyclare - 5 seats [3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      DUP Jeannie Archibald*23.18%1,655    
      DUP Helen Magill13.18%9471,297.46   
      Ulster Unionist Vera McWilliam*15.74%1,1311,151.52 1,159.79 1,620.79 
      Alliance Lewis Boyle13.60%977984.02 1,103.02 1,129.29 1,234.29
      Independent Michael Stewart*12.92%928937.99 990.99 1,041.5 1,153.5
      TUV Mel Lucas10.40%747791.55 793.82 845.14 1,004.14
      Ulster Unionist Norrie Ramsay*8.41%604615.07 619.34   
      Green (NI) Robert Robinson1.52%109109.81    
      Sinn Féin Gerard Magee1.20%8686.27    
      Electorate: 14,151  Valid: 7,184 (50.77%)  Spoilt: 64  Quota: 1,198  Turnout: 7,248 (51.22%)  

        Dunsilly

        2019: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

        2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

        2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

        Dunsilly - 5 seats [3]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678
        Sinn Féin Henry Cushinan*18.65%1,390       
        Sinn Féin Annie O'Lone16.29%1,2141,312      
        DUP Linda Clarke*13.11%977986 1,153 1,153.13 1,153.13 1,773.13  
        Ulster Unionist Stewart Wilson11.31%843843 951 951.78 951.78 1,134.78 1,644.78 
        Alliance Jay Burbank*12.25%913930 935 965.29 969.74 982.74 997.74 1,128.74
        SDLP Ryan Wilson*9.71%724794 801 907.08 971.16 972.16 977.16 1,000.16
        DUP Tom Cunningham9.46%705705 846 846.13 846.13    
        TUV Jonathan Campbell5.97%445446       
        Aontú Siobhán McErlean3.26%243       
        Electorate: 13,300  Valid: 7,454 (56.05%)  Spoilt: 69  Quota: 1,243  Turnout: 7,523 (56.56%)  

          Glengormley Urban

          2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

          2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

          2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

          Glengormley Urban - 7 seats [3]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          DUP Alison Bennington*16.34%1,432      
          Sinn Féin Eamonn McLaughlin14.60%1,280      
          DUP Paula Bradley*9.72%8521,151.92     
          Alliance Julian McGrath*11.34%994996.76 999.42 1,012.42 1,072.84 1,434.84 
          Ulster Unionist Mark Cosgrove*10.86%952969.25 969.39 1,041.69 1,069.92 1,104.92 
          Sinn Féin Rosie Kinnear*11.09%972972.23 1,011.43 1,014.8 1,052.22 1,066.64 1,094.64
          Sinn Féin Michael Goodman*9.59%841841.69 966.57 969.57 994.13 1,008.83 1,030.83
          SDLP Noreen McClelland*6.45%565567.07 574.35 582.35 632.63 707.03 907.03
          Alliance Anita Piatek4.71%413413.69 416.63 422.77 532   
          Green (NI) Lesley Veronica3.57%313313.92 315.46 341.06    
          Independent Michael Maguire1.16%102104.07 104.49     
          NI Conservatives Jason Reid0.56%4950.15 50.15     
          Electorate: 16,445  Valid: 8,765 (53.30%)  Spoilt: 129  Quota: 1,096  Turnout: 8,894 (54.08%)  

            Macedon

            2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

            2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

            2019–2023 Change: Independent gain from DUP

            Macedon - 6 seats [3]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345678
            Sinn Féin Taylor McGrann*18.63%1,326       
            DUP Matthew Brady*17.14%1,220       
            Ulster Unionist Robert Foster*15.99%1,138       
            Alliance Billy Webb*15.24%1,085       
            DUP Ben Mallon*8.06%574576.05 728.21 757.8 848.12 850.01 1,039.01 
            Independent Stafford Ward6.84%487518.16 523.92 552.85 611.8 623.7 683.8 836.19
            DUP Victor Robinson*7.78%553555.05 571.37 584.9 608.42 610.45 722.49 751.79
            Green (NI) Ellie Byrne2.22%158420.4 422.16 427.22 443.25 491.76 512.08  
            TUV Norman Boyd 4.68%333334.64 345.2 363.79 433.8 435.76   
            PUP Rosemary Bell-McCracken3.43%244250.56 258.24 281.89     
            Electorate: 14,554  Valid: 7,118 (48.91%)  Spoilt: 85  Quota: 1,017  Turnout: 7,203 (49.49%)  

              Three Mile Water

              2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

              2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

              2019–2023 Change: No Change

              Three Mile Water - 6 seats [3]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1234567
              DUP Mark Cooper*20.19%1,575      
              Alliance Tom Campbell*17.82%1,390      
              DUP Stephen Ross*15.52%1,211      
              Alliance Julie Gilmour*9.11%711716.22 955.05 1,057.62 1,328.62  
              DUP Sam Flanagan*7.36%574952.74 954.83 957.83 960.83 963.83 1,206.83
              Ulster Unionist Stephen Cosgrove11.52%899931.48 942.12 955.5 966.45 1,007.45 1,081.45
              Ulster Unionist Brian Kerr6.79%530542.76 545.61 557.18 562.37 583.37 661.37
              TUV Trevor Mawhinney5.45%425446.17 446.55 451.93 455.93 460.93  
              Sinn Féin Emmanuel Mullen4.17%325325 328.42 340.56    
              Green (NI) Dylan Loughlin2.08%162162.87 167.81     
              Electorate: 15,531  Valid: 7,802 (50.24%)  Spoilt: 74  Quota: 1,115  Turnout: 7,876 (50.71%)  

                ‡ Changes in affiliation

                DateElectoral AreaNamePrevious affiliationNew affiliationCircumstance
                21 May 2024AirportPaul Michael Ulster Unionist Independent Left the UUP after criticising the party's decision to line up Mike Nesbitt as Health Minister to replace Robin Swann, and criticising the party's response to the two-day suspension of Steve Aiken from the Assembly. [4]

                Notes

                1. ↑ The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.

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