Antrim South East (District Electoral Area)

Antrim South East DEA (1993-2014) within Antrim

Antrim South East was one of the three district electoral areas in Antrim, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected seven members to Antrim Borough Council and formed part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Antrim Area B which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Aldergrove, Ballycraigy, Clady, Crumlin, Greystone, New Park and Templepatrick. For the 1993 local elections, it lost Greystone to Antrim DEA but gained Parkgate. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and most of the area was transferred to the new Airport DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)			2011		Thomas Burns (SDLP)		Anne-Marie Logue (Sinn Féin)		Alan Lawther (Alliance)		Paul Michael (UUP)		Mervyn Rea (UUP)		Roy Thompson (DUP)		Samuel Dunlop (DUP)
2005	Danny Kinahan (UUP)	Mel Lucas (DUP)
2001	Martin McManus (Sinn Féin)		Roy Thompson (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist)/ (DUP)	Edgar Wallace (UUP)	William Harkness (DUP)
1997					David Ford (Alliance)		Roderick Swann (UUP)
1993		Robert Burns (SDLP)						Howard Campbell (UUP)
1989					Roy Stinson (UUP)
1985					Carol Cunningham (UUP)

2011 election

2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance

2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance

2005-2011 change: No change

Antrim South East - 7 seats ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Thomas Burns *	14.04%	992
	DUP	Samuel Dunlop*	12.36%	873
	Sinn Féin	Anne-Marie Logue*	12.53%	885
	UUP	Mervyn Rea*	12.08%	853	856.08	875.73	964.73
	Alliance	Alan Lawther*	11.57%	817	829.32	869.07	882.18	884.18
	DUP	Roy Thompson	10.91%	771	772.1	784.21	847.21	876.21	883.98
	UUP	Paul Michael	9.61%	679	680.1	684.32	788.54	823.54	847.05
	DUP	John Smyth	5.39%	381	381.22	389.33	447.44	459.44	475.3
	SDLP	Róisín Nugent	3.50%	247	312.34	379.72	384.83	385.83
	TUV	Mel Lucas*	5.14%	363	363.66	365.88
	Independent	Martin Nelson	2.18%	154	166.1
	Independent	John Fox	0.69%	49	53.62
Electorate: 13,628  Valid: 7,064 (51.83%)  Spoilt: 101  Quota: 884  Turnout: 7,165 (52.58%)

2005 election

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance

2001-2005 change: Alliance gain from UUP

Antrim South East - 7 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SDLP	Thomas Burns *	19.96%	1,435
	DUP	Samuel Dunlop*	14.83%	1,066
	UUP	Danny Kinahan	12.57%	904
	UUP	Mervyn Rea*	11.03%	793	833.4	833.4	841.2	842.2	1,048.2
	DUP	Mel Lucas	8.39%	603	608.6	608.6	630.2	630.2	642.75	671.85	948.4
	Sinn Féin	Anne-Marie Logue	6.29%	452	656.8	674.4	674.85	893.45	893.45	894.42	895.97
	Alliance	Alan Lawther	8.32%	598	789.2	805.4	806.6	822.8	835.3	877.98	890.7
	DUP	Roy Thompson*	7.13%	513	516.2	517.2	529.5	529.5	549.8	584.72	741.04
	DUP	William Harkness*	4.30%	309	320.2	320.2	433.6	433.6	450.85	491.59
	UUP	Roderick Swann	3.77%	271	275.4	275.4	277.35	277.35
	Sinn Féin	Bernard McCrory	2.74%	197	248.2	256.4	256.4
	Independent	Patricia Murray	0.68%	49	62.2
Electorate: 12,005  Valid: 7,190 (59.89%)  Spoilt: 104  Quota: 899  Turnout: 7,294 (60.76%)

2001 election

1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1997-2001 change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and Alliance

Antrim South East - 7 seats ^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Samuel Dunlop*	16.96%	1,367
	SDLP	Thomas Burns *	13.30%	1,072
	UUP	Roy Thompson *	13.18%	1,062
	UUP	Mervyn Rea*	12.92%	1,042
	UUP	Edgar Wallace*	11.63%	937	951.31	951.73	980.38	986.41	989.07	1,142.07
	DUP	William Harkness	6.51%	525	853.86	854.76	861.46	862.93	864.11	893.21	931.07	980.07
	Sinn Féin	Martin McManus	8.72%	703	703	707.68	707.68	707.71	777.27	778.3	907.52	907.52
	Alliance	Alison McCartney	7.17%	578	580.97	582.65	583.9	584.77	668.69	697.18	831.19	877.19
	Independent	Michael McGivern	4.88%	393	393.54	398.88	399.58	399.97	434.72	439.95
	UUP	Roderick Swann*	2.64%	213	223.53	223.95	237.65	259.04	263.85
	SDLP	Sean Mallon	2.08%	168	168.81	218.85	219	219.18
Electorate: 12,770  Valid: 8,060 (63.12%)  Spoilt: 197  Quota: 1,008  Turnout: 8,257 (64.66%)

1997 election

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

1993-1997 change: Independent Unionist joins UUP

Antrim South East - 7 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	UUP	Roy Thompson *	17.18%	996
	SDLP	Thomas Burns	16.61%	963
	UUP	Edgar Wallace*	13.16%	763
	UUP	Mervyn Rea*	12.35%	716	818.87
	Alliance	David Ford *	10.58%	613	621.91	642.91	643.69	656.02	659.62	693.73	796.73
	DUP	Samuel Dunlop*	8.54%	495	509.85	512.35	517.03	526.5	530.1	613.56	617.56	621.56
	UUP	Roderick Swann	3.11%	180	242.37	242.37	270.45	433.17	458.47	547.18	558.18	565.18
	DUP	William Harkness	6.64%	385	416.59	417.84	433.96	441.95	444.15	508.29	517.79	519.79
	SDLP	Lucia Trowlen	3.05%	177	178.08	386.08	386.34	386.34	386.34	392.34
	PUP	Ken Wilkinson	6.18%	358	367.99	368.99	371.85	380.64	381.54
	UUP	Roy Stinson	2.59%	150	181.86	182.11	221.89
Electorate: 12,301  Valid: 5,796 (47.12%)  Spoilt: 76  Quota: 725  Turnout: 5,872 (47.74%)

1993 election

1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

1989-1993 change: Alliance gain from UUP, Independent Unionist leaves DUP

Antrim South East - 7 seats ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ind. Unionist	Roy Thompson *	21.85%	1,280
	UUP	Edgar Wallace*	14.99%	878
	SDLP	Robert Burns*	14.60%	855
	UUP	Mervyn Rea*	9.32%	546	702.64	739.44
	Alliance	David Ford	9.58%	561	571.56	576.04	638.04	739.02
	UUP	Howard Campbell*	7.38%	432	517.8	541.48	546.48	557.53	767.29
	DUP	Samuel Dunlop*	9.56%	560	638.76	645.16	647.16	648.35	679.23
	DUP	William Harkness	6.76%	396	486.64	494.16	494.16	495.86	526.34
	UUP	Roy Stinson*	3.40%	199	319.12	378.96	378.96	379.81
	Sinn Féin	Joseph McCavana	2.56%	150	150	150
Electorate: 11,431  Valid: 5,857 (51.24%)  Spoilt: 128  Quota: 733  Turnout: 5,985 (52.36%)

1989 election

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1985-1989 change: No change

Antrim South East - 7 seats ^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Roy Thompson *	20.31%	1,248
	UUP	Edgar Wallace*	16.97%	1,043
	UUP	Mervyn Rea*	14.26%	876
	UUP	Howard Campbell*	11.18%	687	750.18	839.62
	SDLP	Robert Burns*	12.43%	764	765.56	765.82	767.12	767.56	787.56
	DUP	Samuel Dunlop*	8.01%	492	648	664.38	672.31	680.89	684.89	843.89
	UUP	Roy Stinson*	4.62%	284	325.73	466.13	548.68	602.36	604.71	771.09
	Alliance	David Ford	4.87%	299	300.95	307.71	309.79	311.55	520.11	525.45
	DUP	James Simpson	3.42%	210	417.09	426.97	435.94	440.12	442.51
	Alliance	Theresa Gallagher	3.94%	242	243.17	243.95	244.6	245.04
Electorate: 11,349  Valid: 6,145 (54.15%)  Spoilt: 166  Quota: 769  Turnout: 6,311 (55.61%)

1985 election

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

Antrim South East - 7 seats ^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Roy Thompson *	19.95%	1,207
	UUP	Edgar Wallace*	12.69%	768
	SDLP	Robert Burns*	12.56%	760
	DUP	Samuel Dunlop*	11.35%	687	809.84
	UUP	Carol Cunningham	10.41%	630	660.34	665.34	669.5	795.5
	UUP	Howard Campbell	9.07%	549	564.54	566.54	568.62	628.53	649.01	651.72	794.79
	UUP	Mervyn Rea	6.21%	376	405.6	407.6	409.68	533.25	545.73	549.31	709.72
	Alliance	John McCourt	5.01%	303	309.66	501.66	502.3	508.67	509.63	510.08	517.63
	DUP	William McCormick	3.34%	202	422.52	424.89	464.41	501.01	504.85	505.05
	UUP	James Robinson	5.77%	349	366.02	368.02	370.9
	Alliance	Theresa Gallagher	3.64%	220	220.37
Electorate: 10,286  Valid: 6,051 (58.83%)  Spoilt: 114  Quota: 757  Turnout: 6,165 (59.94%)

References

1. "Antrim South East Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
2. "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
3. "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
5. "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
6. "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
7. "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.