Doagh Road (District Electoral Area)

Doagh Road was one of the five district electoral areas in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 1993. The district elected five members to Newtownabbey Borough Council, and formed part of the South Antrim constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly and South Antrim for the UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Newtownabbey Area B which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Bradan, Coole, Dunanney, Valley and Whitehouse. It was abolished for the 1993 local elections and replaced with the Macedon DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
1989		Robert Kidd (Labour '87)/ (Newtownabbey Labour)		John Blair (Alliance)		Billy Snoddy (DUP)		Fraser Agnew (UUP)		Andrew Beattie (UUP)
1985				Jim Allister (DUP)		David Hollis (DUP)

1989 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Labour '87

1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP, Newtownabbey Labour joins Labour '87

Doagh Road - 5 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	UUP	Fraser Agnew*	21.70%	761
	Labour '87	Robert Kidd*	20.30%	712
	DUP	Billy Snoddy	17.22%	604
	UUP	Andrew Beattie*	15.00%	526	660.09
	Alliance	John Blair	9.52%	334	337.91	379.91	387.89	389.31	390.03	469.81	512.87
	Ind. Unionist	David Hollis*	7.01%	246	254.97	271.56	279.4	294.03	300.79	308.03	392
	UUP	Winifred Wright	3.11%	109	131.77	159.07	215.91	225.58	235.42	245.24
	Workers' Party	J. J. Magee	2.22%	78	78	104.88	105.16	109.72	109.84
	Sinn Féin	Liam Collins	2.74%	96	96	102.3	102.3	103.3	103.3
	National Front	David Kerr	1.17%	41	41.46	44.19	44.33
Electorate: 8,976   Valid: 3,507 (39.07%)   Spoilt: 118   Quota: 585   Turnout: 3,625 (40.39%)

1985 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour

Doagh Road - 5 seats^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Jim Allister	30.01%	1,381
	UUP	Fraser Agnew*	19.90%	916
	DUP	David Hollis	5.61%	258	726.16	737.2	738.2	738.2	844.08
	Newtownabbey Labour	Robert Kidd*	9.47%	436	449.64	452.84	455.84	548	556.08	563.08	693.24	760.12	908.8
	UUP	Andrew Beattie	7.71%	355	406.04	507.48	509.48	510.48	518.72	534.72	537.04	572.64	653.24
	UUP	Letitia McCartney*	6.67%	307	325.04	348.08	349.24	350.24	360.8	372.8	373.8	381.96	424.36
	Alliance	John Elliott*	6.37%	293	298.72	302.08	303.52	309.52	309.68	309.68	334.68	347.68
	All Night Party	Mark Langhammer	4.41%	203	207.84	208.48	229.64	232.64	237.52	241.52	270.68
	Workers' Party	Austin Kelly	4.19%	193	193	193.48	195.64	214.64	215.64	215.64
	DUP	Charles South	2.17%	100	142.68	144.44	145.88	145.88
	Newtownabbey Labour	David Lowrie	2.78%	128	128	128.16	128.16
	All Night Party	Roy Wallace	0.28%	13	13	13
	All Night Party	David Coburn	0.26%	12	12.44	12.92
	All Night Party	Douglas Edwards	0.13%	6	6.44	6.44
	All Night Party	William McClinton	0.02%	1	1	1
Electorate: 9,960   Valid: 4,602 (46.20%)   Spoilt: 184   Quota: 768   Turnout: 4,786 (48.05%)

References

1. "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
2. "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.