2014 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election

The first election to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014, returned 40 members to the newly formed council via Single Transferable Vote.^[1][2][3] The Democratic Unionist Party won a plurality of votes and seats.

2014 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election

22 May 2014 2019 →
All 40 council seats 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Peter Robinson Mike Nesbitt David Ford Party DUP UUP Alliance Seats won 15 12 4 Seat change New council New council New council   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Alasdair McDonnell Martin McGuinness Jim Allister Party SDLP Sinn Féin TUV Seats won 4 3 2 Seat change New council New council New council
English: Antrim and Newtownabbey 2014 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)

Election results

Party		Seats	First Pref. votes	FPv%
	DUP	15	14,082	32.23
	UUP	12	9,630	22.04
	Alliance	4	5,533	12.66
	SDLP	4	3,746	8.57
	Sinn Féin	3	5,434	12.44
	TUV	2	2,479	5.67
	NI21	0	1,356	3.10
	PUP	0	1,285	2.94
	Independent	0	143	0.33
Totals		40	43,689	100.00

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Districts summary

Results of the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election, 2014
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	DUP		UUP		Alliance		SDLP		Sinn Féin		TUV		Others
Airport	24.8	1	24.6	2	8.8	0	17.7	1	19.6	1	0.0	0	4.5	0	5
Antrim	30.9	2	22.9	2	13.5	1	10.2	1	10.6	0	9.4	0	2.5	0	6
Ballyclare	35.8	2	29.1	2	9.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	13.4	1	11.8	0	5
Dunsilly	29.7	2	18.6	1	8.2	0	18.8	1	24.7	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Glengormley Urban	28.8	2	21.6	2	15.4	1	9.9	1	20.9	1	0.0	0	3.4	0	7
Macedon	45.2	3	9.1	1	14.0	1	3.0	0	9.4	0	10.9	1	8.4	0	6
Three Mile Water	32.0	3	28.2	2	17.7	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	7.9	0	14.2	0	6
Total	32.2	15	22.0	12	12.7	4	8.6	4	12.4	3	5.7	2	6.4	0	40

District results

Airport

2014: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

Airport - 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Anne-Marie Logue*	19.59%	1,212
	SDLP	Thomas Burns*	15.76%	975	1,089.95
	DUP	Matthew Magill	14.92%	923	923.38	963.57	1,365.57
	UUP	Paul Michael*	12.90%	798	798.19	843.57	899.57	1,088.57
	UUP	Mervyn Rea*	11.73%	726	726.57	745.57	881.57	1,018.37
	Alliance	Alan Lawther*	8.84%	547	562.58	791.34	801.34	806.74
	DUP	Roy Thompson*	9.84%	609	609.19	618.19
	NI21	Heather Fee	4.46%	276	282.27
	SDLP	Oran Keenan*	1.96%	121	156.72
Electorate: 12,801   Valid: 6,187 (48.33%)   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 1,032   Turnout: 6,239 (48.74%)

Antrim

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

Antrim - 6 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)

Ballyclare

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x TUV

Ballyclare - 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Mandy Girvan*	16.57%	930	938
	UUP	James Bingham*	14.59%	819	831	886	936
	DUP	Tim Girvan*	10.40%	584	589	621	654	1,057
	UUP	Vera McWilliam	14.52%	815	828	856	895	938
	TUV	David Arthurs ‡‡	13.36%	750	766	834	853	900
	Alliance	Pat McCudden*	9.85%	553	581	585	720	730
	DUP	Jordan Greer	8.78%	493	500	515	526
	NI21	Gary English	5.56%	312	343	348
	PUP	Scott McDowell	3.81%	214	220
	Independent	David McMaster	1.85%	104
	Independent	Robert Moore	0.69%	39
Electorate: 12,408   Valid: 5,613 (45.24%)   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 936   Turnout: 5,684 (45.81%)

Dunsilly

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

Dunsilly - 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Roderick Swann*	18.56%	1,111
	SDLP	Brian Duffin* ‡†	11.31%	677	679.53	1,006.53
	DUP	Linda Clarke*	14.90%	892	935.12	938.56	1,029.56
	DUP	Trevor Beatty †	14.80%	886	935.06	936.72	1,020.72
	Sinn Féin	Henry Cushnihan*	12.99%	778	778	801	840.77	849.77
	Sinn Féin	Anthony Brady*	11.73%	702	702.11	748.11	796.99	803.99
	Alliance	Julian McGrath	8.19%	490	504.52	547.29
	SDLP	Ryan Wilson	7.52%	450	452.64
Electorate: 11,922   Valid: 5,986 (50.21%)   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 998   Turnout: 6,057 (50.81%)

Glengormley Urban

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

Glengormley Urban - 7 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Mark Cosgrove*	16.06%	1,193
	DUP	Audrey Ball*	12.08%	897	919	933
	Alliance	John Blair* †	10.72%	796	804.14	865.02	1,119.02
	DUP	Phillip Brett	10.18%	756	783.28	793.16	803.38	811.38	1,266.38
	UUP	Michael Maguire	5.53%	411	592.06	634.16	650.48	678.48	718.28	1,030.28
	SDLP	Noreen McClelland*	9.92%	737	738.32	769.32	820.76	927.76	928.98	930.98
	Sinn Féin	Michael Goodman	11.54%	857	857.22	869.22	888.22	904.22	905.44	906.44
	Sinn Féin	Gerry O'Reilly*	9.36%	695	695	706	718	729	729	729
	DUP	Sam Flanagan	6.52%	484	496.76	511.76	514.76	522.76
	Alliance	Sam Nelson	4.66%	346	347.76	382.2
	NI21	Mary Higgins	3.43%	255	258.74
Electorate: 15,506   Valid: 7,427 (47.90%)   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 929   Turnout: 7,546 (48.67%)

Macedon

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP

Macedon - 6 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Alliance	Billy Webb*	13.99%	830	946
	DUP	Billy De Courcy*	14.23%	844	885
	DUP	Thomas Hogg*	9.80%	581	609	610	613.88	648.88	918.88
	DUP	Paul Hamill	9.07%	538	579	581	603.31	693.31	907.31
	TUV	David Hollis	10.88%	645	661	664	665.94	821.94	852.94
	UUP	John Scott* ‡‡†	9.07%	538	559	565	568.88	701.88	752.79	808.79
	Sinn Féin	Brónach Anglin	9.41%	558	599	642	642	643	647	648
	DUP	Victor Robinson	7.79%	462	550	555	559.85	632.85
	PUP	Ken Wilkinson	8.48%	503	517	519	519
	DUP	Dineen Walker*	4.32%	256
	SDLP	Dominic Mullaghan	3.00%	178
Electorate: 13,198   Valid: 5,931 (44.94%)   Spoilt: 108   Quota: 848   Turnout: 6,039 (45.69%)

Three Mile Water

2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

Three Mile Water - 6 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	UUP	Fraser Agnew*	19.30%	1,275
	DUP	William Ball* †	11.17%	738	801.44	813.74	1,001.74
	Alliance	Tom Campbell*	11.28%	745	753.84	756.84	756.84	756.84	855.36	1,231.36
	UUP	Ben Kelso †	8.89%	587	756	763.04	773.6	773.9	849.5	881.18	970.18
	DUP	Pamela Barr*	7.96%	526	543.68	546.94	585.32	638.12	657.64	676.68	697.68	815.98
	DUP	Stephen Ross	8.43%	557	572.08	589.6	638.2	640.3	655.82	661.6	671.6	772.42
	TUV	Trevor Mawhinney	7.93%	524	540.38	549.16	555.46	556.36	577.62	584.14	601.14	740.7
	PUP	Darren Logan	5.19%	343	348.2	518.98	521.5	521.5	533.5	536.02	546.02
	Alliance	Lynn Frazer*	6.42%	424	433.36	433.62	433.62	433.62	514.88
	NI21	Gary Grattan	5.59%	369	373.94	376.94	378.94	378.94
	DUP	Robert Hill*	4.44%	293	303.66	305.66
	PUP	Jackie Shaw	3.41%	225	230.46
Electorate: 13,982   Valid: 6,606 (47.25%)   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 944   Turnout: 6,698 (47.90%)

* Incumbent

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Co-option date	Electoral Area	Party		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
21 Jul 2015	Antrim		UUP	Adrian Cochrane-Watson	Jim Montgomery	Cochrane-Watson was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.[5]
22 Jul 2017	Dunsilly		DUP	Trevor Beatty	Jordan Greer	Beatty resigned.[6][7]
11 Oct 2017	Threemilewater		UUP	Ben Kelso	Stephen McCarthy	Kelso resigned.[8]
1 Feb 2018	Macedon		UUP	John Scott (DUP)	Robert Foster	Scott (elected as UUP) resigned.[9][10]
2 Jul 2018	Glengormley Urban		Alliance	John Blair	Julian McGrath	Blair was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.[11]
1 Aug 2018	Three Mile Water		DUP	William Ball	Samuel Flanagan	Ball retired.[12]
1 Oct 2018	Antrim		DUP	Nigel Kells	Paul Dunlop	Kells resigned.[13][14]
20 Dec 2018	Dunsilly		SDLP	Brian Duffin (Ind.)	Ryan Wilson	Duffin (elected SDLP) resigned.[15]

‡ Changes in affiliation

Date	Electoral Area	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
6 Nov 2015	Ballyclare	David Arthurs[16]		TUV		Independent	Resigned.
9 Nov 2015	Ballyclare	David Arthurs		Independent		UUP	Affiliated.[17]
29 Aug 2017	Macedon	John Scott		UUP		Independent	Resigned.[18]
25 Nov 2017	Macedon	John Scott		Independent		DUP	Affiliated.[19]
4 Dec 2017	Macedon	-		DUP		UUP	Scott's seat reverted to UUP on his resignation.[9][10]
13 Feb 2018	Dunsilly	Brian Duffin		SDLP		Independent	Resigned.[20]
29 Nov 2018	Dunsilly	-		Independent		SDLP	Duffin's seat reverted to SDLP on his resignation.[21]
11 Mar 2019	Threemilewater	Pamela Barr		DUP		Independent	Resigned.[22]

Last updated 26 March 2019.

Current composition: see Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

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