2019 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election

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]

2019 Antrim and Newtownabbey Council election
2 May 2019
All 40 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Arlene Foster Robin Swann Naomi Long
Party DUP UUP Alliance
Seats won 14 9 7
Seat change 1 3 3
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Michelle O'Neill[n 1] Colum Eastwood
Party Sinn Féin SDLP Independent
Seats won 5 4 1
Seat change 2 1
  Seventh party
 
Leader Jim Allister
Party TUV
Seats won 0
Seat change 2

Results by party
Party Seats ± First
Preference
Votes		 FPV% ±%
DUP 14 1 16,056 33.46 1.23
UUP 9 3 9,726 20.27 1.77
Alliance 7 3 8,970 18.69 6.03
Sinn Féin 5 2 6,269 13.06 0.62
SDLP 4 3,742 7.80 0.77
Independent 1 1 2,564 5.34 5.01
TUV 0 2 804 1.67 4.00
UKIP 0 473 0.99 0.99
Green (NI) 0 341 0.71 0.71
Totals 40 47,989 100% —

The overall turnout was 49.16% with a total of 47,989 valid votes cast. A total of 537 ballots were rejected.

Council composition

Following the previous election in 2014, the composition of the council was:

↓
15 12 4 4 3 2
DUP UUP APNI SDLP Sinn
Fein		 TUV

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
14 9 7 5 4 1
DUP UUP APNI Sinn
Fein		 SDLP I

I - Independent

Results by electoral area

Summary
 Results of the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election, 2019
by district
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 1 11.2 0 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

Airport

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 one seat from UUP

Airport - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
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   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 1,176   Turnout: 7,121 (50.71%)

    Antrim

    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

    Antrim - 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    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 William Cairns 5.40 347 374.54 379.58
    Electorate: 15,051   Valid: 6,432   Spoilt: 80   Quota: 919   Turnout: 6,512 (43.27%)

      Ballyclare

      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 one seat from TUV

      Ballyclare - 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      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 Norrie Ramsey 5.05 341 352.8
      Electorate: 13,190   Valid: 6,758   Spoilt: 63   Quota: 1,127   Turnout: 6,821 (51.71%)

        Dunsilly

        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 one seat from DUP

        Dunsilly - 5 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345
        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   Spoilt: 76   Quota: 1,086   Turnout: 6,590 (52.64%)

          Glengormley Urban

          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 one seat from UUP

          Glengormley Urban - 7 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Alliance Julian McGrath* 16.94 1,345
          DUP Philip 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   Spoilt: 107   Quota: 993   Turnout: 8,046 (50.89%)

            Macedon

            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 one seat from TUV

            Macedon - 6 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234567
            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   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 895   Turnout: 6,331 (46.58%)

              Three Mile Water

              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 one seat from UUP

              Three Mile Water - 6 seats
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1234567
              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   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 1,006   Turnout: 7,105 (48.35%)

                Changes during the term

                † Co-options
                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.

                ‡ Changes in affiliation

                None

                – Suspensions

                None

                Last updated 5 September 2020.

                Current composition: see Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

                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.

                References
                1. "Northern Ireland council results". BBC News. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
                2. https://antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/council/elections-voting-(1)/election-results/
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