2023 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election
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![]() Antrim and Newtownabbey 2023 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by the plurality of FPVs) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
They returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | 13 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
32.50 | 30.05 | 16,066 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 9 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
22.50 | 21.72 | 11,613 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 8 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
20.00 | 17.17 | 9,179 | ![]() | |
UUP | 7 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
17.50 | 15.63 | 8,358 | ![]() | |
Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
5.00 | 2.84 | 1,517 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 1 | 0 | 3 | ![]() |
2.50 | 5.29 | 2,829 | ![]() | |
TUV | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 4.49 | 2,403 | ![]() | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 1.80 | 964 | ![]() | |
PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 0.46 | 244 | New | |
Aontú | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 0.45 | 243 | New | |
NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 0.09 | 49 | New | |
Total | 40 | 53,465 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]District Electoral Area (DEA) | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total cllrs |
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DUP | Sinn Féin | Alliance | UUP | SDLP | Independents and others | ||||||||
Airport | 22.79 | 1 ![]() |
36.29 | 2 ![]() |
15.08 | 1 ![]() |
13.41 | 1 ![]() |
10.75 | 0 ![]() |
1.67 | 0 ![]() |
5 |
Antrim | 27.57 | 2 ![]() |
17.82 | 1 ![]() |
20.87 | 1 ![]() |
16.64 | 1 ![]() |
9.51 | 1 ![]() |
7.59 | 0 ![]() |
6 |
Ballyclare | 36.36 | 2 ![]() |
1.20 | 0 ![]() |
13.60 | 1 ![]() |
24.15 | 1 ![]() |
0.00 | 0 ![]() |
24.84 | 1 ![]() |
5 |
Dunsilly | 22.57 | 1 ![]() |
34.94 | 2 ![]() |
12.25 | 1 ![]() |
11.31 | 1 ![]() |
9.71 | 0 ![]() |
9.23 | 0 ![]() |
5 |
Glengormley Urban | 26.06 | 2 ![]() |
35.29 | 3 ![]() |
16.05 | 1 ![]() |
10.86 | 1 ![]() |
6.45 | 0 ![]() |
5.29 | 0 ![]() |
7 |
Macedon | 32.98 | 2 ![]() |
18.63 | 1 ![]() |
15.24 | 1 ![]() |
15.99 | 1 ![]() |
0.00 | 0 ![]() |
17.17 | 1 ![]() |
6 |
Three Mile Water | 43.07 | 3 ![]() |
4.17 | 0 ![]() |
26.93 | 2 ![]() |
18.31 | 1 ![]() |
0.00 | 0 ![]() |
7.53 | 0 ![]() |
6 |
Total | 30.05 | 13 ![]() |
21.72 | 9 ![]() |
17.17 | 8 ![]() |
15.63 | 7 ![]() |
5.29 | 1 ![]() |
10.14 | 2 ![]() |
40 |
District results
[edit]Airport
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
DUP | Matthew Magill* | 22.79% | 1,827 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Anne-Marie Logue* | 19.64% | 1,574 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Maighréad Ní Chonghaile | 16.65% | 1,335 | 1,355 | |||
UUP | Paul Michael* ‡ | 13.41% | 1,075 | 1,086 | 1,536.63 | ||
Alliance | Andrew McAuley* | 15.08% | 1,209 | 1,281 | 1,295.58 | 1,342.02 | |
SDLP | Thomas Burns* | 10.75% | 862 | 889 | 898.72 | 1,081.96 | |
Green (NI) | Terri Johnston | 1.67% | 134 | ||||
Electorate: 15,479 Valid: 8,016 (51.79%) Spoilt: 55 Quota: 1,337 Turnout: 8,071 (52.14%) |
Antrim
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Lucille O'Hagan | 17.82% | 1,270 | ||||||||
Alliance | Neil Kelly* | 15.31% | 1,091 | ||||||||
DUP | Paul Dunlop* | 13.84% | 986 | 987.05 | 1,078.05 | ||||||
DUP | John Smyth* | 10.12% | 721 | 722.26 | 857.26 | 858.46 | 905.36 | 1,168.36 | |||
SDLP | Roisin Lynch* | 9.51% | 678 | 851.67 | 888.34 | 902.68 | 903.35 | 913.35 | 914.71 | 1,104.71 | |
UUP | Leah Smyth* | 10.44% | 744 | 746.1 | 764.31 | 768.15 | 770.16 | 867.16 | 963.04 | 1,032.04 | |
UUP | Jim Montgomery* | 6.20% | 442 | 443.47 | 461.47 | 463.81 | 470.51 | 527.72 | 576 | 610 | |
Alliance | Tommy Monahan | 5.56% | 396 | 443.04 | 482.77 | 524.59 | 524.59 | 536.07 | 538.79 | ||
TUV | Richard Shields | 6.36% | 453 | 454.05 | 465.05 | 465.47 | 467.48 | ||||
DUP | Karl McMeekin | 3.61% | 257 | 257.21 | |||||||
Green (NI) | Eleanor Bailey | 1.23% | 88 | 101.23 | |||||||
Electorate: 16,652 Valid: 7,126 (42.79%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,019 Turnout: 7,215 (43.33%) |
Ballyclare
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
DUP | Jeannie Archibald* | 23.18% | 1,655 | |||||
DUP | Helen Magill | 13.18% | 947 | 1,297.46 | ||||
UUP | Vera McWilliam* | 15.74% | 1,131 | 1,151.52 | 1,159.79 | 1,620.79 | ||
Alliance | Lewis Boyle | 13.60% | 977 | 984.02 | 1,103.02 | 1,129.29 | 1,234.29 | |
Independent | Michael Stewart* | 12.92% | 928 | 937.99 | 990.99 | 1,041.5 | 1,153.5 | |
TUV | Mel Lucas | 10.40% | 747 | 791.55 | 793.82 | 845.14 | 1,004.14 | |
UUP | Norrie Ramsay* | 8.41% | 604 | 615.07 | 619.34 | |||
Green (NI) | Robert Robinson | 1.52% | 109 | 109.81 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Gerard Magee | 1.20% | 86 | 86.27 | ||||
Electorate: 14,151 Valid: 7,184 (50.77%) Spoilt: 64 Quota: 1,198 Turnout: 7,248 (51.22%) |
Dunsilly
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Henry Cushinan* | 18.65% | 1,390 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Annie O'Lone | 16.29% | 1,214 | 1,312 | |||||||
DUP | Linda Clarke* | 13.11% | 977 | 986 | 1,153 | 1,153.13 | 1,153.13 | 1,773.13 | |||
UUP | Stewart Wilson | 11.31% | 843 | 843 | 951 | 951.78 | 951.78 | 1,134.78 | 1,644.78 | ||
Alliance | Jay Burbank* | 12.25% | 913 | 930 | 935 | 965.29 | 969.74 | 982.74 | 997.74 | 1,128.74 | |
SDLP | Ryan Wilson* | 9.71% | 724 | 794 | 801 | 907.08 | 971.16 | 972.16 | 977.16 | 1,000.16 | |
DUP | Tom Cunningham | 9.46% | 705 | 705 | 846 | 846.13 | 846.13 | ||||
TUV | Jonathan Campbell | 5.97% | 445 | 446 | |||||||
Aontú | Siobhán McErlean | 3.26% | 243 | ||||||||
Electorate: 13,300 Valid: 7,454 (56.05%) Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,243 Turnout: 7,523 (56.56%) |
Glengormley Urban
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | Alison Bennington* | 16.34% | 1,432 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Eamonn McLaughlin | 14.60% | 1,280 | |||||||
DUP | Paula Bradley* | 9.72% | 852 | 1,151.92 | ||||||
Alliance | Julian McGrath* | 11.34% | 994 | 996.76 | 999.42 | 1,012.42 | 1,072.84 | 1,434.84 | ||
UUP | Mark Cosgrove* | 10.86% | 952 | 969.25 | 969.39 | 1,041.69 | 1,069.92 | 1,104.92 | ||
Sinn Féin | Rosie Kinnear* | 11.09% | 972 | 972.23 | 1,011.43 | 1,014.8 | 1,052.22 | 1,066.64 | 1,094.64 | |
Sinn Féin | Michael Goodman* | 9.59% | 841 | 841.69 | 966.57 | 969.57 | 994.13 | 1,008.83 | 1,030.83 | |
SDLP | Noreen McClelland* | 6.45% | 565 | 567.07 | 574.35 | 582.35 | 632.63 | 707.03 | 907.03 | |
Alliance | Anita Piatek | 4.71% | 413 | 413.69 | 416.63 | 422.77 | 532 | |||
Green (NI) | Lesley Veronica | 3.57% | 313 | 313.92 | 315.46 | 341.06 | ||||
Independent | Michael Maguire | 1.16% | 102 | 104.07 | 104.49 | |||||
NI Conservatives | Jason Reid | 0.56% | 49 | 50.15 | 50.15 | |||||
Electorate: 16,445 Valid: 8,765 (53.30%) Spoilt: 129 Quota: 1,096 Turnout: 8,894 (54.08%) |
Macedon
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Taylor McGrann* | 18.63% | 1,326 | ||||||||
DUP | Matthew Brady* | 17.14% | 1,220 | ||||||||
UUP | Robert Foster* | 15.99% | 1,138 | ||||||||
Alliance | Billy Webb* | 15.24% | 1,085 | ||||||||
DUP | Ben Mallon* | 8.06% | 574 | 576.05 | 728.21 | 757.8 | 848.12 | 850.01 | 1,039.01 | ||
Independent | Stafford Ward | 6.84% | 487 | 518.16 | 523.92 | 552.85 | 611.8 | 623.7 | 683.8 | 836.19 | |
DUP | Victor Robinson* | 7.78% | 553 | 555.05 | 571.37 | 584.9 | 608.42 | 610.45 | 722.49 | 751.79 | |
Green (NI) | Ellie Byrne | 2.22% | 158 | 420.4 | 422.16 | 427.22 | 443.25 | 491.76 | 512.08 | ||
TUV | Norman Boyd | 4.68% | 333 | 334.64 | 345.2 | 363.79 | 433.8 | 435.76 | |||
PUP | Rosemary Bell-McCracken | 3.43% | 244 | 250.56 | 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
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
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% | 711 | 716.22 | 955.05 | 1,057.62 | 1,328.62 | |||
DUP | Sam Flanagan* | 7.36% | 574 | 952.74 | 954.83 | 957.83 | 960.83 | 963.83 | 1,206.83 | |
UUP | Stephen Cosgrove | 11.52% | 899 | 931.48 | 942.12 | 955.5 | 966.45 | 1,007.45 | 1,081.45 | |
UUP | Brian Kerr | 6.79% | 530 | 542.76 | 545.61 | 557.18 | 562.37 | 583.37 | 661.37 | |
TUV | Trevor Mawhinney | 5.45% | 425 | 446.17 | 446.55 | 451.93 | 455.93 | 460.93 | ||
Sinn Féin | Emmanuel Mullen | 4.17% | 325 | 325 | 328.42 | 340.56 | ||||
Green (NI) | Dylan Loughlin | 2.08% | 162 | 162.87 | 167.81 | |||||
Electorate: 15,531 Valid: 7,802 (50.24%) Spoilt: 74 Quota: 1,115 Turnout: 7,876 (50.71%) |
‡ Changes in affiliation
[edit]Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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21 May 2024 | Airport | Paul Michael | UUP | 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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- ^ "Local government elections in Northern Ireland". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ^ "NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g Hughes, Brendan (25 April 2023). "All the NI council election candidates standing in each area". BelfastLive. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Councillor quits UUP over Mike Nesbitt health role". BBC News. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.