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

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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 0 1   Seventh party   Leader Jim Allister Party TUV Seats won 0 Seat change 2
Antrim and Newtownabbey 2019 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by the plurality of FPVs)

Election results

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 2019^[3]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	DUP	14	0	1	1	35.0	31.5	15,100	0.7
	UUP	9	0	3	3	22.5	20.3	9,726	1.7
	Alliance	7	3	0	3	17.5	18.7	8,970	6.0
	Sinn Féin	5	2	0	2	12.5	13.1	6,269	0.7
	SDLP	4	0	0	0	10.0	7.8	3,742	0.8
	Independent	1	1	0	1	2.5	5.3	5,364	5.0
	TUV	0	0	2	2	0.0	1.7	804	4.0
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	473	1.0
	Green (NI)	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	341	0.7

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

The overall turnout was 49.07% with a total of 48,526 valid votes cast. A total of 537 ballots were rejected.

Districts 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	0	11.2	1	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

District results

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 from UUP

Airport - 5 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	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 (50.22%)   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^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	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 Cairns	5.40%	347	374.54	379.58
Electorate: 15,051   Valid: 6,432 (42.73%)   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 from TUV

Ballyclare - 5 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	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	Norman Ramsey	5.05%	341	352.8
Electorate: 13,190   Valid: 6,758 (51.24%)   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 from DUP

Dunsilly - 5 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	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 (52.03%)   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 from UUP

Glengormley Urban - 7 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Alliance	Julian McGrath*	16.94%	1,345
	DUP	Phillip 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 (50.22%)   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 from TUV

Macedon - 6 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	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 (46.04%)   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 from UUP

Three Mile Water - 6 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	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 (47.88%)   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.
24 February 2021	Airport		Alliance	Vikki McAuley	Andrew McAuley	Vikki McAuley resigned.
18 October 2021	Macedon		DUP	Paul Hamill	Ben Mallon	Hamill died.
7 December 2021	Macedon		DUP	Linda Irwin	Matthew Brady	Irwin resigned.
31 May 2022	Glengormley Urban		DUP	Phillip Brett	Paula Bradley	Brett was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
18 June 2022	Dunsilly		Alliance	Glenn Finlay (Ind.)	Jay Burbank	Finlay died.

‡ Changes in affiliation

Date	Electoral Area	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
3 December 2021	Dunsilly	Glenn Finlay		Alliance		Independent	Suspended from Alliance due to 'ongoing investigations'.[4]
18 June 2022	Dunsilly	Vacant		Independent		Alliance	Finlay's seat returned to Alliance.[5]

– Suspensions

None

Last updated 19 June 2022.

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.