Dunsilly (District Electoral Area)

Dunsilly is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects five members to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and contains the wards of Cranfield, Parkgate, Randalstown, Shilvodan and Toome.^[2] Airport forms part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Dunsilly
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	2014
Seats	5 (2014-)
Councillors	Jay Burbank (APNI)   Linda Clarke (DUP)   Henry Cushinan (SF)   Annie O'Loane (SF)   Stewart Wilson (UUP)

Dunsilly DEA within Antrim and Newtownabbey

It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Antrim North West DEA which had existed since 1985.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2023		Henry Cushinan (Sinn Féin)		Annie O'Loane (Sinn Féin)		Jay Burbank (Alliance)		Stewart Wilson (UUP)		Linda Clarke (DUP)
July 2022 Co-Option				Ryan Wilson (SDLP)				Roderick Swann (UUP)
December 2021 Defection						Glenn Finlay (Alliance)/ (Independent)
2019
December 2018 Co-Option						Jordan Greer (DUP)
February 2018 Defection				Brian Duffin (SDLP)/ (Independent)
July 2017 Co-Option						Trevor Beatty (DUP)
2014

2023 Election

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

Dunsilly - 5 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)

2019 Election

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^[4]

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%)

2014 Election

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

Dunsilly - 5 seats^[5]

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%)