Airport (District Electoral Area)
| Airport | |
|---|---|
| Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council DEA constituency | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2014 |
| Seats | 5 (2014-) |
| Councillors | |
Airport 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 Aldergrove, Clady, Crumlin, Mallusk and Templepatrick.[2] Airport forms part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Antrim South East DEA which had existed since 1985.
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 Defection | Anne-Marie Logue (Sinn Féin) |
Maighréad Ní Chonghaile (Sinn Féin) |
Andrew McAuley (Alliance) |
Paul Michael (Independent)/ (UUP) |
Matthew Magill (DUP) | |||||
| 2023 | ||||||||||
| February 2021 Co-Option | Thomas Burns (SDLP) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Vikki McAuley (Alliance) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Mervyn Rea (UUP) | |||||||||
2023 Election
[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%) | |||||||
2019 Election
[edit]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
| 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%) | ||||||||
2014 Election
[edit]2014: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
| 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%) | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
- ^ [1], ARK, accessed 8 July 2023
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 21 January 2022.