2023 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election

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]

Main article: 2023 Northern Ireland local elections
2023 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election
18 May 2023
All 40 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Jeffrey Donaldson Doug Beattie Naomi Long
Party DUP Ulster Unionist Alliance
Last election 14 9 7
Seats before 14 9 7
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Michelle O'Neill[n 1] Colum Eastwood
Party Sinn Féin SDLP Independent
Last election 5 4 1
Seats before 5 4 1
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

TBC

They returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Election results
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 2023
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP
  Ulster Unionist
  Alliance
  Sinn Féin
  SDLP
  Independent
  TUV
  Green (NI)
  Aontú
  NI Conservatives
  PUP

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
Results of the 2023 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election
by district
District Electoral Area (DEA)  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
 Total
cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance Sinn Féin SDLP Independents and others
Airport 5
Antrim 1 1 1 6
Ballyclare 1 5
Dunsilly 2 5
Glengormley Urban 2 1 7
Macedon 6
Three Mile Water 6
Total 40

District results

Airport

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

Airport - 5 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
DUP Matthew Magill* 1,827
Sinn Féin Anne-Marie Logue* 1,574
Sinn Féin Maighréad Ní Chonghaile 1,335
Ulster Unionist Paul Michael* 1,075
Alliance Andrew McAuley* 1,209
SDLP Thomas Burns* 862
Green (NI) Terri Johnston 134
Electorate: 15,479   Valid: 8,016   Spoilt: 55   Quota: 1,337   Turnout: 8,071 (52.14%)  

    Antrim

    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 SDLP, 1 x UUP

    2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

    Antrim - 6 seats[3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Sinn Féin Lucille O'Hagan 1,270      
    Alliance Neil Kelly* 1,091      
    DUP Paul Dunlop* 986 987 1,078  
    DUP John Smyth* 721 722 857
    SDLP Roisin Lynch* 678 851 888
    Ulster Unionist Leah Smyth* 744 746 764
    Ulster Unionist Jim Montgomery* 442 443 461
    Alliance Tommy Monahan 396 443 482
    TUV Richard Shields 453 454 465
    DUP Karl McMeekin 257 257    
    Green (NI) Eleanor Bailey 88 101    
    Electorate: 16,652   Valid: 7,126   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,019   Turnout: 7,215 (43.33%)  

      Ballyclare

      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

      Ballyclare - 5 seats[3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123
      DUP Jeannie Archibald* 1,655    
      DUP Helen Magill* 947 1,297  
      Alliance Lewis Boyle 977 984
      TUV Mel Lucas 747 791
      Sinn Féin Gerard Magee 86 86
      Ulster Unionist Vera McWilliam* 1,131 1,151
      Ulster Unionist Norrie Ramsay* 604 615
      Green (NI) Robert Robinson 109 109
      Independent Michael Stewart* 928 937
      Electorate: 14,151   Valid: 7,184   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 1,198   Turnout: 7,248  

        Dunsilly

        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

        Dunsilly - 5 seats[3]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345
        Sinn Féin Henry Cushinan* 1,390        
        Sinn Féin Annie O'Lone 1,214 1,312      
        DUP Linda Clarke* 977 986 1,153 1,153
        Ulster Unionist Stewart Wilson 843 843 951 951
        Alliance Jay Burbank* 913 930 935 965
        SDLP Ryan Wilson* 724 794 801 907
        DUP Tom Cunningham 705 705 846 846  
        TUV Jonathan Campbell 445 446      
        Aontú Siobhán McErlean 243        
        Electorate: 13,300   Valid: 7,454   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 1,243   Turnout: 7,523 (56.56%)  

          Glengormley Urban

          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

          Glengormley Urban - 7 seats[3]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          DUP Alison Bennington* 1,432            
          Sinn Féin Eamonn McLaughlin 1,280            
          DUP Paula Bradley* 852 1,151          
          Ulster Unionist Mark Cosgrove* 952 969 969 1041      
          Alliance Julian McGrath* 994 996 999 1012      
          Sinn Féin Michael Goodman* 841 841 966 969      
          Sinn Féin Rosie Kinnear* 972 972 1,011 1,014      
          SDLP Noreen McClelland* 565 567 574 582      
          Alliance Anita Piatek 413 413 416 422 532    
          Green (NI) Lesley Veronica 313 313 315 341      
          Independent Michael Maguire 102 104 104        
          NI Conservatives Jason Reid 49 50 50        
          Electorate: 16,445   Valid: 8,765   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 1,096   Turnout: 8,894  

            Macedon

            2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

            2023:

            2019–2023 Change:

            Macedon - 6 seats[3]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1
            Sinn Féin Taylor McGrann* 1,326
            DUP Matthew Brady* 1,220
            Ulster Unionist Robert Foster* 1,138
            Alliance Billy Webb* 1,085
            DUP Ben Mallon* 574
            DUP Victor Robinson* 553
            Independent Stafford Ward 487
            TUV Norman Boyd 333
            PUP Rosemary Bell-McCracken 244
            Green (NI) Ellie Byrne 158
            Electorate: 14,554   Valid: 7,118   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 1,017   Turnout: 7,203 (49.49%)  

              Three Mile Water

              2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

              2023:

              2019–2023 Change:

              Three Mile Water - 6 seats[3]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1
              DUP Mark Cooper* 1,575
              Alliance Tom Campbell* 1,390
              DUP Stephen Ross* 1,211
              Ulster Unionist Stephen Cosgrove 899
              Alliance Julie Gilmour* 711
              DUP Sam Flanagan* 574
              Ulster Unionist Brian Kerr 530
              TUV Trevor Mawhinney 425
              Sinn Féin Emmanuel Mullen 325
              Green (NI) Dylan Loughlin 162
              Electorate: 15,531   Valid: 7,802   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,115   Turnout: 7,876 (50.71%)  

                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. "Local government elections in Northern Ireland". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
                2. "NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
                3. "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
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