# Airport (District Electoral Area)

Airport is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and contains the wards of Aldergrove, Clady, Crumlin, Mallusk and Templepatrick. 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

| 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 | Anne-Marie Logue (Sinn Féin) | Maighréad Ní Chonghaile (Sinn Féin) | Andrew McAuley (Alliance) | Paul Michael (Independent)/ (UUP) | Matthew Magill (DUP) |
| February 2021 Co-Option | Anne-Marie Logue (Sinn Féin) | Thomas Burns (SDLP) | Andrew McAuley (Alliance) | Paul Michael (Independent)/ (UUP) | Matthew Magill (DUP) |
| 2019 | Anne-Marie Logue (Sinn Féin) | Thomas Burns (SDLP) | Vikki McAuley (Alliance) | Paul Michael (Independent)/ (UUP) | Matthew Magill (DUP) |
| 2014 | Anne-Marie Logue (Sinn Féin) | Thomas Burns (SDLP) | Mervyn Rea (UUP) | Paul Michael (Independent)/ (UUP) | Matthew Magill (DUP) |

## 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 UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Airport - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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

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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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

2014: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
Airport - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) |||||||||