# Doagh Road (District Electoral Area)

Doagh Road was one of the five district electoral areas in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 1993. The district elected five members to Newtownabbey Borough Council, and formed part of the South Antrim constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly and South Antrim for the UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Newtownabbey Area B which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Bradan, Coole, Dunanney, Valley and Whitehouse. It was abolished for the 1993 local elections and replaced with the Macedon DEA.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 1989 | | Robert Kidd (Labour '87)/ (Newtownabbey Labour) | | John Blair (Alliance) | | Billy Snoddy (DUP) | | Fraser Agnew (UUP) | | Andrew Beattie (UUP) |
| 1985 | | Robert Kidd (Labour '87)/ (Newtownabbey Labour) | | Jim Allister (DUP) | | David Hollis (DUP) | | Fraser Agnew (UUP) | | Andrew Beattie (UUP) |

## 1989 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Labour '87
1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP, Newtownabbey Labour joins Labour '87
Doagh Road - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | UUP | Fraser Agnew* | 21.70% | 761 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour '87 | Robert Kidd* | 20.30% | 712 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Billy Snoddy | 17.22% | 604 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Andrew Beattie* | 15.00% | 526 | 660.09 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | John Blair | 9.52% | 334 | 337.91 | 379.91 | 387.89 | 389.31 | 390.03 | 469.81 | 512.87 |
| | Ind. Unionist | David Hollis* | 7.01% | 246 | 254.97 | 271.56 | 279.4 | 294.03 | 300.79 | 308.03 | 392 |
| | UUP | Winifred Wright | 3.11% | 109 | 131.77 | 159.07 | 215.91 | 225.58 | 235.42 | 245.24 | |
| | Workers' Party | J. J. Magee | 2.22% | 78 | 78 | 104.88 | 105.16 | 109.72 | 109.84 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Liam Collins | 2.74% | 96 | 96 | 102.3 | 102.3 | 103.3 | 103.3 | | |
| | National Front | David Kerr | 1.17% | 41 | 41.46 | 44.19 | 44.33 | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,976 Valid: 3,507 (39.07%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 585 Turnout: 3,625 (40.39%) ||||||||||||

## 1985 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour
Doagh Road - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | DUP | Jim Allister | 30.01% | 1,381 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Fraser Agnew* | 19.90% | 916 | | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | David Hollis | 5.61% | 258 | 726.16 | 737.2 | 738.2 | 738.2 | 844.08 | | | | |
| | Newtownabbey Labour | Robert Kidd* | 9.47% | 436 | 449.64 | 452.84 | 455.84 | 548 | 556.08 | 563.08 | 693.24 | 760.12 | 908.8 |
| | UUP | Andrew Beattie | 7.71% | 355 | 406.04 | 507.48 | 509.48 | 510.48 | 518.72 | 534.72 | 537.04 | 572.64 | 653.24 |
| | UUP | Letitia McCartney* | 6.67% | 307 | 325.04 | 348.08 | 349.24 | 350.24 | 360.8 | 372.8 | 373.8 | 381.96 | 424.36 |
| | Alliance | John Elliott* | 6.37% | 293 | 298.72 | 302.08 | 303.52 | 309.52 | 309.68 | 309.68 | 334.68 | 347.68 | |
| | All Night Party | Mark Langhammer | 4.41% | 203 | 207.84 | 208.48 | 229.64 | 232.64 | 237.52 | 241.52 | 270.68 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Austin Kelly | 4.19% | 193 | 193 | 193.48 | 195.64 | 214.64 | 215.64 | 215.64 | | | |
| | DUP | Charles South | 2.17% | 100 | 142.68 | 144.44 | 145.88 | 145.88 | | | | | |
| | Newtownabbey Labour | David Lowrie | 2.78% | 128 | 128 | 128.16 | 128.16 | | | | | | |
| | All Night Party | Roy Wallace | 0.28% | 13 | 13 | 13 | | | | | | | |
| | All Night Party | David Coburn | 0.26% | 12 | 12.44 | 12.92 | | | | | | | |
| | All Night Party | Douglas Edwards | 0.13% | 6 | 6.44 | 6.44 | | | | | | | |
| | All Night Party | William McClinton | 0.02% | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,960 Valid: 4,602 (46.20%) Spoilt: 184 Quota: 768 Turnout: 4,786 (48.05%) ||||||||||||||