# Three Mile Water (District Electoral Area)

Three Mile Water is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. The district elects six members to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and contains the wards of Ballyduff, Fairview, Jordanstown, Monkstown, Mossley and Rostulla. Three Mile Water forms part of the East Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and 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 University DEA which had existed since 1993.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 2023 | Tom Campbell (Alliance) | Julie Gilmour (Alliance) | Stephen Cosgrove (UUP) | Mark Cooper (DUP) | Sam Flanagan (DUP) | Stephen Ross (DUP) |
| 2019 | Tom Campbell (Alliance) | Julie Gilmour (Alliance) | Fraser Agnew (UUP) | Mark Cooper (DUP) | Sam Flanagan (DUP) | Stephen Ross (DUP) |
| August 2018 Co-Option | Tom Campbell (Alliance) | Stephen McCarthy (UUP) | Fraser Agnew (UUP) | Pamela Barr (DUP) | Sam Flanagan (DUP) | Stephen Ross (DUP) |
| October 2017 Co-Option | Tom Campbell (Alliance) | Stephen McCarthy (UUP) | Fraser Agnew (UUP) | Pamela Barr (DUP) | William Ball (DUP) | Stephen Ross (DUP) |
| 2014 | Tom Campbell (Alliance) | Ben Kelso (UUP) | Fraser Agnew (UUP) | Pamela Barr (DUP) | William Ball (DUP) | Stephen Ross (DUP) |

## 2023 Election

2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: No Change
Three Mile Water - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Mark Cooper* | 20.19% | 1,575 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Tom Campbell* | 17.82% | 1,390 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Stephen Ross* | 15.52% | 1,211 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Julie Gilmour* | 9.11% | 711 | 716.22 | 955.05 | 1,057.62 | 1,328.62 | | |
| | DUP | Sam Flanagan* | 7.36% | 574 | 952.74 | 954.83 | 957.83 | 960.83 | 963.83 | 1,206.83 |
| | UUP | Stephen Cosgrove | 11.52% | 899 | 931.48 | 942.12 | 955.5 | 966.45 | 1,007.45 | 1,081.45 |
| | UUP | Brian Kerr | 6.79% | 530 | 542.76 | 545.61 | 557.18 | 562.37 | 583.37 | 661.37 |
| | TUV | Trevor Mawhinney | 5.45% | 425 | 446.17 | 446.55 | 451.93 | 455.93 | 460.93 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Emmanuel Mullen | 4.17% | 325 | 325 | 328.42 | 340.56 | | | |
| | Green (NI) | Dylan Loughlin | 2.08% | 162 | 162.87 | 167.81 | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,531 Valid: 7,802 (50.24%) Spoilt: 74 Quota: 1,115 Turnout: 7,876 (50.71%) |||||||||||

## 2019 Election

2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Three Mile Water - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Mark Cooper* | 17.48% | 1,230 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Stephen Ross* | 15.68% | 1,103 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Fraser Agnew* | 15.63% | 1,100 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Tom Campbell* | 15.28% | 1,075 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Sam Flanagan* | 6.95% | 489 | 679.62 | 761.43 | 770.79 | 771.27 | 777.13 | 996.13 |
| | Alliance | Julie Gilmour | 10.64% | 749 | 751.34 | 752.69 | 755.49 | 815.01 | 927.45 | 975.45 |
| | UUP | Stephen McCarthy* | 7.31% | 514 | 522.64 | 528.13 | 589.41 | 591.45 | 651.33 | 843.33 |
| | UKIP | Raymond Stewart | 4.53% | 319 | 324.76 | 328.27 | 331.55 | 331.73 | 347.97 | |
| | TUV | Norman Boyd | 3.33% | 234 | 240.84 | 243.81 | 251.73 | 252.03 | 258.7 | |
| | Independent | Gary Grattan | 3.17% | 223 | 224.8 | 225.79 | 227.07 | 228.57 | | |
| Electorate: 14,694 Valid: 7,036 (47.88%) Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,006 Turnout: 7,105 (48.35%) |||||||||||

## 2014 Election

2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Three Mile Water - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | UUP | Fraser Agnew* | 19.30% | 1,275 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | William Ball* † | 11.17% | 738 | 801.44 | 813.74 | 1,001.74 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Tom Campbell* | 11.28% | 745 | 753.84 | 756.84 | 756.84 | 756.84 | 855.36 | 1,231.36 | | |
| | UUP | Ben Kelso † | 8.89% | 587 | 756 | 763.04 | 773.6 | 773.9 | 849.5 | 881.18 | 970.18 | |
| | DUP | Pamela Barr* | 7.96% | 526 | 543.68 | 546.94 | 585.32 | 638.12 | 657.64 | 676.68 | 697.68 | 815.98 |
| | DUP | Stephen Ross | 8.43% | 557 | 572.08 | 589.6 | 638.2 | 640.3 | 655.82 | 661.6 | 671.6 | 772.42 |
| | TUV | Trevor Mawhinney | 7.93% | 524 | 540.38 | 549.16 | 555.46 | 556.36 | 577.62 | 584.14 | 601.14 | 740.7 |
| | PUP | Darren Logan | 5.19% | 343 | 348.2 | 518.98 | 521.5 | 521.5 | 533.5 | 536.02 | 546.02 | |
| | Alliance | Lynn Frazer* | 6.42% | 424 | 433.36 | 433.62 | 433.62 | 433.62 | 514.88 | | | |
| | NI21 | Gary Grattan | 5.59% | 369 | 373.94 | 376.94 | 378.94 | 378.94 | | | | |
| | DUP | Robert Hill* | 4.44% | 293 | 303.66 | 305.66 | | | | | | |
| | PUP | Jackie Shaw | 3.41% | 225 | 230.46 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,982 Valid: 6,606 (47.25%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 944 Turnout: 6,698 (47.90%) |||||||||||||