# 2014 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election

The first election to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014, returned 40 members to the newly formed council via Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party won a plurality of votes and seats.

## Election results

| Party | Party | Seats | First Pref. votes | FPv% |
| | DUP | 15 | 14,082 | 32.23 |
| | UUP | 12 | 9,630 | 22.04 |
| | Alliance | 4 | 5,533 | 12.66 |
| | SDLP | 4 | 3,746 | 8.57 |
| | Sinn Féin | 3 | 5,434 | 12.44 |
| | TUV | 2 | 2,479 | 5.67 |
| | NI21 | 0 | 1,356 | 3.10 |
| | PUP | 0 | 1,285 | 2.94 |
| | Independent | 0 | 143 | 0.33 |
| Totals | Totals | 40 | 43,689 | 100.00 |

## Districts summary

Results of the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election, 2014 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | TUV | TUV | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Airport | 24.8 | 1 | 24.6 | 2 | 8.8 | 0 | 17.7 | 1 | 19.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Antrim | 30.9 | 2 | 22.9 | 2 | 13.5 | 1 | 10.2 | 1 | 10.6 | 0 | 9.4 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Ballyclare | 35.8 | 2 | 29.1 | 2 | 9.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.4 | 1 | 11.8 | 0 | 5 |
| Dunsilly | 29.7 | 2 | 18.6 | 1 | 8.2 | 0 | 18.8 | 1 | 24.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Glengormley Urban | 28.8 | 2 | 21.6 | 2 | 15.4 | 1 | 9.9 | 1 | 20.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 7 |
| Macedon | 45.2 | 3 | 9.1 | 1 | 14.0 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 9.4 | 0 | 10.9 | 1 | 8.4 | 0 | 6 |
| Three Mile Water | 32.0 | 3 | 28.2 | 2 | 17.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.9 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 32.2 | 15 | 22.0 | 12 | 12.7 | 4 | 8.6 | 4 | 12.4 | 3 | 5.7 | 2 | 6.4 | 0 | 40 |

## District results
### Airport

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%) |||||||||

### Antrim

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
Antrim - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Nigel Kells † | 11.15% | 662 | 667 | 1,026 | | | |
| | UUP | Adrian Cochrane-Watson* † | 13.22% | 785 | 801 | 844 | 858.21 | | |
| | DUP | John Smyth* | 10.62% | 631 | 636 | 724 | 856.79 | | |
| | UUP | Drew Ritchie* | 9.63% | 572 | 595 | 614 | 626.25 | 1,009.25 | |
| | Alliance | Neil Kelly* | 10.44% | 620 | 813 | 825 | 830.39 | 876.39 | |
| | SDLP | Roisin Lynch | 10.24% | 608 | 636 | 637 | 638.47 | 648.94 | 690.94 |
| | Sinn Féin | Noel Maguire* | 10.64% | 632 | 643 | 644 | 644 | 646.98 | 646.98 |
| | TUV | Richard Cairns | 9.43% | 560 | 574 | 591 | 598.84 | | |
| | DUP | Brian Graham* | 9.09% | 540 | 545 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Sian O'Neill | 3.06% | 182 | | | | | |
| | NI21 | George Young | 2.42% | 144 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,408 Valid: 5,939 (41.22%) Spoilt: 101 Quota: 849 Turnout: 6,040 (41.92%) ||||||||||

### Ballyclare

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x TUV
Ballyclare - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Mandy Girvan* | 16.57% | 930 | 938 | | | |
| | UUP | James Bingham* | 14.59% | 819 | 831 | 886 | 936 | |
| | DUP | Tim Girvan* | 10.40% | 584 | 589 | 621 | 654 | 1,057 |
| | UUP | Vera McWilliam | 14.52% | 815 | 828 | 856 | 895 | 938 |
| | TUV | David Arthurs ‡‡ | 13.36% | 750 | 766 | 834 | 853 | 900 |
| | Alliance | Pat McCudden* | 9.85% | 553 | 581 | 585 | 720 | 730 |
| | DUP | Jordan Greer | 8.78% | 493 | 500 | 515 | 526 | |
| | NI21 | Gary English | 5.56% | 312 | 343 | 348 | | |
| | PUP | Scott McDowell | 3.81% | 214 | 220 | | | |
| | Independent | David McMaster | 1.85% | 104 | | | | |
| | Independent | Robert Moore | 0.69% | 39 | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,408 Valid: 5,613 (45.24%) Spoilt: 71 Quota: 936 Turnout: 5,684 (45.81%) |||||||||

### Dunsilly

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
Dunsilly - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | Roderick Swann* | 18.56% | 1,111 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Brian Duffin* ‡† | 11.31% | 677 | 679.53 | 1,006.53 | | |
| | DUP | Linda Clarke* | 14.90% | 892 | 935.12 | 938.56 | 1,029.56 | |
| | DUP | Trevor Beatty † | 14.80% | 886 | 935.06 | 936.72 | 1,020.72 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Henry Cushnihan* | 12.99% | 778 | 778 | 801 | 840.77 | 849.77 |
| | Sinn Féin | Anthony Brady* | 11.73% | 702 | 702.11 | 748.11 | 796.99 | 803.99 |
| | Alliance | Julian McGrath | 8.19% | 490 | 504.52 | 547.29 | | |
| | SDLP | Ryan Wilson | 7.52% | 450 | 452.64 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,922 Valid: 5,986 (50.21%) Spoilt: 71 Quota: 998 Turnout: 6,057 (50.81%) |||||||||

### Glengormley Urban

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
Glengormley Urban - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | Mark Cosgrove* | 16.06% | 1,193 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Audrey Ball* | 12.08% | 897 | 919 | 933 | | | | |
| | Alliance | John Blair* † | 10.72% | 796 | 804.14 | 865.02 | 1,119.02 | | | |
| | DUP | Phillip Brett | 10.18% | 756 | 783.28 | 793.16 | 803.38 | 811.38 | 1,266.38 | |
| | UUP | Michael Maguire | 5.53% | 411 | 592.06 | 634.16 | 650.48 | 678.48 | 718.28 | 1,030.28 |
| | SDLP | Noreen McClelland* | 9.92% | 737 | 738.32 | 769.32 | 820.76 | 927.76 | 928.98 | 930.98 |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Goodman | 11.54% | 857 | 857.22 | 869.22 | 888.22 | 904.22 | 905.44 | 906.44 |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerry O'Reilly* | 9.36% | 695 | 695 | 706 | 718 | 729 | 729 | 729 |
| | DUP | Sam Flanagan | 6.52% | 484 | 496.76 | 511.76 | 514.76 | 522.76 | | |
| | Alliance | Sam Nelson | 4.66% | 346 | 347.76 | 382.2 | | | | |
| | NI21 | Mary Higgins | 3.43% | 255 | 258.74 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,506 Valid: 7,427 (47.90%) Spoilt: 119 Quota: 929 Turnout: 7,546 (48.67%) |||||||||||

### Macedon

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP
Macedon - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Alliance | Billy Webb* | 13.99% | 830 | 946 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Billy De Courcy* | 14.23% | 844 | 885 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Thomas Hogg* | 9.80% | 581 | 609 | 610 | 613.88 | 648.88 | 918.88 | |
| | DUP | Paul Hamill | 9.07% | 538 | 579 | 581 | 603.31 | 693.31 | 907.31 | |
| | TUV | David Hollis | 10.88% | 645 | 661 | 664 | 665.94 | 821.94 | 852.94 | |
| | UUP | John Scott* ‡‡† | 9.07% | 538 | 559 | 565 | 568.88 | 701.88 | 752.79 | 808.79 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brónach Anglin | 9.41% | 558 | 599 | 642 | 642 | 643 | 647 | 648 |
| | DUP | Victor Robinson | 7.79% | 462 | 550 | 555 | 559.85 | 632.85 | | |
| | PUP | Ken Wilkinson | 8.48% | 503 | 517 | 519 | 519 | | | |
| | DUP | Dineen Walker* | 4.32% | 256 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Dominic Mullaghan | 3.00% | 178 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,198 Valid: 5,931 (44.94%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 848 Turnout: 6,039 (45.69%) |||||||||||

### Three Mile Water

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%) |||||||||||||
* Incumbent

## Changes during the term
### † Co-options

| Co-option date | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason |
| 21 Jul 2015 | Antrim | UUP | Adrian Cochrane-Watson | Jim Montgomery | Cochrane-Watson was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
| 22 Jul 2017 | Dunsilly | DUP | Trevor Beatty | Jordan Greer | Beatty resigned. |
| 11 Oct 2017 | Threemilewater | UUP | Ben Kelso | Stephen McCarthy | Kelso resigned. |
| 1 Feb 2018 | Macedon | UUP | John Scott (DUP) | Robert Foster | Scott (elected as UUP) resigned. |
| 2 Jul 2018 | Glengormley Urban | Alliance | John Blair | Julian McGrath | Blair was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
| 1 Aug 2018 | Three Mile Water | DUP | William Ball | Samuel Flanagan | Ball retired. |
| 1 Oct 2018 | Antrim | DUP | Nigel Kells | Paul Dunlop | Kells resigned. |
| 20 Dec 2018 | Dunsilly | SDLP | Brian Duffin (Ind.) | Ryan Wilson | Duffin (elected SDLP) resigned. |

### ‡ Changes in affiliation

| Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance |
| 6 Nov 2015 | Ballyclare | David Arthurs | TUV | Independent | Resigned. |
| 9 Nov 2015 | Ballyclare | David Arthurs | Independent | UUP | Affiliated. |
| 29 Aug 2017 | Macedon | John Scott | UUP | Independent | Resigned. |
| 25 Nov 2017 | Macedon | John Scott | Independent | DUP | Affiliated. |
| 4 Dec 2017 | Macedon | - | DUP | UUP | Scott's seat reverted to UUP on his resignation. |
| 13 Feb 2018 | Dunsilly | Brian Duffin | SDLP | Independent | Resigned. |
| 29 Nov 2018 | Dunsilly | - | Independent | SDLP | Duffin's seat reverted to SDLP on his resignation. |
| 11 Mar 2019 | Threemilewater | Pamela Barr | DUP | Independent | Resigned. |
Last updated 26 March 2019.
Current composition: see Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council