Elections to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council using Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party were the largest party in both first-preference votes and seats.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

The overall turnout was 49.07% with a total of 48,526 valid votes cast. A total of 537 ballots were rejected.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Airport |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|23.3 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1 |20.7 |1 |17.3 |1 |22.7 |1 |16.0 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Antrim |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|26.4 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |16.0 |2 |26.3 |1 |9.1 |0 |11.2 |1 |11.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Ballyclare |30.2 |2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |11.5 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |24.3 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Dunsilly |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|28.7 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1 |17.4 |1 |15.2 |1 |24.8 |1 |13.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Glengormley Urban |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|29.3 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |15.5 |1 |16.9 |1 |21.5 |2 |12.5 |1 |4.3 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Macedon |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|43.0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |15.3 |1 |18.0 |1 |12.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |11.6 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Three Mile Water |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|40.1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |22.9 |1 |25.9 |2 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |11.0 |0 |6 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |31.5 |14 |20.3 |9 |18.7 |7 |13.1 |5 |7.8 |4 |8.7 |1 |40

District results

Airport

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

Antrim

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP 2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP 2014-2019 Change: No change

Ballyclare

2014: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV 2019: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent 2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from TUV

Dunsilly

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2019: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Glengormley Urban

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP 2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP 2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Macedon

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 X UUP, 1 x TUV 2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from TUV

Three Mile Water

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

Changes during the term † Co-options Date co-optedElectoral AreaPartyOutgoingCo-opteeReason31 October 2019Macedon Thomas HoggVictor RobinsonHogg resigned.4 May 2020Macedon Dean McCulloughLinda IrwinMcCullough was co-opted to Belfast City Council.2 September 2020Ballyclare Danny KinahanNorman RamsayKinahan resigned following his appointment as Northern Ireland’s Veterans Commissioner.24 February 2021Airport Vikki McAuleyAndrew McAuleyVikki McAuley resigned.18 October 2021Macedon Paul HamillBen MallonHamill died.7 December 2021Macedon Linda IrwinMatthew BradyIrwin resigned.31 May 2022Glengormley Urban Phillip BrettPaula BradleyBrett was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.18 June 2022Dunsilly Glenn Finlay (Ind.)Jay BurbankFinlay died.

‡ Changes in affiliation DateElectoral AreaNamePrevious affiliationNew affiliationCircumstance3 December 2021DunsillyGlenn Finlay Suspended from Alliance due to 'ongoing investigations'.18 June 2022DunsillyVacant Finlay's seat returned to Alliance.

– Suspensions None

Last updated 19 June 2022.

Current composition: see Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

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