Macedon is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 The district elects six members to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and contains the wards of Abbey, Carnmoney Hill, O'Neill, Rathcoole, Valley and Whitehouse. Macedon forms part of the Belfast North constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the East Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1993 local elections, where it contained six wards (Abbey, Cloughfern, Coole, Dunanney, Valley and Whitehouse).
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party)2023 Billy Webb (Alliance)/ (NRA) Robert Foster (UUP) Taylor McGrann (Sinn Féin) Stafford Ward (Independent) Matthew Brady (DUP) Ben Mallon (DUP) December 2021 Co-Option Victor Robinson (DUP) October 2021 Co-Option Linda Irwin (DUP) May 2020 Co-Option Paul Hamill (DUP) October 2019 Co-Option Thomas Hogg (DUP)2019 Dean McCullough (DUP) February 2018 Co-Option David Hollis (TUV) Billy De Courcy (DUP) November 2017 Defection John Scott (DUP)/ (Independent)/ (UUP) August 2017 Defection2014 2011 Victor Robinson (DUP) Dineen Walker (DUP)/ (UUP) 2005 Tommy Kirkham (UDP)/ (Independent) 2001 Mark Langhammer (Newtownabbey Labour)/ (Independent) Andrew Hunter (DUP) 1997 Robert Kidd (Newtownabbey Labour) Andrew Beattie (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist) David Hollis (UUP) 1993 John Blair (Alliance) Billy Snoddy (DUP) Billy Boyd (Independent Unionist)
2023 Election
2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2019–2023 Change: Independent gain from DUP
2019 Election
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
2014 Election
2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP
2011-2014 Change: TUV gain from DUP
2011 Election
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent
2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2005-2011 Change: DUP gain from Independent, Newtownabbey Ratepayers joins Alliance
2005 Election
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent
2001 Election
1997: 2 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent Unionist
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers
1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from Newtownabbey Labour and Independent Unionist, Newtownabbey Labour and UDP become Independent
1997 Election
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 2 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: Newtownabbey Labour, Newtownabbey Ratepayers and UDP gain from UUP, DUP and Alliance
1993 Election
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Independent Unionist
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