Antrim 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 Antrim Centre, Fountain Hill, Greystone, Springfarm, Steeple and Stiles., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Antrim forms part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Antrim Area C which had existed since 1973. It was called Antrim Town until 2014, and originally contained seven wards (Balloo, Fountain Hill, Massereene, Rathenraw, Springfarm, Steeple and Stiles). For the 2014 local elections it was reduced by one ward, losing Massereene and Rathenraw but gaining Antrim Centre.
Councillors Election Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party)2023 Neil Kelly (Alliance) Roisin Lynch (SDLP) Lucille O'Hagan (Sinn Féin) Leah Smyth (UUP) Paul Dunlop (DUP) John Smyth (DUP) 6 seats2014–present2019 Jim Montgomery (UUP)October 2018 Co-Option Andrew Ritchie (UUP)July 2015 Co-Option Nigel Kells (DUP)2014 Adrian Cochrane-Watson (UUP) 2011 Gráinne Teggart (SDLP) Pam Lewis (DUP) Brian Graham (DUP) Noel Maguire (Sinn Féin) 2005 David Ford (Alliance) Oran Keenan (SDLP) John Smyth (DUP) 2001 Sean McKee (SDLP) Paddy Marks (UUP) Paul Michael (UUP) 1997 James McConnell (Alliance) Andrew Thompson (UUP) Andrew Ritchie (UUP) Robert McClay (DUP) 1993 Jack Allen (UUP) James Brown (DUP) 1989 Avril Swann (UUP) 1985 Roy Stinson (UUP) Margaret Brown (DUP) Charles Quinn (DUP)
2023 election
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
2019 election
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
2014 election
2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2011-2014 change: Sinn Féin loss due to the reduction of one seat
2011 election
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
2005 election
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and SDLP
2001 election
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP
1997-2001 change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance
1997 election
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 change: No change
1993 election
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1989-1993 change: No change
1989 election
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 change: UUP gain from DUP
1985 election
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
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