Airport 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 five members to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and contains the wards of Aldergrove, Clady, Crumlin, Mallusk and Templepatrick., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Airport forms 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 Antrim South East DEA which had existed since 1985.
The district contains, and is named after, Belfast International Airport.
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) May 2024 Defection Anne-Marie Logue (Sinn Féin) Maighréad Ní Chonghaile (Sinn Féin) Andrew McAuley (Alliance) Paul Michael (Independent)/ (UUP) Matthew Magill (DUP)2023 February 2021 Co-Option Thomas Burns (SDLP)2019 Vikki McAuley (Alliance)2014 Mervyn Rea (UUP)
2023 Election
2019: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
2019 Election
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
2014 Election
2014: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
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