Knockagh is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 The district elects five members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of Burleigh Hill, Gortalee, Greenisland, Sunnylands and Woodburn., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Knockagh forms part of the East Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Carrickfergus Area A which had existed since 1973. It was called Knockagh Monument until 2014, and contained five wards (Clipperstown, Gortalee, Greenisland, Knockagh and Woodburn). For the 1993 local elections, it gained a sixth ward, Burleigh Hill. For the 2014 local elections it was reduced by one ward, with Clipperstown replaced with Sunnylands.
Councillors Election Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) 2023 Aaron Skinner (Alliance) Bobby Hadden (Independent) Andrew Wilson (UUP) Peter Johnston (DUP) Marc Collins (DUP) 5 seats2014–present2019 Noel Williams (Alliance)March 2019 defection Paul Sinclair (Alliance) Lindsay Millar (UUP) Lynn McClurg (DUP) May Beattie (TUV)/ (DUP)2014 2011 Stewart Dickson (Alliance) John Stewart (UUP) James McClurg (DUP) Charie Johnston (DUP) 2005 Roy Beggs Jr (UUP) Mark Cosgrove (UUP) Louise Marsden (DUP) 2001 Gwendoline Wilson (UUP) Noreen McIlwrath (Alliance) 1997 Joseph Reid (UUP) Thomas Creighton (UUP) Charles Johnston (Independent Unionist) 1993 David Apsley (UUP) William Haggan (DUP) 1989 William Murray (UUP) Mary Ardill (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist) 5 seats1985–1993 1985 Samuel Wilson (UUP)
2023 election
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2019–2023 change: No change
2019 election
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 change: Independent gain from UUP
2014 election
2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2011-2014 change: DUP loss due to the reduction of one seat
2011 election
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2005-2011 change: No change
2005 election
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 change: DUP gain from Alliance
2001 election
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP
1997-2001 change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist
1997 election
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 change: No change
1993 election
1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989-1993 change: Alliance and UUP gain from Independent Unionist and due to the addition of one seat
1989 election
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP
1985 election
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
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