Antrim Line (District Electoral Area)

Antrim Line DEA (1993-2014) within Newtownabbey

Antrim Line was one of the district electoral areas in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014, one of five DEAs until 1993 and one of four DEAs until 2014. The district elected five members to Newtownabbey Borough Council until 1993 and seven members until 2014, and formed part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the Belfast North constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Newtownabbey Area D which had existed since 1973, and originally contained the wards of Ballyhenry, Collinbridge, Glebe, Glengormley and Hightown. For the 1993 local elections, it gained another two wards, Burnthill from the abolished Manse Road DEA and Mallusk from the Ballyclare DEA. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and mainly replaced by the new Glengormley Urban DEA, with Mallusk moving to the new Airport DEA.

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party)
2011 John Blair
(Alliance) 		Noreen McClelland
(SDLP) 		Marie MacKessy
(Sinn Féin) 		Gerard O'Reilly
(Sinn Féin) 		Mark Cosgrove
(UUP) 		Audrey Ball
(DUP) 		Paula Bradley
(DUP)
2005 Tom Campbell
(Alliance) 		Briege Meehan
(Sinn Féin) 		Janet Crilly
(UUP) 		Mandy Girvan
(DUP) 		Nigel Hamilton
(DUP)
2001 Tommy McTeague
(SDLP) 		Ivan Hunter
(UUP) 		Arthur Templeton
(DUP)
1997 James Rooney
(Alliance) 		John Blair
(NRA) 		Edward Crilly
(UUP) 		Arthur Kell
(UUP) 		Elizabeth Snoddy
(DUP)
1993 Elizabeth Frazer
(Alliance) 		Arthur Templeton
(Independent Unionist) 		Billy Blair
(DUP)
1989 James Smith
(UUP) 		William Green
(UUP) 		Tommy Kirkham
(DUP) 		5 seats
1985-1993 		5 seats
1985-1993
1985 Mary Harkness
(DUP) 		Ivan Hunter
(UUP) 		William McDonnell
(DUP)

2011 Election

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP

Antrim Line - 7 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Alliance John Blair 15.96% 1,367          
DUP Paula Bradley* 14.27% 1,222          
SDLP Noreen McClelland* 14.07% 1,205          
Sinn Féin Marie MacKessy 12.70% 1,088          
DUP Audrey Ball 12.41% 1,063 1,104.14        
UUP Mark Cosgrove 6.67% 571 612.14 621.74 719.52 724.92 1,105.92
Sinn Féin Gerard O'Reilly 10.27% 880 936.78 937.26 940.26 1,055.82 1,064.88
DUP Paul Livingstone 6.57% 563 596.66 713.9 736.52 740.66 827.94
UUP Ben Coote 5.06% 433 512.56 521.44 583.72 591.46  
UUP Kathy Wolff 2.02% 173 216.18 220.26      
Electorate: 17,233   Valid: 8,565 (49.70%)   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,071   Turnout: 8,703 (50.50%)  

2005 Election

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance

2001-2005 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and SDLP

Antrim Line - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP Nigel Hamilton* 21.02% 1,901            
SDLP Noreen McClelland* 12.23% 1,106 1,106.8 1,146.8        
UUP Janet Crilly* 12.17% 1,101 1,123 1,185        
Alliance Tom Campbell 9.50% 859 863.4 958.8 966.9 1,200.9    
DUP Mandy Girvan 4.70% 425 1,049.4 1,104.6 1,112.7 1,115.7 1,292.7  
DUP Paula Bradley 8.96% 810 894 928.4 933.8 934.2 1,138.8  
Sinn Féin Briege Meehan* 8.62% 780 780 787 787 914 918.4 941.4
Sinn Féin Martin Meehan 7.41% 670 670 670 670 740 741.4 750.4
UUP Ivan Hunter* 5.70% 516 529.6 561 592.5 609.5    
SDLP Tommy McTeague* 5.69% 515 515.8 533.8 534.7      
Newtownabbey Ratepayers Jennifer Irvine 3.29% 298 302.8          
Independent Arthur Templeton* 0.71% 64 66          
Electorate: 15,963   Valid: 9,045 (56.66%)   Spoilt: 190   Quota: 1,131   Turnout: 9,235 (57.85%)  

2001 Election

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1997-2001 Change: DUP, SDLP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP, Alliance and Newtownabbey Ratepayers

Antrim Line - 7 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
UUP Janet Crilly 16.28% 1,704                  
DUP Nigel Hamilton 12.90% 1,350                  
UUP Ivan Hunter* 5.80% 607 869.43 923.58 925.89 978.8 986.73 1,167.63 1,311.63    
DUP Arthur Templeton 6.11% 640 649.66 661.66 667.45 672.91 1,031.59 1,167.9 1,225.43 1,225.43 1,428.43
SDLP Tommy McTeague* 10.78% 1,128 1,131.45 1,132.45 1,132.54 1,165.54 1,165.54 1,168 1,206.46 1,266.69 1,293.94
Sinn Féin Briege Meehan 7.20% 754 754.46 754.46 754.49 756.49 757.49 757.49 760.49 1,264.49 1,265.49
SDLP Noreen McClelland 8.47% 887 889.3 889.3 889.33 967.56 968.56 973.56 1,007.82 1,081.82 1,097.07
Alliance Pam Tilson 5.23% 547 555.05 564.05 564.14 619.09 621.09 630.32 739.73 740.73 914.42
UUP Arthur Kell* 5.12% 536 593.27 612.96 613.38 631.87 636.62 689.23 735.15 736.15  
Sinn Féin Roisin McGurk 6.14% 643 643 643 643 647 647 647 655.23    
Newtownabbey Ratepayers John Blair* 3.72% 389 396.82 451.28 451.55 487.39 490.42 524.86      
NI Unionist Norman Boyd 3.99% 418 426.97 453.89 454.79 464.2 471.52        
DUP Elizabeth Snoddy* 3.22% 337 347.81 362.27 392.09 402.81          
NI Women's Coalition Joan Cosgrove 2.86% 299 309.35 323.04 323.19            
Independent James Beckett 2.18% 228 232.37                
Electorate: 16,969   Valid: 10,467 (61.68%)   Spoilt: 261   Quota: 1,309   Turnout: 10,728 (63.22%)  

1997 Election

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers

1993-1997 Change: UUP and Newtownabbey Ratepayers gain from Alliance and Independent Unionist

Antrim Line - 7 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SDLP Tommy McTeague* 21.82% 1,500              
UUP Edward Crilly* 19.33% 1,329              
Alliance James Rooney* 7.17% 493 888.74            
UUP Ivan Hunter 7.74% 532 533.41 856.11 1,009.11        
UUP Arthur Kell* 10.94% 752 755.76 831.01 865.01        
DUP Elizabeth Snoddy 9.41% 647 648.41 662.06 745.51 823.51 823.51 1,033.51  
Newtownabbey Ratepayers John Blair* 6.72% 462 546.6 556.05 608.15 617.15 619.37 701.37 763.37
Alliance Tommy Frazer 4.89% 336 473.71 481.76 503.75 504.75 525.54 584.13 605.13
Ind. Unionist Arthur Templeton* 6.43% 442 445.76 458.01 486.86 505.86 506.1    
Ulster Democratic Billy Blair* 5.56% 382 382.94 403.24          
Electorate: 16,864   Valid: 6,875 (40.77%)   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 860   Turnout: 6,995 (41.48%)  

1993 Election

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1989-1993 Change: Alliance and Independent Unionist gain due to the addition of two seats

Antrim Line - 7 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SDLP Tommy McTeague* 17.85% 1,271        
Ind. Unionist Arthur Templeton* 17.53% 1,248        
UUP Edward Crilly 12.69% 904        
Alliance James Rooney* 10.22% 728 947.52      
DUP Billy Blair 12.26% 873 873 920.4    
UUP Arthur Kell* 7.91% 563 564.6 707.1 907.1  
Alliance Elizabeth Frazer 8.07% 575 634.84 654.04 775.78 826.99
DUP Tommy Kirkham* 8.72% 621 621.64 665.44 741.54 741.63
UUP Marell Hunter 3.52% 251 252.6 351.6    
Workers' Party Brendan Harrison 1.22% 87 172.76 174.56    
Electorate: 15,806   Valid: 7,121 (45.05%)   Spoilt: 160   Quota: 891   Turnout: 7,281 (46.06%)  

1989 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP

Antrim Line - 5 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Alliance James Rooney* 18.97% 908      
DUP Tommy Kirkham 16.71% 800      
SDLP Tommy McTeague 14.29% 684 731.71 771.39 868.39
UUP James Smith 16.19% 775 788.65 796.95 806.95
UUP William Green* 15.00% 718 725.02 734.06 745.74
UUP Ivan Hunter* 8.65% 414 420.63 423.89 435.79
DUP William McDonnell* 4.91% 235 237.86 242.12 250.03
Workers' Party Brendan Harrison 2.97% 142 156.69 207.36  
Labour '87 Thomas Davidson 2.32% 111 127.77    
Electorate: 10,918   Valid: 4,787 (43.85%)   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 798   Turnout: 4,893 (44.82%)  

1985 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

Antrim Line - 5 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
UUP William Green 17.12% 873          
Alliance James Rooney* 15.51% 791 843 872      
UUP Ivan Hunter* 13.10% 668 675 676 1,112    
DUP William McDonnell 14.22% 725 729 731 766 885.72  
DUP Mary Harkness* 12.51% 638 642 642 680 818.58 852.08
SDLP Tommy McTeague 8.86% 452 462 756 757 759.46 759.46
UUP Arthur Kell 10.24% 522 524 527      
SDLP Margaret Harrison 6.14% 313 334        
Newtownabbey Labour Thomas Davidson 1.59% 81          
Newtownabbey Labour Lindsay Prior 0.73% 37          
Electorate: 10,194   Valid: 5,100 (50.03%)   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 851   Turnout: 5,238 (51.38%)  

References

  1. ^ "Antrim Line Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.