Doagh Road (District Electoral Area)

Doagh Road was one of the five district electoral areas in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 1993. The district elected five members to Newtownabbey Borough Council, and formed part of the South Antrim constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly and South Antrim for the UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Newtownabbey Area B which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Bradan, Coole, Dunanney, Valley and Whitehouse. It was abolished for the 1993 local elections and replaced with the Macedon DEA.

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
1989 Robert Kidd
(Labour '87)/
(Newtownabbey Labour)
John Blair
(Alliance)
Billy Snoddy
(DUP)
Fraser Agnew
(UUP)
Andrew Beattie
(UUP)
1985 Jim Allister
(DUP)
David Hollis
(DUP)

1989 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Labour '87

1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP, Newtownabbey Labour joins Labour '87

Doagh Road - 5 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
UUP Fraser Agnew* 21.70% 761              
Labour '87 Robert Kidd* 20.30% 712              
DUP Billy Snoddy 17.22% 604              
UUP Andrew Beattie* 15.00% 526 660.09            
Alliance John Blair 9.52% 334 337.91 379.91 387.89 389.31 390.03 469.81 512.87
Ind. Unionist David Hollis* 7.01% 246 254.97 271.56 279.4 294.03 300.79 308.03 392
UUP Winifred Wright 3.11% 109 131.77 159.07 215.91 225.58 235.42 245.24  
Workers' Party J. J. Magee 2.22% 78 78 104.88 105.16 109.72 109.84    
Sinn Féin Liam Collins 2.74% 96 96 102.3 102.3 103.3 103.3    
National Front David Kerr 1.17% 41 41.46 44.19 44.33        
Electorate: 8,976   Valid: 3,507 (39.07%)   Spoilt: 118   Quota: 585   Turnout: 3,625 (40.39%)  

1985 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour

Doagh Road - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DUP Jim Allister 30.01% 1,381                  
UUP Fraser Agnew* 19.90% 916                  
DUP David Hollis 5.61% 258 726.16 737.2 738.2 738.2 844.08        
Newtownabbey Labour Robert Kidd* 9.47% 436 449.64 452.84 455.84 548 556.08 563.08 693.24 760.12 908.8
UUP Andrew Beattie 7.71% 355 406.04 507.48 509.48 510.48 518.72 534.72 537.04 572.64 653.24
UUP Letitia McCartney* 6.67% 307 325.04 348.08 349.24 350.24 360.8 372.8 373.8 381.96 424.36
Alliance John Elliott* 6.37% 293 298.72 302.08 303.52 309.52 309.68 309.68 334.68 347.68  
All Night Party Mark Langhammer 4.41% 203 207.84 208.48 229.64 232.64 237.52 241.52 270.68    
Workers' Party Austin Kelly 4.19% 193 193 193.48 195.64 214.64 215.64 215.64      
DUP Charles South 2.17% 100 142.68 144.44 145.88 145.88          
Newtownabbey Labour David Lowrie 2.78% 128 128 128.16 128.16            
All Night Party Roy Wallace 0.28% 13 13 13              
All Night Party David Coburn 0.26% 12 12.44 12.92              
All Night Party Douglas Edwards 0.13% 6 6.44 6.44              
All Night Party William McClinton 0.02% 1 1 1              
Electorate: 9,960   Valid: 4,602 (46.20%)   Spoilt: 184   Quota: 768   Turnout: 4,786 (48.05%)  

References

  1. ^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.