Macedon (District Electoral Area)

Macedon
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created1993
Seats6 (1993-)
Councillors
  •   Matthew Brady (DUP)
  •   Robert Foster (UUP)
  •   Ben Mallon (DUP)
  •   Taylor McGrann (SF)
  •   Stafford Ward (IND)
  •   Billy Webb (APNI)
Macedon DEA within Antrim and Newtownabbey
Macedon DEA (1993-2014) within Newtownabbey

Macedon is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects six members to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and contains the wards of Abbey, Carnmoney Hill, O'Neill, Rathcoole, Valley and Whitehouse.[2] Macedon forms part of the Belfast North constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the East Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1993 local elections, where it contained six wards (Abbey, Cloughfern, Coole, Dunanney, Valley and Whitehouse).

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party)
2023 Billy Webb
(Alliance)/
(NRA) 		Robert Foster
(UUP) 		Taylor McGrann
(Sinn Féin) 		Stafford Ward
(Independent) 		Matthew Brady
(DUP) 		Ben Mallon
(DUP)
December 2021 Co-Option Victor Robinson
(DUP)
October 2021 Co-Option Linda Irwin
(DUP)
May 2020 Co-Option Paul Hamill
(DUP)
October 2019 Co-Option Thomas Hogg
(DUP)
2019 Dean McCullough
(DUP)
February 2018 Co-Option David Hollis
(TUV) 		Billy De Courcy
(DUP)
November 2017 Defection John Scott
(DUP)/
(Independent)/
(UUP)
August 2017 Defection
2014
2011 Victor Robinson
(DUP) 		Dineen Walker
(DUP)/
(UUP)
2005 Tommy Kirkham
(UDP)/
(Independent)
2001 Mark Langhammer
(Newtownabbey Labour)/
(Independent) 		Andrew Hunter
(DUP)
1997 Robert Kidd
(Newtownabbey Labour) 		Andrew Beattie
(UUP)/
(Independent Unionist) 		David Hollis
(UUP)
1993 John Blair
(Alliance) 		Billy Snoddy
(DUP) 		Billy Boyd
(Independent Unionist)

2023 Election

2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2019–2023 Change: Independent gain from DUP

Macedon - 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sinn Féin Taylor McGrann* 18.63% 1,326              
DUP Matthew Brady* 17.14% 1,220              
UUP Robert Foster* 15.99% 1,138              
Alliance Billy Webb* 15.24% 1,085              
DUP Ben Mallon* 8.06% 574 576.05 728.21 757.8 848.12 850.01 1,039.01  
Independent Stafford Ward 6.84% 487 518.16 523.92 552.85 611.8 623.7 683.8 836.19
DUP Victor Robinson* 7.78% 553 555.05 571.37 584.9 608.42 610.45 722.49 751.79
Green (NI) Ellie Byrne 2.22% 158 420.4 422.16 427.22 443.25 491.76 512.08  
TUV Norman Boyd 4.68% 333 334.64 345.2 363.79 433.8 435.76    
PUP Rosemary Bell-McCracken 3.43% 244 250.56 258.24 281.89        
Electorate: 14,554   Valid: 7,118 (48.91%)   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 1,017   Turnout: 7,203 (49.49%)  

2019 Election

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 X UUP, 1 x TUV

2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from TUV

Macedon - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Alliance Billy Webb* 18.01% 1,127            
DUP Paul Hamill* † 16.67% 1,043            
DUP Thomas William Hogg* † 15.96% 999            
UUP Robert Foster* 15.28% 956            
DUP Dean McCullough †† 5.13% 321 332.4 439.08 509.88 558.24 687.42 976.42
Sinn Féin Taylor McGrann 12.22% 765 830.7 830.84 831.54 834.84 836.44 836.44
Independent Stafford Ward 5.48% 343 452.8 458.96 463.26 499.72 545.22 560.22
DUP Victor Robinson 5.23% 327 337.5 354.72 368.42 383.52 444.78  
TUV David Hollis* 3.56% 223 238 244.58 248.48 297.56    
UKIP Robert Hill 2.46% 154 168.1 173.56 176.56      
Electorate: 13,593   Valid: 6,258 (46.04%)   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 895   Turnout: 6,331 (46.58%)  

2014 Election

2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP

2011-2014 Change: TUV gain from DUP

Macedon - 6 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Alliance Billy Webb* 13.99% 830 946          
DUP Billy De Courcy* 14.23% 844 885          
DUP Thomas Hogg* 9.80% 581 609 610 613.88 648.88 918.88  
DUP Paul Hamill 9.07% 538 579 581 603.31 693.31 907.31  
TUV David Hollis 10.88% 645 661 664 665.94 821.94 852.94  
UUP John Scott* ‡‡† 9.07% 538 559 565 568.88 701.88 752.79 808.79
Sinn Féin Brónach Anglin 9.41% 558 599 642 642 643 647 648
DUP Victor Robinson 7.79% 462 550 555 559.85 632.85    
PUP Ken Wilkinson 8.48% 503 517 519 519      
DUP Dineen Walker* 4.32% 256            
SDLP Dominic Mullaghan 3.00% 178            
Electorate: 13,198   Valid: 5,931 (44.94%)   Spoilt: 108   Quota: 848   Turnout: 6,039 (45.69%)  

2011 Election

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent

2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2005-2011 Change: DUP gain from Independent, Newtownabbey Ratepayers joins Alliance

Macedon - 6 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP Billy DeCourcy* 23.90% 1,146            
Alliance Billy Webb* 15.77% 756            
DUP Thomas Hogg 12.12% 581 864.31          
DUP Victor Robinson* 14.08% 675 757.41          
DUP Dineen Walker* 7.53% 361 408.56 563.27 626.82 640.47 840.47  
UUP John Scott* 8.66% 415 432.22 443.29 447.8 476.27 571.67 639.67
Sinn Féin Mary Gillen 9.68% 464 468.92 469.46 469.87 485.47 493.93 496.93
Independent Tommy Kirkham* 8.26% 396 419.78 426.8 429.67 440.46    
Electorate: 10,707   Valid: 4,794 (44.77%)   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 685   Turnout: 4,916 (45.91%)  

2005 Election

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent

Macedon - 6 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP Billy DeCourcy* 30.50% 1,670            
Newtownabbey Ratepayers Billy Webb* 14.99% 821            
DUP Victor Robinson 13.66% 748 1,367.04          
DUP Dineen Walker* 5.33% 292 407.01 943.01        
Independent Tommy Kirkham* 10.63% 582 645.6 656.1 703.35 729.43 735.53 846.53
UUP John Scott 10.06% 551 574.32 591.82 672.55 715.89 732.34 824.34
Sinn Féin Sean Oliver 5.86% 321 321 321.5 321.77 402.77 407.47 407.47
PUP Catherine Robinson 5.31% 291 338.7 348.2 376.55 384.61 389.41  
SDLP Michael McBrien 3.65% 200 202.12 203.12 205.01      
Electorate: 10,506   Valid: 5,476 (52.12%)   Spoilt: 153   Quota: 783   Turnout: 5,629 (53.58%)  

2001 Election

1997: 2 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent Unionist

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers

1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from Newtownabbey Labour and Independent Unionist, Newtownabbey Labour and UDP become Independent

Macedon - 6 seats[8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DUP Billy DeCourcy 19.29% 1,355                
Independent Mark Langhammer* 18.88% 1,326                
DUP Andrew Hunter 8.02% 563 883.84 912.7 939.22 946.26 1,015.26      
UUP Dineen Walker 11.16% 784 787.12 830.54 857.18 894.74 943.12 950.64 1,060.64  
Newtownabbey Ratepayers Billy Webb* 9.25% 650 652.86 706.68 742.28 803.18 831.48 961.24 1,000.22 1,019.22
Independent Tommy Kirkham* 8.70% 611 618.02 649.74 667.78 674.56 699.2 710.24 804.48 820.48
Independent Robert Kidd* 8.70% 378 382.42 451.06 471.44 491.56 550.46 640.88 756.8 774.8
PUP Dougie Jamison 5.67% 398 402.16 429.98 440.98 454.28 499.18 501.18    
Sinn Féin Kevin Vernon 4.98% 350 350 365.34 368.9 376.16 377.68      
Independent Andrew Beattie* 3.93% 276 280.16 294.98 299.54 317.58        
Alliance Michael Campbell 2.46% 173 173.52 191.46 206.98          
Independent Victor Robinson 2.28% 160 161.04 175.86            
Electorate: 12,115   Valid: 7,024 (57.98%)   Spoilt: 255   Quota: 1,004   Turnout: 7,279 (60.08%)  

1997 Election

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 2 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent Unionist

1993-1997 Change: Newtownabbey Labour, Newtownabbey Ratepayers and UDP gain from UUP, DUP and Alliance

Macedon - 6 seats[9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Newtownabbey Labour Mark Langhammer* 21.16% 1,103              
UUP David Hollis 10.34% 539 563.15 568.85 593.55 658.3 792.3    
Ind. Unionist Andrew Beattie* 11.42% 595 617.05 627.1 655.5 710.25 752.25    
Newtownabbey Labour Robert Kidd 7.54% 393 534.05 563.95 581.65 603.75 630.75 718.55 731.75
Ulster Democratic Tommy Kirkham 8.48% 442 460.2 462.2 468.2 486.55 508.6 682.3 695.5
Newtownabbey Ratepayers Billy Webb 9.15% 477 534.4 585.95 624.1 646.45 664.25 690.05 694.45
DUP Billy Snoddy* 9.02% 470 485.05 487.05 506.05 545.45 580.5 644.6 660.55
PUP Bob Gourley 7.14% 372 396.15 398.85 406.55 426.9 452.05    
UUP Ricky Walker 5.33% 278 296.9 299.25 313.3 339      
UK Unionist Norman Boyd 4.89% 255 265.5 266.85 283.85        
Independent George Reynolds 3.24% 169 177.75 189.8          
Alliance Julie Greaves 2.28% 119 136.5            
Electorate: 12,642   Valid: 5,212 (41.23%)   Spoilt: 139   Quota: 745   Turnout: 5,351 (42.33%)  

1993 Election

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Independent Unionist

Macedon - 6 seats[10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
UUP Andrew Beattie* 16.27% 907          
Newtownabbey Labour Mark Langhammer 14.59% 813          
DUP Billy Snoddy* 11.64% 649 653.92 656.92 672.4 1,000.4  
UUP David Hollis 9.80% 546 595.56 595.56 713.2 763.36 830.24
Alliance John Blair* 13.80% 769 775.84 779.96 788.44 795.56 801.72
Ind. Unionist Billy Boyd* 9.11% 508 535.36 536.48 610.44 676.52 785.64
Newtownabbey Labour Robert Kidd* 10.89% 607 609.64 656.88 663.12 686.6 706.84
DUP Billy DeCourcy 8.72% 486 491.28 492.28 501.64    
UUP Samuel Martin 2.60% 145 153.04 153.04      
Ind. Unionist Norman Boyd 1.58% 88 89.44 89.44      
Newtownabbey Labour Thomas Davidson 1.00% 56 56.48        
Electorate: 13,176   Valid: 5,574 (42.30%)   Spoilt: 218   Quota: 797   Turnout: 5,792 (43.96%)  

References

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  2. ^ "Antrim and Newtownabbey District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Macedon Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.