Macedon (District Electoral Area)
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.
Macedon | |
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Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council DEA constituency | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1993 |
Seats | 6 (1993-) |
Councillors |
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) | ||||||
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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) |
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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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Taylor McGrann* | 18.63% | 1,326 | ||||||||
DUP | Matthew Brady* | 17.14% | 1,220 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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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 | ||
Ulster Unionist | 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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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 | ||
Ulster Unionist | 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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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 | |
Ulster Unionist | 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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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 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Newtownabbey Labour | Mark Langhammer* | 21.16% | 1,103 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | 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 | |||
Ulster Unionist | 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | 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 | ||
Ulster Unionist | 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 | |||
Ulster Unionist | 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%) |
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