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1985 Newtownabbey Borough Council Election
Elections to Newtownabbey Borough Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 25 councillors. Election results Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. Districts summary , - class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left", Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2, TotalCllrs , - class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="white", Others , - , align="left", Antrim Line , bgcolor="#40BFF5", 40.5 , bgcolor="#40BFF5", 2 , 26.7 , 2 , 15.5 , 1 , 17.3 , 0 , 5 , - , align="left", Ballyclare , 22.0 , 1 , 25.5 , 1 , 5.6 , 0 , bgcolor="#0077FF", 46.9 , bgcolor="#0077FF", 3 , 5 , - , align="left", Doagh Road , 34.3 , 2 , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 37.8 , bgcolor="#D46A4C", 2 , 6.4 , 0 , 21.5 , 1 , 5 , - , align="left", Manse Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newtownabbey Borough Council
Newtownabbey Borough Council was a Local Authority in County Antrim in Northern Ireland, on the north shore of Belfast Lough just immediately north of Belfast. The Council merged with Antrim Borough Council in April 2015 under local government reform in Northern Ireland to form Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council. History Newtownabbey was founded in 1958 as a result of the Newtownabbey Urban District Act (Northern Ireland) 1957 and comprises large urban residential areas along with traditional farming communities. Its major industries include electronics, software and telecommunications development and agriculture. Council headquarters were at Mossley Mill in Newtownabbey. Towns within the area included Ballyclare and Glengormley. The University of Ulster at Jordanstown is also in the area covered by the former Council. The Newtownabbey Borough Council area consisted of four electoral areas: Antrim Line, Macedon, University, and Ballyclare. At the 2011 elections, 25 members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Wilson (Northern Ireland Politician)
Jim Wilson (born 15 December 1941) is a Northern Irish politician, who was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for South Antrim from 1998 to 2007. Born in County Antrim, Wilson attended Belfast College of Technology before becoming a marine engineer. He was elected to Newtownabbey Borough Council in 1975 for the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party, and joined the Ulster Unionist Party the following year. However, he resigned his position on the council in 1988. He was UUP General Secretary from the late 1980s until 1998. Wilson was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly sco-ulster, Norlin Airlan Assemblie , legislature = 7th Northern Ireland Assembly, Seventh Assembly , coa_pic = File:NI_Assembly.svg , coa_res = 250px , house_type = Unicameralism, Unicameral , hou ... for South Antrim in 1998 and held his seat at the 2003 election. He retired from front line politics in 2007. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Robinson (Northern Ireland Politician)
Ken Robinson (born 1942) was a former Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Antrim from 1998 to 2011. Education He was educated at Ballyclare High School, Queen's University, Belfast and Stranmillis College. Before entering politics, he was Head of Cavehill Primary School. Political career Robinson was a former Newtownabbey Borough Councillor (1985–1993 and 1995–1997). He has served as both Mayor (1991–1992) and Deputy-Mayor, and was Vice Chair of the Economic Development Committee (1995–1998). He was first elected an MLA in 1998, and re-elected in 2003 and 2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr .... He was a member of the Committee of the Centre and the Education Committee in the 1998â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shore Road (District Electoral Area)
Shore 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 sco-ulster, Norlin Airlan Assemblie , legislature = 7th Northern Ireland Assembly, Seventh Assembly , coa_pic = File:NI_Assembly.svg , coa_res = 250px , house_type = Unicameralism, Unicameral , hou ... and East Antrim and South Antrim constituencies for the UK Parliament. It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Newtownabbey Area C which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Abbey, Cloughfern, Jordanstown, Monkstown and Rostulla. It was abolished for the 1993 local elections and replaced with the Macedon DEA and the University DEA. Councillors 1989 Election 1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manse Road (District Electoral Area)
Manse 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 constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly sco-ulster, Norlin Airlan Assemblie , legislature = 7th Northern Ireland Assembly, Seventh Assembly , coa_pic = File:NI_Assembly.svg , coa_res = 250px , house_type = Unicameralism, Unicameral , hou ... and UK Parliament. It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Newtownabbey Area C and Newtownabbey Area D which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Ballyduff, Burnthill, Carnmoney, Hawthorne and Mossley. It was abolished for the 1993 local elections and replaced with the Antrim Line DEA and the University DEA. Councillors 1989 Election 1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP 1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: Alliance ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Langhammer
Mark Langhammer is a Northern Irish trade unionist, employed as Director of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers and elected onto the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions in 2008, being re-elected in 2010. A former politician in Northern Ireland, he was previously a prominent northern-based member of the Irish Labour Party. Political career Early career Initially a community activist in North Belfast's Rathcoole housing estate, Langhammer first became involved in politics in the 1980s, joining the Campaign for Labour Representation, which aimed to persuade the British Labour Party to organise in Northern Ireland.Labour Party co-opts Langhammer to NEC ", Labour Party, 20 June 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraser Agnew
William Alexander Fraser Agnew, known as Fraser Agnew, is a politician in Northern Ireland who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Belfast North from 1998 to 2003. After growing up in Ballyclare, Agnew studied at the University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Belfast Technical College and the College of Business Studies. He worked as a writer and architectural draughtsperson and was elected to Newtownabbey Borough Council as an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) representative in 1980. Agnew was also elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1982. In 1990, Agnew served as the Mayor of Newtownabbey. In the early 1990s, he left the UUP and was later re-elected as an independent Unionist. In 1996, standing for the 'Independent Templeton' ticket, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Northern Ireland Forum election in South Antrim. He was elected as an independent in the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election, when he formed the United Unionist Coalition (UUC) with other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Allister
James Hugh Allister (born 2 April 1953) is a British Unionist politician and barrister in Northern Ireland. He founded the Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) political party in 2007, leading the party since its formation. Allister has served as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Antrim since 2011, and is the TUV’s only representative in the Assembly. He was formerly a member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), for which he successfully stood for election in 2004 to the European Parliament for Northern Ireland, succeeding Ian Paisley. He continued as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) following his resignation from the DUP and his subsequent establishment of the TUV in 2007. Background Allister was born in Listooder, Crossgar, in County Down where he lived until he was nine when his family moved to Craigantlet, Newtownards. Allister was a pupil at Barnamaghery Primary School and later Dundonald Primary School when he moved house. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 sco-ulster, Norlin Airlan Assemblie , legislature = 7th Northern Ireland Assembly, Seventh Assembly , coa_pic = File:NI_Assembly.svg , coa_res = 250px , house_type = Unicameralism, Unicameral , hou ... 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 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 g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballyclare (District Electoral Area)
Ballyclare is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and contains the wards of Ballyclare East, Ballyclare West, Ballynure, Ballyrobert and Doagh. ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Ballyclare forms part of the South Antrim constituencies for the South Antrim (Assembly constituency), Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament
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Newtownabbey Labour Party
The Newtownabbey Labour Party is a minor political party based in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. The party originated as the Newtownabbey branch of the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP). It left its parent organisation in 1974, in opposition to the NILP's broad support for the Ulster Workers Council strike. Early members included future Labour Party (UK), British Labour Party Member of Parliament Kate Hoey. The group stood in the 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election, but were only able to take 560 votes. However, by 1985 Northern Ireland local elections, 1985, Bob Kidd was able to win a seat on Newtownabbey Borough Council. In 1987, the group helped form Labour '87. Kidd held his seat under this description in 1989 Northern Ireland local elections, 1989. Although he lost in 1993 Northern Ireland local elections, 1993, Mark Langhammer, also standing for the group, was elected onto the Council. He easily held his seat in 1997 Northern Ireland local elections, 1997, then agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antrim Line (District Electoral Area)
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 The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative supremac .... 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
