The 2023 election to
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other
local elections in Northern Ireland
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, two weeks after the
local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the
coronation of King Charles III.
They returned 40 members to the council via
Single Transferable Vote
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.
Election results
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, style="text-align:right;" , 53,465
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
, - class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left", District Electoral Area (DEA)
! %
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!rowspan=2, Total
cllrs
, - class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="", Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white", Independents and others
, -
, align="left", Airport
, 22.79
, 1
, bgcolor="#008800", 36.29
, bgcolor="#008800", 2 1
, 15.08
, 1
, 13.41
, 1
, 10.75
, 0 1
, 1.67
, 0
, 5
, -
, align="left", Antrim
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 27.57
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 2
, 17.82
, 1 1
, 20.87
, 1
, 16.64
, 1 1
, 9.51
, 1
, 7.59
, 0
, 6
, -
, align="left", Ballyclare
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 36.36
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 2
, 1.20
, 0
, 13.60
, 1 1
, 24.15
, 1 1
, 0.00
, 0
, 24.84
, 1
, 5
, -
, align="left", Dunsilly
, 22.57
, 1
, bgcolor="#008800", 34.94
, bgcolor="#008800", 2 1
, 12.25
, 1
, 11.31
, 1
, 9.71
, 0 1
, 9.23
, 0
, 5
, -
, align="left", Glengormley Urban
, 26.06
, 2
, bgcolor="#008800", 35.29
, bgcolor="#008800", 3 1
, 16.05
, 1
, 10.86
, 1
, 6.45
, 0 1
, 5.29
, 0
, 7
, -
, align="left", Macedon
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 32.98
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 2 1
, 18.63
, 1
, 15.24
, 1
, 15.99
, 1
, 0.00
, 0
, 17.17
, 1 1
, 6
, -
, align="left", Three Mile Water
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 43.07
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 3
, 4.17
, 0
, 26.93
, 2
, 18.31
, 1
, 0.00
, 0
, 7.53
, 0
, 6
, - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
, align="left", Total
, 30.05
, 13 1
, 21.72
, 9 4
, 17.17
, 8 1
, 15.63
, 7 2
, 5.29
, 1 3
, 10.14
, 2 1
, 40
, -
District results
Airport
2019: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Antrim
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Ballyclare
2019: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Dunsilly
2019: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Glengormley Urban
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Macedon
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
Three Mile Water
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: No Change
Notes
References
{{2023 United Kingdom local elections
2023 Northern Ireland local elections
Elections in County Antrim
21st century in County Antrim