The Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association was a minor political party operating in
Newtownabbey
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,
Northern Ireland
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It contested elections for
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 ...
from 1997 to 2005 and registered as a political party with the
Electoral Commission
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in 2001.
The party had 2 councillors elected in the
1997 local elections, 1 in
2001
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and 1 in
2005
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. In the 2005 elections the party stood candidates in 3 of Newtownabbey's 4 electoral areas and polled 1897 votes, 6.4% of the votes in the borough.
In their statement of accounts for the year to the end of 2005, the party declared that they had a membership of 23.
Their sole remaining elected councillor, Billy Webb, joined the
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
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in April 2008.
See also
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The Community Group (London Borough of Hounslow)
The Community Group, also known as the Independent Community Group (ICG), and registered with the Electoral Commission as the Community (London Borough of Hounslow), was a small political party based in Isleworth in the London Borough of Hounslo ...
References
External links
Newtownabbey Ratepayers Association
Politics of County Antrim
Defunct political parties in Northern Ireland
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