| Newtownabbey Borough | |
| Geography | |
| Area - Total |
Ranked 22nd of 26 151 km² |
|---|---|
| Admin HQ | Newtownabbey |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-NTA |
| ONS code | 95U |
| Demographics | |
| Population - Total (2010) - Density |
Ranked 6th 83,600 555 / km² |
| Community | Catholic: 19.4% Protestant: 76.2% |
| Politics | |
| Control | No overall control DUP: 12 Alliance Party: 5 UUP: 5 Sinn Féin: 2 SDLP: 1 |
| MLAs | Belfast North, East Antrim & South Antrim DUP: 9 Sinn Féin: 4 SDLP: 1 UUP: 2 Alliance Party: 2 |
| MPs | Nigel Dodds (DUP) William McCrea (DUP) Sammy Wilson (DUP) |
| Meeting place | |
| Newtownabbey Borough Council Headquarters, Mossley Mill | |
| Website | |
| http://www.newtownabbey.gov.uk | |
Newtownabbey Borough Council is a Local Council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. Newtownabbey has a population of over 80,000 and is on the north shore of Belfast Lough just immediately north of Belfast. The Borough was founded in 1958 as a result of an Act of Parliament passed in 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 are at Mossley Mill in Newtownabbey. Towns within the area include Ballyclare and Glengormley. The University of Ulster at Jordanstown is also in the Council area.
The Newtownabbey Borough Council area consists of 4 electoral areas: Antrim Line, Macedon, University and Ballyclare. At the 2011 elections 25 members were elected from the following political parties: 12 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 5 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 5 Alliance Party, 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), and 2 Sinn Féin. At the Annual General Meeting of the Council on the first Monday in June each year the Mayor is elected and becomes the first citizen of the Borough. The Mayor of Newtownabbey for 2011/2012 is Alderman Billy Wedd (Alliance Party of Northern Ireland) and the Deputy Mayor is Alderman Victor Robinson (DUP).[1]
In elections for the Westminster Parliament it is split between the East Antrim constituency, the South Antrim constituency and the North Belfast constituency.
Contents |
| Party | seats | change +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|
| • | Democratic Unionist Party | 12 | = |
| • | Ulster Unionist Party | 5 | -1 |
| • | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 5 | +3 |
| • | Sinn Féin | 2 | +1 |
| • | Social Democratic and Labour Party | 1 | = |
| • | Newtownabbey Ratepayers Association | 0 | -1 |
| • | United Unionist Coalition | 0 | -1 |
| • | Independent | 0 | -1 |
| Party | seats | change +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|
| • | Democratic Unionist Party | 12 | +4 |
| • | Ulster Unionist Party | 6 | -3 |
| • | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | 2 | +1 |
| • | Sinn Féin | 1 | = |
| • | Social Democratic and Labour Party | 1 | -1 |
| • | Newtownabbey Ratepayers Association | 1 | = |
| • | United Unionist Coalition | 1 | = |
| • | Independent | 1 | -1 |
Under the Review of Public Administration (RPA) the district was due to merge with Antrim Borough in 2011 to form a single council for the enlarged area totalling 572 km² and a population of 128,361.[2] The next election was due to take place in May 2009, but on April 25, 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until the introduction of the eleven new councils in 2011.[3]
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