Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
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Type
Type
History
Founded 1 April 2015
Preceded by Antrim Borough Council
Newtownabbey Borough Council
Structure
Seats 40
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council Composition 2014.svg
Political groups
      DUP (15)
     UUP (12)
     Alliance (4)
     SDLP (4)
     Sinn Féin (3)
     TUV (2)
Elections
Last election
 22 May 2014
Website
http://www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council is a local authority that was established on 1 April 2015. It replaces Antrim Borough Council and Newtownabbey Borough Council.[1] A statutory transition committee was established in 2013 to prepare for the merger. The first elections to the authority were on 22 May 2014 with 73 candidates standing for 40 seats. The authority acted in shadow form until the formal creation of the Antrim and Newtownabbey district on 1 April 2015.

Transition committee

The statutory transition committee was established in 2013 with a membership of eight councillors each from Antrim Borough Council and Newtownabbey Borough Council.[2] The purpose of the committee is to ensure the new council is ready to operate from 1 April 2015; to plan for the period up to and after the election of the shadow council; to arrange the first meeting of the shadow council; and to appoint the chief executive.[3]

Borough status

The new district created on 1 April 2015 will be formally the Antrim and Newtownabbey District and the council will be Antrim and Newtownabbey District Council. Each of the previous authorities has borough status which entitles the councils to be known as borough councils and the districts to be known as boroughs. The 2013 corporate plan of the statutory transition committee indicates the council intends to retain this status.[3]

Councillors

For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA)[4] The result for each DEA is shown below.:[5]

Area Seats
Airport 5
Antrim 6
Ballyclare 5
Dunsilly 5
Glengormley Urban 7
Macedon 6
Threemilewater 6

2014 seats summary

Party Seats
DUP 15
UUP 12
Alliance 4
SDLP 4
Sinn Féin 3
TUV 2

Councillors by electoral area

This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 22 May 2014.[6]

Council members from 2014 election
District electoral area Name Party
Airport Anne-Marie Logue Sinn Féin
Thomas Burns SDLP
Matthew Magill DUP
Paul Michael UUP
Mervyn Rea UUP
Antrim Nigel Kells DUP
Adrian Cochrane-Watson UUP
John Smyth DUP
Drew Ritchie UUP
Neil Kelly Alliance
Roisin Lynch SDLP
Ballyclare Mandy Girvan DUP
Jim Bingham UUP
Tim Girvan DUP
Vera McWilliam UUP
David Arthurs TUV
Dunsilly Roderick Swann UUP
Brian Duffin SDLP
Linda Clarke DUP
Trevor Beatty DUP
Henry Cushnihan Sinn Féin
Glengormley Urban Mark Cosgrove UUP
Audrey Ball DUP
John Blair Alliance
Philip Brett DUP
Michael Maguire UUP
Noreen McClelland SDLP
Michael Goodman Sinn Féin
Macedon Billy Webb Alliance
Billy De Courcy DUP
Thomas Hogg DUP
Paul Hamill DUP
David Hollis TUV
John Scott UUP
Threemilewater Fraser Agnew UUP
William Ball DUP
Tom Campbell Alliance
Ben Kelso UUP
Pamela Barr DUP
Stephen Ross DUP

Population

The area covered by new Council has a population of 138,567 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Councils are merging in 2015".
  2. ↑ "STATUTORY TRANSITION COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP 2013".
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Statutory Transition Committee Corporate plan".
  4. ↑ "Local Government District Electoral Areas: 2013".
  5. ↑ "Antrim and Newtownabbey Results". UTV. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Antrim and Newtownabbey District Council: Election Results May 2014". Antrim Borough Council. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014". NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 28 September 2014.