Antrim Borough Council Elections, 1993-2011

Sinn Fein managed to pick up an additional seat from the DUP in Antrim Town DEA and overtake the SDLP in both seats won and the popular vote. There were no other changes in party strength.

map

Map by Conal Kelly


Electoral Area 2011 Results 2005 Results 2001 Results 1997 Results 1993 Results
South East 2 DUP, 2 UUP, 1 SDLP, 1 SF, 1 Alliance 2 DUP, 2 UUP, 1 SDLP, 1 Alliance, 1 SF 3 UUP, 2 DUP, 1 SDLP, 1 SF 4 UUP, 1 DUP, 1 SDLP, 1 Alliance 3 UUP, 1 Ind U, 1 DUP, 1 SDLP, 1 Alliance
Town 2 UUP, 2 DUP, 1 SF, 1 Alliance, 1 SDLP 3 DUP, 2 UUP, 1 Alliance, 1 SDLP 3 UUP, 2 DUP, 2 SDLP 4 UUP, 1 DUP, 1 SDLP, 1 Alliance 4 UUP, 1 DUP, 1 SDLP, 1 Alliance
North West 2 SF, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP, 1 DUP 2 SF, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP, 1 DUP 2 SDLP, 1 UUP, 1 DUP, 1 SF 2 SDLP, 1 UUP, 1 DUP, 1 SF 2 SDLP, 1 UUP, 1 DUP, 1 SF


Summary

2011 Results 2005 Results 2001 Results 1997 Results 1993 Results
Votes by Party:
DUP: 5,210 (30.6%), 5 councillors
UUP: 3,391 (19.9%), 5 councillors
SF: 2,931 (17.2%), 4 councillors
SDLP: 2,806 (16.5%), 3 councillors
Alliance: 1,919 (11.3%), 2 councillors
TUV: 363 (2.1%)
Ind: 321 (1.9%)
PUP: 109 (0.6%)
Votes by Party:
DUP: 5,434 (30.7%), 6 councillors
UUP: 4,203 (23.8%), 5 councillors
SDLP: 3,633 (20.5%), 3 councillors
SF: 2,620 (14.8%), 3 councillors
Alliance: 1,214 (6.9%), 2 councillors
Brian Johnson: 255 (1.4%)
Darran Smyth: 136 (0.8%)
PUP: 110 (0.6%)
Patricia Murray: 49 (0.3%)
Áine Gribbon: 28 (0.2%)

Votes by Party:
UUP: 6,699 (33.0%), 7 councillors
DUP: 4,576 (22.5%), 5 councillors
SDLP: 4,254 (21.0%), 5 councillors
SF: 2,589 (12.5%), 2 councillors
Alliance: 1,117 (5.5%)
NIUP: 413 (2.0%)
Community Candidate: 393 (1.8%)
PUP: 197 (0.8%)
Stanley Lynn: 124 (0.5%)
S J Greer: 111 (0.4%)
Votes by Party:
UUP: 6,050 (43.0%); 9 councillors
SDLP: 3,632 (26.0%); 4 councillors
DUP: 2,205 (16.0%); 3 councillors
Alliance: 1,173 (8.2%); 2 councillors
SF: 612 (4.3%); 1 councillor
PUP: 358 (2.5%)
Votes by Party:
UUP: 5,701 (38.5%); 8 councillors
SDLP: 3,108 (21%); 4 councillors
DUP: 2,412 (16.3%); 3 councillors
Ind U (Roy Thompson): 1,280 (8.7%); 1 councillor
Alliance: 1,250 (8.5%); 2 councillors
SF: 778 (5.3%); 1 councillor
Dem Left: 179 (1.2%)
Workers Party: 82 (0.5%)
Electorate: 34,607; Votes Cast: 17,335; Spoilt Votes: 285 (1.6%); Valid Votes 17,050 (98.4%) Electorate: 31,142; Votes Cast: 18,019; Spoilt Votes: 337 (1.9%); Valid Votes 17,682 (98.1%) Electorate: 32,930; Votes Cast: 20,739; Spoilt Votes: 501 (2.4%); Valid Votes 20,238 (97.6%) Electorate: 32,140; Votes Cast: 14,523; Spoilt Votes: 258 (1.8%); Valid Votes 14,265 (98.2%) Electorate: 30,542; Votes Cast: 15,180; Spoilt Votes: 390 (2.6%); Valid Votes: 14,790 (97.4%)

2001 Census: 18,691 "Catholic" (38.64%); 27,401 "Protestant" (56.65%); 219 Other (0.45%); 2,055 None (4.25%)

See also results from 1985-89 and 1973-81.


South East

Westminster seat: South Antrim
Includes these wards: Aldergrove, Ballycraigy, Clady, Crumlin, Farranshane, Parkgate, Templepatrick

2011 Results

No change. (spreadsheet)

First Count:
Thomas Burns, (SDLP) 992
Annemarie Logue, (SF) 885
Sam Dunlop, (DUP) 873
Mervyn Rea, (UUP) 853
Alan Lawther, (Alliance) 817
Roy Thompson, (DUP) 771
Paul Michael , (UUP) 679
John Smyth, (DUP) 381
Mel Lucas, (TUV) 363
Roisin Nugent, (SDLP) 247
Martin Nelson, (Ind) 154
Gerard Fox, (Ind) 49
Votes by Party:
DUP: 2,025 (28.7%), 2 seats
UUP: 1,532 (21.7%), 2 seats
SDLP: 1,239 (17.5%), 1 seat
SF: 885 (12.5%), 1 seat
Alliance: 817 (11.6%), 1 seat
TUV: 363 (5.1%)
Ind: 203 (2.9%)
  Electorate: 13,628; seats: 7; votes cast: 7,165; spoilt votes: 101 (1.4%);
valid votes: 7,064 (98.6%); quota: 884

2005 Results

Alliance gain from UUP. (spreadsheet)

First Count:
Thomas Burns, (SDLP) 1,435
Samuel Dunlop, (DUP) 1,066
Danny Kinahan, (UUP) 904
Mervyn Rea, (UUP) 793
Mel Lucas, (DUP) 603
Alan Lawther, (Alliance) 598
Roy Thompson, (DUP) 513
Annemarie Logue, (SF) 452
William Harkness, (DUP) 309
Kenneth Swann, (UUP) 271
Bernard McCrory, (SF) 197
Patricia Murray, (Ind) 49
Votes by Party:
DUP: 2,491 (34.6%), 2 seats
UUP: 1,968 (27.4%), 2 seats
SDLP: 1,435 (20.0%), 1 seat
SF: 649 (9.0%), 1 seat
Alliance: 598 (8.3%), 1 seat
Ind: 49 (0.7%)
  Electorate: 12,005; seats: 7; votes cast: 7,294; spoilt votes: 104 (1.4%);
valid votes: 7,190 (98.6%); quota: 899

2001 Results

DUP and SF gain from UUP and Alliance
(spreadsheet)

First Count:
Samuel Dunlop, (DUP) 1,367
Thomas Burns, (SDLP) 1,072
Roy Thompson, (UUP) 1,062
John Mervyn Rea, (UUP) 1,042
Edgar Wallace, (UUP) 937
Martin McManus, (SF) 703

Alison Olive McCartney, (Alliance) 578
William Harkness, (DUP) 525
Michael McGivern, (CC) 393
Kenneth Roderick Swann, (UUP) 213
Sean Mallon, (SDLP) 168
Votes by Party:
UUP: 3,254 (40.4%), 3 seats
DUP: 1,892 (23.4%), 2 seats
SF: 703 (8.7%), 1 seat
SDLP: 1240 (15.4%), 1 seat
Alliance: 578 (7.2%)
CC: 393 (4.9%)
  Electorate: 12,770; seats: 7; votes cast: 8,257; spoilt votes: 197 (2.4%);
valid votes: 8,060 (97.6%); quota: 1,008

2001 Census: 6,031 "Catholic" (30.02%); 12,961 "Protestant" (64.52%); 68 Other (0.34%); 2,055 None (5.12%)

1997 Results

Ind U switches party to UUP, otherwise no change
(spreadsheet)

First Count:
Roy Thompson, (UUP) 996
Thomas Burns, (SDLP) 963
Edgar Wallace, (UUP) 763

Mervyn Rea, (UUP) 716
David Ford, (Alliance) 613
Samuel Dunlop, (DUP) 495

William Harkness, (DUP) 385
Ken Wilkinson, (PUP) 358
Roderick Swann, (UUP) 180
Lucia Trowlen, (SDLP) 177
Roy Stinson, (UUP) 150
Votes by party:
UUP: 2,805 (48.4%), 4 seats
DUP: 880 (15.2%), 2 seats
SDLP: 1,140 (19.6%), 1 seat
Alliance: 613 (10.6%), 1 seat
PUP: 358 (6.2%)
  Electorate: 11,431; seats: 7; valid votes: 5,796 (50.7%); quota: 725

1993 Results

(spreadsheet)

First Count:
Roy Thompson, (U) 1,280
Edgar Wallace, (UUP) 878
Robert Burns, (SDLP) 855
David R. J. Ford, (Alliance) 561
Samuel Dunlop, (DUP) 560
Mervyn Rea, (UUP) 546
Howard Campbell, (UUP) 432

William Harkness, (DUP) 396
Roy Stinson, (UUP) 199
Joseph Gerard McCavana, (SF) 150
Votes by Party:
UUP: 2,055 (35.0%), 3 seats
DUP: 956 (16.3%), 1 seat
SF: 150 (2.6%)
SDLP: 855 (14.6%), 1 seat
Alliance: 561 (9.6%), 1 seat
U: 1,280 (21.9%), 1 seat

Electorate: 11,431; seats: 7; votes cast: 5,985; spoilt votes: 128 (2.1%);
valid votes: 5,857 (97.9%); quota: 733

2011: **DUP 29%, **UUP 22%, *SDLP 18%, *SF 13%, *Alliance 12%, TUV 5%, Ind 3% on a 53% turnout
2005: **DUP 35%, **UUP 27%, *SDLP 20%, *SF 9%, *Alliance 8%, Ind 1% on a 60% turnout
2001: ***UUP 40%, **DUP 23%, *SDLP 15%, *SF 9%, Alliance 8%, CC 5% on a 63% turnout
1997: ****UUP 48%, *SDLP 20%, *DUP 15%, *Alliance 11%, PUP 6% on a 47% turnout
1993: ***UUP 35%, *Thompson 22%, *DUP 16%, *SDLP 15%, *Alliance 10%, SF 3% on a 52% turnout


Town

Westminster seat: South Antrim
Includes these wards: Balloo, Fountain Hill, Greystone, Massereene, Springfarm, Steeple, Stiles.

2011 Results

SF gain from DUP (spreadsheet)

First Count:
Adrian Cochrane-Watson, (UUP) 884
Pam Lewis, (DUP) 734
Noel Maguire, (SF) 638
Brian Graham, (DUP) 511
Neil Kelly, (Alliance) 501
John Smyth, (DUP) 439
Drew Ritchie, (UUP) 400
Grainne Teggart, (SDLP) 370
Oran Keenan, (Alliance) 353
Donovan McClelland, (Ind) 118
Ken Wilkinson, (PUP) 109
Amanda Johnston, (UUP) 69
Votes by Party:
DUP: 1,684 (32.9%), 2 seats
UUP: 1,353 (26.4%), 2 seats
Alliance: 854 (16.7%), 1 seat
SF: 638 (12.4%), 1 seat
SDLP: 370 (7.2%), 1 seat
Ind: 118 (2.3%)
PUP: 109 (2.1%)
  Electorate: 11,925; seats: 7; votes cast: 5,228; spoilt votes: 102 (2.0%);
valid votes: 5,126 (98.0%); quota: 965

2005 Results

DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and SDLP (spreadsheet)

First Count:
John Smyth, (DUP) 705
Adrian Cochrane-Watson, (UUP) 669
David Ford, (Alliance) 616
Pam Lewis, (DUP) 479
Gerard Magee, (SF) 475
Brian Graham, (DUP) 465
Oran Keenan, (SDLP) 427
Drew Ritchie, (UUP) 423
Paul Michael, (UUP) 371
Brian Duffin, (SDLP) 345
Darran Smyth, (Ind) 136
Kenneth Wilkinson, (PUP) 110
James Sands, (UUP) 38
Áine Gribbon, (Ind) 28
Votes by Party:
DUP: 1,649 (31.2%), 3 seats
UUP: 1,501 (28.4%), 2 seats
SDLP: 772 (14.6%), 1 seat
Alliance: 616 (11.7%), 1 seat
SF: 475 (9.0%)
Ind: 164 (3.1%)
PUP: 110 (2.1%)
  Electorate: 10,792; seats: 7; votes cast: 5,410; spoilt votes: 123 (2.3%);
valid votes: 5,287 (97.7%); quota: 661

2001 Census: 5,720 "Catholic" (35.31%); 9,531 "Protestant" (58.83%); 126 Other (0.78%); 823 None (5.08%)


2002 By-Election Results


UUP gain from SDLP. 
UUP 1,274 (+401 = 1,675)
DUP 1,125 (+61 = 1,186)
SDLP 410 (-410 = 0)
SF 294 (-294 = 0)
Alliance 283 (-283 = 0)

Votes by party:
UUP: 1,274 (37.6%), 1 seat
DUP: 1,125 (33.2%)
SF: 294 (8.7%)
SDLP: 410 (12.1%)
Alliance: 283 (8.4%)

 

Electorate: 11,351; valid votes: 3,386 (29.8%); quota: 1694

2001 Results

DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance. 
(spreadsheet)

First Count:
Paddy Marks, (UUP) 1,016

John Smyth, (DUP) 749
Adrian Cochrane-Watson, (UUP) 632
Sean McKee, (SDLP) 632
Oran Keenan, (SDLP) 611
Brian Graham, (DUP) 516
Aine Gribbon, (SF) 495
Paul Michael, (UUP) 470
Pete Whitcroft, (Alliance) 406
Jack McClay, (DUP) 366
Drew Ritchie, (UUP) 268
Kenneth Wilkinson, (PUP) 197
Votes by party:
UUP: 2,386 (37.5%), 3 seats
DUP: 1,631 (25.7%), 2 seats
SF: 495 (7.8%)
SDLP: 1243 (19.5%), 2 seats
Alliance: 406 (6.4%)
PUP: 197 (3.1%)
  Electorate: 11,616; seats: 7; votes cast: 6553; spoilt votes: 195 (2.3%);
valid votes: 6,358 (97.7%); quota: 795

1997 Results

No change. 
(spreadsheet)

First Count:
Paddy Marks, (UUP) 1,066

Robert McClay, (DUP) 642
Oran Keenan, (SDLP) 514
Sean McKee, (SDLP) 433
Adrian Watson, (UUP) 357
Andrew Ritchie, (UUP) 287
Brian McConnell, (Alliance) 268
Andrew Thompson, (UUP) 218
Mary Wallace, (Alliance) 159
Stanley Lynn, (Ind) 124
S J Greer, (Ind) 111
Votes by party:
UUP: 1,928 (46.1%), 4 seats
DUP: 642 (15.4%), 1 seat
SDLP: 947 (22.7%), 1 seat
Alliance: 427 (10.2%), 1 seat
Ind: 235 (5.6%)
  Electorate: 11,780; seats: 7; valid votes: 4,179 (35.5%); quota: 523

1993 Results

(spreadsheet)

First Count:
Paddy Marks, (UUP) 791
Jack Allen, (UUP) 719
Oran Celsus Jude Keenan, (SDLP) 665
James Brown, (DUP) 558
James Brian McConnell, (Alliance) 399
Andrew Stephen Ritchie, (UUP) 298

Mary Wallace, (Alliance) 290
Andrew P. Thompson, (UUP) 252
Patrick John McGinley, (DL) 179
James Porter, (DUP) 151
Aevrille Swann, (UUP) 150
Eamon Patrick Gillen, (WP) 82
Votes by Party:
UUP: 2,210 (48.7%), 4 seats
DUP: 709 (15.6%), 1 seat
SDLP: 665 (14.7%), 1 seat
Alliance: 689 (15.2%), 1 seat
DL: 179 (3.9%)
WP: 82 (1.9%)

Electorate: 11,484; seats: 7; votes cast: 4,665; spoilt votes: 131 (2.8%);
valid votes: 4,534 (97.2%); quota: 567

2011: **DUP 33%, **UUP 26%, *Alliance 17%, *SF 12%, *SDLP 7%, Ind 2%, PUP 2% on a 44% turnout
2005: ***DUP 31%, **UUP 28%, *SDLP 15%, *Alliance 12%, SF 9%, Ind 3%, PUP 2% on a 49% turnout
2002 by-election: *UUP 38%, DUP 33%, SDLP 12%, SF 9%, Alliance 8% on a 30% turnout
2001: ***UUP 38%, **DUP 26%, **SDLP 20%, SF 8%, Alliance 6%, PUP 2% on a 55% turnout
1999 by-election: DUP 31%, *UUP 27%, SDLP 18%, SF 13%, Alliance 6%, PUP 6% on a 33% turnout)
1997: ****UUP 46%, *SDLP 23%, *DUP 15%, *Alliance 10%, Lynn 3%, Greer 3% on a 35% turnout
1993: ****UUP 49%, *DUP 16%, *Alliance 15%, *SDLP 15%, Dem Left 4%, WP 2% on a 41% turnout


North West

Westminster seat: South Antrim
Includes these wards: Cranfield, Drumanaway, Randalstown, Shilvodan, Toome.

2011 Results

No change. (spreadsheet) 

First Count:
Trevor Clarke, (DUP) 1172
Anthony Brady, (SF) 738
Henry Cushinan, (SF) 670
Bobby Loughran, (SDLP) 634
Brian Duffin, (SDLP) 563
Roderick Swann, (UUP) 506
Wilson Clyde, (DUP) 329
Pauline Savage, (Alliance) 248
Votes by Party:
DUP: 1,501 (30.9%), 1 seat
SF: 1,408 (29.0%), 2 seats
SDLP: 1,197 (24.6%), 1 seat
UUP: 506 (10.4%), 1 seat
Alliance: 248 (5.1%)
  Electorate: 9,054; seats: 5; votes cast: 4,942; spoilt votes: 82 (1.7%);
valid votes: 4,860 (98.3%); quota: 811

2005 Results

Alliance gain from UUP.   (spreadsheet)

First Count:
Robert Loughran, (SDLP) 1008
Henry Cushinan, (SF) 875
Stephen Nicholl, (UUP) 734
Trevor Clarke, (DUP) 696
Anthony Brady, (SF) 621
Samuel Clyde, (DUP) 598
Donovan McClelland, (SDLP) 418
Brian Johnston, (Ind) 255
Votes by Party:
SF: 1,496 (28.7%), 2 seats
SDLP: 1,426 (27.4%), 1 seat
DUP: 1,294 (24.9%), 1 seat
UUP: 734 (14.1%), 1 seat
Ind: 255 (4.9%)
  Electorate: 8,345; seats: 5; votes cast: 5,315; spoilt votes: 110 (2.1%);
valid votes: 5,205 (97.9%); quota: 868

2001 Results
 
No change. 
(spreadsheet)

First Count:
Bobby Loughran, (SDLP) 1,093
Wilson Clyde, (DUP) 1,053
Martin Meehan, (SF) 1,007
Donovan McClelland, (SDLP) 678

Avril Swann, (UUP) 629
Stephen Nicholl, (UUP) 430
Robert Johnston, (NIUP) 413
Joseph McCavana, (SF) 384
Michael Donoghue, (Alliance) 133

Votes by party:
UUP: 1,059 (18.2%), 1 seat
DUP: 1,053 (18.0%), 1 seat
SF: 1,391 (24.0%), 1 seat
SDLP: 1,771 (30.4%), 2 seats
Alliance: 133 (2.3%)
NIUP: 413 (7.1%)
  Electorate 8,544; votes cast: 5,929; spoilt votes: 109 (1.8%);
valid votes: 5,820 (98.2%); quota: 971

2001 Census: 6,940 "Catholic" (57.45%); 4,909 "Protestant" (40.64%); 68 Other (0.23%); 203 None (1.68%)

1997 Results

No change. (spreadsheet) 

First Count:
Bobby Loughran, (SDLP) 1,115

James Graham, (UUP) 1,063
Wilson Clyde, (DUP) 683
Henry Cushinan, (SF) 612
Donovan McClelland, (SDLP) 430
Avril Swann, (UUP) 254
George Picken, (Alliance) 133
Votes by party:
UUP: 1,317 (30.7%), 1 seat
DUP: 683 (15.9%), 1 seat
SF: 612 (14.3%), 1 seat
SDLP: 1545 (36.0%), 2 seats
Alliance: 133 (3.1%)

Electorate: 8,059; seats: 5; valid votes: 4,290 (53.2%); quota: 716

1993 Results

(spreadsheet)

First Count:
James Graham, (UUP) 1,167
Robert Joseph Loughran, (SDLP) 1,151
Samuel Wilson Clyde, (DUP) 747
Henry John Cushinan, (SF) 628
Donovan McClelland, (SDLP) 437

Kenneth Roderick Swann, (UUP) 269
Votes by Party:
UUP: 1,436 (32.6%), 1 seat
DUP: 747 (17.0%), 1 seat
SF: 628 (14.3%), 1 seat
SDLP: 1,588 (36.1%), 2 seats

Electorate: 7,627; seats: 5; votes cast: 4,530; spoilt votes: 131 (2.9%);
valid votes: 4,399 (97.1%), quota: 734

2011: *DUP 31%, **SF 29%, *SDLP 25%, *UUP 10%, Alliance 5% on a 55% turnout
2005: **SF 29%, *SDLP 27%, *DUP 25%, *UUP 14%, Ind 5% on a 62% turnout
2001: **SDLP 30%, *SF 24%, *UUP 18%, *DUP 18%, NIUP 7%, Alliance 2% on a 68% turnout
(2000 by-election: UUP 37%, *SF 31%, SDLP 31% on a 46% turnout)
1997: **SDLP 36%, *UUP 31%, *DUP 16%, *SF 14%, Alliance 3% on a 53% turnout
1993: **SDLP 36%, *UUP 33%, *DUP 17%, *SF 14% on a 59% turnout

No change at all from 1993 to 1997. Cushinan (SF) was disqualified for bankruptcy in early 2000; Pauline Davey, also of SF, won the by-election on SDLP transfers after being only 4 votes ahead of the SDLP on the first count.


Antrim Borough Council Election Results Since 1973

historical chart

Pre-1993 results from Flackes and Elliott's Northern Ireland - a Political Directory

2011: DUP 5, UUP 5, SF 4, SDLP 3, Alliance 2
2005: DUP 6, UUP 5, SDLP 3, SF 3, Alliance 2
2001: UUP 7, DUP 5, SDLP 5, SF 2
1997: UUP 9, SDLP 4, DUP 3, Alliance 2, SF 1
1993: UUP 8, SDLP 4, DUP 3, Alliance 2, Ind U 1, SF 1
1989: UUP 10, SDLP 4, DUP 4, Alliance 1
1985: UUP 9, DUP 5, SDLP 3, Alliance 1, SF 1
1981: UUP 7, DUP 4, SDLP 2, Alliance 1, IIP 1
1977: UUP 8, DUP 3, Alliance 2, Oth 2
1973: UUP 9, Alliance 2, DUP 1, Vanguard 1, Oth 2

NB: 19 councillors since 1985 election, 15 before that. Boundaries changed in 1985 and again in 1993.


Other sites based at ARK: ORB (Online Research Bank) | CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) | Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey

Front Page | Site Map | Notes and Queries | Updates Mailing List | About this Site

Your comments, please! Send an email to me at nicholas.whyte@gmail.com.

This page has been developed with the support of a project grant from the New Initiatives Fund of the Electoral Commission. However, any views expressed on this page or, in particular, other pages of this website are those of the author and not necessarily shared by The Electoral Commission.

Nicholas Whyte, 7 May 2000; last updated 14 July 2011 by Conal Kelly.




Disclaimer:© Nicholas Whyte 1998-2004 Last Updated on Wednesday, 12-Jan-2005 12:12