Founded 1 April 2015 Seats 40 | Mayor John Scott, DUP | |
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Type District council of Antrim and Newtownabbey Preceded by Antrim Borough Council
Newtownabbey Borough Council Political groups DUP (15)
UUP (13)
Alliance (4)
SDLP (4)
Sinn Féin (3)
TUV (1) | ||
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. 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.
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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. The purpose of the committee was to ensure that the new council would be 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 a chief executive.
Borough status
A new local government district was created on 1 April 2015 and is formally called the Antrim and Newtownabbey District, while the council is the Antrim and Newtownabbey District Council. Both of the previous authorities merged into it had borough status, which entitled them to be known as borough councils and the districts to be known as boroughs. The 2013 corporate plan of the statutory transition committee indicated that the new council was expected to retain this status.
Councillors
For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA). The result for each DEA is shown below.
Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 22 May 2014.
Changes
Population
The area covered by new Council has a population of 138,567 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.