Macedon (District Electoral Area)

Macedon
Macedon
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1993
Seats	6 (1993-)
Councillors	Matthew Brady (DUP); Robert Foster (UUP); Ben Mallon (DUP); Taylor McGrann (SF); Stafford Ward (IND); Billy Webb (APNI);

Macedon is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects six members to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and contains the wards of Abbey, Carnmoney Hill, O'Neill, Rathcoole, Valley and Whitehouse.^[2] Macedon forms part of the Belfast North constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the East Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1993 local elections, where it contained six wards (Abbey, Cloughfern, Coole, Dunanney, Valley and Whitehouse).

Councillors

Election
2023	Billy Webb (Alliance)/ (NRA)	Robert Foster (UUP)	Taylor McGrann (Sinn Féin)	Stafford Ward (Independent)	Matthew Brady (DUP)	Ben Mallon (DUP)
December 2021 Co-Option				Victor Robinson (DUP)	Matthew Brady (DUP)
October 2021 Co-Option					Linda Irwin (DUP)
May 2020 Co-Option					Linda Irwin (DUP)	Paul Hamill (DUP)
October 2019 Co-Option					Thomas Hogg (DUP)
2019				Dean McCullough (DUP)
February 2018 Co-Option			David Hollis (TUV)	Billy De Courcy (DUP)
November 2017 Defection		John Scott (DUP)/ (Independent)/ (UUP)
August 2017 Defection
2014
2011			Victor Robinson (DUP)			Dineen Walker (DUP)/ (UUP)
2005			Victor Robinson (DUP)		Tommy Kirkham (UDP)/ (Independent)
2001		Mark Langhammer (Newtownabbey Labour)/ (Independent)	Andrew Hunter (DUP)
1997			Robert Kidd (Newtownabbey Labour)	Andrew Beattie (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist)		David Hollis (UUP)
1993	John Blair (Alliance)		Billy Snoddy (DUP)	Andrew Beattie (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist)	Billy Boyd (Independent Unionist)	David Hollis (UUP)

2023 Election

2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2019–2023 Change: Independent gain from DUP

Macedon - 6 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Taylor McGrann*	18.63%	1,326
	DUP	Matthew Brady*	17.14%	1,220
	UUP	Robert Foster*	15.99%	1,138
	Alliance	Billy Webb*	15.24%	1,085
	DUP	Ben Mallon*	8.06%	574	576.05	728.21	757.8	848.12	850.01	1,039.01
	Independent	Stafford Ward	6.84%	487	518.16	523.92	552.85	611.8	623.7	683.8	836.19
	DUP	Victor Robinson*	7.78%	553	555.05	571.37	584.9	608.42	610.45	722.49	751.79
	Green (NI)	Ellie Byrne	2.22%	158	420.4	422.16	427.22	443.25	491.76	512.08
	TUV	Norman Boyd	4.68%	333	334.64	345.2	363.79	433.8	435.76
	PUP	Rosemary Bell-McCracken	3.43%	244	250.56	258.24	281.89
Electorate: 14,554 Valid: 7,118 (48.91%) Spoilt: 85 Quota: 1,017 Turnout: 7,203 (49.49%)

2019 Election

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 X UUP, 1 x TUV

2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from TUV

Macedon - 6 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Alliance	Billy Webb*	18.01%	1,127
	DUP	Paul Hamill* †	16.67%	1,043
	DUP	Thomas William Hogg* †	15.96%	999
	UUP	Robert Foster*	15.28%	956
	DUP	Dean McCullough ††	5.13%	321	332.4	439.08	509.88	558.24	687.42	976.42
	Sinn Féin	Taylor McGrann	12.22%	765	830.7	830.84	831.54	834.84	836.44	836.44
	Independent	Stafford Ward	5.48%	343	452.8	458.96	463.26	499.72	545.22	560.22
	DUP	Victor Robinson	5.23%	327	337.5	354.72	368.42	383.52	444.78
	TUV	David Hollis*	3.56%	223	238	244.58	248.48	297.56
	UKIP	Robert Hill	2.46%	154	168.1	173.56	176.56
Electorate: 13,593 Valid: 6,258 (46.04%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 895 Turnout: 6,331 (46.58%)

2014 Election

2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP

2011-2014 Change: TUV gain from DUP

Macedon - 6 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Alliance	Billy Webb*	13.99%	830	946
	DUP	Billy De Courcy*	14.23%	844	885
	DUP	Thomas Hogg*	9.80%	581	609	610	613.88	648.88	918.88
	DUP	Paul Hamill	9.07%	538	579	581	603.31	693.31	907.31
	TUV	David Hollis	10.88%	645	661	664	665.94	821.94	852.94
	UUP	John Scott* ‡‡†	9.07%	538	559	565	568.88	701.88	752.79	808.79
	Sinn Féin	Brónach Anglin	9.41%	558	599	642	642	643	647	648
	DUP	Victor Robinson	7.79%	462	550	555	559.85	632.85
	PUP	Ken Wilkinson	8.48%	503	517	519	519
	DUP	Dineen Walker*	4.32%	256
	SDLP	Dominic Mullaghan	3.00%	178
Electorate: 13,198 Valid: 5,931 (44.94%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 848 Turnout: 6,039 (45.69%)

2011 Election

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent

2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2005-2011 Change: DUP gain from Independent, Newtownabbey Ratepayers joins Alliance

Macedon - 6 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Billy DeCourcy*	23.90%	1,146
	Alliance	Billy Webb*	15.77%	756
	DUP	Thomas Hogg	12.12%	581	864.31
	DUP	Victor Robinson*	14.08%	675	757.41
	DUP	Dineen Walker*	7.53%	361	408.56	563.27	626.82	640.47	840.47
	UUP	John Scott*	8.66%	415	432.22	443.29	447.8	476.27	571.67	639.67
	Sinn Féin	Mary Gillen	9.68%	464	468.92	469.46	469.87	485.47	493.93	496.93
	Independent	Tommy Kirkham*	8.26%	396	419.78	426.8	429.67	440.46
Electorate: 10,707 Valid: 4,794 (44.77%) Spoilt: 122 Quota: 685 Turnout: 4,916 (45.91%)

2005 Election

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent

Macedon - 6 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Billy DeCourcy*	30.50%	1,670
	Newtownabbey Ratepayers	Billy Webb*	14.99%	821
	DUP	Victor Robinson	13.66%	748	1,367.04
	DUP	Dineen Walker*	5.33%	292	407.01	943.01
	Independent	Tommy Kirkham*	10.63%	582	645.6	656.1	703.35	729.43	735.53	846.53
	UUP	John Scott	10.06%	551	574.32	591.82	672.55	715.89	732.34	824.34
	Sinn Féin	Sean Oliver	5.86%	321	321	321.5	321.77	402.77	407.47	407.47
	PUP	Catherine Robinson	5.31%	291	338.7	348.2	376.55	384.61	389.41
	SDLP	Michael McBrien	3.65%	200	202.12	203.12	205.01
Electorate: 10,506 Valid: 5,476 (52.12%) Spoilt: 153 Quota: 783 Turnout: 5,629 (53.58%)

2001 Election

1997: 2 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent Unionist

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers

1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from Newtownabbey Labour and Independent Unionist, Newtownabbey Labour and UDP become Independent

Macedon - 6 seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Billy DeCourcy	19.29%	1,355
	Independent	Mark Langhammer*	18.88%	1,326
	DUP	Andrew Hunter	8.02%	563	883.84	912.7	939.22	946.26	1,015.26
	UUP	Dineen Walker	11.16%	784	787.12	830.54	857.18	894.74	943.12	950.64	1,060.64
	Newtownabbey Ratepayers	Billy Webb*	9.25%	650	652.86	706.68	742.28	803.18	831.48	961.24	1,000.22	1,019.22
	Independent	Tommy Kirkham*	8.70%	611	618.02	649.74	667.78	674.56	699.2	710.24	804.48	820.48
	Independent	Robert Kidd*	8.70%	378	382.42	451.06	471.44	491.56	550.46	640.88	756.8	774.8
	PUP	Dougie Jamison	5.67%	398	402.16	429.98	440.98	454.28	499.18	501.18
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Vernon	4.98%	350	350	365.34	368.9	376.16	377.68
	Independent	Andrew Beattie*	3.93%	276	280.16	294.98	299.54	317.58
	Alliance	Michael Campbell	2.46%	173	173.52	191.46	206.98
	Independent	Victor Robinson	2.28%	160	161.04	175.86
Electorate: 12,115 Valid: 7,024 (57.98%) Spoilt: 255 Quota: 1,004 Turnout: 7,279 (60.08%)

1997 Election

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 2 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent Unionist

1993-1997 Change: Newtownabbey Labour, Newtownabbey Ratepayers and UDP gain from UUP, DUP and Alliance

Macedon - 6 seats^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Newtownabbey Labour	Mark Langhammer*	21.16%	1,103
	UUP	David Hollis	10.34%	539	563.15	568.85	593.55	658.3	792.3
	Ind. Unionist	Andrew Beattie*	11.42%	595	617.05	627.1	655.5	710.25	752.25
	Newtownabbey Labour	Robert Kidd	7.54%	393	534.05	563.95	581.65	603.75	630.75	718.55	731.75
	Ulster Democratic	Tommy Kirkham	8.48%	442	460.2	462.2	468.2	486.55	508.6	682.3	695.5
	Newtownabbey Ratepayers	Billy Webb	9.15%	477	534.4	585.95	624.1	646.45	664.25	690.05	694.45
	DUP	Billy Snoddy*	9.02%	470	485.05	487.05	506.05	545.45	580.5	644.6	660.55
	PUP	Bob Gourley	7.14%	372	396.15	398.85	406.55	426.9	452.05
	UUP	Ricky Walker	5.33%	278	296.9	299.25	313.3	339
	UK Unionist	Norman Boyd	4.89%	255	265.5	266.85	283.85
	Independent	George Reynolds	3.24%	169	177.75	189.8
	Alliance	Julie Greaves	2.28%	119	136.5
Electorate: 12,642 Valid: 5,212 (41.23%) Spoilt: 139 Quota: 745 Turnout: 5,351 (42.33%)

1993 Election

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Independent Unionist

Macedon - 6 seats^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Andrew Beattie*	16.27%	907
	Newtownabbey Labour	Mark Langhammer	14.59%	813
	DUP	Billy Snoddy*	11.64%	649	653.92	656.92	672.4	1,000.4
	UUP	David Hollis	9.80%	546	595.56	595.56	713.2	763.36	830.24
	Alliance	John Blair*	13.80%	769	775.84	779.96	788.44	795.56	801.72
	Ind. Unionist	Billy Boyd*	9.11%	508	535.36	536.48	610.44	676.52	785.64
	Newtownabbey Labour	Robert Kidd*	10.89%	607	609.64	656.88	663.12	686.6	706.84
	DUP	Billy DeCourcy	8.72%	486	491.28	492.28	501.64
	UUP	Samuel Martin	2.60%	145	153.04	153.04
	Ind. Unionist	Norman Boyd	1.58%	88	89.44	89.44
	Newtownabbey Labour	Thomas Davidson	1.00%	56	56.48
Electorate: 13,176 Valid: 5,574 (42.30%) Spoilt: 218 Quota: 797 Turnout: 5,792 (43.96%)

References

^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
^ "Antrim and Newtownabbey District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
^ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 21 January 2022.
^ "Macedon Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[1] Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014

[2] "Antrim and Newtownabbey District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.

[3] "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

[4] "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[5] "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[6] "Macedon Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[7] "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[8] "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[9] "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[10] "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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