Antrim North West (District Electoral Area)

Antrim North West was one of the three district electoral areas in Antrim, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected five members to Antrim Borough Council and formed part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Antrim Area A which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Cranfield, Drumanaway, Randalstown, Tardree and Toome. For the 1993 local elections, it lost Tardree but gained Shilvodan. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and most of the area was transferred to the new Dunsilly DEA.

Councillors edit

Election
2011	Robert Loughran (SDLP)	Anthony Brady (Sinn Féin)	Henry Cushinan (Sinn Féin)	Roderick Swann (UUP)	Trevor Clarke (DUP)
2005		Anthony Brady (Sinn Féin)	Henry Cushinan (Sinn Féin)	Stephen Nicholl (UUP)	Trevor Clarke (DUP)
2001		Donovan McClelland (SDLP)	Martin Meehan (Sinn Féin)	Stephen Nicholl (UUP)	Wilson Clyde (DUP)
1997			Henry Cushinan (Sinn Féin)	James Graham (UUP)
1993			Henry Cushinan (Sinn Féin)
1989			Roderick Swann (UUP)
1985		Henry Cushinan (Sinn Féin)	John Blakeley (UUP)

2011 Election edit

2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2005-2011 Change: No change

Antrim North West - 5 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Trevor Clarke*	24.12%	1,172
	SDLP	Robert Loughran*	13.05%	634	648.57	715.19	1,150.19
	Sinn Féin	Anthony Brady*	15.19%	738	738.93	748.93	788.24	909.24
	Sinn Féin	Henry Cushinan*	13.79%	670	671.24	675.24	751.55	895.55
	Ulster Unionist	Roderick Swann	10.41%	506	545.68	628.61	643.23	654.23	668.23	681.23
	DUP	Wilson Clyde	6.77%	329	618.54	646.09	647.4	649.4	659.4	668.4
	SDLP	Brian Duffin	11.58%	563	566.41	596.72
	Alliance	Pauline Savage	5.10%	248	252.65
Electorate: 9,054 Valid: 4,860 (53.68%) Spoilt: 82 Quota: 811 Turnout: 4,942 (54.58%)

2005 Election edit

2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Antrim North West - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	SDLP	Robert Loughran*	19.37%	1,008
	Sinn Féin	Henry Cushinan	16.81%	875
	Ulster Unionist	Stephen Nicholl*	14.10%	734	821	876
	Sinn Féin	Anthony Brady	11.93%	621	621	800	925.25
	DUP	Trevor Clarke	13.37%	696	791	795	801.25
	DUP	Wilson Clyde*	11.49%	598	639	645	653.25
	SDLP	Donovan McClelland*	8.03%	418	430
	Independent	Brian Johnston	4.90%	255
Electorate: 8,345 Valid: 5,205 (62.37%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 868 Turnout: 5,315 (63.69%)

2001 Election edit

1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

1997-2001 Change: No change

Antrim North West - 5 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SDLP	Robert Loughran*	18.78%	1,093
	DUP	Wilson Clyde*	18.09%	1,053
	Sinn Féin	Martin Meehan	17.30%	1,007
	SDLP	Donovan McClelland*	11.65%	678	725	822.35	822.75	1,027.75
	Ulster Unionist	Stephen Nicholl	7.39%	430	465	466.32	489.6	493.26	515.26	793.52	822.92
	Ulster Unionist	Avril Swann	10.81%	629	659	660.65	677.05	677.16	680.16	786.49	792.44
	NI Unionist	Brian Johnston	7.10%	413	420	420.99	456.99	459.98	472.98
	Sinn Féin	Joseph McCavana	6.60%	384	384	396.32	396.48
	Alliance	Michael Donoghue	2.29%	133
Electorate: 8,544 Valid: 5,820 (68.12%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 971 Turnout: 5,929 (69.39%)

1997 Election edit

1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

1993-1997 Change: No change

Antrim North West - 5 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Robert Loughran*	25.99%	1,115
	Ulster Unionist	James Graham*	24.78%	1,063
	SDLP	Donovan McClelland*	10.02%	430	774.1
	DUP	Wilson Clyde*	15.92%	683	685.96	767.14
	Sinn Féin	Henry Cushinan*	14.27%	612	644.56	644.56	655.41	708.21
	Ulster Unionist	Avril Swann	5.92%	254	257.7	508.5	594.46	597.32
	Alliance	George Picken	3.10%	133	147.8	159.02
Electorate: 8,059 Valid: 4,290 (53.23%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 716 Turnout: 4,380 (54.35%)

1993 Election edit

1989: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Antrim North West - 5 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Ulster Unionist	James Graham*	26.53%	1,167
	SDLP	Robert Loughran*	26.17%	1,151
	DUP	Wilson Clyde*	16.98%	747
	SDLP	Donovan McClelland*	9.93%	437	441.18	818.9
	Sinn Féin	Henry Cushinan	14.28%	628	628	656.12	723.95	723.99
	Ulster Unionist	Roderick Swann*	6.12%	269	692.7	700.68	714.17	721.09
Electorate: 7,627 Valid: 4,399 (57.68%) Spoilt: 131 Quota: 734 Turnout: 4,530 (59.39%)

1989 Election edit

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Antrim North West - 5 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Ulster Unionist	James Graham*	29.85%	1,374
	SDLP	Robert Loughran*	22.14%	1,019
	DUP	Wilson Clyde*	18.57%	855
	Ulster Unionist	Roderick Swann	6.13%	282	875.55
	SDLP	Donovan McClelland*	8.80%	405	407.7	643.52	728.12	784.12
	Sinn Féin	Henry Cushinan*	14.51%	668	669.35	684.43	686.23	693.23
Electorate: 7,570 Valid: 4,603 (60.81%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 768 Turnout: 4,701 (62.10%)

1985 Election edit

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

Antrim North West - 5 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ulster Unionist	James Graham*	23.84%	1,164
	DUP	Wilson Clyde*	17.84%	871
	SDLP	Robert Loughran*	16.10%	786	791.4	824.4
	Ulster Unionist	John Blakeley*	5.31%	259	501.1	533.7	538.32	711.04	712.04	867.04
	Sinn Féin	Henry Cushinan	13.83%	675	675.3	675.3	675.48	675.48	783.48	783.48
	SDLP	James Laverty	9.73%	475	475	483	483.06	484.06	586.36	587.36
	DUP	Samuel Hall	3.83%	187	222.4	226.4	271.76	294.78	295.78
	Irish Independence	John Heffron*	4.81%	235	235.9	242.9	242.96	242.96
	Ulster Unionist	Roderick Swann	2.52%	123	179.7	202.6	203.68
	Alliance	John Wallace	2.19%	107	113
Electorate: 7,005 Valid: 4,882 (60.81%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 814 Turnout: 4,970 (70.95%)

References edit

^ "Antrim North West 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.
^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[1] "Antrim North West Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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

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

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

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

[6] "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[7] "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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