Three Mile Water (District Electoral Area)

Three Mile Water 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 Ballyduff, Fairview, Jordanstown, Monkstown, Mossley and Rostulla.[2] Three Mile Water forms part of the East Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Three Mile Water
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats6 (2014-)
Councillors
  •   Tom Campbell (APNI)
  •   Mark Cooper (DUP)
  •   Stephen Cosgrove (UUP)
  •   Sam Flanagan (DUP)
  •   Julie Gilmour (APNI)
  •   Stephen Ross (DUP)

It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the University DEA which had existed since 1993.

Councillors edit

Election Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
2023 Tom Campbell
(Alliance)
Julie Gilmour
(Alliance)
Stephen Cosgrove
(UUP)
Mark Cooper
(DUP)
Sam Flanagan
(DUP)
Stephen Ross
(DUP)
2019 Fraser Agnew
(UUP)
August 2018 Co-Option Stephen McCarthy
(UUP)
Pamela Barr
(DUP)
October 2017 Co-Option William Ball
(DUP)
2014 Ben Kelso
(UUP)

2023 Election edit

2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: No Change

Three Mile Water - 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP Mark Cooper* 20.19% 1,575            
Alliance Tom Campbell* 17.82% 1,390            
DUP Stephen Ross* 15.52% 1,211            
Alliance Julie Gilmour* 9.11% 711 716.22 955.05 1,057.62 1,328.62    
DUP Sam Flanagan* 7.36% 574 952.74 954.83 957.83 960.83 963.83 1,206.83
Ulster Unionist Stephen Cosgrove 11.52% 899 931.48 942.12 955.5 966.45 1,007.45 1,081.45
Ulster Unionist Brian Kerr 6.79% 530 542.76 545.61 557.18 562.37 583.37 661.37
TUV Trevor Mawhinney 5.45% 425 446.17 446.55 451.93 455.93 460.93  
Sinn Féin Emmanuel Mullen 4.17% 325 325 328.42 340.56      
Green (NI) Dylan Loughlin 2.08% 162 162.87 167.81        
Electorate: 15,531   Valid: 7,802 (50.24%)   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,115   Turnout: 7,876 (50.71%)  

2019 Election edit

2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Three Mile Water - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP Mark Cooper* 17.48% 1,230            
DUP Stephen Ross* 15.68% 1,103            
Ulster Unionist Fraser Agnew* 15.63% 1,100            
Alliance Tom Campbell* 15.28% 1,075            
DUP Sam Flanagan* 6.95% 489 679.62 761.43 770.79 771.27 777.13 996.13
Alliance Julie Gilmour 10.64% 749 751.34 752.69 755.49 815.01 927.45 975.45
Ulster Unionist Stephen McCarthy* 7.31% 514 522.64 528.13 589.41 591.45 651.33 843.33
UKIP Raymond Stewart 4.53% 319 324.76 328.27 331.55 331.73 347.97  
TUV Norman Boyd 3.33% 234 240.84 243.81 251.73 252.03 258.7  
Independent Gary Grattan 3.17% 223 224.8 225.79 227.07 228.57    
Electorate: 14,694   Valid: 7,036 (47.88%)   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 1,006   Turnout: 7,105 (48.35%)  

2014 Election edit

2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

Three Mile Water - 6 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ulster Unionist Fraser Agnew* 19.30% 1,275                
DUP William Ball* † 11.17% 738 801.44 813.74 1,001.74          
Alliance Tom Campbell* 11.28% 745 753.84 756.84 756.84 756.84 855.36 1,231.36    
Ulster Unionist Ben Kelso 8.89% 587 756 763.04 773.6 773.9 849.5 881.18 970.18  
DUP Pamela Barr* 7.96% 526 543.68 546.94 585.32 638.12 657.64 676.68 697.68 815.98
DUP Stephen Ross 8.43% 557 572.08 589.6 638.2 640.3 655.82 661.6 671.6 772.42
TUV Trevor Mawhinney 7.93% 524 540.38 549.16 555.46 556.36 577.62 584.14 601.14 740.7
PUP Darren Logan 5.19% 343 348.2 518.98 521.5 521.5 533.5 536.02 546.02  
Alliance Lynn Frazer* 6.42% 424 433.36 433.62 433.62 433.62 514.88      
NI21 Gary Grattan 5.59% 369 373.94 376.94 378.94 378.94        
DUP Robert Hill* 4.44% 293 303.66 305.66            
PUP Jackie Shaw 3.41% 225 230.46              
Electorate: 13,982   Valid: 6,606 (47.25%)   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 944   Turnout: 6,698 (47.90%)  

References edit

  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.