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Antrim was a local government district in Northern Ireland. It was one of twenty-six districts created in 1973,and was granted borough status on 9 May 1977. The borough covered an area of some 220 square miles (570 km2) and had a population of 53,428 according to the 2011 census. It was situated about 19 miles (31 km) north-west of Belfast. It bordered the north and east shores of Lough Neagh,the largest fresh water lake in the United Kingdom,and included the towns of Antrim,Toomebridge,Crumlin,Randalstown,Parkgate and Templepatrick. The council headquarters were located on the outskirts of Antrim town. Although the borough was not within the Belfast Metropolitan Area,it housed the city's international airport and many commuter villages.
Roy Beggs Jr is an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician,serving as a Mid and East Antrim Councillor for the Larne Lough DEA since 2023. Beggs served as a Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 2011 to 2016,and 2020 to 2022. He was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Antrim from 1998 to 2022.
Declan O'Loan is a former Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician who served as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Antrim from 2007 to 2011. O’Loan was also a Member of Ballymena Borough Council from 1993 to 2014.. Following comments about merging with Sinn Fein,he had the SDLP whip suspended,sitting as an Independent in 2010. He would later serve as a Mid and East Antrim Councillor for the Ballymena DEA from 2014 to 2019
Philip McGuigan is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Antrim since 2016,having previously served from 2003 to 2007. He was a Ballymoney Borough Councillor for the Bann Valley DEA from 2001 to 2014.
William Alexander Fraser Agnew,known as Fraser Agnew,is a retired Northern Irish unionist politician who was an Antrim and Newtownabbey Councillor for the Three Mile Water DEA from 2014 to 2023. He was previously an Independent Unionist Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Belfast North from 1998 to 2003.
Norman Boyd is a Northern Irish unionist politician who served as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for South Antrim from 1998 to 2003.
Michael Coyle is a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician in Northern Ireland,serving as a Causeway Coast and Glens Councillor for the Benbradagh DEA since 2023. Coyle was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry from 2002 to 2003.
Danny O'Connor is an Irish former Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Antrim from 1998 to 2003. He was also a Larne Borough Councillor for the Coast Road DEA from 1997 to 2011.
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Oliver McMullan is an Irish Sinn Féin politician,serving as a Causeway Coast and Glens councillor for The Glens DEA since 2019. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for East Antrim from 2011 to 2017. He was also elected to Larne Borough Council in the 2011 local elections.
Stewart Dickson is an Alliance Party of Northern Ireland politician who has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Antrim since 2011.
Paula Bradley is a Northern Irish unionist politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from May 2021 to June 2023,and an Antrim and Newtownabbey Councillor for the Glengormley Urban DEA since 2022. She was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast North from 2011 to 2022. She also served as Deputy Mayor of Newtownabbey Borough Council from 2009 to 2010.
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Antrim Line was one of the district electoral areas in Newtownabbey,Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014,one of five DEAs until 1993 and one of four DEAs until 2014. The district elected five members to Newtownabbey Borough Council until 1993 and seven members until 2014,and formed part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the Belfast North constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Antrim is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Antrim and Newtownabbey,Northern Ireland. The district elects six members to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and contains the wards of Antrim Centre,Fountain Hill,Greystone,Springfarm,Steeple and Stiles. Antrim forms part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Airport is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Antrim and Newtownabbey,Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and contains the wards of Aldergrove,Clady,Crumlin,Mallusk and Templepatrick. Airport forms part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Dunsilly is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Antrim and Newtownabbey,Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and contains the wards of Cranfield,Parkgate,Randalstown,Shilvodan and Toome. Airport forms part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Antrim South East was one of the three district electoral areas in Antrim,Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected seven members to Antrim Borough Council and formed part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
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- ↑ In the first round, and with the most first-preference votes in the South East district; Election results Archived 7 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Antrim Borough Council, retrieved 13 May 2011.