Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

The statutory transition committee was established in 2013 with a membership of eight councillors each from Antrim Borough Council and Newtownabbey Borough Council.{{cite web | url=http://www.antrim.gov.uk/getmedia/62d78ae3-9eaa-4876-9b5e-a6b6eb837572/Statutory-Transition-Committee-Members.pdf | title=STATUTORY TRANSITION COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP 2013 | access-date=4 January 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104211030/http://www.antrim.gov.uk/getmedia/62d78ae3-9eaa-4876-9b5e-a6b6eb837572/Statutory-Transition-Committee-Members.pdf | archive-date=4 January 2014 | url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web | url= http://www.antrim.gov.uk/getmedia/939d8bd5-5269-4cc2-b20c-dc05e6e44735/STC-Corporate-Plan-(21oct13).pdf | title= Statutory Transition Committee Corporate plan | access-date= 4 January 2014 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140104210844/http://www.antrim.gov.uk/getmedia/939d8bd5-5269-4cc2-b20c-dc05e6e44735/STC-Corporate-Plan-(21oct13).pdf | archive-date= 4 January 2014 | url-status= dead }}

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.

For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEAs).{{Cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111107546/schedule|title=The District Electoral Areas (Northern Ireland) Order 2014|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-11-26}}{{cite web|title=Antrim and Newtownabbey Results|url=http://www.u.tv/vote14/council.aspx?id=1|website=UTV|access-date=2 November 2014}}

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This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected at the 2023 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election.

{{Multi seat members begin

|constituency = District electoral area

|title = Current council members

}}

{{Multi seat constituency

|name = Airport

|seats = 5

|member1 = {{sortname|Matthew|Magill|nolink=1}}

|party1 = Democratic Unionist Party

|member2 = {{sortname|Anne-Marie|Logue|nolink=1}}

|party2 = Sinn Féin

|member3 = {{sortname|Maighréad|Ní Chonghaile|nolink=1}}

|party3 = Sinn Féin

|member4 = {{sortname|Paul|Michael|nolink=1}} ‡

|party4 = Independent (politician)

|member5 = {{sortname|Andrew|McAuley|nolink=1}}

|party5 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

}}

{{Multi seat constituency

|name = Antrim

|seats = 6

|member1 = {{sortname|Lucille|O'Hagan|nolink=1}}

|party1 = Sinn Féin

|member2 = {{sortname|Neil|Kelly|nolink=1}}

|party2 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|member3 = {{sortname|Paul|Dunlop|nolink=1}}

|party3 = Democratic Unionist Party

|member4 = {{sortname|John|Smyth|nolink=1}}

|party4 = Democratic Unionist Party

|member5 = {{sortname|Roisin|Lynch|nolink=1}}

|party5 = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|member6 = {{sortname|Leah|Smyth|nolink=1}}

|party6 = Ulster Unionist Party

}}

{{Multi seat constituency

|name = Ballyclare

|seats = 5

|member1 = {{sortname|Jeannie|Archibald|nolink=1}}

|party1 = Democratic Unionist Party

|member2 = {{sortname|Helen|Magill|nolink=1}}

|party2 = Democratic Unionist Party

|member3 = {{sortname|Vera|McWilliam|nolink=1}}

|party3 = Ulster Unionist Party

|member4 = {{sortname|Lewis|Boyle|nolink=1}}

|party4 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|member5 = {{sortname|Michael|Stewart|nolink=1}}

|party5 = Independent politician

}}

{{Multi seat constituency

|name = Dunsilly

|seats = 5

|member1 = {{sortname|Henry|Cushnihan|nolink=1}}

|party1 = Sinn Féin

|member2 = {{sortname|Annie|O'Lone|nolink=1}}

|party2 = Sinn Féin

|member3 = {{sortname|Linda|Clarke|nolink=1}}

|party3 = Democratic Unionist Party

|member4 = {{sortname|Stewart|Wilson |nolink=1}}

|party4 = Ulster Unionist Party

|member5 = {{sortname|Jay|Burbank|nolink=1}}

|party5 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

}}

{{Multi seat constituency

|name = Glengormley Urban

|seats = 7

|member1 = {{sortname|Alison|Bennington|nolink=1}}

|party1 = Democratic Unionist Party

|member2 = {{sortname|Eamonn|McLaughlin|nolink=1}}

|party2 = Sinn Féin

|member3 = {{sortname|Paula|Bradley}}

|party3 = Democratic Unionist Party

|member4 = {{sortname|Mark|Cosgrove|nolink=1}}

|party4 = Ulster Unionist Party

|member5 = {{sortname|Julian|McGrath|nolink=1}}

|party5 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|member6 = {{sortname|Rosie|Kinnear|nolink=1}}

|party6 = Sinn Féin

|member7 = {{sortname|Michael|Goodman|nolink=1}}

|party7 = Sinn Féin

}}

{{Multi seat constituency

|name = Macedon

|seats = 6

|member1 = {{sortname|Taylor|McGrann|nolink=1}}

|party1 = Sinn Féin

|member2 = {{sortname|Matthew|Brady|nolink=1}}

|party2 = Democratic Unionist Party

|member3 = {{sortname|Robert|Foster|nolink=1}}

|party3 = Ulster Unionist Party

|member4 = {{sortname|Billy|Webb|nolink=1}}

|party4 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|member5 = {{sortname|Ben|Mallon|nolink=1}}

|party5 = Democratic Unionist Party

|member6 = {{sortname|Stafford|Ward|nolink=1}}

|party6 = Independent politician

}}

{{Multi seat constituency

|name = Three Mile Water

|seats = 6

|member1 = {{sortname|Mark|Cooper|nolink=1}}

|party1 = Democratic Unionist Party

|member2 = {{sortname|Tom|Campbell|nolink=1}}

|party2 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|member3 = {{sortname|Stephen|Ross|nolink=1}}

|party3 = Democratic Unionist Party

|member4 = {{sortname|Julie|Gilmour|nolink=1}}

|party4 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|member5 = {{sortname|Sam|Flanagan|nolink=1}}

|party5 = Democratic Unionist Party

|member6 = {{sortname|Stephen|Cosgrove|nolink=1}}

|party6 = Ulster Unionist Party

}}

{{end}}

The area covered by the new Council had a population of 138,567 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.{{cite web|title=NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014|url=http://www.nisra.gov.uk/archive/census/2011/results/key-statistics/summary-report.pdf|website=NI Statistics and Research Agency|access-date=28 September 2014}}

The population of Antrim and Newtownabbey was 145,661 at the time of the 2021 census.{{Cite web |title=Antrim and Newtownabbey Census Data |url=https://explore.nisra.gov.uk/area-explorer-2021//N09000001/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=explore.nisra.gov.uk |language=en}} An increase of 5.1% since the 2011 Census.

In September 2018 the council cancelled the Christmas tree and lights switch on for the town of Crumlin. The move, to reduce the budget allocation for Christmas across the borough, was the result of a £1{{nbsp}}million rate reduction for Belfast International Airport, Aldergrove. Crumlin was to be the only town in the borough without a Christmas tree or lights in 2018, and the only town in Northern Ireland without council funding for Christmas.{{Cite web|url=http://www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/Council/Council-and-Committee-Minutes/Council-Monthly-Meeting/2017-(1)/Council-Meeting-25-September-2017|title=Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council - Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council|website=www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk|access-date=2018-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116183745/http://www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/Council/Council-and-Committee-Minutes/Council-Monthly-Meeting/2017-(1)/Council-Meeting-25-September-2017|archive-date=16 November 2018|url-status=dead}} The initial proposals on Christmas funding came before the council in November 2017, when an amendment to the motion was moved to include Crumlin, but the vote was tied at 18-18, and the Mayor used his casting vote against it.{{Cite web|url=http://www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/getmedia/e01eea7e-19f9-48dd-b0b3-15a1e4b1d5b9/Redacted-Council-Minutes-27-November-2017.pdf.aspx?ext=.pdf|title=Council meeting Nov 2017 minutes|access-date=11 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117030944/http://www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/getmedia/e01eea7e-19f9-48dd-b0b3-15a1e4b1d5b9/Redacted-Council-Minutes-27-November-2017.pdf.aspx?ext=.pdf|archive-date=17 November 2018|url-status=dead}}

However, a number of Christmas events took place across the Borough in 2018. Community groups received funding from the council to organise Christmas switch on events, and there were street markets at the switch on events at Antrim, Ballyclare, Glengormley, and Randalstown.

The Enchanted Winter Garden returned to Antrim Castle's Gardens from 7 to 17 December. An Evening of Inclusive Enchantment was planned for 18 December, with reduced numbers, lighting, and sound levels, a sensory and quiet room, ideal for children and adults with additional needs.

{{Infobox COA wide

|supporters = Dexter a stag Sable attired and unguled Or supporting between the forelegs a representation of Antrim Round Tower Proper and sinister a griffin Sable beaked and supporting between the forelegs Or a representation of the Mossley Hill Chimney Proper.

|escutcheon = Gules issuant from a plain Base barry wavy of four Argent and Azure a representation of the Outer Barbican Gate at Antrim Castle proper door Gules on a Chief Argent a Chief Vert thereon a Water Wheel in trian aspect Argent between two Bezants each charged with a Cog Wheel Sable.

|compartment = Grass Vert growing therefrom twelve stalks of barley Or.{{cite web|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/armorial_bearings_17#outgoing-1729499 |publisher=WhatDoTheyKnow |accessdate=6 October 2024 |title=Armorial Bearings}}

|crest = Upon a helm issuant from a mural crown Or an eagle displayed Gules holding in the beak Or a dexter hand couped Gules and supporting with the sinister foot a staff erect Or flying therefrom to the sinister a windsock Argent.

|lambrequin = Gules and Vert lined Argent.

|motto = In Prosperitatem Communem

|notes = Granted 20 March 2017 by the College of Arms.}}

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