Airport (District Electoral Area)

Airport
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough CouncilDEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	2014
Seats	5 (2014-)
Councillors	Anne-Marie Logue (SF) Matthew Magill (DUP) Andrew McAuley (APNI) Paul Michael (IND) Maighréad Ní Chonghaile (SF)

Airport DEA within Antrim and Newtownabbey

Airportis one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) inAntrim and Newtownabbey,Northern Ireland.The district elects five members toAntrim and Newtownabbey Borough Counciland contains the wards of Aldergrove, Clady, Crumlin, Mallusk and Templepatrick.Airport forms part of the South Antrim constituencies for theNorthern Ireland AssemblyandUK Parliament.

It was created for the2014 local elections,largely replacing theAntrim South East DEAwhich had existed since 1985.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
May 2024 Defection		Anne-Marie Logue (Sinn Féin)		Maighréad Ní Chonghaile (Sinn Féin)		Andrew McAuley (Alliance)		Paul Michael (Independent)/ (UUP)		Matthew Magill (DUP)
2023
February 2021 Co-Option				Thomas Burns (SDLP)
2019						Vikki McAuley (Alliance)
2014						Mervyn Rea (UUP)

2023 Election

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

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

2019–2023 Change:Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Airport - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	DUP	Matthew Magill*	22.79%	1,827
	Sinn Féin	Anne-Marie Logue*	19.64%	1,574
	Sinn Féin	Maighréad Ní Chonghaile	16.65%	1,335	1,355
	UUP	Paul Michael*‡	13.41%	1,075	1,086	1,536.63
	Alliance	Andrew McAuley*	15.08%	1,209	1,281	1,295.58	1,342.02
	SDLP	Thomas Burns*	10.75%	862	889	898.72	1,081.96
	Green (NI)	Terri Johnston	1.67%	134
Electorate:15,479Valid:8,016 (51.79%)Spoilt:55Quota:1,337Turnout:8,071 (52.14%)

2019 Election

2014:2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

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

2014-2019 Change:Alliance gain from UUP

Airport - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Alliance	Vikki McAuley†	17.31%	1,221
	DUP	Matthew Magill*	16.51%	1,164	1,165.44	1,589.44
	UUP	Paul Michael*	12.66%	893	903.24	940.68	1,190.68
	Sinn Féin	Anne-Marie Logue*	15.53%	1,095	1,097.56	1,098.56	1,098.56	1,567.56
	SDLP	Thomas Burns*	15.95%	1,125	1,148.68	1,152.8	1,166.8	1,197.8
	UUP	Mervyn Rea*	8.06%	568	571.16	584.16	702.16	704.16
	Sinn Féin	Cathy Rooney	7.16%	505	506.6	506.6	506.6
	DUP	Ben Mallon	6.82%	481	481.76
Electorate:14,042Valid:7,052 (50.22%)Spoilt:69Quota:1,176Turnout:7,121 (50.71%)

2014 Election

2014:2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

Airport - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Anne-Marie Logue*	19.59%	1,212
	SDLP	Thomas Burns*	15.76%	975	1,089.95
	DUP	Matthew Magill	14.92%	923	923.38	963.57	1,365.57
	UUP	Paul Michael*	12.90%	798	798.19	843.57	899.57	1,088.57
	UUP	Mervyn Rea*	11.73%	726	726.57	745.57	881.57	1,018.37
	Alliance	Alan Lawther*	8.84%	547	562.58	791.34	801.34	806.74
	DUP	Roy Thompson*	9.84%	609	609.19	618.19
	NI21	Heather Fee	4.46%	276	282.27
	SDLP	Oran Keenan*	1.96%	121	156.72
Electorate:12,801Valid:6,187 (48.33%)Spoilt:52Quota:1,032Turnout:6,239 (48.74%)