2023 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election

2023 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election
18 May 2023
All 40 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jeffrey Donaldson Michelle O'Neill Naomi Long
Party DUP Sinn Féin Alliance
Last election 14 5 7
Seats won 13 9 8
Seat change 1 4 1
Popular vote 16,066 11,613 9,179
Percentage 30.1% 21.7% 17.1%
Swing 1.4% 8.6% 1.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Doug Beattie Colum Eastwood
Party UUP Independent SDLP
Last election 9 1 4
Seats won 7 2 1
Seat change 2 1 3
Popular vote 8,358 1,517 2,829
Percentage 15.7% 2.8% 5.3%
Swing 4.6% 2.5% 2.5%
Antrim and Newtownabbey 2023 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by the plurality of FPVs)
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

Democratic Unionist-Ulster Unionist Executive

The 2023 election to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after the local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.

They returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

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