Antrim Line (District Electoral Area)

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.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Newtownabbey Area D which had existed since 1973, and originally contained the wards of Ballyhenry, Collinbridge, Glebe, Glengormley and Hightown.

For the 1993 local elections, it gained another two wards, Burnthill from the abolished Manse Road DEA and Mallusk from the Ballyclare DEA.

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and SDLP 1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1997-2001 Change: DUP, SDLP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP, Alliance and Newtownabbey Ratepayers 1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers 1993-1997 Change: UUP and Newtownabbey Ratepayers gain from Alliance and Independent Unionist 1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP 1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1989-1993 Change: Alliance and Independent Unionist gain due to the addition of two seats 1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP 1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance