Macedon (District Electoral Area)

Macedon is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.

[1] The district elects six members to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and contains the wards of Abbey, Carnmoney Hill, O'Neill, Rathcoole, Valley and Whitehouse.

[2] Macedon forms part of the Belfast North constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the East Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1993 local elections, where it contained six wards (Abbey, Cloughfern, Coole, Dunanney, Valley and Whitehouse).

2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 2019–2023 Change: Independent gain from DUP 2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 X UUP, 1 x TUV 2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from TUV 2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP 2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP 2011-2014 Change: TUV gain from DUP 2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent 2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2005-2011 Change: DUP gain from Independent, Newtownabbey Ratepayers joins Alliance 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers 2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent 1997: 2 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent Unionist 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers 1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from Newtownabbey Labour and Independent Unionist, Newtownabbey Labour and UDP become Independent 1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Independent Unionist 1997: 2 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent Unionist 1993-1997 Change: Newtownabbey Labour, Newtownabbey Ratepayers and UDP gain from UUP, DUP and Alliance 1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Independent Unionist