Knockagh (District Electoral Area)

Knockagh
Knockagh
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	5 (1985-1993) ; 6 (1993-2014) ; 5 (2014-)
Councillors	Marc Collins (DUP); Bobby Hadden (IND); Peter Johnston (DUP); Aaron Skinner (APNI); Andrew Wilson (UUP);

Knockagh is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects five members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of Burleigh Hill, Gortalee, Greenisland, Sunnylands and Woodburn.^[2] Knockagh forms part of the East Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Carrickfergus Area A which had existed since 1973. It was called Knockagh Monument until 2014, and contained five wards (Clipperstown, Gortalee, Greenisland, Knockagh and Woodburn). For the 1993 local elections, it gained a sixth ward, Burleigh Hill. For the 2014 local elections it was reduced by one ward, with Clipperstown replaced with Sunnylands.

Councillors

Election						Councillor (Party)
2023	Aaron Skinner (Alliance)	Bobby Hadden (Independent)	Andrew Wilson (UUP)	Peter Johnston (DUP)	Marc Collins (DUP)	5 seats 2014–present
2019	Noel Williams (Alliance)	Bobby Hadden (Independent)		Peter Johnston (DUP)	Marc Collins (DUP)
March 2019 Defection	Paul Sinclair (Alliance)	Lindsay Millar (UUP)		Lynn McClurg (DUP)	May Beattie (TUV)/ (DUP)
2014	Paul Sinclair (Alliance)	Lindsay Millar (UUP)		Lynn McClurg (DUP)
2011	Stewart Dickson (Alliance)	John Stewart (UUP)		James McClurg (DUP)			Charie Johnston (DUP)
2005		Roy Beggs Jr (UUP)	Mark Cosgrove (UUP)				Louise Marsden (DUP)
2001		Roy Beggs Jr (UUP)	Gwendoline Wilson (UUP)				Noreen McIlwrath (Alliance)
1997		Joseph Reid (UUP)	Thomas Creighton (UUP)	Charles Johnston (Independent Unionist)
1993		Joseph Reid (UUP)	David Apsley (UUP)		William Haggan (DUP)
1989		William Murray (UUP)	Mary Ardill (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist)			5 seats 1985–1993
1985		Samuel Wilson (UUP)	Mary Ardill (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist)			5 seats 1985–1993

2023 Election

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2019–2023 Change: No change

Knockagh - 5 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Bobby Hadden*	18.22%	1,182
	DUP	Peter Johnston*	17.64%	1,144
	DUP	Marc Collins*	14.35%	931	957.19	1,191.19
	UUP	Andrew Wilson*	12.21%	792	809.19	868.19	1,266.15
	Alliance	Aaron Skinner	13.92%	903	917.58	919.67	954.67	1,075.81
	Alliance	Noel Williams*	11.61%	753	763.53	770.89	788.67	856.48
	UUP	Gary McCabe	6.68%	433	446.23	478.23
	TUV	James Strange	5.37%	348	358.53
Electorate: 13,223 Valid: 6,486 (49.05%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 1,082 Turnout: 6,545 (49.50%)

2019 Election

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from UUP

Knockagh - 5 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Alliance	Noel Williams	20.57%	1,173
	DUP	Peter Johnston	16.96%	967
	DUP	Marc Collins –	14.84%	846	854.16	1,016.16
	Independent	Bobby Hadden	13.99%	798	887.76	980.76
	UUP	Andrew Wilson*	13.71%	782	833.12	903	919.82
	UUP	Lindsay Millar*	10.94%	624	675.84	825.92	873.48
	TUV	May Beattie*	5.75%	328	336.88
	PUP	David Barnett	3.24%	185	190.28
Electorate: 12,289 Valid: 5,703 (46.41%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 951 Turnout: 5,762 (46.89%)

2014 Election

2011 Election: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2014 Election: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2011-2014 Change: DUP loss due to the reduction of one seat.

Knockagh - 5 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	UUP	Andrew Wilson*	16.23%	912	927	939
	DUP	May Beattie*	15.20%	854	858	881	966
	DUP	Lynn McClurg*	6.41%	360	362	371	530	548.02	548.02	604.56	613.56	937.56
	Alliance	Paul Sinclair	8.53%	479	492	511	515	515.68	515.68	519.68	876.68	892.02
	UUP	Lindsay Millar	10.34%	581	592	622	629	630.7	631.7	725.7	754.7	852
	TUV	Ken McFaul	9.91%	557	561	578	588	588.68	588.88	721.56	733.56	789.92
	DUP	Robert Stewart	8.49%	477	488	495	530	535.78	536.38	577.38	590.38
	Alliance	Noel Williams*	7.42%	417	429	436	436	436	436	440
	PUP	Gareth Cole	5.36%	301	305	424	434	435.36	436.56
	DUP	Robert Harrison-Rice	5.57%	313	318	323
	PUP	Jim McCaw	2.78%	156	156
	NI Conservatives	Gary Broad	1.90%	107	113
	Independent	Barry Patterson	1.85%	104
Electorate: 12,090 Valid: 5,618 (46.47%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 937 Turnout: 5,683 (47.01%)

2011 Election

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2005-2011 Change: No change

Knockagh Monument - 6 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	May Beattie*	23.47%	1,085
	Alliance	Stewart Dickson*	18.07%	835
	DUP	Charie Johnston	9.32%	431	677.8
	DUP	James McClurg*	12.12%	560	605.2	611.6	621.68	837.68
	UUP	Andrew Wilson	12.29%	568	581.2	586.2	594.81	615.26	651.26	654.71
	UUP	John Stewart	9.82%	454	468.8	479.8	490.51	520.76	579.76	591.01
	Alliance	Shireen Bell	6.84%	316	327.6	403.6	535.9	550.95	575.95	577.85
	DUP	Louise Marsden*	5.37%	248	332.4	335.4	340.02
	Green (NI)	Brian Luney	2.70%	125	126.6
Electorate: 10,090 Valid: 4,622 (45.81%) Spoilt: 81 Quota: 661 Turnout: 4,703 (46.61%)

2005 Election

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Alliance

Knockagh Monument - 6 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	May Beattie*	33.20%	1,718
	UUP	Roy Beggs Jr*	19.46%	1,007
	Alliance	Stewart Dickson*	15.17%	785
	DUP	Louise Marsden	4.14%	214	926.82
	DUP	James McClurg*	8.56%	443	571.18	594.7	770.05
	UUP	Mark Cosgrove	4.89%	253	300.56	456.24	458.49	461.19	637.85	729.17
	Alliance	Shireen Bell	5.72%	296	330.8	352.92	353.52	390.78	406.96	453.98
	Independent	Robert Rice	5.66%	293	311.56	317.72	318.77	320.75	330.45
	UUP	Jackie Glover	3.19%	165	194	249.44	250.64	252.26
Electorate: 9,540 Valid: 5,174 (54.23%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 740 Turnout: 5,285 (55.40%)

2001 Election

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist

Knockagh Monument - 6 seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Roy Beggs Jr	27.87%	1,575
	DUP	May Beattie*	25.13%	1,420
	Alliance	Stewart Dickson*	20.62%	1,165
	UUP	Gwendoline Wilson	11.06%	625	1,203.88
	DUP	James McClurg	8.87%	501	598.2	1,168.78
	Alliance	Noreen McIlwrath*	3.52%	199	257.86	270.55	493.57	560.78	894.41
	PUP	Carolyn Howarth	2.94%	166	194.08	212.88	300.9	422.63	439.13
Electorate: 9,812 Valid: 5,651 (57.59%) Spoilt: 139 Quota: 808 Turnout: 5,790 (59.01%)

1997 Election

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1993-1997 Change: No change

Knockagh Monument - 6 seats^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Alliance	Stewart Dickson*	23.03%	867
	UUP	Thomas Creighton	20.03%	754
	DUP	May Beattie	15.41%	580
	UUP	Joseph Reid*	10.02%	377	392.99	544.95
	Ind. Unionist	Charles Johnston*	12.14%	457	486.25	507.71	552.71
	Alliance	Noreen McIlwrath*	5.55%	209	479.66	488.36	514.45
	DUP	William Haggan*	8.93%	336	342.63	364.96	425.38
	PUP	Carolyn Howarth	4.89%	184	189.85	196.81
Electorate: 9,549 Valid: 3,764 (39.42%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 538 Turnout: 3,829 (40.10%)

1993 Election

1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1989-1993 Change: Alliance and UUP gain from Independent Unionist and due to the addition of one seat

Knockagh Monument - 6 seats^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Alliance	Stewart Dickson*	25.80%	947
	UUP	David Apsley	18.64%	684
	Ind. Unionist	Charles Johnston*	13.41%	492	549.04
	UUP	Joseph Reid*	6.29%	231	242.96	277.69	286.07	324.22	535.59
	Alliance	Noreen McIlwrath	3.98%	146	463.4	465.01	470.93	507.3	521.74
	DUP	William Haggan*	11.42%	419	426.82	437.4	438.63	451.78	475.08
	DUP	May Beattie	9.84%	361	366.52	383.77	386.77	397.15	407.22
	UUP	Mary McFall	4.77%	175	183.74	264.01	268.47	299
	NI Conservatives	Nicola Eakin	3.30%	121	129.28	134.34	203.72
	NI Conservatives	Charles Moffett	2.56%	94	98.14	100.44
Electorate: 8,859 Valid: 3,670 (41.43%) Spoilt: 96 Quota: 526 Turnout: 3,766 (42.51%)

1989 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP

Knockagh Monument - 5 seats^[11]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	William Haggan*	19.22%	668
	Alliance	Stewart Dickson*	18.70%	650
	Ind. Unionist	Charles Johnston*	18.07%	628
	UUP	William Murray	14.47%	503	536.6	538.14	551.26	566.03	641.03
	Ind. Unionist	Mary Ardill*	12.51%	435	445.08	451.79	466.43	525.76	552.16
	UUP	Samuel Wilson*	8.98%	312	337.2	338.19	343.87	356.28	402.5
	Protestant Unionist	John Everitt	4.86%	169	183.98	184.31	189.03	194.74
	Alliance	Noreen McIlwrath	3.19%	111	111.98	171.05	176.89
Electorate: 7,803 Valid: 3,476 (44.55%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 580 Turnout: 3,549 (45.48%)

1985 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Knockagh Monument - 5 seats^[12]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Mary Ardill*	20.56%	736
	Ind. Unionist	Charles Johnston*	18.44%	660
	Alliance	Stewart Dickson	14.61%	523	530.22	540.22	548.7	754.7
	UUP	Samuel Wilson	6.90%	250	348.8	365.6	388.33	408.57	496.57	568.05
	DUP	William Haggan*	9.78%	350	358.17	361.37	462.86	467.55	474.55	531.53
	DUP	Andrew Blair	9.95%	356	367.78	372.88	431.85	436.34	442.34	517.29
	Ulster Democratic	Robert Gordon	6.87%	246	251.32	258.42	291.81	294.21	297.21
	Alliance	Robert Kay	6.76%	242	244.09	250.39	251.78
	DUP	Joseph Seaton	6.04%	216	219.23	231.23
Electorate: 6,888 Valid: 3,579 (51.96%) Spoilt: 69 Quota: 597 Turnout: 3,648 (52.96%)

References

^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
^ [1], ARK, accessed 8 July 2023
^ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 23 January 2022.
^ "Knockagh Monument Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[1] Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014

[2] [1], ARK, accessed 8 July 2023

[3] "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

[4] "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

[5] "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 23 January 2022.

[6] "Knockagh Monument Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[7] "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[8] "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[9] "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[10] "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[11] "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[12] "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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