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Newtownabbey Borough Council is a Local Council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. Newtownabbey Borough has a population of over 80,000 and is on the north shore of Belfast Lough just immediately north of Belfast. The Borough was founded in 1957 and comprises large urban residential areas along with traditional farming communities. Its major industries include electronics, software and telecommunications development and agriculture. Council headquarters are at Mossley Mill in Newtownabbey. Towns within the area include Ballyclare and Glengormley. The University of Ulster at Jordanstown is also in the Council area.
the Newtownabbey Borough Council area consists of 4 electoral areas: Antrim Line, Macedon, University and Ballyclare. At the 2001 elections 25 members were elected from the following political parties: 8 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 8 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 3 Independent Unionist Party (IUP), 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 1 Alliance Party, 1 Labour, 1 Newtownabbey Rate Payers Association and 1 Sinn Fein. At the Annual General Meeting of the Council on the first Monday in June each year the Mayor is elected and becomes the first citizen of the Borough. The Mayor of Newtownabbey for 2004/2005 is Alderman Ted Turkington (UUP) and the Deputy Mayor is Alderman Billy Decourcey (DUP).
The next election is due to take place in May 2005.
In elections for the Westminster Parliament it is split between the East Antrim constituency, the South Antrim constituency and the North Belfast constituency.
See Also: Local Councils in Northern Ireland
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