University (District Electoral Area)

University was one of the four district electoral areas in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland which existed from 1993 to 2014. The district elected seven members to Newtownabbey Borough Council and formed part of the East Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1993 local elections, and contained the wards of Ballyduff, Carnmoney, Hawthorne, Jordanstown, Monkstown, Mossley and Rosstulla. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and replaced by the Three Mile Water DEA.

Election
2011	Lynn Frazer (Alliance)	Tom Campbell (Alliance)	Ken Robinson (UUP)	Fraser Agnew (UUP)/ (UUC)/ (Independent Unionist)	Pamela Barr (DUP)	Robert Hill (DUP)	William Ball (DUP)
2005		Barbara Gilliland (UUP)			John Mann (DUP)	Robert Hill (DUP)	William Ball (DUP)
2001					John Mann (DUP)	Roger Hutchinson (DUP)	Vi Scott (UUP)
1997					George Herron (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist)	William Greer (PUP)	Bill Johnston (UUP)
1993	Gordon Mawhinney (Alliance)		James Robinson (UUP)		George Herron (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist)	Tony Lough (DUP)	Alan Hewitt (DUP)

2011 Election

University - 7 seats^[1]
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	William Ball*	16.54%	1,328
	DUP	Pamela Barr	12.64%	1,015
	UUP	Fraser Agnew*	12.02%	965	981.56	994.56	994.56	1,116.56
	Alliance	Tom Campbell*	11.26%	904	909.04	912.04	931.04	944.28	952.04	1,067.04
	DUP	Robert Hill*	8.04%	645	907.56	930.8	933.8	958.92	971.53	978.77	978.77	1,151.77
	UUP	Ken Robinson*	9.09%	730	734.08	745.08	746.08	868.04	937.88	950.12	950.69	1,107.69
	Alliance	Lynn Frazer*	6.79%	545	548.6	551.6	571.84	582.08	592.75	736.72	796	836.1	860.1
	Independent	Stephen Ross	5.99%	481	485.08	497.08	501.08	521.8	528.59	576.59	578.3	627.79	662.79
	PUP	Phil Hamilton	6.30%	506	516.8	536.04	536.04	549.76	553.64	562.64	563.21
	SDLP	Dominic Mulligan	3.26%	262	262.48	262.48	409.48	410.48	411.45
	UUP	Barbara Gilliland*	4.07%	327	335.64	339.64	339.64
	Sinn Féin	James McKeown	2.68%	215	215.48	218.48
	BNP	Stephen Parkes	1.30%	104	105.68
Electorate: 16,063 Valid: 8,027 (49.97%) Spoilt: 163 Quota: 1,004 Turnout: 8,190 (50.99%)

University - 7 seats^[2]
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	William Ball	23.45%	2,025
	UUP	Ken Robinson*	16.57%	1,431
	DUP	Robert Hill	7.31%	631	1,418.52
	Alliance	Lynn Frazer*	12.44%	1,074	1,076.76	1,091.01
	DUP	John Mann	10.02%	865	923.88	941.63	1,260.64
	UUP	Barbara Gilliland*	8.70%	751	777.68	904.43	906.33	1,155.33
	United Unionist	Fraser Agnew*	8.52%	736	769.12	792.62	794.52	906.34	1,023.19
	Newtownabbey Ratepayers	John Blair	9.01%	778	789.5	806	806.19	854.4	886.7
	UUP	Vi Scott*	3.97%	343	348.52	496.02	396.97
Electorate: 15,829 Valid: 8,634 (54.55%) Spoilt: 211 Quota: 1,080 Turnout: 8,845 (55.88%)

University - 7 seats^[3]
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Roger Hutchinson	17.92%	1,791
	UUP	Ken Robinson*	15.36%	1,535
	UUP	Barbara Gilliland*	13.52%	1,351
	Alliance	Lynn Frazer*	13.14%	1,313
	United Unionist	Fraser Agnew*	8.28%	828	836.7	856.46	861.15	866.07	952.41	1,183.38	1,329.38
	DUP	John Mann	4.79%	479	976.4	989.89	993.81	994.89	1,051.57	1,100.67	1,253.67
	UUP	Vi Scott	4.68%	468	473.1	671.65	741.16	760.18	882.12	966.52	1,080.02
	PUP	William Greer*	8.11%	811	817.6	827.48	830.42	833.72	873.9	922.98	974.03
	NI Unionist	Billy Boyd	5.04%	504	509.7	517.49	519.73	521.71	540.75	578.13
	United Unionist	John Scott	4.69%	469	471.1	488.2	491.91	495.33	527.11
	Independent	Alister Bell	4.47%	447	449.1	460.12	462.57	483.75
Electorate: 16,875 Valid: 9,996 (59.24%) Spoilt: 236 Quota: 1,250 Turnout: 10,232 (60.63%)

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x PUP

1993-1997 Change: PUP and Independent Unionist gain from DUP (two seats)

University - 7 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Ind. Unionist	Fraser Agnew*	13.21%	878
	UUP	Ken Robinson	10.62%	706	708.2	748.35	760.45	764.5	770.5	800.75	801.8	832.8
	Alliance	Lynn Frazer*	6.94%	461	462.3	464.3	471.35	472.35	529.35	565.4	568.4	573.4	874.4
	Ind. Unionist	George Herron*	9.52%	633	648.55	653.55	682.7	688.7	693.7	716.8	740	822.25	837.25
	UUP	Barbara Gilliland*	7.37%	490	496.65	507.7	512.85	516.85	519.85	537.9	550.05	572.05	606.15	751.6	772.48
	UUP	Bill Johnston	7.51%	499	501.1	507.1	513.5	517.5	520.5	531.75	545.9	567.95	584.05	715.55	729.95
	PUP	William Greer	6.74%	448	449	452.05	452.2	537.3	548.3	560.3	571.45	654.55	671.6	708.4	713.8
	DUP	Tony Lough*	5.01%	333	333.75	334.75	339.85	342.85	346.85	357.85	560.7	614.9	616.95	686.3	688.46
	UK Unionist	Billy Boyd	6.41%	426	432.65	433.7	439.8	440.85	446.85	470.95	486.05	518.35	530.45
	Alliance	William McKimmon	5.55%	369	369.55	371.55	376.55	378.55	442.55	506.55	506.55	510.55
	Ulster Democratic	Harry Speers	5.58%	371	372	375	377	395	400	407	425.1
	DUP	Alan Hewitt*	4.50%	299	300.7	300.7	300.85	301.85	302.85	307.85
	Newtownabbey Ratepayers	Samuel Neill	3.40%	226	226.75	228.8	230.8	231.85	264.85
	Newtownabbey Labour	William McClinton	3.19%	212	212	213	214	216
	PUP	Alexander Knell	1.97%	131	131.2	131.2	134.3
	Ind. Unionist	Jack McDonald	1.29%	86	88.45	89.45
	UUP	Louie Robinson	1.17%	78	78.35
Electorate: 16,179 Valid: 6,646 (41.08%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 831 Turnout: 6,745 (41.69%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Ind. Unionist	Fraser Agnew*	18.24%	1,169
	UUP	George Herron*	13.43%	861
	UUP	James Robinson*	8.18%	524	588	604.31	608.95	702.66	728.76	1,003.76
	UUP	Barbara Gilliland*	5.63%	361	515.24	533.23	545.36	620.75	639.19	803.19
	DUP	Tony Lough	8.46%	542	556.72	557.98	558.62	567.01	712.89	737.29	769.29
	DUP	Alan Hewitt	6.94%	445	464.84	468.06	471.06	492.8	658.49	687.07	755.07
	Alliance	Gordon Mawhinney*	9.10%	583	592.28	593.26	649.58	661.18	675.13	716.09	736.09
	Alliance	William McKimmon*	8.94%	573	582.6	584	651.32	658.45	665.44	688.99	711.99
	UUP	Ken Robinson*	8.33%	534	566.64	572.31	578.63	591.08	614.7
	DUP	Samuel Neill*	5.96%	382	407.28	409.87	416.51	425.43
	UUP	Elizabeth McClenaghan	3.43%	220	246.88	255	262
	Newtownabbey Labour	Deborah Hayes	1.75%	112	114.56	114.77
	Newtownabbey Labour	Stafford Ward	0.92%	59	59.96	59.96
	Newtownabbey Labour	William McClinton	0.69%	44	45.92	45.99
Electorate: 15,330 Valid: 6,409 (41.81%) Spoilt: 148 Quota: 802 Turnout: 6,557 (42.77%)