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. The district elects five members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of Burleigh Hill, Gortalee, Greenland, Sunnylands and Woodburn. 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.

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