Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association Explained

The Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association was a minor political party operating in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland

It contested elections for Newtownabbey Borough Council from 1997 to 2005 and registered as a political party with the Electoral Commission in 2001.

The party had 2 councillors elected in the 1997 local elections, 1 in 2001 and 1 in 2005. In the 2005 elections the party stood candidates in 3 of Newtownabbey's 4 electoral areas and polled 1897 votes, 6.4% of the votes in the borough.

In their statement of accounts for the year to the end of 2005, the party declared that they had a membership of 23.[1]

Their sole remaining elected councillor, Billy Webb, joined the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland in April 2008.[2]

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  1. http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/files/dms/NewtownabbeyRatepayersAssociation_20011-14658_E_N_S_W_.PDF{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  2. Web site: Campaigner to Join Alliance . 2008-04-21 . 2008-11-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081122151938/http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/Campaigner-tojoin-Alliance.4001549.jp . live .