Newtownabbey Ratepayers Association
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The Newtownabbey Ratepayers Association is a minor political party operating in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland
It has contested elections for Newtownabbey Borough Council since 1997 and has been registered as a political party with the Electoral Commission since 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].
