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It's all starting to happen at the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election count.
Four councillors were deemed elected on the first count in the Macedon ward - Taylor McGrann of Sinn Féin, Matthew Brady of the DUP, the Alliance Party's Billy Webb and Ulster Unionist Robert Foster.Anne Marie Logue of Sinn Féin retains her seat, as does the DUP's Matthew Magill. Sinn Féin wanted to double the five seats it won in 2019 and so far it has eight councillors over the line with two more awaiting their results, so the party could get its election wish.
The DUP is sitting on nine seats - it had 14 at the last election and six of the party's candidates are waiting to hear how they’ve done.
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