2014 Mid and East Antrim District Council election

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2014 Mid and East Antrim Council election
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22 May 2014 2019  

All 40 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Peter Robinson MLA DUP.jpg Mike nesbitt.JPG JimAllister.jpg
Leader Peter Robinson Mike Nesbitt Jim Allister
Party DUP Ulster Unionist TUV
Seats won1695
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 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  DavidFordAlliance.jpg Martin McGuinness MLA.jpg Alasdair McDonnell MP.JPG
Leader David Ford Martin McGuinness Alasdair McDonnell
Party Alliance Sinn Féin SDLP
Seats won331
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 Seventh partyEighth party
  Nigel Farage MEP 1, Strasbourg - Diliff.jpg
Leader Nigel Farage
Party UKIP Independent
Seats won12
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Mid and East Antrim 2014 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)

The first election to Mid and East Antrim District Council , part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014, returned 40 members to the newly formed council via Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party were the largest party in both first-preference votes and seats. [1] [2]

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Election results

PartySeats±First
Preference
Votes
FPV%±%
DUP 1615,09333.01
Ulster Unionist 98,57718.76
TUV 56,70414.66
Alliance 34,2779.36
Sinn Féin 33,1186.82
Independent 22,7616.04
SDLP 12,0234.43
UKIP 17491.64
PUP 01,3522.96
NI21 07831.71
BNP 01730.38
NI Conservatives 01070.23
Totals4045,718100.00

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Districts summary

Results of the Mid and East Antrim District Council election, 2014
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP TUV Alliance Sinn Féin SDLP UKIP Others
Ballymena29.535.8117.014.707.3014.110.0021.617
Bannside33.7219.6127.725.8013.210.000.000.006
Braid46.0417.2117.113.408.215.900.002.207
Carrick Castle27.2216.115.8014.500.000.0012.9123.515
Coast Road21.2117.5110.7110.9114.017.700.0018.005
Knockagh35.7226.629.9015.910.000.000.0011.905
Larne Lough30.4231.0210.7015.612.300.000.0010.005
Total33.01618.8915.059.436.834.111.6211.3240

District results

Ballymena

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

Ballymena - 7 seats [3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567891011
Independent James Henry*15.85%1,042          
SDLP Declan O'Loan *9.66%635649.08 655.52 672.06 906.06      
DUP Audrey Wales*9.10%598632.76 657.84 682.6 684.6 685.05 883.05    
TUV Donna Anderson11.22%738754.72 798.14 804.14 804.14 804.14 813.24 813.86 1,117.86  
DUP John Carson*8.85%582598.5 625.48 633.14 633.14 633.59 683.89 730.39 761.35 859.35 
Ulster Unionist Stephen Nicholl5.79%381418.18 434.94 477.02 480.46 480.91 497.33 497.95 534.67 616.67 728.92
DUP Reuben Glover6.49%427439.76 461.52 470.4 470.4 470.85 531.81 543.59 564.79 627.79 647.45
Sinn Féin Marian Maguire7.25%477479.42 479.42 484.42 516.3 548.25 548.25 548.25 548.25 548.25 605.45
Alliance Jayne Dunlop*4.71%310328.48 333.9 410.18 422.72 471.77 473.21 473.21 478.43 482.43  
TUV Matthew Armstrong5.73%377388.89 400.2 404.86 404.86 404.86 412.74 413.05    
DUP David McCartney5.05%332346.08 355.74 362.18 362.18 362.18      
SDLP Eugene Reid4.40%289292.52 293.52 296.52        
NI21 Richard Marshall3.21%211225.74 236.28         
Independent Rodney Quigley2.68%176197.34          
Electorate: 15,691  Valid: 6,575 (41.90%)  Spoilt: 94  Quota: 822  Turnout: 6,669 (42.50%)  

    Bannside

    2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

    Bannside - 6 seats [3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    TUV Timothy Gaston*15.51%1,212      
    Sinn Féin Patrice Hardy13.24%1,0351,123     
    DUP Tommy Nicholl*9.94%777790 793.52 1,205.52   
    DUP Billy Henry* ‡7.69%601614 618.08 690.52 758.14 758.4 1,270.4
    TUV Stewart McDonald12.17%951975 1,040.6 1,054.88 1,057.82 1,058.86 1,105.67
    Ulster Unionist William McNeilly*11.09%867944 947.76 967.08 968.13 971.25 1,056.77
    Ulster Unionist Andrew Wright8.55%668720 724.56 747.52 750.25 751.81 792.51
    DUP Thomas Gordon8.61%673694 702.16 740.64 751.77 751.77  
    DUP Phil Moffatt7.45%582593 598.04     
    Alliance Philip Burnside5.76%450      
    Electorate: 14,039  Valid: 7,816 (55.67%)  Spoilt: 105  Quota: 1,117  Turnout: 7,921 (56.42%)  

      Braid

      2014: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Sinn Féin

      Braid - 7 seats [3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      DUP Beth Clyde*9.81%865890 1,210      
      DUP William McCaughey*10.57%932955 1,038 1,112.46     
      TUV Brian Collins10.35%912939 945 945.34 954.34 1,416.34   
      Ulster Unionist Robin Cherry*10.90%9611,009 1,027 1,028.36 1,057.36 1,090.36 1,160.92  
      DUP Beth Adger*10.11%891934 990 1,011.76 1,021.76 1,058.1 1,153.02  
      Sinn Féin Paul Maguire* ‡8.19%722736 737 737 1,044 1,045 1,045 1,045 1,045
      DUP Samuel Hanna*9.08%800808 845 851.8 863.14 881.14 923.14 935.74 978.49
      Ulster Unionist Brian Thompson6.34%559618 666 668.04 692.04 745.04 848.35 889.52 897.5
      TUV Roy McPeake6.77%597632 645 645.34 649.34     
      SDLP Catherine O'Hara5.95%524606 608 608.68      
      DUP Chris Wales6.46%569590        
      Alliance Danny Donnelly 3.39%299        
      PUP William Parkhill2.08%183        
      Electorate: 16,543  Valid: 8,814 (53.28%)  Spoilt: 88  Quota: 1,102  Turnout: 8,902 (53.81%)  

        Carrick Castle

        2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKIP, 1 x Independent

        Carrick Castle - 5 seats [3]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678910
        Ulster Unionist John Stewart 16.12%939967 1,010       
        Independent James Brown* ♭15.14%882919 936 937.9 959.9 997.9    
        UKIP Noel Jordan12.86%749783 857 867.45 875.45 984.45    
        DUP Billy Ashe*12.86%749769 791 794.8 800.8 876.65 1,052.65   
        DUP Cheryl Johnston 7.54%439460 494 501.6 506.6 564.4 793.35 872.81 880.81 892.69
        Alliance Gavin Norris*8.65%504523 526 527.9 536.9 852.9 867.75 868.91 872.91 874.26
        DUP Fred Cobain*6.83%398405 416 418.85 419.85 463.8     
        TUV William Knox5.80%338347 385 395.45 399.45      
        Alliance Elena Aceves-Cully5.87%342362 363 363       
        PUP Jonathan Cooke4.26%248261         
        Independent Nick Wady2.25%131         
        Independent John Cameron1.80%105         
        Electorate: 12,878  Valid: 5,824 (45.22%)  Spoilt: 69  Quota: 971  Turnout: 5,893 (45.76%)  

          Coast Road

          2014: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV

          Coast Road - 5 seats [3]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678910
          Ulster Unionist Maureen Morrow*17.56%946         
          Sinn Féin James McKeown*14.04%756756.1 756.1 761.15 785.2 930.2    
          Alliance Geraldine Mulvenna*10.95%590598.35 600.4 635.7 701.95 910.95    
          DUP Gordon Lyons 12.25%660669.85 677 692.1 722.55 730.7 732.7 736.38 1,133.38 
          TUV Ruth Wilson10.68%575583.7 591.7 613.95 652.3 659.5 660.5 663.26 718.11 873.72
          PUP Jonathan Hodge8.61%464466.25 473.3 477.4 523.7 536.8 553.8 558.4 610.06 688.32
          DUP Drew Niblock*8.99%484494.3 499.3 504.45 536.7 544.8 550.8 552.64   
          SDLP Martin Wilson*7.72%416417.1 417.1 425.15 486.4      
          Independent Danny O'Connor 3.49%188188.85 188.85 207       
          BNP Robert Bell1.88%101101.8 140.25 153.3       
          Independent John Anderson2.47%133134.3 134.3        
          BNP Steven Moore1.34%7272.7         
          Electorate: 12,427  Valid: 5,386 (43.34%)  Spoilt: 58  Quota: 898  Turnout: 5,444 (43.81%)  

            Knockagh

            2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

            Knockagh - 5 seats [3]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            123456789
            Ulster Unionist Andrew Wilson*16.23%912927 939      
            DUP May Beattie *15.20%854858 881 966     
            DUP Lynn McClurg*6.41%360362 371 530 548.02 548.02 604.56 613.56 937.56
            Alliance Paul Sinclair8.53%479492 511 515 515.68 515.68 519.68 876.68 892.02
            Ulster Unionist Lindsay Millar10.34%581592 622 629 630.7 631.7 725.7 754.7 852
            TUV Ken McFaul 9.91%557561 578 588 588.68 588.88 721.56 733.56 789.92
            DUP Robert Stewart8.49%477488 495 530 535.78 536.38 577.38 590.38  
            Alliance Noel Williams*7.42%417429 436 436 436 436 440   
            PUP Gareth Cole5.36%301305 424 434 435.36 436.56    
            DUP Robert Harrison-Rice5.57%313318 323       
            PUP Jim McCaw2.78%156156        
            NI Conservatives Gary Broad1.90%107113        
            Independent Barry Patterson1.85%104        
            Electorate: 12,090  Valid: 5,618 (46.47%)  Spoilt: 65  Quota: 937  Turnout: 5,683 (47.01%)  

              Larne Lough

              2014: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

              Larne Lough - 5 seats [3]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1234567
              DUP Gregg McKeen*16.99%966      
              Ulster Unionist Mark McKinty*16.31%927928 966    
              Alliance Robert Logan10.23%583619 622 903 903.05 1,200.05 
              Ulster Unionist Andrew Wilson14.71%836836 855 879 881.94 960.94 
              DUP Paul Reid7.93%457457 700 710 715.71 773.71 805.71
              TUV Kenneth Johnston10.67%606606 615 621 621.51 657.53 678.53
              NI21 Jeremy Jones10.06%572583 586 611 611.08   
              Alliance Michael Lynch*5.33%303366 372     
              DUP Matthew Scott5.40%307307      
              Sinn Féin Seán Waide2.25%128      
              Electorate: 12,826  Valid: 5,685 (44.32%)  Spoilt: 72  Quota: 948  Turnout: 5,757 (44.89%)  

                * Incumbent

                Changes during the term

                † Co-options

                Co-option dateElectoral AreaPartyOutgoingCo-opteeReason
                13 Nov 2015Coast Road DUP Gordon LyonsAngela SmythLyons was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. [4]
                4 Apr 2017Carrick Castle Ulster Unionist John StewartRobin StewartJohn was elected to the Assembly. [5]

                ♭ Carrick Castle by-election, 18 October 2018

                After independent unionist councillor Charles (Jim) Brown died in August 2018, the Electoral Office determined that none of his three proposed substitutes met the criteria for co-option. This triggered the first by-election in Northern Ireland since local government reform in 2014. [6] The DUP's Peter Johnston won the seat on the third count. [7] [8]

                Carrick Castle by-election (18 October 2018) - 1 Seat
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                123
                DUP Peter Keith Johnston38.821,1061,298 1,362
                Ulster Unionist John McDermott23.45668823 1,147
                Alliance Lauren Gray19.52556645
                Democrats and Veterans Si Harvey15.72448
                Independent Will Sibley2.4971
                Electorate: 13,181  Valid: 2,849  Spoilt: 24  Quota: 1,425  Turnout: 2,873 (21.8%)  

                  ‡ Changes in affiliation

                  DateElectoral AreaNamePrevious affiliationNew affiliationCircumstance
                  24 Sep 2015BallymenaDonna Anderson TUV UKIP Moved. [9]
                  30 Aug 2016BraidPaul Maguire Sinn Féin Independent Resigned. [10]
                  06 Jun 2018Carrick CastleNoel Jordan UKIP Independent Resigned. [11]
                  03 Aug 2018BallymenaDonna Anderson UKIP Independent Resigned. [12]
                  2018-2019BannsideBilly Henry [13] [14] DUP Independent
                  25 March 2019KnockaghMay Beattie DUP TUV Moved. [15]

                  Last updated 31 March 2019.

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