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Causeway Coast and Glens 2023 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs) Sinn Féin: 12 seats SDLP: 3 seats Alliance Party of Northern Ireland: 5 seats Progressive Unionist Party: 1 seat Ulster Unionist Party: 4 seats Democratic Unionist Party: 13 seats Traditional Unionist Voice: 2 seats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 election to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council was scheduled to be held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. [1] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III. [2]
It returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 32.50 | 27.02 | 15,041 | 3.33 | |
Sinn Féin | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 30.00 | 30.82 | 17,161 | 8.66 | |
Alliance | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12.50 | 9.74 | 5,425 | 1.73 | |
Ulster Unionist | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10.00 | 12.67 | 7,055 | 2.59 | |
SDLP | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7.50 | 4.98 | 2,774 | 4.27 | |
TUV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5.00 | 4.77 | 2,657 | 0.47 | |
PUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.50 | 1.82 | 1,016 | 1.29 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.84 | 2,696 | 0.81 | |
Aontú | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.24 | 1,248 | 0.28 | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 354 | 0.01 | |
People Before Profit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.44 | 247 | New | |
Total | 40 | 55,674 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
District Electoral Area (DEA) | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total cllrs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | Sinn Féin | Alliance | UUP | SDLP | TUV | PUP | Independents and others | ||||||||||
Ballymoney | 34.58 | 2 1 | 25.21 | 2 | 8.83 | 1 1 | 16.98 | 1 1 | 2.87 | 0 | 9.98 | 1 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.55 | 0 | 7 |
Bann | 24.06 | 2 | 27.02 | 2 1 | 7.24 | 0 | 19.48 | 1 | 2.19 | 0 1 | 5.76 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 14.25 | 0 | 5 |
Benbradagh | 15.68 | 1 | 58.80 | 3 | 4.49 | 0 | 7.64 | 0 | 5.62 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 7.77 | 0 | 5 |
Causeway | 34.53 | 3 | 8.11 | 0 | 15.80 | 2 1 | 15.90 | 1 1 | 5.11 | 0 1 | 9.84 | 1 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 10.70 | 0 | 7 |
Coleraine | 33.62 | 2 | 11.61 | 1 1 | 12.81 | 1 | 9.75 | 1 | 4.45 | 0 1 | 4.59 | 0 | 13.74 | 1 | 9.43 | 0 | 6 |
Limavady | 32.90 | 2 1 | 29.85 | 1 | 9.07 | 1 1 | 8.47 | 0 | 7.35 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 12.37 | 0 | 5 |
The Glens | 12.27 | 1 1 | 58.67 | 3 1 | 9.52 | 0 | 7.62 | 0 1 | 8.47 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3.44 | 0 1 | 5 |
Total | 27.02 | 13 1 | 30.82 | 12 3 | 9.74 | 5 3 | 12.67 | 4 4 | 4.98 | 3 3 | 4.77 | 2 2 | 1.82 | 1 | 8.16 | 0 1 | 40 |
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: Alliance and TUV gain from DUP and UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | Mervyn Storey* | 17.84% | 1,779 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Ciarán McQuillan* | 13.24% | 1,320 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | Darryl Wilson* | 12.59% | 1,255 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Leanne Peacock* | 11.97% | 1,194 | 1,195.50 | 1,259.50 | |||||
DUP | Ivor Wallace* ‡ | 8.10% | 808 | 1,123.60 | 1,126.60 | 1,248.60 | ||||
Alliance | Lee Kane | 8.83% | 880 | 881.50 | 903.80 | 1,233.20 | 1,300.30 | |||
TUV | Jonathan McAuley | 9.98% | 995 | 1,025.30 | 1,030.30 | 1,134.40 | 1,134.70 | 1,139.20 | 1,139.20 | |
DUP | Alan McLean* | 8.64% | 861 | 1,020.30 | 1,022.60 | 1,115.30 | 1,115.60 | 1,118.30 | 1,121.30 | |
Ulster Unionist | Tom McKeown* | 4.39% | 438 | 459.00 | 463.00 | |||||
SDLP | Caitlin Bond | 2.87% | 286 | 286.30 | 314.30 | |||||
Independent | Cathal McLaughlin | 1.55% | 155 | 155.60 | ||||||
Electorate: 18,117 Valid: 9,971 (55.04%) Spoilt: 119 Quota: 1247 Turnout: 10,090 (55.69%) |
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Sean Bateson* | 16.13% | 1,277 | 1,312.00 | 1,450.00 | ||||||
DUP | Michelle Knight-McQuillan* | 13.31% | 1,054 | 1,054.00 | 1,057.00 | 1,160.00 | 1,160.00 | 1,183.00 | 1,523.00 | ||
DUP | Dawn Huggins | 10.75% | 851 | 853.00 | 856.00 | 985.00 | 985.00 | 1,009.00 | 1,144.00 | 1,283.50 | |
Sinn Féin | Ciarán Archibald | 10.89% | 862 | 898.00 | 1,006.00 | 1,006.00 | 1,122.00 | 1,258.00 | 1,272.00 | 1,272.62 | |
Ulster Unionist | Richard Holmes* | 9.88% | 782 | 788.00 | 793.00 | 889.00 | 889.00 | 1,009.00 | 1,200.00 | 1,238.44 | |
Ulster Unionist | Andrew Kerr | 9.60% | 760 | 768.00 | 770.00 | 815.00 | 815.00 | 964.00 | 1,042.00 | 1,064.32 | |
Independent | Adrian McQuillan* | 8.85% | 701 | 715.00 | 724.00 | 789.00 | 791.00 | 883.00 | |||
Alliance | Joe Hutchinson | 7.24% | 573 | 693.00 | 746.00 | 755.00 | 766.00 | ||||
TUV | William Craig | 5.76% | 456 | 461.00 | 463.00 | ||||||
Aontú | Gemma Brolly | 4.24% | 336 | 364.00 | |||||||
SDLP | Ryan Barkley | 2.19% | 173 | ||||||||
Green (NI) | Jen McCahon | 1.16% | 92 | ||||||||
Electorate: 13,347 Valid: 7,917 (59.32%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,320 Turnout: 7,987 (59.84%) |
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Sean McGlinchey* | 24.04% | 1,888 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Dermot Nicholl* | 19.84% | 1,558 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Kathleen McGurk* | 14.92% | 1,172 | 1,640.00 | ||||||
DUP | Edgar Scott* | 15.68% | 1,231 | 1,231.00 | 1,231.30 | 1,231.57 | 1,256.38 | 1,755.38 | ||
SDLP | Michael Coyle | 5.62% | 441 | 461.70 | 549.60 | 710.52 | 991.86 | 1,067.60 | 1,187.60 | |
Aontú | Liam McElhinney | 6.29% | 494 | 546.20 | 645.80 | 690.08 | 805.25 | 812.25 | 825.25 | |
Ulster Unionist | Robert Carmichael | 7.64% | 600 | 600.00 | 601.20 | 601.47 | 659.94 | |||
Alliance | Christine Turner | 4.49% | 353 | 360.20 | 389.00 | 420.86 | ||||
Independent | Niall Murphy | 1.48% | 116 | 131.60 | 169.40 | 180.20 | ||||
Electorate: 13,317 Valid: 7,853 (58.97%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 1,309 Turnout: 7,903 (59.34%) |
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV
2019–2023 Change: Alliance and TUV gain from UUP and SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
DUP | Mark Fielding* | 14.81% | 1,305 | ||||||||||
Alliance | Peter McCully | 10.49% | 924 | 925.35 | 1,022.35 | 1,068.65 | 1,165.65 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Sandra Hunter* | 9.00% | 793 | 802.90 | 818.05 | 830.05 | 880.05 | 880.76 | 888.62 | 1,335.62 | |||
DUP | John McAuley* | 9.76% | 860 | 992.15 | 995.45 | 1,003.60 | 1,032.20 | 1,032.91 | 1,034.06 | 1,072.91 | 1,142.60 | ||
Alliance | Richard Stewart | 5.31% | 468 | 468.90 | 489.90 | 538.20 | 599.20 | 649.61 | 936.29 | 1,021.59 | 1,111.98 | ||
TUV | Allister Kyle | 9.84% | 867 | 886.50 | 888.65 | 898.80 | 936.25 | 936.25 | 940.25 | 992.90 | 1,037.06 | 1,038.86 | |
DUP | Sharon McKillop* | 9.96% | 878 | 899.00 | 900.15 | 909.45 | 925.60 | 925.60 | 929.60 | 963.20 | 992.18 | 1,030.43 | |
Sinn Féin | Emma Thompson | 8.11% | 715 | 715.00 | 732.00 | 751.00 | 767.00 | 767.71 | 937.71 | 945.71 | 945.71 | 945.71 | |
Ulster Unionist | Barry Torrens | 6.90% | 608 | 613.70 | 625.70 | 663.85 | 738.60 | 739.61 | 766.31 | ||||
SDLP | Paul Shevlin | 5.11% | 450 | 450.30 | 491.30 | 530.30 | 562.30 | 572.24 | |||||
Independent | David Alexander | 4.02% | 354 | 355.80 | 375.80 | 476.95 | |||||||
Independent | Angela Mulholland* | 3.71% | 327 | 328.50 | 353.65 | ||||||||
Green (NI) | Mark Coulson | 2.97% | 262 | 263.05 | |||||||||
Electorate: 17,620 Valid: 8,811 (50.01%) Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,102 Turnout: 8,908 (50.55%) |
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
DUP | Philip Anderson* | 18.79% | 1,389 | ||||||||||
PUP | Russell Watton* | 13.74% | 1,016 | 1,055.12 | 1,066.12 | ||||||||
Alliance | Yvonne Boyle* | 12.81% | 947 | 952.04 | 1,041.04 | 1,049.04 | 1,220.04 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Niamh Archibald | 11.61% | 858 | 858.72 | 892.96 | 894.96 | 1,023.96 | 1,035.68 | 1,117.68 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | John Wisener | 9.75% | 721 | 730.84 | 739.84 | 799.00 | 815.00 | 1,019.32 | 1,046.32 | 1,067.32 | |||
DUP | Tanya Stirling | 5.97% | 441 | 623.40 | 629.64 | 747.40 | 757.64 | 907.80 | 908.80 | 910.80 | 913.80 | 913.80 | |
DUP | Adele Tomb | 8.86% | 655 | 714.04 | 721.04 | 805.40 | 809.64 | 901.08 | 901.08 | 904.08 | 907.08 | 910.08 | |
Independent | George Duddy* | 6.09% | 450 | 470.40 | 487.64 | 553.08 | 566.32 | ||||||
SDLP | Helen Maher | 4.45% | 329 | 330.20 | 380.20 | 383.20 | |||||||
TUV | Michael Sweeney | 4.59% | 339 | 351.72 | 358.44 | ||||||||
People Before Profit | Amy Merron | 3.34% | 247 | 248.44 | |||||||||
Electorate: 16,874 Valid: 7,392 (43.81%) Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,057 Turnout: 7,489 (44.38%) |
2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Brenda Chivers* | 29.85% | 1,800 | |||||||
DUP | Steven Callaghan* | 16.75% | 1,010 | |||||||
SDLP | Ashleen Schenning* | 7.35% | 443 | 974.84 | 1,049.84 | |||||
DUP | Aaron Callan* | 8.22% | 496 | 496.48 | 505.48 | 506.48 | 906.96 | 1,068.96 | ||
Alliance | Amy Mairs | 9.07% | 547 | 674.20 | 754.56 | 789.56 | 794.56 | 914.40 | 931.65 | |
Independent | James McCorkell* | 9.32% | 562 | 567.28 | 594.56 | 597.56 | 649.56 | 850.56 | 895.41 | |
Ulster Unionist | Barry Crawford | 8.47% | 511 | 513.40 | 522.76 | 523.76 | 541.76 | |||
DUP | Jordan Wallace | 7.93% | 478 | 479.92 | 485.92 | 485.92 | ||||
Aontú | John Boyle | 2.54% | 153 | 269.64 | ||||||
Independent | Billy Stewart | 0.51% | 31 | 32.92 | ||||||
Electorate: 11,615 Valid: 6,031 (51.92%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 1,006 Turnout: 6,081 (52.35%) |
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and DUP gain from UUP and Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Cara McShane* | 24.85% | 1,913 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Oliver McMullan* | 18.99% | 1,462 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Mairghéad Watson | 14.83% | 1,142 | 1,578.92 | |||||
DUP | Bill Kennedy | 12.27% | 945 | 947.31 | 949.29 | 953.62 | 1,384.62 | ||
SDLP | Margaret Anne McKillop* | 8.47% | 652 | 755.29 | 922.93 | 1,102.92 | 1,135.58 | 1,273.90 | |
Alliance | Glenise Morgan | 9.52% | 733 | 789.10 | 848.17 | 898.05 | 982.03 | 1,016.99 | |
Ulster Unionist | Wesley Craig | 7.62% | 587 | 590.30 | 590.63 | 597.96 | |||
Aontú | John Robbin | 3.44% | 265 | 285.46 | 335.62 | ||||
Electorate: 13,178 Valid: 7,699 (58.42%) Spoilt: 100 Quota: 1,284 Turnout: 7,799 (59.18%) |
Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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10 May 2024 | Ballymoney | Ivor Wallace | DUP | Independent | Left the DUP after being disappointed with the recent direction of the party. [5] |
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