2023 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election

Main article: 2023 Northern Ireland local elections

2023 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election

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All 40 council seats 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jeffrey Donaldson Michelle O'Neill [n 1] Naomi Long Party DUP Sinn Féin Alliance Last election 14 9 2 Seats won 13 12 5 Seat change 1 3 3 Popular vote 15,041 17,161 5,425 Percentage 27.0% 30.8% 9.7% Swing 3.3% 8.7% 1.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Doug Beattie Colum Eastwood Jim Allister Party UUP SDLP TUV Last election 7 6 0 Seats won 4 3 2 Seat change 3 3 2 Popular vote 7,055 2,774 2,657 Percentage 12.7% 5.0% 4.8% Swing 2.6% 4.3% 0.5%   Seventh party   PUP Leader Billy Hutchinson Party PUP Last election 1 Seats won 1 Seat change 0 Popular vote 1,016 Percentage 1.8% Swing 1.3%
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
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election No overall control

The 2023 election to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council was scheduled and 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.

Election results

Causeway Coast and Glens District Council Election Result 2023

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
	UUP	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.

Districts summary

Results of the 2023 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election
by district

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

District results

Ballymoney

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

Ballymoney - 7 seats ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Mervyn Storey*	17.84%	1,779
	Sinn Féin	Ciarán McQuillan*	13.24%	1,320
	UUP	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
	UUP	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: 1,247  Turnout: 10,090 (55.69%)

Bann

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

Bann - 5 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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
	UUP	Richard Holmes*	9.88%	782	788.00	793.00	889.00	889.00	1,009.00	1,200.00	1,238.44
	UUP	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%)

Benbradagh

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

Benbradagh - 5 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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
	UUP	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%)

Causeway

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

Causeway - 7 seats ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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
	UUP	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
	UUP	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%)

Coleraine

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

Coleraine - 6 seats ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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
	UUP	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%)

Limavady

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

Limavady - 5 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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
	UUP	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%)

The Glens

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

The Glens - 5 seats ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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
	UUP	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%)

Changes during the term

‡ Changes in affiliation

Date	Electoral Area	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
10 May 2024	Ballymoney	Ivor Wallace		DUP		Independent	Left the DUP after being disappointed with the recent direction of the party. [5]
31 December 2024	Ballymoney	Darryl Wilson		UUP		Independent	Left the UUP following "much reflection, particularly after a challenging yet enlightening year in 2024. [6]
20 January 2025	Ballymoney	Darryl Wilson		Independent		DUP	Joined the DUP. [7]

Notes

1. The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.

References

1. "Local government elections in Northern Ireland". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
2. "NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
3. "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
4. "Local Government Elections 2023 Results - Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council". www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk.
5. "Former DUP Mayor resigns from the party citing 'recent events' as reason". Belfast Telegraph. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
6. "Councillor Darryl Wilson quits Ulster Unionist Party". BBC News. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
7. "Former UUP councillor Darryl Wilson joins DUP". BBC. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.