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The 2023 election to Mid and East Antrim District Council was 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]
They returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.
Tyler Hoey was selected as a DUP candidate to contest the 2023 Mid and East Antrim Council elections. In 2020, Hoey 'liked' a social media post commemorating the Greysteel massacre, which stated, "On this day 27 years ago, An Ulster Freedom Fighters Active Service Unit from North Antrim-Londonderry Brigade 'Trick or Treated' its way into the republican Rising Sun bar in Greysteel in order to gain revenge for the Shankill Bombing. Spirit of '93". [3] Following this revelation, DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson said that Hoey "deeply regrets some of the things that he said in the past" and that he is "entitled to a second chance." [4]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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DUP | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32.50 | 30.90 | 15,627 | 1.08 | |
UUP | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20.00 | 17.33 | 8,764 | 0.91 | |
Alliance | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.50 | 18.93 | 9,571 | 3.11 | |
TUV | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | 15.92 | 8,050 | 0.70 | |
Sinn Féin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10.00 | 9.29 | 4,700 | 2.89 | |
Independent | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.00 | 4.36 | 2,205 | 3.89 | |
SDLP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 2.01 | 1,016 | 0.20 | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.92 | 464 | 0.37 | |
PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.32 | 164 | 0.33 | |
Total | 40 | 50,571 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
District Electoral Area (DEA) | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total cllrs |
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DUP | UUP | Alliance | TUV | Sinn Féin | SDLP | Independents and others | |||||||||
Ballymena | 23.09 | 2 | 13.28 | 1 1 | 12.29 | 1 | 13.58 | 1 | 12.69 | 1 1 | 11.03 | 0 1 | 14.04 | 1 1 | 7 |
Bannside | 23.85 | 2 | 10.74 | 1 | 8.75 | 0 | 39.54 | 2 | 14.72 | 1 | 2.40 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
Braid | 35.31 | 2 1 | 18.68 | 1 | 10.74 | 1 | 21.51 | 2 | 13.76 | 1 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
Carrick Castle | 39.22 | 2 | 23.30 | 2 | 25.70 | 1 | 6.99 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.79 | 0 | 5 |
Coast Road | 32.65 | 2 | 13.3 | 1 | 26.23 | 1 | 5.79 | 0 | 20.08 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.95 | 0 | 5 |
Knockagh | 31.99 | 2 | 19.04 | 1 | 25.53 | 1 | 5.37 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 18.07 | 1 | 5 |
Larne Lough | 32.15 | 2 | 25.27 | 1 | 32.56 | 2 | 6.67 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.35 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 30.90 | 14 1 | 17.33 | 8 1 | 18.93 | 7 | 15.92 | 5 | 9.29 | 4 2 | 2.01 | 0 1 | 5.60 | 2 1 | 40 |
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and UUP gain from SDLP and Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Independent | Rodney Quigley* | 14.02% | 1,023 | ||||
TUV | Matthew Armstrong* | 13.58% | 991 | ||||
UUP | Colin Crawford † | 13.28% | 969 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Bréanainn Lyness | 12.69% | 926 | ||||
DUP | Reuben Glover | 12.51% | 913 | ||||
Alliance | John Hyland* † | 12.29% | 897 | 913.80 | |||
DUP | Lawrie Philpott | 6.33% | 462 | 514.64 | 831.80 | 906.90 | |
SDLP | Eugene Reid* | 11.03% | 805 | 816.62 | 820.04 | 822.84 | |
DUP | Andrew Wright | 4.25% | 310 | 337.58 | |||
Electorate: 16,173 Valid: 7,296 (45.11%) Spoilt: 40 Quota: 913 Turnout: 7,336 (45.55%) |
2019: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2023: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
TUV | Timothy Gaston* † | 16.72% | 1,468 | ||||||
TUV | Stewart McDonald* | 16.42% | 1,442 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Ian Friary* | 14.72% | 1,292 | ||||||
DUP | Thomas Gordon* | 14.31% | 1,256 | ||||||
DUP | Tyler Hoey | 9.54% | 838 | 865.45 | 867.45 | 892.28 | 892.43 | 1,295.83 | |
UUP | Jackson Minford | 10.74% | 943 | 957.1 | 965.1 | 983.69 | 984.14 | 1,238.67 | |
Alliance | Jack Gibson | 8.75% | 768 | 773.25 | 961.25 | 965.02 | 994.63 | 1,015.02 | |
TUV | Anna Henry | 6.40% | 562 | 727.75 | 728.9 | 862.54 | 862.75 | ||
SDLP | Morgan Murphy | 2.40% | 211 | 211.15 | |||||
Electorate: 15,197 Valid: 8,780 (57.77%) Spoilt: 82 Quota: 1,255 Turnout: 8,862 (58.31%) |
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Archie Rae | 13.76% | 1,302 | ||||||||
DUP | Beth Adger* | 13.17% | 1,246 | ||||||||
DUP | William McCaughey* | 12.93% | 1,224 | ||||||||
TUV | Christopher Jamieson* | 12.63% | 1,195 | ||||||||
UUP | Alan Barr | 11.18% | 1,058 | 1,059.4 | 1,612.4 | ||||||
Alliance | Chelsea Harwood | 10.74% | 1,016 | 1,121.6 | 1,146.1 | 1,232.1 | |||||
TUV | Matthew Warwick | 8.88% | 840 | 840.5 | 940.5 | 1,128.5 | 1,134.95 | 1,146.95 | 1,152.17 | 1,162.63 | |
DUP | Julie Philpott | 9.21% | 872 | 872.2 | 893.2 | 1,045.2 | 1,098.6 | 1,120.6 | 1,150.87 | 1,152.04 | |
UUP | Keith Turner* | 7.50% | 710 | 710.9 | |||||||
Electorate: 17,809 Valid: 9,463 (53.14%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,183 Turnout: 9,552 (53.64%) |
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Alliance | Lauren Gray* | 25.70% | 1,607 | |||||||
DUP | Cheryl Brownlee* † | 18.45% | 1,154 | |||||||
DUP | Billy Ashe* | 16.47% | 1,030 | 1,047.48 | ||||||
UUP | Robin Stewart* | 12.01% | 751 | 874.50 | 883.50 | 926.39 | 1,021.01 | 1,048.01 | ||
UUP | Bethany Ferris | 11.29% | 706 | 813.92 | 823.91 | 849.54 | 936.77 | 973.77 | 1,070.67 | |
TUV | Frances Henderson | 6.99% | 437 | 446.1 | 455.57 | 501.56 | 611.29 | 617.29 | 629.07 | |
Green (NI) | Jenny Hutchinson | 2.17% | 136 | 420.62 | 421.88 | 425.87 | 426.97 | |||
DUP | John McDermott* | 4.30% | 269 | 272.04 | 337.83 | 373.08 | ||||
PUP | Jim McCaw | 2.62% | 164 | 169.32 | 175.44 | |||||
Electorate: 13,886 Valid: 6,254 (45.04%) Spoilt: 71 Quota: 1,043 Turnout: 6,325 (45.54%) |
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | James McKeown* | 20.08% | 1,180 | ||||||||
DUP | Andrew Clarke* | 18.90% | 1,111 | ||||||||
Alliance | Gerardine Mulvenna* | 18.61% | 1,094 | ||||||||
DUP | Angela Smyth* | 13.75% | 808 | 808.42 | 905.33 | 912.76 | 914.06 | 977.37 | 1,199.37 | ||
UUP | Maureen Morrow* | 7.78% | 457 | 463.93 | 477.02 | 489.49 | 493.69 | 705.44 | 828.91 | 1,006.91 | |
Alliance | Niamh Spurle | 7.62% | 448 | 587.65 | 588.31 | 678 | 776.9 | 795.02 | 800.35 | 801.35 | |
TUV | Wesley Stevenson | 5.79% | 340 | 340.21 | 347.36 | 351.99 | 352.19 | 383.74 | |||
UUP | Olivia Swan | 5.55% | 326 | 326.63 | 329.38 | 337.38 | 339.68 | ||||
Green (NI) | Eddie Alcorn | 1.92% | 113 | 159.83 | 160.49 | ||||||
Electorate: 12,799 Valid: 5,877 (45.92%) Spoilt: 60 Quota: 980 Turnout: 5,937 (46.39%) |
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2019–2023 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Independent | Bobby Hadden* | 18.22% | 1,182 | |||||
DUP | Peter Johnston* | 17.64% | 1,144 | |||||
DUP | Marc Collins* | 14.35% | 931 | 957.19 | 1,191.19 | |||
UUP | Andrew Wilson* | 12.21% | 792 | 809.19 | 868.19 | 1,266.15 | ||
Alliance | Aaron Skinner | 13.92% | 903 | 917.58 | 919.67 | 954.67 | 1,075.81 | |
Alliance | Noel Williams* | 11.61% | 753 | 763.53 | 770.89 | 788.67 | 856.48 | |
UUP | Gary McCabe | 6.68% | 433 | 446.23 | 478.23 | |||
TUV | James Strange | 5.37% | 348 | 358.53 | ||||
Electorate: 13,223 Valid: 6,486 (49.05%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 1,082 Turnout: 6,545 (49.50%) |
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2023: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Alliance | Maeve Donnelly* | 21.69% | 1,389 | ||||||
DUP | Gregg McKeen* | 18.69% | 1,197 | ||||||
UUP | Roy Beggs Jr | 17.78% | 1,139 | ||||||
Alliance | Robert Logan* | 10.87% | 696 | 996.15 | 1,165.15 | ||||
DUP | Paul Reid* | 13.46% | 862 | 864.53 | 867.76 | 972.26 | 975.26 | 1,224.26 | |
UUP | James Carson | 7.49% | 480 | 485.06 | 500.90 | 506.70 | 563.70 | 692.70 | |
TUV | Ronnie Donnell | 6.67% | 427 | 427.23 | 433.69 | 441.69 | 444.69 | ||
Green (NI) | Philip Randle | 3.36% | 215 | 223.51 | |||||
Electorate: 13,744 Valid: 6,405 (46.60%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 1,068 Turnout: 6,513 (47.39%) |
Date co-opted | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
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8 September 2023 | Ballymena | Alliance | John Hyland | Jack Gibson | Hyland resigned. [6] | |
3 October 2023 | Carrick Castle | DUP | Cheryl Brownlee | David Clarke | Brownlee was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. [7] | |
23 July 2024 | Bannside | TUV | Timothy Gaston | Anna Henry | Gaston was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. [8] | |
13 August 2024 | Ballymena | UUP | Colin Crawford | Brian Thompson | Crawford was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. [9] |
Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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19 January 2024 | Carrick Castle | David Clarke | DUP | Independent | Left the DUP following claims of bullying. [10] | ||
15 March 2024 | Carrick Castle | David Clarke | Independent | TUV | Joined the TUV. [11] |
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