Carrick Castle (District Electoral Area)

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Carrick Castle
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created1985
Seats5 (1985-)
Councillors
  •   Billy Ashe (DUP)
  •   David Clarke (TUV)
  •   Bethany Ferris (UUP)
  •   Lauren Gray (APNI)
  •   Robin Stewart (UUP)
Carrick Castle DEA within Mid and East Antrim Mid and East Antrim Carrick Castle highlight.svg
Carrick Castle DEA within Mid and East Antrim

Carrick Castle is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland. [1] The district elects five members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of Boneybefore, Castle, Kilroot, Love Lane and Victoria. [2] Carrick Castle forms part of the East Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

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It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Carrickfergus Area C which had existed since 1973, and originally contained five wards (Killycrot, Love Lane, Milebush, Northland and Sunnylands). For the 2014 local elections it lost Sunnylands to the Knockagh DEA, but also gained parts of the abolished Kilroot DEA.

Councillors

ElectionCouncillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)
March 2024 DefectionLauren Gray
(Alliance)		Bethany Ferris
(UUP)		Robin Stewart
(UUP)		David Clarke
(TUV)/
(Independent)/
(DUP)		Billy Ashe
(DUP)
January 2024 Defection
October 2023 Co-Option
2023 Cheryl Brownlee
(DUP)
October 2020 DefectionJohn McDermott
(DUP)/
(UUP)
2019
October 2018 By-ElectionNoel Jordan
(UKIP)/
(Independent)		Peter Johnston
(DUP)
June 2018 DefectionJames Brown
(Independent)
April 2017 Co-Option
2014 John Stewart
(UUP)
2011 Seán Neeson
(Alliance)		William Hamilton
(Independent)		Elizabeth McKnight
(UUP)		 David Hilditch
(DUP)		Deborah Emerson
(DUP)
2005 Darin Ferguson
(UUP)		Patricia McKinney
(DUP)
2001
1997 Samuel McCamley
(UUP)		Nicholas Wady
(Independent)
1993 Arthur McQuitty
(Alliance)
1989 Samuel Stewart
(PUP)		Andrew Blair
(DUP)
1985 Victor Fleming
(DUP)		Robert English
(UUP)

2023 Election

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

Carrick Castle - 5 seats [3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
Alliance Lauren Gray*25.70%1,607      
DUP Cheryl Brownlee* †18.45%1,154      
DUP Billy Ashe*16.47%1,0301,047.48     
UUP Robin Stewart*12.01%751874.50 883.50 926.39 1,021.01 1,048.01 
UUP Bethany Ferris11.29%706813.92 823.91 849.54 936.77 973.77 1,070.67
TUV Frances Henderson6.99%437446.1 455.57 501.56 611.29 617.29 629.07
Green (NI) Jenny Hutchinson2.17%136420.62 421.88 425.87 426.97   
DUP John McDermott*4.30%269272.04 337.83 373.08    
PUP Jim McCaw2.62%164169.32 175.44     
Electorate: 13,886  Valid: 6,254 (45.04%)  Spoilt: 71  Quota: 1,043  Turnout: 6,325 (45.54%)  

    2019 Election

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

    2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

    2014-2019 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from Independent and UKIP

    Carrick Castle - 5 seats [4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Alliance Lauren Gray21.40%1,210      
    DUP Billy Ashe*18.91%1,069      
    DUP Cheryl Johnston *16.86%953      
    UUP Robin Stewart*14.38%813879 906.3 928.89 979.89  
    UUP John McDermott ‡7.87%445513.4 565.66 620.1 659.53 780.15 811.83
    Independent Noel Jordan*7.62%431481.1 490.72 545.03 641.47 778.2 783.15
    Democrats and Veterans Si Harvey4.69%265289.3 301.26 353.08 383.37   
    Independent Nicholas Wady4.32%244286.3 290.2 311.79    
    PUP Jim McCaw2.11%119127.4 135.46     
    UKIP John Kennedy1.84%104111.2 123.68     
    Electorate: 13,323  Valid: 5,653 (42.43%)  Spoilt: 68  Quota: 943  Turnout: 5,721 (42.94%)  

      2014 Election

      2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

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

      2011-2014 Change: UKIP gain from Alliance

      Carrick Castle - 5 seats [5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678910
      UUP 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%)  

        2011 Election

        2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

        2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

        2005-2011 Change: No change

        Carrick Castle - 5 seats [6]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Alliance Sean Neeson *26.44%651      
        DUP David Hilditch *20.59%507      
        Independent William Hamilton*14.87%366391.08 400.01 448.01   
        DUP Deborah Emerson10.56%260272.16 308.07 314.97 318.97 455.97 
        UUP Elizabeth McKnight9.87%243262 266.37 283.7 286.7 316.52 355.4
        Alliance Noel Williams 5.04%124270.68 273.34 297.84 305.84 321.96 327.63
        DUP Patricia McKinney*7.55%186198.92 237.68 250.34 260.34   
        Independent Nicholas Wady5.08%125145.14 147.61     
        Electorate: 5,761  Valid: 2,462 (42.74%)  Spoilt: 51  Quota: 411  Turnout: 2,513 (43.62%)  

          2005 Election

          2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

          2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

          2001-2005 Change: No change

          Carrick Castle - 5 seats [7]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234
          DUP David Hilditch *34.96%1,052   
          Alliance Sean Neeson *26.32%792   
          DUP Patricia McKinney*6.18%186612.12  
          Independent William Hamilton*13.99%421477.18 570.46 
          UUP Darin Ferguson*9.14%275312.63 415.59 494.34
          Independent Philip Mannis6.75%203214.66 230.94 243.33
          Independent Nicholas Wady2.66%8089.01 162.05 177.59
          Electorate: 5,944  Valid: 3,009 (50.62%)  Spoilt: 83  Quota: 502  Turnout: 3,092 (52.02%)  

            2001 Election

            1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

            2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

            1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent

            Carrick Castle - 5 seats [8]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            123456
            DUP David Hilditch *27.80%996     
            Alliance Sean Neeson *18.48%662     
            Independent William Hamilton*15.41%552581.93 588.23 604.23  
            UUP Darin Ferguson12.14%435448.53 456.13 487.83 528.87 589.03
            DUP Patricia McKinney3.63%130443.65 446.55 451.36 465.81 530.6
            Independent William Cameron8.46%303315.3 316.6 322.6 337.95 388.4
            PUP David Beck7.23%259271.3 273.1 277.9 298.05  
            Independent Nicholas Wady*3.74%134146.3 153.8 192.4   
            Alliance Margaret Hawkins3.13%112113.64 148.04    
            Electorate: 6,542  Valid: 3,583 (54.77%)  Spoilt: 92  Quota: 598  Turnout: 3,675 (56.18%)  

              1997 Election

              1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

              1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

              1993-1997 Change: Independent gain from Alliance

              Carrick Castle - 5 seats [9]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              123456
              Alliance Sean Neeson *26.87%741     
              DUP David Hilditch *22.70%626     
              Independent William Hamilton*17.91%494     
              UUP Samuel McCamley*16.90%466     
              Independent Nicholas Wady8.45%233266.18 305.13 320.13 320.79 398.87
              Alliance Arthur McQuitty*1.96%54274.92 291.32 294.12 294.97 332.75
              PUP Samuel Stewart5.22%144169.2 277.44 291.44 293.09  
              Electorate: 6,744  Valid: 2,758 (40.90%)  Spoilt: 56  Quota: 460  Turnout: 2,814 (41.73%)  

                1993 Election

                1989: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP

                1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

                1989-1993 Change: Independent gain from PUP

                Carrick Castle - 5 seats [10]
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                12345
                Alliance Sean Neeson *35.91%1,096    
                DUP David Hilditch 22.80%696    
                Independent William Hamilton19.00%580    
                Alliance Arthur McQuitty*3.01%92532.73   
                UUP Samuel McCamley*7.57%231267.58 358.93 379.09 556.58
                PUP Samuel Stewart*6.00%183243.18 292.88 327.44 351.69
                UUP Robert McCartney5.70%174218.25 259.55 274.67  
                Electorate: 6,731  Valid: 3,052 (45.34%)  Spoilt: 67  Quota: 510  Turnout: 3,119 (46.34%)  

                  1989 Election

                  1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP

                  1989: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP

                  1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

                  Carrick Castle - 5 seats [11]
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  123456
                  Alliance Sean Neeson *32.91%1,029     
                  PUP Samuel Stewart*15.09%472531.16    
                  UUP Samuel McCamley*9.18%287320.15 362.72 381.29 398.88 567.88
                  DUP Andrew Blair9.31%291298.65 301.16 444.69 458.22 492.79
                  Alliance Arthur McQuitty2.59%81369.66 375.72 376.72 458.75 476.93
                  Protestant Unionist David Hilditch 9.66%302315.77 325.83 339.34 353.87 383.4
                  UUP Robert English*7.29%228245.85 263.91 275.91 290.48  
                  Independent Patrick Lennox5.47%171222 225.51 226.51   
                  UUP Margaret Cross6.08%190199.69 203.2    
                  UUP Sarah Picken2.43%7693.34     
                  Electorate: 6,840  Valid: 3,127 (45.72%)  Spoilt: 54  Quota: 522  Turnout: 3,181 (46.51%)  

                    1985 Election

                    1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP

                    Carrick Castle - 5 seats [12]
                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                    12345678
                    Alliance Sean Neeson *29.92%1,005       
                    DUP Victor Fleming14.20%477488.7 503.7 582.7    
                    UUP Samuel McCamley12.89%433485.2 550.25 571.25    
                    UUP Robert English12.21%410430.7 477.85 500.15 582.25   
                    PUP Samuel Stewart9.35%314349.55 354.9 378.5 440.15 441.65 458.45 461.89
                    DUP James Strange*8.01%269283.85 295.3 411.15 422.6 443.3 448.34 456.08
                    Alliance Owen Mulvenna1.82%61331.9 333.35 334.8     
                    DUP Gladys Service7.35%247269.95 273.4      
                    UUP James McBride4.26%143153.35       
                    Electorate: 6,872  Valid: 3,359 (48.88%)  Spoilt: 81  Quota: 560  Turnout: 3,440 (50.06%)  

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