Causeway (District Electoral Area)

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Causeway
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats7 (2014-)
Councillors
  •   Mark Fielding (DUP)
  •   Sandra Hunter (UUP)
  •   Allister Kyle (TUV)
  •   John McAuley (DUP)
  •   Peter McCully (APNI)
  •   Sharon McKillop (DUP)
  •   Richard Stewart (APNI)
Causeway DEA within Causeway Coast and Glens Causeway Coast and Glens Causeway highlight.svg
Causeway DEA within Causeway Coast and Glens

Causeway is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland. [1] The district elects seven members to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and contains the wards of Atlantic, Dervock, Dundoonan, Giant's Causeway, Hopefield, Portrush and Dunluce and Portstewart. [2] Causeway forms part of the East Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

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It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing The Skerries DEA and the Giant's Causeway DEA which had existed since 1993 and 1985 respectively.

Councillors

ElectionCouncillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)
2023 Peter McCully
(Alliance)		Richard Stewart
(Alliance)		Sandra Hunter
(UUP)		Allister Kyle
(TUV)		Sharon McKillop
(DUP)/
(TUV)		John McAuley
(DUP)		Mark Fielding
(DUP)
July 2020 DefectionChris McCaw
(Alliance)		Angela Mulholland
(SDLP)/
(Independent)		 Norman Hillis
(UUP)
2019
November 2018 DefectionFrank Campbell
(DUP)
June 2018 Co-Option
January 2018 Co-OptionBarney Fitzpatrick
(Alliance)
2014 Maura Hickey
(SDLP)

2023 Election

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]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678910
DUP Mark Fielding*14.81%1,305         
Alliance Peter McCully10.49%924925.35 1,022.35 1,068.65 1,165.65     
UUP Sandra Hunter*9.00%793802.90 818.05 830.05 880.05 880.76 888.62 1,335.62  
DUP John McAuley*9.76%860992.15 995.45 1,003.60 1,032.20 1,032.91 1,034.06 1,072.91 1,142.60 
Alliance Richard Stewart5.31%468468.90 489.90 538.20 599.20 649.61 936.29 1,021.59 1,111.98 
TUV Allister Kyle9.84%867886.50 888.65 898.80 936.25 936.25 940.25 992.90 1,037.06 1,038.86
DUP Sharon McKillop*9.96%878899.00 900.15 909.45 925.60 925.60 929.60 963.20 992.18 1,030.43
Sinn Féin Emma Thompson8.11%715715.00 732.00 751.00 767.00 767.71 937.71 945.71 945.71 945.71
UUP Barry Torrens6.90%608613.70 625.70 663.85 738.60 739.61 766.31    
SDLP Paul Shevlin5.11%450450.30 491.30 530.30 562.30 572.24     
Independent David Alexander4.02%354355.80 375.80 476.95       
Independent Angela Mulholland*3.71%327328.50 353.65        
Green (NI) Mark Coulson2.97%262263.05         
Electorate: 17,620  Valid: 8,811 (50.01%)  Spoilt: 97  Quota: 1,102  Turnout: 8,908 (50.55%)  

    2019 Election

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

    2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

    2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from TUV

    Causeway - 7 seats [4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    DUP Mark Fielding*15.69%1,276       
    Alliance Chris McCaw*14.91%1,212       
    DUP Sharon McKillop*12.42%1,0101,036.6      
    DUP John McAuley10.22%8311,005.6 1,007.2 1,038.2 1,038.2   
    UUP Norman Hillis *9.32%758785 802.28 821.96 833.16 833.16 857.76 1,005.04
    UUP Sandra Hunter*9.52%774779.8 797.88 809.44 820.44 820.44 834.72 1,000.08
    SDLP Angela Mulholland* ‡6.10%496498 548.88 551.04 554.52 761.12 919.6 926.12
    Independent David Alexander6.79%552556.6 590.2 606.36 618.36 625.52 779.36 826.64
    TUV Cyril Quigg4.00%325327.6 329.84 341.04 486.04 487.04 494.52  
    Green (NI) Mark Coulson4.07%331333 387.08 397.08 401.24 437.2   
    Sinn Féin Emma Thompson3.28%267267 269.88 269.88 269.88    
    TUV Stewart Moore2.05%167171 172.76 192.12     
    UKIP Rebecca Hanna1.62%132136 138.56      
    Electorate: 16,918  Valid: 8,131 (48.06%)  Spoilt: 89  Quota: 1,017  Turnout: 8,220 (48.58%)  

      2014 Election

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

      Causeway - 7 seats [5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678910
      DUP Frank Campbell*12.28%910915 945       
      DUP Mark Fielding*8.68%643647 655 666.16 702.16 884.16 923.16 940.16  
      Alliance Barney Fitzpatrick* †10.06%745745 756 757.24 766.24 767.24 841.24 934.24  
      UUP Sandra Hunter*10.28%762767 786 787.86 804.86 813.86 831.86 862.86 1,025.86 
      UUP Norman Hillis *9.03%669671 679 679 707 712 749 773 983 
      TUV Sharon McKillop ‡8.31%616721 773 773.62 830.62 834.62 845.62 865.62 895.62 923.17
      SDLP Maura Hickey* †9.43%699699 699 699 708 709 733 802 813 827.25
      DUP Bill Kennedy*6.71%497504 522 523.86 532.86 592.86 601.86 613.86 665.86 722.86
      UUP Robert McPherson6.26%464471 475 475.62 488.62 496.62 499.62 525.62   
      Independent Alison Torrens3.81%282283 307 307 320 320 363    
      NI21 David Alexander3.58%265265 277 277.62 290.62 291.62     
      DUP Angela Knott3.51%260263 264 264 280      
      UKIP Adrian Parke3.09%229244 252 252       
      Independent Leanne Abernethy2.79%207211         
      TUV Thomas Stirling2.17%161         
      Electorate: 16,548  Valid: 7,409 (44.77%)  Spoilt: 99  Quota: 927  Turnout: 7,508 (45.37%)  

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        2. ↑ "Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
        3. ↑ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
        4. ↑ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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