Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council | |
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History | |
Founded | 1 April 2015 |
Preceded by | Ballymoney Borough Council Coleraine Borough Council Limavady Borough Council Moyle District Council |
Leadership | |
Mayor | Councillor Ciarán McQuillan, Sinn Féin |
Deputy Mayor | Councillor Tanya Stirling, Democratic Unionist Party |
Structure | |
Seats | 40 |
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Political groups | DUP (12) Sinn Féin (12) Alliance (5) UUP (4) SDLP (3) TUV (2) PUP (1) Independent (1) |
Elections | |
Last election | 18 May 2023 |
Website | |
http://www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk/ |
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council | |
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Crest | TBC |
Shield | Per saltire Azure and Or an anchor and an anchor inverted in pale Or and two garbs in fess Gules. |
Supporters | TBC |
Motto | Integerrime Servire (Service with Integrity) [1] |
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is a local authority in Northern Ireland that was established on 1 April 2015. It covers most of the northern coast of Northern Ireland and replaced Ballymoney Borough Council, Coleraine Borough Council, Limavady Borough Council and Moyle District Council. The area covered by the council has a population of 141,745 residents as at the 2021 census. [2]
The first elections to the authority were on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority, prior to the creation of the Causeway Coast and Glens district on 1 April 2015.
From | To | Name | Party | |
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2015 | 2016 | Michelle Knight-McQuillan | DUP | |
2016 | 2017 | Maura Hickey | SDLP | |
2017 | 2018 | Joan Baird | UUP | |
2018 | 2019 | Brenda Chivers | Sinn Féin | |
2019 | 2020 | Sean Bateson | Sinn Féin | |
2020 | 2021 | Mark Fielding | DUP | |
2021 | 2022 | Richard Holmes | UUP | |
2022 | 2023 | Ivor Wallace | DUP | |
2023 | 2024 | Steven Callaghan [3] | DUP | |
2024 | Present | Ciarán McQuillan [4] | Sinn Féin |
From | To | Name | Party | |
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2015 | 2016 | Darryl Wilson | UUP | |
2016 | 2017 | James McCorkell | DUP | |
2017 | 2018 | Cathal McLaughlin | Sinn Féin | |
2018 | 2019 | Trevor Clarke | DUP | |
2019 | 2020 | Sharon McKillop | DUP | |
2020 | 2021 | Tom McKeown | UUP | |
2021 | 2022 | Ashleen Schenning | SDLP | |
2022 | 2023 | Kathleen McGurk | Sinn Féin | |
2023 | 2024 | Margaret-Anne McKillop [3] | SDLP | |
2024 | Present | Tanya Stirling [4] | DUP |
For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA): [5]
Area | Seats |
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Ballymoney | 7 |
Bann | 5 |
Benbradagh | 5 |
Causeway | 7 |
Coleraine | 6 |
Limavady | 5 |
The Glens | 5 |
Party | Elected 2014 | Elected 2019 | Elected 2023 | Current | |
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DUP | 11 | 14 | 13 | 12 | |
Sinn Féin | 7 | 9 | 12 | 12 | |
Alliance | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
UUP | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | |
SDLP | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
TUV | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
PUP | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Independents | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Current council members | |||
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District electoral area | Name | Party | |
Ballymoney | Mervyn Storey | DUP | |
Ciarán McQuillan | Sinn Féin | ||
Darryl Wilson | UUP | ||
Leanne Peacock | Sinn Féin | ||
Ivor Wallace ‡ | Independent | ||
Lee Kane | Alliance | ||
Jonathan McAuley | TUV | ||
Bann | Sean Bateson | Sinn Féin | |
Michelle Knight-McQuillan | DUP | ||
Dawn Higgins | DUP | ||
Ciarán Archibald | Sinn Féin | ||
Richard Holmes | UUP | ||
Benbradagh | Seán McGlinchey | Sinn Féin | |
Dermot Nicholl | Sinn Féin | ||
Kathleen McGurk | Sinn Féin | ||
Edgar Scott | DUP | ||
Michael Coyle | SDLP | ||
Causeway | Mark Fielding | DUP | |
Peter McCully | Alliance | ||
Sandra Hunter | UUP | ||
John McAuley | DUP | ||
Richard Stewart | Alliance | ||
Allister Kyle | TUV | ||
Sharon McKillop | DUP | ||
Coleraine | Philip Anderson | DUP | |
Russell Watton | PUP | ||
Yvonne Boyle | Alliance | ||
Niamh Archibald | Sinn Féin | ||
John Wisener | UUP | ||
Tanya Stirling | DUP | ||
Limavady | Brenda Chivers | Sinn Féin | |
Steven Callaghan | DUP | ||
Ashleen Schenning | SDLP | ||
Aaron Callan | DUP | ||
Amy Mairs | Alliance | ||
The Glens | Cara McShane | Sinn Féin | |
Oliver McMullan | Sinn Féin | ||
Mairghéad Watson | Sinn Féin | ||
Bill Kennedy | DUP | ||
Margret Anne McKillop | SDLP | ||
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