Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council

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Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council.svg
Type
Type
History
Founded1 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
Seats40
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Political groups
  DUP (13)
  Sinn Féin (12)
  Alliance (5)
  UUP (3)
  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 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. [1]

Contents

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.

Mayoralty

Mayor

FromToNameParty
20152016Michelle Knight-McQuillan DUP
20162017Maura Hickey SDLP
20172018Joan Baird UUP
20182019Brenda Chivers Sinn Féin
20192020Sean Bateson Sinn Féin
20202021Mark Fielding DUP
20212022Richard Holmes UUP
20222023Ivor Wallace DUP
20232024Steven Callaghan [2] DUP
2024PresentCiarán McQuillan [3] Sinn Féin

Deputy Mayor

FromToNameParty
20152016Darryl Wilson UUP
20162017James McCorkell DUP
20172018Cathal McLaughlin Sinn Féin
20182019Trevor Clarke DUP
20192020Sharon McKillop DUP
20202021Tom McKeown UUP
20212022Ashleen Schenning SDLP
20222023Kathleen McGurk Sinn Féin
20232024Margaret-Anne McKillop [2] SDLP
2024PresentTanya Stirling [3] DUP

Councillors

For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA): [4]

AreaSeats
Ballymoney7
Bann5
Benbradagh5
Causeway7
Coleraine6
Limavady5
The Glens5

Seat summary

PartyElected
2014
Elected
2019
Elected
2023
Current
DUP 11141313
Sinn Féin 791212
Alliance 1255
UUP 10743
SDLP 6633
TUV 3022
PUP 1111
Independents 1101

Councillors by electoral area

Borders of the DEAs within Causeway Coast and Glens Causeway Coast and Glens blank.svg
Borders of the DEAs within Causeway Coast and Glens
Current council members
District electoral areaNameParty
Ballymoney Mervyn Storey DUP
Ciarán McQuillan Sinn Féin
Darryl Wilson [5] DUP
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

Arms

Coat of arms of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Notes
Granted 4 October 2017 by the College of Arms.
Crest
Rocks of the Giants' Causeway issuing therefrom a fountain Proper surmounted by a salmon haurient Or.
Torse
Or and Azure.
Escutcheon
Per saltire Azure and Or an anchor and an anchor reversed in pale Or and two garbs in fess Gules.
Supporters
Dexter a dragon sinister an Irish wolf-hound both Azure and gorged with a mural crown Or.

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