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![]() Causeway Coast and Glens 2023 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)
Sinn Féin: 12 seats SDLP: 3 seats Alliance Party of Northern Ireland: 5 seats Progressive Unionist Party: 1 seat Ulster Unionist Party: 4 seats Democratic Unionist Party: 13 seats Traditional Unionist Voice: 2 seats | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 election to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council was scheduled to be 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]
It returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | 13 | 1 | 2 | ![]() |
32.50 | 27.02 | 15,041 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 12 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
30.00 | 30.82 | 17,161 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 5 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
12.50 | 9.74 | 5,425 | ![]() | |
UUP | 4 | 0 | 3 | ![]() |
10.00 | 12.67 | 7,055 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 3 | 0 | 3 | ![]() |
7.50 | 4.98 | 2,774 | ![]() | |
TUV | 2 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
5.00 | 4.77 | 2,657 | ![]() | |
PUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
2.50 | 1.82 | 1,016 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.00 | 4.84 | 2,696 | ![]() | |
Aontú | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 2.24 | 1,248 | ![]() | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 0.64 | 354 | ![]() | |
People Before Profit | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.00 | 0.44 | 247 | New | |
Total | 40 | 55,674 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]District Electoral Area (DEA) | % |
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DUP | Sinn Féin | Alliance | UUP | SDLP | TUV | PUP | Independents and others | ||||||||||
Ballymoney | 34.58 | 2 ![]() |
25.21 | 2 ![]() |
8.83 | 1 ![]() |
16.98 | 1 ![]() |
2.87 | 0 ![]() |
9.98 | 1 ![]() |
0.00 | 0 ![]() |
1.55 | 0 ![]() |
7 |
Bann | 24.06 | 2 ![]() |
27.02 | 2 ![]() |
7.24 | 0 ![]() |
19.48 | 1 ![]() |
2.19 | 0 ![]() |
5.76 | 0 ![]() |
0.00 | 0 ![]() |
14.25 | 0 ![]() |
5 |
Benbradagh | 15.68 | 1 ![]() |
58.80 | 3 ![]() |
4.49 | 0 ![]() |
7.64 | 0 ![]() |
5.62 | 1 ![]() |
0.00 | 0 ![]() |
0.00 | 0 ![]() |
7.77 | 0 ![]() |
5 |
Causeway | 34.53 | 3 ![]() |
8.11 | 0 ![]() |
15.80 | 2 ![]() |
15.90 | 1 ![]() |
5.11 | 0 ![]() |
9.84 | 1 ![]() |
0.00 | 0 ![]() |
10.70 | 0 ![]() |
7 |
Coleraine | 33.62 | 2 ![]() |
11.61 | 1 ![]() |
12.81 | 1 ![]() |
9.75 | 1 ![]() |
4.45 | 0 ![]() |
4.59 | 0 ![]() |
13.74 | 1 ![]() |
9.43 | 0 ![]() |
6 |
Limavady | 32.90 | 2 ![]() |
29.85 | 1 ![]() |
9.07 | 1 ![]() |
8.47 | 0 ![]() |
7.35 | 1 ![]() |
0.00 | 0 ![]() |
0.00 | 0 ![]() |
12.37 | 0 ![]() |
5 |
The Glens | 12.27 | 1 ![]() |
58.67 | 3 ![]() |
9.52 | 0 ![]() |
7.62 | 0 ![]() |
8.47 | 1 ![]() |
0.00 | 0 ![]() |
0.00 | 0 ![]() |
3.44 | 0 ![]() |
5 |
Total | 27.02 | 13 ![]() |
30.82 | 12 ![]() |
9.74 | 5 ![]() |
12.67 | 4 ![]() |
4.98 | 3 ![]() |
4.77 | 2 ![]() |
1.82 | 1 ![]() |
8.16 | 0 ![]() |
40 |
District results
[edit]Ballymoney
[edit]2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: Alliance and TUV gain from DUP and UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | Mervyn Storey* | 17.84% | 1,779 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Ciarán McQuillan* | 13.24% | 1,320 | |||||||
UUP | Darryl Wilson* | 12.59% | 1,255 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Leanne Peacock* | 11.97% | 1,194 | 1,195.50 | 1,259.50 | |||||
DUP | Ivor Wallace* ‡ | 8.10% | 808 | 1,123.60 | 1,126.60 | 1,248.60 | ||||
Alliance | Lee Kane | 8.83% | 880 | 881.50 | 903.80 | 1,233.20 | 1,300.30 | |||
TUV | Jonathan McAuley | 9.98% | 995 | 1,025.30 | 1,030.30 | 1,134.40 | 1,134.70 | 1,139.20 | 1,139.20 | |
DUP | Alan McLean* | 8.64% | 861 | 1,020.30 | 1,022.60 | 1,115.30 | 1,115.60 | 1,118.30 | 1,121.30 | |
UUP | Tom McKeown* | 4.39% | 438 | 459.00 | 463.00 | |||||
SDLP | Caitlin Bond | 2.87% | 286 | 286.30 | 314.30 | |||||
Independent | Cathal McLaughlin | 1.55% | 155 | 155.60 | ||||||
Electorate: 18,117 Valid: 9,971 (55.04%) Spoilt: 119 Quota: 1247 Turnout: 10,090 (55.69%) |
Bann
[edit]2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Sean Bateson* | 16.13% | 1,277 | 1,312.00 | 1,450.00 | ||||||
DUP | Michelle Knight-McQuillan* | 13.31% | 1,054 | 1,054.00 | 1,057.00 | 1,160.00 | 1,160.00 | 1,183.00 | 1,523.00 | ||
DUP | Dawn Huggins | 10.75% | 851 | 853.00 | 856.00 | 985.00 | 985.00 | 1,009.00 | 1,144.00 | 1,283.50 | |
Sinn Féin | Ciarán Archibald | 10.89% | 862 | 898.00 | 1,006.00 | 1,006.00 | 1,122.00 | 1,258.00 | 1,272.00 | 1,272.62 | |
UUP | Richard Holmes* | 9.88% | 782 | 788.00 | 793.00 | 889.00 | 889.00 | 1,009.00 | 1,200.00 | 1,238.44 | |
UUP | Andrew Kerr | 9.60% | 760 | 768.00 | 770.00 | 815.00 | 815.00 | 964.00 | 1,042.00 | 1,064.32 | |
Independent | Adrian McQuillan* | 8.85% | 701 | 715.00 | 724.00 | 789.00 | 791.00 | 883.00 | |||
Alliance | Joe Hutchinson | 7.24% | 573 | 693.00 | 746.00 | 755.00 | 766.00 | ||||
TUV | William Craig | 5.76% | 456 | 461.00 | 463.00 | ||||||
Aontú | Gemma Brolly | 4.24% | 336 | 364.00 | |||||||
SDLP | Ryan Barkley | 2.19% | 173 | ||||||||
Green (NI) | Jen McCahon | 1.16% | 92 | ||||||||
Electorate: 13,347 Valid: 7,917 (59.32%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,320 Turnout: 7,987 (59.84%) |
Benbradagh
[edit]2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Sean McGlinchey* | 24.04% | 1,888 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Dermot Nicholl* | 19.84% | 1,558 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Kathleen McGurk* | 14.92% | 1,172 | 1,640.00 | ||||||
DUP | Edgar Scott* | 15.68% | 1,231 | 1,231.00 | 1,231.30 | 1,231.57 | 1,256.38 | 1,755.38 | ||
SDLP | Michael Coyle | 5.62% | 441 | 461.70 | 549.60 | 710.52 | 991.86 | 1,067.60 | 1,187.60 | |
Aontú | Liam McElhinney | 6.29% | 494 | 546.20 | 645.80 | 690.08 | 805.25 | 812.25 | 825.25 | |
UUP | Robert Carmichael | 7.64% | 600 | 600.00 | 601.20 | 601.47 | 659.94 | |||
Alliance | Christine Turner | 4.49% | 353 | 360.20 | 389.00 | 420.86 | ||||
Independent | Niall Murphy | 1.48% | 116 | 131.60 | 169.40 | 180.20 | ||||
Electorate: 13,317 Valid: 7,853 (58.97%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 1,309 Turnout: 7,903 (59.34%) |
Causeway
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
DUP | Mark Fielding* | 14.81% | 1,305 | ||||||||||
Alliance | Peter McCully | 10.49% | 924 | 925.35 | 1,022.35 | 1,068.65 | 1,165.65 | ||||||
UUP | Sandra Hunter* | 9.00% | 793 | 802.90 | 818.05 | 830.05 | 880.05 | 880.76 | 888.62 | 1,335.62 | |||
DUP | John McAuley* | 9.76% | 860 | 992.15 | 995.45 | 1,003.60 | 1,032.20 | 1,032.91 | 1,034.06 | 1,072.91 | 1,142.60 | ||
Alliance | Richard Stewart | 5.31% | 468 | 468.90 | 489.90 | 538.20 | 599.20 | 649.61 | 936.29 | 1,021.59 | 1,111.98 | ||
TUV | Allister Kyle | 9.84% | 867 | 886.50 | 888.65 | 898.80 | 936.25 | 936.25 | 940.25 | 992.90 | 1,037.06 | 1,038.86 | |
DUP | Sharon McKillop* | 9.96% | 878 | 899.00 | 900.15 | 909.45 | 925.60 | 925.60 | 929.60 | 963.20 | 992.18 | 1,030.43 | |
Sinn Féin | Emma Thompson | 8.11% | 715 | 715.00 | 732.00 | 751.00 | 767.00 | 767.71 | 937.71 | 945.71 | 945.71 | 945.71 | |
UUP | Barry Torrens | 6.90% | 608 | 613.70 | 625.70 | 663.85 | 738.60 | 739.61 | 766.31 | ||||
SDLP | Paul Shevlin | 5.11% | 450 | 450.30 | 491.30 | 530.30 | 562.30 | 572.24 | |||||
Independent | David Alexander | 4.02% | 354 | 355.80 | 375.80 | 476.95 | |||||||
Independent | Angela Mulholland* | 3.71% | 327 | 328.50 | 353.65 | ||||||||
Green (NI) | Mark Coulson | 2.97% | 262 | 263.05 | |||||||||
Electorate: 17,620 Valid: 8,811 (50.01%) Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,102 Turnout: 8,908 (50.55%) |
Coleraine
[edit]2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
DUP | Philip Anderson* | 18.79% | 1,389 | ||||||||||
PUP | Russell Watton* | 13.74% | 1,016 | 1,055.12 | 1,066.12 | ||||||||
Alliance | Yvonne Boyle* | 12.81% | 947 | 952.04 | 1,041.04 | 1,049.04 | 1,220.04 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Niamh Archibald | 11.61% | 858 | 858.72 | 892.96 | 894.96 | 1,023.96 | 1,035.68 | 1,117.68 | ||||
UUP | John Wisener | 9.75% | 721 | 730.84 | 739.84 | 799.00 | 815.00 | 1,019.32 | 1,046.32 | 1,067.32 | |||
DUP | Tanya Stirling | 5.97% | 441 | 623.40 | 629.64 | 747.40 | 757.64 | 907.80 | 908.80 | 910.80 | 913.80 | 913.80 | |
DUP | Adele Tomb | 8.86% | 655 | 714.04 | 721.04 | 805.40 | 809.64 | 901.08 | 901.08 | 904.08 | 907.08 | 910.08 | |
Independent | George Duddy* | 6.09% | 450 | 470.40 | 487.64 | 553.08 | 566.32 | ||||||
SDLP | Helen Maher | 4.45% | 329 | 330.20 | 380.20 | 383.20 | |||||||
TUV | Michael Sweeney | 4.59% | 339 | 351.72 | 358.44 | ||||||||
People Before Profit | Amy Merron | 3.34% | 247 | 248.44 | |||||||||
Electorate: 16,874 Valid: 7,392 (43.81%) Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,057 Turnout: 7,489 (44.38%) |
Limavady
[edit]2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Brenda Chivers* | 29.85% | 1,800 | |||||||
DUP | Steven Callaghan* | 16.75% | 1,010 | |||||||
SDLP | Ashleen Schenning* | 7.35% | 443 | 974.84 | 1,049.84 | |||||
DUP | Aaron Callan* | 8.22% | 496 | 496.48 | 505.48 | 506.48 | 906.96 | 1,068.96 | ||
Alliance | Amy Mairs | 9.07% | 547 | 674.20 | 754.56 | 789.56 | 794.56 | 914.40 | 931.65 | |
Independent | James McCorkell* | 9.32% | 562 | 567.28 | 594.56 | 597.56 | 649.56 | 850.56 | 895.41 | |
UUP | Barry Crawford | 8.47% | 511 | 513.40 | 522.76 | 523.76 | 541.76 | |||
DUP | Jordan Wallace | 7.93% | 478 | 479.92 | 485.92 | 485.92 | ||||
Aontú | John Boyle | 2.54% | 153 | 269.64 | ||||||
Independent | Billy Stewart | 0.51% | 31 | 32.92 | ||||||
Electorate: 11,615 Valid: 6,031 (51.92%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 1,006 Turnout: 6,081 (52.35%) |
The Glens
[edit]2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and DUP gain from UUP and Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Cara McShane* | 24.85% | 1,913 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Oliver McMullan* | 18.99% | 1,462 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Mairghéad Watson | 14.83% | 1,142 | 1,578.92 | |||||
DUP | Bill Kennedy | 12.27% | 945 | 947.31 | 949.29 | 953.62 | 1,384.62 | ||
SDLP | Margaret Anne McKillop* | 8.47% | 652 | 755.29 | 922.93 | 1,102.92 | 1,135.58 | 1,273.90 | |
Alliance | Glenise Morgan | 9.52% | 733 | 789.10 | 848.17 | 898.05 | 982.03 | 1,016.99 | |
UUP | Wesley Craig | 7.62% | 587 | 590.30 | 590.63 | 597.96 | |||
Aontú | John Robbin | 3.44% | 265 | 285.46 | 335.62 | ||||
Electorate: 13,178 Valid: 7,699 (58.42%) Spoilt: 100 Quota: 1,284 Turnout: 7,799 (59.18%) |
Changes during the term
[edit]‡ Changes in affiliation
[edit]Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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10 May 2024 | Ballymoney | Ivor Wallace | DUP | Independent | Left the DUP after being disappointed with the recent direction of the party.[5] |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.
References
[edit]- ^ "Local government elections in Northern Ireland". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ^ "NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Local Government Elections 2023 Results - Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council". www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk.
- ^ "Former DUP Mayor resigns from the party citing 'recent events' as reason". Belfast Telegraph. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.