2014 Mid and East Antrim District Council election

The first election to Mid and East Antrim District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014, returned 40 members to the newly-formed council via Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party were the largest party in both first-preference votes and seats.[1][2]

2014 Mid and East Antrim Council election
22 May 2014
All 40 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Peter Robinson Mike Nesbitt Jim Allister
Party DUP UUP TUV
Seats won 16 9 5
Seat change New council New council New council
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader David Ford Martin McGuinness Alasdair McDonnell
Party Alliance Sinn Féin SDLP
Seats won 3 3 1
Seat change New council New council New council
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Nigel Farage
Party UKIP Independent
Seats won 1 2
Seat change New council New council

Results by party
Party Seats ± First
Preference
Votes		 FPV% ±%
DUP 16 15,093 33.01%
UUP 9 8,577 18.76%
TUV 5 6,704 14.66%
Alliance 3 4,277 9.36%
Sinn Féin 3 3,118 6.82%
SDLP 1 2,023 4.43%
UKIP 1 749 1.64%
Independent 2 2,761 6.04%
Totals 40 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Ballymena
Ballymena - 7 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11
Independent James Henry* 15.85 1,042                    
SDLP Declan O'Loan* 9.66 635 649 656 672 906            
DUP Audrey Wales* 9.10 598 633 658 683 684 685 883        
TUV Donna Anderson ‡ 11.22 738 755 798 804 804 804 813 814 1,118    
DUP John Carson* 8.85 582 599 625 633 633 634 684 730 761 859  
UUP Stephen Nicholl 5.79 381 418 435 477 480 481 497 498 535 617 729
DUP Reuben Glover 6.49 427 440 461 470 470 471 532 544 565 628 647
Sinn Féin Marian Maguire 7.25 477 479 479 484 516 548 548 548 548 548 605
Alliance Jayne Dunlop* 4.71 310 328 334 410 423 472 473 473 478 482  
TUV Matthew Armstrong 5.73 377 389 400 405 405 405 413 413      
DUP David McCartney 5.05 332 346 356 362 362 362          
SDLP Eugene Reid 4.40 289 293 294 297              
NI21 Richard Marshall 3.21 211 226 236                
Independent Rodney Quigley 2.68 176 197                  

    Bannside
    Bannside - 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
    TUV Timothy Gaston* 15.51 1,212            
    Sinn Féin Patrice Hardy 13.24 1,035 1,123          
    DUP Tommy Nicholl* 9.94 777 790 793 1,206      
    DUP Billy Henry* ‡ 7.69 601 614 618 691 758 758 1,270
    TUV Stewart McDonald 12.17 951 975 1,041 1,055 1,057 1,059 1,106
    UUP William McNeilly* 11.09 867 944 948 967 968 971 1,057
    UUP Andrew Wright 8.55 668 720 725 747 750 752 792
    DUP Thomas Gordon 8.61 673 694 702 741 752 752  
    DUP Phil Moffatt 7.45 582 593 598        
    Alliance Philip Burnside 5.76 450            

      Braid
      Braid - 7 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
      DUP Beth Clyde* 9.81 865 890 1,210            
      DUP William McCaughey* 10.57 932 955 1,038 1,112          
      TUV Brian Collins 10.35 912 939 945 945 954 1,416      
      UUP Robin Cherry* 10.90 961 1,009 1,027 1,028 1,057 1,090 1,161    
      DUP Beth Adger* 10.11 891 934 990 1,012 1,022 1,058 1,152    
      Sinn Féin Paul Maguire* ‡ 8.19 722 736 737 737 1,044 1,045 1,045 1,045 1,045
      DUP Samuel Hanna* 9.08 800 808 845 852 863 881 923 936 978
      UUP Brian Thompson 6.34 559 618 666 668 692 745 848 890 898
      TUV Roy McPeake 6.77 597 632 645 645 649        
      SDLP Catherine O'Hara 5.95 524 606 608 609          
      DUP Chris Wales 6.46 569 590              
      Alliance Danny Donnelly 3.39 299                
      PUP William Parkhill 2.08 183                

        Carrick Castle
        Carrick Castle - 5 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10
        UUP John Stewart † 16.12 939 967 1,010              
        Independent Charles Brown* ♭ 15.14 882 919 936 938 960 998        
        UKIP Noel Jordan 12.86 749 783 857 867 875 984        
        DUP Billy Ashe* 12.86 749 769 791 795 801 877 1,059      
        DUP Cheryl Johnston 7.54 439 439 460 494 502 507 564 793 873 881
        Alliance Gavin Norris* 8.65 504 504 523 526 528 837 853 868 869 873
        DUP Fred Cobain* 6.83 398 405 416 419 420 464        
        TUV William Knox 5.80 338 347 385 395 399          
        Alliance Elena Aceves-Cully 5.87 342 362 363 363            
        PUP Jonathan Cooke 4.26 248 261                
        Independent Nick Wady 2.25 131                  
        Independent John Cameron 1.80 105                  

          Coast Road
          Coast Road - 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10
          UUP Maureen Morrow* 17.56 946                  
          Sinn Féin James McKeown* 14.04 756 756 756 761 785 930        
          Alliance Geraldine Mulvenna* 10.95 590 598 600 636 702 911        
          DUP Gordon Lyons† 12.25 660 670 677 692 723 731 733 736 1,133  
          TUV Ruth Wilson 10.68 575 584 592 614 652 660 661 663 718 874
          PUP Jonathan Hodge 8.61 464 466 473 477 524 537 554 558 610 688
          DUP Drew Niblock* 8.99 484 494 499 504 537 545 551 553    
          SDLP Martin Wilson* 7.72 416 417 417 425 486          
          Independent Danny O'Connor 3.49 188 189 189 207            
          BNP Robert Bell 1.88 101 102 140 153            
          Independent John Anderson 2.47 133 134 134              
          BNP Steven Moore 1.36 73 73                

            Knockagh
            Knockagh - 5 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
            UUP Andrew Wilson* 16.23 912 927 939            
            DUP May Beattie* 15.20 854 858 881 966          
            DUP Lynn McClurg* 6.41 360 362 371 530 548 548 605 614 938
            Alliance Paul Sinclair* 8.53 479 492 511 515 516 516 520 877 892
            UUP Lindsay Millar 10.34 581 592 622 629 631 632 726 755 852
            TUV Ken McFaul 9.91 557 561 578 588 589 589 722 734 790
            DUP Robert Stewart 8.49 477 488 495 530 536 536 577 590  
            Alliance Noel Williams 7.42 417 429 436 436 436 436 440    
            PUP Gareth Cole 5.36 301 305 424 434 435 436      
            DUP Robert Harrison-Rice 5.57 313 318 323            
            PUP Jim McCaw 2.78 156 156              
            NI Conservatives Gary Broad 1.90 107 113              
            Independent Barry Patterson 1.85 104                

              Larne Lough
              Larne Lough - 5 seats
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
              DUP Gregg McKeen* 16.99 966            
              UUP Mark McKinty* 16.31 927 928 966        
              Alliance Robert Logan 10.23 583 619 622 903 903 1,200  
              UUP Andrew Wilson 14.71 836 836 855 879 882 961  
              DUP Paul Reid 7.93 457 457 700 710 715 774 806
              TUV Kenneth Johnston 10.67 606 606 615 621 621 658 679
              NI21 Jeremy Jones 10.06 572 583 586 611 611    
              Alliance Michael Lynch* 5.33 303 366 372        
              DUP Matthew Scott 5.40 307 307          
              Sinn Féin Seán Waide 2.25 128            

                * Incumbent

                Changes during the term

                † Co-options
                Co-option date Electoral Area Party Outgoing Co-optee Reason
                13 Nov 2015 Coast Road DUP Gordon Lyons Angela Smyth Lyons was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.[3]
                4 Apr 2017 Carrick Castle UUP John Stewart Robin Stewart John was elected to the Assembly.[4]

                ♭ Carrick Castle by-election, 18 October 2018

                After independent unionist councillor Charles (Jim) Brown died in August 2018, the Electoral Office determined that none of his three proposed substitutes met the criteria for co-option. This triggered the first by-election in Northern Ireland since local government reform in 2014.[5] The DUP's Peter Johnston won the seat on the third count.[6][7]

                Carrick Castle by-election (18 October 2018)- 1 Seat
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3
                DUP Peter Keith Johnston 38.82 1,106 1,298 1,362
                UUP John McDermott 23.45 668 823 1,147
                Alliance Lauren Gray 19.52 556 645
                Democrats and Veterans Si Harvey 15.72 448
                Independent Will Sibley 2.49 71
                Electorate: 13,181   Valid: 2,849   Spoilt: 24   Quota: 1,425   Turnout: 2,873 (21.8%)

                  ‡ Changes in affiliation
                  Date Electoral Area Name Previous affiliation New affiliation Circumstance
                  24 Sep 2015 Ballymena Donna Anderson TUV UKIP Moved.[8]
                  30 Aug 2016 Braid Paul Maguire Sinn Féin Independent Resigned.[9]
                  06 Jun 2018 Carrick Castle Noel Jordan UKIP Independent Resigned.[10]
                  03 Aug 2018 Ballymena Donna Anderson UKIP Independent Resigned.[11]
                  2018-2019 Bannside Billy Henry[12][13] DUP Independent
                  25 March 2019 Ballymena May Beattie DUP TUV Moved.[14]

                  Last updated 31 March 2019.

                  Current composition: see Mid and East Antrim Borough Council.

                  References
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                  2. "UTV local election results, Mid and East Antrim". UTV. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
                  3. "New DUP Councillor". Larne Times. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
                  4. "Father replaces son on council". Retrieved 19 October 2018.
                  5. "Previews: 18 Oct 2018". Britain Elects. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
                  6. "The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland - EONI". www.eoni.org.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
                  7. McCormack, Jayne (19 October 2018). "DUP wins Carrickfergus by-election". BBC News. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
                  8. http://www.u.tv/News/2015/09/24/Ballymena-councillor-joins-UKIP-from-TUV-45607
                  9. "Sinn Fein members quit party over Daithi McKay resignation". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
                  10. "Mid and East Antrim councillor leaves party". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
                  11. "Last UKIP councillor in NI quits the party of its 'cowardly conduct'". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
                  12. "Billy Henry | Mid and East Antrim Borough Council". 16 November 2018. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
                  13. "Billy Henry | Mid and East Antrim Borough Council". www.midandeastantrim.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
                  14. "Veteran Carrickfergus DUP councillor switches to TUV". Larne Times. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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