2019 Mid and East Antrim District Council election

Elections to Mid and East Antrim District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council using Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party were the largest party in both first-preference votes and seats.[1][2]

2019 Mid and East Antrim Council election
2 May 2019
All 40 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Arlene Foster Robin Swann Naomi Long
Party DUP UUP Alliance
Seats won 15 7 7
Seat change 1 2 4
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jim Allister Michelle O'Neill Colum Eastwood
Party TUV Sinn Féin SDLP
Seats won 5 2 1
Seat change 1
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Gerard Batten
Party Independent UKIP
Seats won 3 0
Seat change 1 1

Results by party
Party Seats ± First
Preference
Votes		 FPV% ±%
DUP 15 1 14,956 31.95 1.06
UUP 7 2 8,540 18.25 0.51
Alliance 7 4 7,407 15.82 6.46
TUV 5 7,126 15.22 0.56
Sinn Féin 2 1 2,996 6.40 0.42
Independent 3 1 3,862 8.25 2.21
SDLP 1 848 1.81 2.62
PUP 0 304 0.65 2.31
Democrats and Veterans 0 265 0.57 N/A
Green (NI) 0 256 0.55 0.55
UKIP 0 1 247 0.53 1.11
Totals 40 46,807 100% —

The overall turnout was 47.94% with a total of 46,807 valid votes cast. A total of 556 ballots were rejected.

Council composition

Following the previous election in 2014, the composition of the council was:

↓
16 9 5 3 3 2 1 1
DUP UUP TUV APNI SF I S U

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
15 7 7 5 3 2 1
DUP UUP APNI TUV SF I S

I - Independent
S - SDLP
U - UKIP

Results by electoral area

Summary
 Results of the Mid and East Antrim District Council election, 2019
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance TUV Sinn Féin SDLP Others
Ballymena 27.6 2 7.0 0 8.3 1 15.1 1 7.5 0 12.2 1 22.4 2 7
Bannside 27.0 2 15.3 1 9.3 0 36.4 2 12.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 6
Braid 37.7 3 21.3 1 8.0 1 20.1 2 7.1 0 0.0 0 5.8 0 7
Carrick Castle 35.8 2 22.3 2 21.4 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 20.5 0 5
Coast Road 30.9 2 13.0 1 21.7 1 10.7 0 15.5 1 0.0 0 8.2 0 5
Knockagh 31.8 2 24.7 1 20.6 1 5.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 17.2 1 5
Larne Lough 32.9 2 25.8 1 29.7 2 7.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 4.3 0 5
Total 32.0 15 18.2 7 15.8 7 15.2 5 6.4 2 1.8 1 10.4 3 40

Ballymena

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: Alliance and Independent gain one seat each from DUP and UUP

Ballymena - 7 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Independent James Henry* 12.57 872
SDLP Eugene Martin Reid 12.23 848 870
TUV Matthew Armstrong 11.03 765 781 1,016
Alliance Patricia O'Lynn 8.33 578 611 612 614.96 617.96 941.96
DUP Audrey Wales* 6.79 471 496 499 503.44 706.36 707.36 709.3 812.72
Independent Rodney Quigley 6.24 433 514 530 571.44 586.44 610.44 669.61 802.38
DUP John Carson* 7.60 527 538 544 558.8 655.28 657.28 657.28 758.47
DUP Reuben Glover* 7.18 498 511 529 557.12 632.3 634.3 634.3 706.4
UUP Stephen Nicholl* 6.99 485 500 510 548.48 575.48 578.48 589.15
Sinn Féin Patrice Hardy 7.51 521 529 529 529 530
DUP William John Logan 5.80 402 410 417 431.06
TUV Philip Gordon 4.13 286 302
UKIP Rab Picken 2.06 143
Independent Conal Robert Stewart 1.54 107
Electorate: 15,896   Valid: 6,956   Spoilt: 67   Quota: 870   Turnout: 7,023 (44.18%)

    Bannside

    2014: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
    2019: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
    2014-2019 Change: No change

    Bannside - 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    TUV Stewart Desmond McDonald* 18.63 1,504
    TUV Timothy Gaston* 17.75 1,433
    UUP William Robert McNeilly* 9.70 783 855.54 916.48 1,285.48
    DUP Thomas Gordon 9.21 744 796.52 863.84 895.30 923.14 1,339.14
    DUP Tommy Nicholl* 8.55 690 812.72 856.72 901.14 940.50 1,242.5
    Sinn Féin Ian Friary 12.03 971 971.52 972.18 972.18 972.18 972.40 972.40 972.4
    Alliance Philip Burnside 9.29 750 763 773.34 809.52 860.40 883.34 927.34 971.34
    DUP Andrew Hugh Wright 9.28 749 773.70 828.92 843.44 854.44
    UUP Jackson Bolton Minford 5.56 449 503.08 537.40
    Electorate: 14,393   Valid: 8,073   Spoilt: 96   Quota: 1,154   Turnout: 8,169 (56.76%)

      Braid

      2014: 4 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
      2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
      2014-2019 Change: TUV and Alliance gain one seat each from DUP and Sinn Féin

      Braid - 7 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      UUP Robin Cherry* 12.26 1,084 1,107 1,107 1,107
      DUP Beth Adger* 11.03 975 982 1,284
      Alliance Muriel Elizabeth Burnside † 7.95 703 896 896 896 896.08 1,296.08
      DUP Julie Frew 10.48 926 933 1,077 1,103.55 1,103.59 1,106.59
      DUP William McCaughey* 9.33 825 827 907 1,050.96 1,051.04 1,054.04 1,058.04
      TUV Christopher Jamieson 10.20 902 909 964 966.36 966.36 972.36 983.36
      TUV Brian Collins* 9.86 872 881 894 896.36 896.52 898.52 905.52
      UUP Keith James Turner 9.05 800 816 827 827.59 828.03 848.03 898.03
      Sinn Féin Colette McAllister 7.14 631 827 827 827 827.04
      DUP Sam Hanna 6.85 605 606
      Independent Marian Maguire 4.20 371
      Independent Roni Browne 1.65 146
      Electorate: 16,951   Valid: 8,840   Spoilt: 96   Quota: 1,106   Turnout: 8,936 (52.72%)

        Carrick Castle

        2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKIP, 1 x Independent
        2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
        2014-2019 Change: UUP and Alliance gain one seat each from Independent and UKIP

        Carrick Castle - 5 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Alliance Lauren Gray 21.40 1,210
        DUP Billy Ashe* 18.91 1,069
        DUP Cheryl Johnston* 16.86 953
        UUP Robin Stewart* 14.38 813 879 906.3 928.89 979.89
        UUP John McDermott ‡ 7.87 445 513.4 565.66 620.1 659.53 780.15 811.83
        Independent Noel Jordan* 7.62 431 481.1 490.72 545.03 641.47 778.2 783.15
        Democrats and Veterans Si Harvey 4.69 265 289.3 301.26 353.08 383.37
        Independent Nicholas Wady 4.32 244 286.3 290.2 311.79
        PUP Jim McCaw 2.11 119 127.4 135.46
        UKIP John Kennedy 1.84 104 111.2 123.68
        Electorate: 13,323   Valid: 5,653   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 943   Turnout: 5,721 (42.94%)

          Coast Road

          2014: 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x TUV
          2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
          2014-2019 Change: DUP gains one seat from TUV

          Coast Road - 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345
          Alliance Geraldine Mulvenna* 21.67 1,217
          DUP Andrew Clarke 17.33 973
          Sinn Féin James McKeown* 15.55 873 922.14 922.2 1,109.2
          UUP Maureen Morrow* 12.96 728 795.08 798.74 937.76
          DUP Angela Smyth* 13.60 764 771.28 794.32 817.46 828.46
          TUV Ruth Wilson* 10.70 601 611.14 612.94 665.95 681.95
          Independent Martin Wilson 8.19 460 597.02 597.29
          Electorate: 12,429   Valid: 5,616   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 937   Turnout: 5,686 (45.75%)

            Knockagh

            2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
            2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
            2014-2019 Change: Independent gains one seat from UUP

            Knockagh - 5 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234
            Alliance Noel Williams 20.57 1,173
            DUP Peter Johnston 16.96 967
            DUP Marc Collins 14.84 846 854.16 1,016.16
            Independent Bobby Hadden 13.99 798 887.76 980.76
            UUP Andrew Wilson* 13.71 782 833.12 903 919.82
            UUP Lindsay Millar* 10.94 624 675.84 825.92 873.48
            TUV May Beattie* 5.75 328 336.88
            PUP David Barnett 3.24 185 190.28
            Electorate: 12,289   Valid: 5,703   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 951   Turnout: 5,762 (46.89%)

              Larne Lough

              2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
              2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
              2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain one seat from UUP

              Larne Lough - 5 seats
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              123456
              DUP Gregg McKeen* 19.48 1,166
              Alliance Danny Donnelly 17.66 1,057
              UUP Mark Richard McKinty* † 16.42 983 995.88 1,025.88
              DUP Paul Reid* 13.46 806 939.98 950.12 1,133.12
              Alliance Robert Logan* 12.01 719 720.82 890.82 909.1 912.1 961.75
              UUP Andy Wilson* 9.42 564 570.3 581.58 782.9 914.9 916.2
              TUV James Strange 7.27 435 441.72 453.86
              Green (NI) Robert Robinson 4.28 256 256.56
              Electorate: 13,129   Valid: 5,986   Spoilt: 100   Quota: 998   Turnout: 6,086 (46.36%)

                Changes during the term

                † Co-options
                Date co-opted Electoral Area Party Outgoing Co-optee Reason
                16 August 2019 Larne Lough UUP Mark McKinty Keith Turner McKinty resigned.
                17 October 2020 Braid Alliance Muriel Burnside David Reid Burnside resigned.

                ‡ Changes in affiliation
                Date Electoral Area Name Previous affiliation New affiliation Circumstance
                29 October 2020 Carrick Castle John McDermott UUP DUP Defected from the UUP to the DUP.[3]

                – Suspensions

                None

                Last updated 29 October 2020.

                Current composition: see Mid and East Antrim District Council

                References
                1. "Northern Ireland council results". BBC News. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
                2. https://www.midandeastantrim.gov.uk/council/elections/local-government-elections-2019/dea-results/
                3. Keers, Russell. "East Antrim UUP councillor defects to DUP". Carrickfergus Times. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
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