2014 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election

The first election to Causeway Coast and Glens District Council,^[1] part of the Northern Ireland local elections^[2][3] on 22 May 2014, returned 40 members to the newly formed council via Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party won a plurality of first-preference votes and seats.

2014 Causeway Coast and Glens Council election

22 May 2014 2019 →
All 40 council seats 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Peter Robinson Mike Nesbitt Martin McGuinness Party DUP UUP Sinn Féin Seats won 11 10 7 Seat change New council New council New council   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Alasdair McDonnell Jim Allister David Ford Party SDLP TUV Alliance Seats won 6 3 1 Seat change New council New council New council   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Billy Hutchinson Party PUP Independent Seats won 1 1 Seat change New council New council
Causeway Coast and Glens 2014 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)

Election results

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	DUP	11		12,582	26.95%
	UUP	10		8,071	17.29%
	Sinn Féin	7		9,313	19.95%
	SDLP	6		5,852	12.54%
	TUV	3		4,846	10.38%
	Independent	1		2,431	5.21%
	Alliance	1		1,821	3.90%
	PUP	1		777	1.66%
	UKIP	0		518	1.11%
	NI21	0		378	0.81%
	NI Conservatives	0		129	0.28%
Totals		40		46,685	100.00%	—

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Districts summary

Results of the Causeway Coast and Glens District Council election, 2014
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	DUP		UUP		Sinn Féin		SDLP		TUV		Alliance		PUP		Others
Ballymoney	33.1	3	16.7	2	18.9	1	5.9	0	17.9	1	3.7	0	0.0	0	3.8	0	7
Bann	29.1	2	30.5	2	15.1	0	13.3	1	8.4	0	3.6	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Benbradagh	12.7	0	0.0	0	49.5	3	18.2	1	19.6	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Causeway	31.2	2	25.6	2	0.0	0	9.4	1	10.1	1	10.5	1	0.0	0	13.2	0	7
Coleraine	33.2	2	18.0	2	5.8	0	11.0	1	5.0	0	6.2	0	11.8	1	9.0	0	6
Limavady	40.2	2	15.4	1	21.3	1	15.4	1	5.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	1.8	0	5
The Glens	7.6	0	10.4	1	35.2	2	18.7	1	3.5	0	2.0	0	0.0	0	22.6	1	5
Total	27.0	11	17.1	10	19.9	7	12.7	6	10.4	3	3.9	1	1.7	1	7.3	1	40

District results

Ballymoney

2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV

Ballymoney - 7 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	DUP	John Finlay*	13.04%	1,075
	Sinn Féin	Philip McGuigan* †	11.41%	941	941	942	958	1,011	1,023	1,023	1,183
	TUV	William Blair*	10.26%	846	848.6	860.64	860.64	860.64	867.68	883.96	886.96	887.96	1,394.96
	DUP	Ian Stevenson*	7.19%	593	600.84	613.96	616.96	618.96	630.96	972.96	983	983	1,020.64	1,107.76
	UUP	Darryl Wilson*	9.14%	754	755.4	776.48	777.48	777.48	813.48	837.8	853.8	853.8	870.92	952.76	965.96
	UUP	Tom McKeown*	7.53%	621	623.92	654.92	655.92	657.96	724	745.2	765.2	767.2	801.64	905.48	913.40
	DUP	Alan McLean*	6.40%	528	540.32	552.36	555.36	556.36	572.36	685.44	690.44	691.44	733.04	821.92	869.44
	Sinn Féin	Leanne Peacock	7.46%	615	615	615	621	653	662	662	767	859	860.04	860.04	860.04
	TUV	Jamise McIlhagga	7.66%	632	634.12	635.12	636.12	637.12	644.12	664.28	666.28
	SDLP	Harry Boyle	4.05%	334	334.08	337.08	428.08	500.08	569.08	569.12
	DUP	Jonathan Wallace	6.43%	530	542.16	542.2	542.2	542.2	550.24
	Alliance	Stephen McFarland	3.69%	304	304.24	326.24	340.24	348.24
	Independent	Charley O'Kane	2.38%	196	196.04	199.04	207.04
	SDLP	Angela Mulholland	1.81%	149	149	150
	NI Conservatives	James Simpson	1.56%	129	129.36
Electorate: 16,836   Valid: 8,247 (48.98%)   Spoilt: 115   Quota: 1,031   Turnout: 8,362 (49.67%)

Bann

2014: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

Bann - 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	William King*	17.13%	1,127
	DUP	Michelle Knight-McQuillan*	15.58%	1,025	1,166
	UUP	Richard Holmes*	13.38%	880	1,140
	DUP	Sam Cole*	13.56%	892	1,063	1,127.66
	SDLP	Róisín Loftus*	13.30%	875	981	984.66	1,023.36	1,030.07	1,057.79
	Sinn Féin	Ciaran Archibald*	15.11%	994	1,010	1,010	1,014.3	1,014.3	1,015.84
	TUV	Elizabeth Collins	8.36%	550
	Alliance	Charlie McConaghy	3.57%	235
Electorate: 12,175   Valid: 6,578 (54.03%)   Spoilt: 77   Quota: 1,097   Turnout: 6,655 (54.66%)

Benbradagh

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP

Benbradagh - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Seán McGlinchey*	24.31%	1,460
	TUV	Boyd Douglas*	19.62%	1,160
	Sinn Féin	Tony McCaul*	10.69%	632	982.13	1,038.13
	SDLP	Orla Beattie*	11.60%	686	696.89	991.89
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Nicholl*	14.09%	833	904.61	930.79	932.29	959.29
	DUP	Edgar Scott*	12.68%	750	750.99	751.99	915.79	915.79
	SDLP	Michael Coyle*	6.63%	392	428.96
Electorate: 11,904   Valid: 5,913 (49.67%)   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 986   Turnout: 6,005 (50.45%)

Causeway

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

Causeway - 7 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Frank Campbell*	12.28%	910	915	945
	DUP	Mark Fielding*	8.68%	643	647	655	666.16	702.16	884.16	923.16	940.16
	Alliance	Barney Fitzpatrick* †	10.06%	745	745	756	757.24	766.24	767.24	841.24	934.24
	UUP	Sandra Hunter*	10.28%	762	767	786	787.86	804.86	813.86	831.86	862.86	1,025.86
	UUP	Norman Hillis*	9.03%	669	671	679	679	707	712	749	773	983
	TUV	Sharon McKillop ‡	8.31%	616	721	773	773.62	830.62	834.62	845.62	865.62	895.62	923.17
	SDLP	Maura Hickey*†	9.43%	699	699	699	699	708	709	733	802	813	827.25
	DUP	Bill Kennedy*	6.71%	497	504	522	523.86	532.86	592.86	601.86	613.86	665.86	722.86
	UUP	Robert McPherson	6.26%	464	471	475	475.62	488.62	496.62	499.62	525.62
	Independent	Alison Torrens	3.81%	282	283	307	307	320	320	363
	NI21	David Alexander	3.58%	265	265	277	277.62	290.62	291.62
	DUP	Angela Knott	3.51%	260	263	264	264	280
	UKIP	Adrian Parke	3.09%	229	244	252	252
	Independent	Leanne Abernethy	2.79%	207	211
	TUV	Thomas Stirling	2.17%	161
Electorate: 16,548   Valid: 7,409 (44.77%)   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 927   Turnout: 7,508 (45.37%)

Coleraine

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x SDLP

Coleraine - 6 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	PUP	Russell Watton	11.84%	777	779	812	938
	SDLP	Stephanie Quigley*	10.99%	721	734	745	755	758	1,016
	DUP	George Duddy*	10.82%	710	712	728	752	813	815	1,041
	UUP	William McCandless*	9.77%	641	654	674	698	756	758	772	773.84	837.84	847.84
	DUP	Trevor Clarke*	9.56%	627	629	645	664	727	728	783	847.86	878.32	881.32
	UUP	David Harding ‡‡	8.22%	539	546	557	571	634	637	661	662.38	747.38	760.38
	DUP	Tracy Craig	7.36%	483	483	490	505	553	557	621	653.66	674.66	677.66
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle*	6.22%	408	450	460	474	482	520	527	527.46
	DUP	Phyllis Fielding*	5.49%	360	363	368	384	409	410
	Sinn Féin	Margaret Fleming	5.84%	383	384	387	389	389
	TUV	Tommy Collins	4.98%	327	328	360	378
	Independent	Billy Ellis	4.33%	284	288	300
	UKIP	William Ogilby	2.85%	187	200
	NI21	Chris McCaw	1.72%	113
Electorate: 15,443   Valid: 6,560 (42.48%)   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 938   Turnout: 6,639 (42.99%)

Limavady

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

Limavady - 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Alan Robinson*	26.43%	1,451
	DUP	James McCorkell*	8.41%	462	840.88	859.1	864.1	1,105.1
	Sinn Féin	Brenda Chivers*	14.51%	797	797	798	843.74	843.74	843.74	1,177.74
	SDLP	Gerry Mullan*†	10.49%	576	582.66	591.4	778.4	782.51	783.51	820.88	1,013.88
	UUP	Aaron Callan ‡	8.23%	452	485.3	500.04	507.15	546.72	607.72	608.09	608.09	610.09	815.11
	UUP	Raymond Kennedy	7.18%	394	408.8	416.17	418.17	446.38	521.38	521.38	522.38	528.38	682.3
	Sinn Féin	Rory Donaghy*	6.77%	372	373.11	373.11	381.11	382.11	382.11
	TUV	Howard Gordon	5.92%	325	343.87	366.98	370.72	390.71
	DUP	Jonathan Holmes	5.32%	292	353.79	362.53	365.53
	SDLP	Jason Allen	4.88%	268	270.96	276.96
	UKIP	Richard Nicholl	1.86%	102	109.03
Electorate: 10,998   Valid: 5,491 (49.93%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 916   Turnout: 5,579 (50.73%)

The Glens

2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

The Glens - 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	UUP	Joan Baird*	10.41%	675	700	813	842	1,268
	Sinn Féin	Cara McShane*	12.93%	839	846	856	957	958	958	1,273
	SDLP	Margaret Anne McKillop*	8.56%	555	563	616	831	841	866	1,064	1,091.3
	Independent	Padraig McShane*	12.87%	835	845	852	919	921	926	1,008	1,023.6
	Sinn Féin	Kieran Mulholland	11.48%	745	747	773	780	782	782	864	1,008.3
	Independent	Ambrose Laverty	9.67%	627	654	664	798	824	886	904	907.25
	Sinn Féin	Colum Thompson*	10.82%	702	702	702	706	706	706
	DUP	Evelyne Robinson*	7.62%	494	497	589	592
	SDLP	Donal Cunningham*	7.91%	513	534	580
	TUV	Cyril Quigg	3.53%	229	231
	SDLP	Joanne McKeown	2.20%	143	147
	Alliance	Colin Mayrs	2.00%	130
Electorate: 12,011   Valid: 6,487 (54.01%)   Spoilt: 63   Quota: 1,082   Turnout: 6,550 (54.53%)

* Incumbent

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Date	Electoral Area	Party		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
3 Jun 2016	Limavady		SDLP	Gerry Mullan	John Deighan	Mullan was elected to the Assembly in 2016.[5]
19 Sep 2016	Ballymoney		Sinn Féin	Philip McGuigan	Cathal McLaughlin	McGuigan was co-opted to the Assembly.[6]
22 Jan 2018	Causeway		SDLP	Maura Hickey	Angela Mulholland	Hickey resigned her seat.[7]
30 May 2018	Benbradagh		Sinn Féin	Tony McCaul	Kathleen McGurk[8]	McCaul resigned.[9]
4 Jun 2018	Causeway		Alliance	Barney Fitzpatrick	Chris McCaw	Fitzpatrick died.[10]

‡ Changes of affiliation

Date	Electoral Area	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
24 Feb 2015	Coleraine	David Harding		UUP		Independent	Resigned[11]
Apr 2016	Coleraine	David Harding		Independent		NI Conservatives	Affiliated[12]
26 Oct 2016	Limavady	Aaron Callan		UUP		DUP	Defected[13]
23 Nov 2018	Causeway	Sharon McKillop		TUV		DUP	Defected[14]

Last updated 24 March 2019.

References

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4. "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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6. "Sinn Féin's Cathal McLaughlin co-opted on to Causeway council seat". The Irish News. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
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8. "Former Limavady Grammar School pupil Kathleen McGurk has been selected by Sinn Féin to replace Councillor Tony McCaul on Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council". BALLYMENA DAILY. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
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