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 2019 →
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 David McNarry Party UKIP Independent Seats won 1 2 Seat change New council New council
Mid and East Antrim 2014 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)

Election results

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
	Independent	2		2,761	6.04
	SDLP	1		2,023	4.43
	UKIP	1		749	1.64
	PUP	0		1,352	2.96
	NI21	0		783	1.71
	BNP	0		173	0.38
	NI Conservatives	0		107	0.23
Totals		40		45,718	100.00	—

^[3]

Districts summary

Results of the Mid and East Antrim District Council election, 2014
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	DUP		UUP		TUV		Alliance		Sinn Féin		SDLP		UKIP		Others
Ballymena	29.5	3	5.8	1	17.0	1	4.7	0	7.3	0	14.1	1	0.0	0	21.6	1	7
Bannside	33.7	2	19.6	1	27.7	2	5.8	0	13.2	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	6
Braid	46.0	4	17.2	1	17.1	1	3.4	0	8.2	1	5.9	0	0.0	0	2.2	0	7
Carrick Castle	27.2	2	16.1	1	5.8	0	14.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	12.9	1	23.5	1	5
Coast Road	21.2	1	17.5	1	10.7	1	10.9	1	14.0	1	7.7	0	0.0	0	18.0	0	5
Knockagh	35.7	2	26.6	2	9.9	0	15.9	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	11.9	0	5
Larne Lough	30.4	2	31.0	2	10.7	0	15.6	1	2.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	10.0	0	5
Total	33.0	16	18.8	9	15.0	5	9.4	3	6.8	3	4.1	1	1.6	2	11.3	2	40

District results

Ballymena

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

Ballymena - 7 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent	James Henry*	15.85%	1,042
	SDLP	Declan O'Loan*	9.66%	635	649.08	655.52	672.06	906.06
	DUP	Audrey Wales*	9.10%	598	632.76	657.84	682.6	684.6	685.05	883.05
	TUV	Donna Anderson ‡	11.22%	738	754.72	798.14	804.14	804.14	804.14	813.24	813.86	1,117.86
	DUP	John Carson*	8.85%	582	598.5	625.48	633.14	633.14	633.59	683.89	730.39	761.35	859.35
	UUP	Stephen Nicholl	5.79%	381	418.18	434.94	477.02	480.46	480.91	497.33	497.95	534.67	616.67	728.92
	DUP	Reuben Glover	6.49%	427	439.76	461.52	470.4	470.4	470.85	531.81	543.59	564.79	627.79	647.45
	Sinn Féin	Marian Maguire	7.25%	477	479.42	479.42	484.42	516.3	548.25	548.25	548.25	548.25	548.25	605.45
	Alliance	Jayne Dunlop*	4.71%	310	328.48	333.9	410.18	422.72	471.77	473.21	473.21	478.43	482.43
	TUV	Matthew Armstrong	5.73%	377	388.89	400.2	404.86	404.86	404.86	412.74	413.05
	DUP	David McCartney	5.05%	332	346.08	355.74	362.18	362.18	362.18
	SDLP	Eugene Reid	4.40%	289	292.52	293.52	296.52
	NI21	Richard Marshall	3.21%	211	225.74	236.28
	Independent	Rodney Quigley	2.68%	176	197.34
Electorate: 15,691   Valid: 6,575 (41.90%)   Spoilt: 94   Quota: 822   Turnout: 6,669 (42.50%)

Bannside

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

Bannside - 6 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	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	793.52	1,205.52
	DUP	Billy Henry* ‡	7.69%	601	614	618.08	690.52	758.14	758.4	1,270.4
	TUV	Stewart McDonald	12.17%	951	975	1,040.6	1,054.88	1,057.82	1,058.86	1,105.67
	UUP	William McNeilly*	11.09%	867	944	947.76	967.08	968.13	971.25	1,056.77
	UUP	Andrew Wright	8.55%	668	720	724.56	747.52	750.25	751.81	792.51
	DUP	Thomas Gordon	8.61%	673	694	702.16	740.64	751.77	751.77
	DUP	Phil Moffatt	7.45%	582	593	598.04
	Alliance	Philip Burnside	5.76%	450
Electorate: 14,039   Valid: 7,816 (55.67%)   Spoilt: 105   Quota: 1,117   Turnout: 7,921 (56.42%)

Braid

2014: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Sinn Féin

Braid - 7 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Beth Clyde*	9.81%	865	890	1,210
	DUP	William McCaughey*	10.57%	932	955	1,038	1,112.46
	TUV	Brian Collins	10.35%	912	939	945	945.34	954.34	1,416.34
	UUP	Robin Cherry*	10.90%	961	1,009	1,027	1,028.36	1,057.36	1,090.36	1,160.92
	DUP	Beth Adger*	10.11%	891	934	990	1,011.76	1,021.76	1,058.1	1,153.02
	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	851.8	863.14	881.14	923.14	935.74	978.49
	UUP	Brian Thompson	6.34%	559	618	666	668.04	692.04	745.04	848.35	889.52	897.5
	TUV	Roy McPeake	6.77%	597	632	645	645.34	649.34
	SDLP	Catherine O'Hara	5.95%	524	606	608	608.68
	DUP	Chris Wales	6.46%	569	590
	Alliance	Danny Donnelly	3.39%	299
	PUP	William Parkhill	2.08%	183
Electorate: 16,543   Valid: 8,814 (53.28%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,102   Turnout: 8,902 (53.81%)

Carrick Castle

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKIP, 1 x Independent

Carrick Castle - 5 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	UUP	John Stewart †	16.12%	939	967	1,010
	Independent	James Brown* ♭	15.14%	882	919	936	937.9	959.9	997.9
	UKIP	Noel Jordan	12.86%	749	783	857	867.45	875.45	984.45
	DUP	Billy Ashe*	12.86%	749	769	791	794.8	800.8	876.65	1,052.65
	DUP	Cheryl Johnston	7.54%	439	460	494	501.6	506.6	564.4	793.35	872.81	880.81	892.69
	Alliance	Gavin Norris*	8.65%	504	523	526	527.9	536.9	852.9	867.75	868.91	872.91	874.26
	DUP	Fred Cobain*	6.83%	398	405	416	418.85	419.85	463.8
	TUV	William Knox	5.80%	338	347	385	395.45	399.45
	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
Electorate: 12,878   Valid: 5,824 (45.22%)   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 971   Turnout: 5,893 (45.76%)

Coast Road

2014: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV

Coast Road - 5 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	UUP	Maureen Morrow*	17.56%	946
	Sinn Féin	James McKeown*	14.04%	756	756.1	756.1	761.15	785.2	930.2
	Alliance	Geraldine Mulvenna*	10.95%	590	598.35	600.4	635.7	701.95	910.95
	DUP	Gordon Lyons†	12.25%	660	669.85	677	692.1	722.55	730.7	732.7	736.38	1,133.38
	TUV	Ruth Wilson	10.68%	575	583.7	591.7	613.95	652.3	659.5	660.5	663.26	718.11	873.72
	PUP	Jonathan Hodge	8.61%	464	466.25	473.3	477.4	523.7	536.8	553.8	558.4	610.06	688.32
	DUP	Drew Niblock*	8.99%	484	494.3	499.3	504.45	536.7	544.8	550.8	552.64
	SDLP	Martin Wilson*	7.72%	416	417.1	417.1	425.15	486.4
	Independent	Danny O'Connor	3.49%	188	188.85	188.85	207
	BNP	Robert Bell	1.88%	101	101.8	140.25	153.3
	Independent	John Anderson	2.47%	133	134.3	134.3
	BNP	Steven Moore	1.34%	72	72.7
Electorate: 12,427   Valid: 5,386 (43.34%)   Spoilt: 58   Quota: 898   Turnout: 5,444 (43.81%)

Knockagh

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

Knockagh - 5 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	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	548.02	548.02	604.56	613.56	937.56
	Alliance	Paul Sinclair	8.53%	479	492	511	515	515.68	515.68	519.68	876.68	892.02
	UUP	Lindsay Millar	10.34%	581	592	622	629	630.7	631.7	725.7	754.7	852
	TUV	Ken McFaul	9.91%	557	561	578	588	588.68	588.88	721.56	733.56	789.92
	DUP	Robert Stewart	8.49%	477	488	495	530	535.78	536.38	577.38	590.38
	Alliance	Noel Williams*	7.42%	417	429	436	436	436	436	440
	PUP	Gareth Cole	5.36%	301	305	424	434	435.36	436.56
	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
Electorate: 12,090   Valid: 5,618 (46.47%)   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 937   Turnout: 5,683 (47.01%)

Larne Lough

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

Larne Lough - 5 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Gregg McKeen*	16.99%	966
	UUP	Mark McKinty*	16.31%	927	928	966
	Alliance	Robert Logan	10.23%	583	619	622	903	903.05	1,200.05
	UUP	Andrew Wilson	14.71%	836	836	855	879	881.94	960.94
	DUP	Paul Reid	7.93%	457	457	700	710	715.71	773.71	805.71
	TUV	Kenneth Johnston	10.67%	606	606	615	621	621.51	657.53	678.53
	NI21	Jeremy Jones	10.06%	572	583	586	611	611.08
	Alliance	Michael Lynch*	5.33%	303	366	372
	DUP	Matthew Scott	5.40%	307	307
	Sinn Féin	Seán Waide	2.25%	128
Electorate: 12,826   Valid: 5,685 (44.32%)   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 948   Turnout: 5,757 (44.89%)

* 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.[4]
4 Apr 2017	Carrick Castle		UUP	John Stewart	Robin Stewart	John was elected to the Assembly.[5]

♭ 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.^[6] The DUP's Peter Johnston won the seat on the third count.^[7][8]

Carrick Castle by-election (18 October 2018)- 1 Seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	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.[9]
30 Aug 2016	Braid	Paul Maguire		Sinn Féin		Independent	Resigned.[10]
06 Jun 2018	Carrick Castle	Noel Jordan		UKIP		Independent	Resigned.[11]
03 Aug 2018	Ballymena	Donna Anderson		UKIP		Independent	Resigned.[12]
2018-2019	Bannside	Billy Henry[13][14]		DUP		Independent
25 March 2019	Knockagh	May Beattie		DUP		TUV	Moved.[15]

Last updated 31 March 2019.

Current composition: see Mid and East Antrim Borough Council.

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