Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is a local authority in Northern Ireland that was established on 1 April 2015. It covers most of the northern coast of Northern Ireland and replaced Ballymoney Borough Council, Coleraine Borough Council, Limavady Borough Council and Moyle District Council. The area covered by the council has a population of 141,745 residents as at the 2021 census.^[2]

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Type
Type	District council of Causeway Coast and Glens
History
Founded	1 April 2015
Preceded by	Ballymoney Borough Council Coleraine Borough Council Limavady Borough Council Moyle District Council
Leadership
Mayor	Councillor Oliver McMullan, Sinn Féin
Deputy Mayor	Alderman Richard Stewart, Alliance
Structure
Seats	40
Political groups	DUP (13)   Sinn Féin (12)   Alliance (5)   UUP (3)   SDLP (3)   TUV (2)   PUP (1)   Independent (1)
Elections
Last election	18 May 2023
Meeting place
Coolnavin, 66 Portstewart Road, Coleraine, BT52 1EY[1]
Website
http://www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk/

The first elections to the authority were on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority, prior to the creation of the Causeway Coast and Glens district on 1 April 2015.

Mayoralty

Mayor

From	To	Name		Party
2015	2016	Michelle Knight-McQuillan		DUP
2016	2017	Maura Hickey		SDLP
2017	2018	Joan Baird		UUP
2018	2019	Brenda Chivers		Sinn Féin
2019	2020	Sean Bateson		Sinn Féin
2020	2021	Mark Fielding		DUP
2021	2022	Richard Holmes		UUP
2022	2023	Ivor Wallace		DUP
2023	2024	Steven Callaghan[3]		DUP
2024	2025	Ciarán McQuillan[4]		Sinn Féin
2025	Present	Oliver McMullan[5]		Sinn Féin

Deputy Mayor

From	To	Name		Party
2015	2016	Darryl Wilson		UUP
2016	2017	James McCorkell		DUP
2017	2018	Cathal McLaughlin		Sinn Féin
2018	2019	Trevor Clarke		DUP
2019	2020	Sharon McKillop		DUP
2020	2021	Tom McKeown		UUP
2021	2022	Ashleen Schenning		SDLP
2022	2023	Kathleen McGurk		Sinn Féin
2023	2024	Margaret-Anne McKillop[3]		SDLP
2024	2025	Tanya Stirling[4]		DUP
2025	Present	Richard Stewart		Alliance

Councillors

For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):^[6]

Area	Seats
Ballymoney	7
Bann	5
Benbradagh	5
Causeway	7
Coleraine	6
Limavady	5
The Glens	5

Seat summary

Party		Elected 2014	Elected 2019	Elected 2023	Current
	DUP	11	14	13	13
	Sinn Féin	7	9	12	12
	Alliance	1	2	5	5
	UUP	10	7	4	3
	SDLP	6	6	3	3
	TUV	3	0	2	2
	PUP	1	1	1	1
	Independents	1	1	0	1

Councillors by electoral area

See also: 2023 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election

Borders of the DEAs within Causeway Coast and Glens

Current council members
District electoral area	Name	Party
Ballymoney	Mervyn Storey		DUP
	Ciarán McQuillan		Sinn Féin
	Darryl Wilson ‡ [7]		DUP
	Leanne Peacock		Sinn Féin
	Ivor Wallace ‡		Independent
	Lee Kane		Alliance
	Jonathan McAuley		TUV
Bann	Sean Bateson		Sinn Féin
	Michelle Knight-McQuillan		DUP
	Dawn Higgins		DUP
	Ciarán Archibald		Sinn Féin
	Richard Holmes		UUP
Benbradagh	Seán McGlinchey		Sinn Féin
	Dermot Nicholl		Sinn Féin
	Kathleen McGurk		Sinn Féin
	Edgar Scott		DUP
	Michael Coyle		SDLP
Causeway	Mark Fielding		DUP
	Peter McCully		Alliance
	Sandra Hunter		UUP
	John McAuley		DUP
	Richard Stewart		Alliance
	Allister Kyle		TUV
	Sharon McKillop		DUP
Coleraine	Philip Anderson		DUP
	Russell Watton		PUP
	Yvonne Boyle		Alliance
	Niamh Archibald		Sinn Féin
	John Wisener		UUP
	Tanya Stirling		DUP
Limavady	Brenda Chivers		Sinn Féin
	Steven Callaghan		DUP
	Ashleen Schenning		SDLP
	Aaron Callan		DUP
	Amy Mairs		Alliance
The Glens	Cara McShane		Sinn Féin
	Oliver McMullan		Sinn Féin
	Mairghéad Watson		Sinn Féin
	Bill Kennedy		DUP
	Margret Anne McKillop		SDLP

Arms

Coat of arms of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council

Notes Granted 4 October 2017 by the College of Arms. Crest Rocks of the Giants' Causeway issuing therefrom a fountain Proper surmounted by a salmon haurient Or. Torse Or and Azure. Escutcheon Per saltire Azure and Or an anchor and an anchor reversed in pale Or and two garbs in fess Gules. Supporters Dexter a dragon sinister an Irish wolf-hound both Azure and gorged with a mural crown Or.

See also

• Local government in Northern Ireland
• 2014 Northern Ireland local elections
• Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom