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2019 Mid and East Antrim Council election
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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 Decrease 1 Decrease 2 Increase 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 Steady Decrease 1 Steady
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Gerard Batten
Party Independent UKIP
Seats won 3 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1

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]

Results by party

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0C3A6A;" data-sort-value="Traditional Unionist Voice" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2B45A2;" data-sort-value="Progressive Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #000000;" data-sort-value="Democrats and Veterans" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #8dc63f;" data-sort-value="Green Party in Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6D3177;" data-sort-value="UKIP" |
Party Seats ± First
Preference
Votes 		FPV% ±%
DUP 15 Decrease 1 14,956 31.95 Decrease 1.06
UUP 7 Decrease 2 8,540 18.25 Decrease 0.51
Alliance 7 Increase 4 7,407 15.82 Increase 6.46
TUV 5 Steady 7,126 15.22 Increase 0.56
Sinn Féin 2 Decrease 1 2,996 6.40 Decrease 0.42
Independent 3 Increase 1 3,862 8.25 Increase 2.21
SDLP 1 Steady 848 1.81 Decrease 2.62
PUP 0 Steady 304 0.65 Decrease 2.31
Democrats and Veterans 0 Steady 265 0.57 N/A
Green (NI) 0 Steady 256 0.55 Increase 0.55
UKIP 0 Decrease 1 247 0.53 Decrease 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:

↓
style="background:Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color; width:40%;" | 16 style="background:Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color; width:22.5%;" | 9 style="background:Template:Traditional Unionist Voice/meta/color; width:12.5%;" | 5 style="background:Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color; width:7.5%;" | 3 style="background:Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color; width:7.5%;" | 3 style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; width:5%;" | 2 style="background:Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color; width:2.5%;" | 1 style="background:Template:UK Independence Party/meta/color; width:2.5%;" | 1
DUP UUP TUV APNI SF I S U

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
style="background:Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color; width:37.5%;" | 15 style="background:Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color; width:17.5%;" | 7 style="background:Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color; width:17.5%;" | 7 style="background:Template:Traditional Unionist Voice/meta/color; width:12.5%;" | 5 style="background:Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color; width:7.5%;" | 3 style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; width:5%;" | 2 style="background:Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color; width:2.5%;" | 1
DUP UUP APNI TUV SF I S

I - Independent
S - SDLP
U - UKIP

Results by electoral area

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
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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 9.21 744 796.52 863.84 895.3 923.14 1,339.14
DUP Tommy Nicholl* 8.55 690 812.72 856.72 901.14 940.5 1,242.5
Sinn Féin Ian Friary 12.03 971 971.52 972.18 972.18 972.18 972.4 972.4 972.4
Alliance Philip Burnside 9.29 750 763 773.34 809.52 850.4 883.34 927.34 971.34
DUP Andrew Hugh Wright 9.28 749 773.7 828.92 843.44 854.44
UUP Jackson Bolton Minford 5.56 449 503.08 537.4
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
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
UUP Robin Cherry* 12.26 1,084 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
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
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
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
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
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
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

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UUP Mark McKinty Keith Turner McKinty resigned.

‡ Changes in affiliation

None

– Suspensions

None

Last updated 7 May 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/
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