2014 Mid and East Antrim District Council election explained

Election Name:	2014 Mid and East Antrim Council election
Flag Image:	Flag placeholder.svg
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Year:	2019
Seats For Election:	All 40 council seats
Majority Seats:	21
Election Date:	22 May 2014
Leader1:	Peter Robinson
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	16
Seat Change1:	New council
Leader2:	Mike Nesbitt
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	9
Seat Change2:	New council
Leader3:	Jim Allister
Party3:	Traditional Unionist Voice
Seats3:	5
Seat Change3:	New council
Leader4:	David Ford
Party4:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	New council
Leader5:	Martin McGuinness
Party5:	Sinn Féin
Seats5:	3
Seat Change5:	New council
Leader6:	Alasdair McDonnell
Party6:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	New council
Leader7:	David McNarry
Party7:	United Kingdom Independence Party
Seats7:	1
Seat Change7:	New council
Party8:	Independent (politician)
Seats8:	2
Seat Change8:	New council
Map Size:	400

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]

Election results

Party	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Preference Votes	valign=top	FPV%	valign=top	±%
	16		15,093	33.01
	9		8,577	18.76
	5		6,704	14.66
	3		4,277	9.36
	3		3,118	6.82
	2		2,761	6.04
	1		2,023	4.43
	1		749	1.64
	0		1,352	2.96
	0		783	1.71
	0		173	0.38
	0		107	0.23
Totals	align=right	40		align=right	45,718	100.00	—

^[3]

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Ballymena|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|29.5|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|5.8|1|17.0|1|4.7|0|7.3|0|14.1|1|0.0|0|21.6|1|7|-|align="left"|Bannside|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|19.6|1|27.7|2|5.8|0|13.2|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|Braid|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|46.0|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4|17.2|1|17.1|1|3.4|0|8.2|1|5.9|0|0.0|0|2.2|0|7|-|align="left"|Carrick Castle|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|27.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|16.1|1|5.8|0|14.5|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|12.9|1|23.5|1|5|-|align="left"|Coast Road|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|21.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1|17.5|1|10.7|1|10.9|1|14.0|1|7.7|0|0.0|0|18.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Knockagh|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|26.6|2|9.9|0|15.9|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|11.9|0|5|-|align="left"|Larne Lough|30.4|2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|31.0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|10.7|0|15.6|1|2.3|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|10.0|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| 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

Bannside

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

Braid

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

Carrick Castle

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

Coast Road

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

Knockagh

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

Larne Lough

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

Incumbent

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Co-option date	Electoral Area	Party		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
13 Nov 2015	Coast Road		Gordon Lyons	Angela Smyth	Lyons was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.^[4]
4 Apr 2017	Carrick Castle		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]

‡ Changes in affiliation

Date	Electoral Area	Name	New affiliation
24 Sep 2015	Ballymena	Donna Anderson	Moved.^[9]
30 Aug 2016	Braid	Paul Maguire	Resigned.^[10]
06 Jun 2018	Carrick Castle	Noel Jordan	Resigned.^[11]
03 Aug 2018	Ballymena	Donna Anderson	Resigned.^[12]
2018-2019	Bannside	Billy Henry^[13] ^[14]
25 March 2019	Knockagh	May Beattie	Moved.^[15]

Last updated 31 March 2019.

Current composition: see Mid and East Antrim Borough Council.

Notes and References

Web site: Northern Ireland council results . 23 May 2014 . BBC News.
Web site: UTV local election results, Mid and East Antrim. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140526231804/http://www.u.tv/vote14/council.aspx?id=74. 2014-05-26. 12 July 2014. UTV.
Web site: Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage. 23 January 2022.
Web site: New DUP Councillor. Larne Times. en. 2018-02-28.
News: 4 April 2017. Father replaces son on council. en. carrickfergustimes.co.uk. 2018-10-19.
News: Previews: 18 Oct 2018. 2018-10-18. Britain Elects. 2018-10-19. en-GB.
Web site: The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland - EONI. www.eoni.org.uk. 2018-10-19.
News: DUP wins Carrickfergus by-election. McCormack. Jayne. 2018-10-19. BBC News. 2018-10-19. en-GB.
Web site: 24 September 2015. Ballymena councillor joins UKIP from TUV. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150925182117/http://www.u.tv/News/2015/09/24/Ballymena-councillor-joins-UKIP-from-TUV-45607. 2015-09-25. 2021-06-21. u.tv.
News: Sinn Fein members quit party over Daithi McKay resignation. BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 2017-12-28. en-GB. 0307-1235.
News: Mid and East Antrim councillor leaves party. The Daily Telegraph. 2018-06-22. en-GB. 0307-1235.
News: Last UKIP councillor in NI quits the party of its 'cowardly conduct'. The Daily Telegraph. 2018-06-22. en-GB. 0307-1235.
Web site: Billy Henry Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20181116151250/https://www.midandeastantrim.gov.uk/council/councillors/billy-henry. dead. 2018-11-16. 2018-11-16. 2019-03-31.
Web site: Billy Henry Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. www.midandeastantrim.gov.uk. 2019-03-31.
News: Veteran Carrickfergus DUP councillor switches to TUV. Larne Times. 2019-03-25. 2020-06-16. en-GB.