2023 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election explained

See main article: 2023 Northern Ireland local elections.

Election Name:2023 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election
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Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2019 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election
Previous Year:2019
Next Year:2027
Seats For Election:All 40 council seats
Majority Seats:21
Election Date:18 May 2023
Leader1:Jeffrey Donaldson
Party1:Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:13
Seat Change1: 1
Popular Vote1:15,041
Percentage1:27.0%
Swing1: 3.3%
Leader2:Michelle O'Neill
Party2:Sinn Féin
Seats2:12
Seat Change2: 3
Popular Vote2:17,161
Percentage2:30.8%
Swing2: 8.7%
Leader3:Naomi Long
Party3:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:5
Seat Change3: 3
Popular Vote3:5,425
Percentage3:9.7%
Swing3: 1.7%
Leader4:Doug Beattie
Party4:Ulster Unionist Party
Seats4:4
Seat Change4: 3
Popular Vote4:7,055
Percentage4:12.7%
Swing4: 2.6%
Leader5:Colum Eastwood
Party5:Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats5:3
Seat Change5: 3
Popular Vote5:2,774
Percentage5:5.0%
Swing5: 4.3%
Leader6:Jim Allister
Party6:Traditional Unionist Voice
Seats6:2
Seat Change6: 2
Popular Vote6:2,657
Percentage6:4.8%
Swing6: 0.5%
Image7: PUP
Leader7:Billy Hutchinson
Party7:Progressive Unionist Party
Seats7:1
Seat Change7: 0
Popular Vote7:1,016
Percentage7:1.8%
Swing7: 1.3%
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:No overall control
After Election:No overall control
Last Election1:14
Last Election2:9
Last Election3:2
Last Election4:7
Last Election5:6
Last Election6:0
Last Election7:1

The 2023 election to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council was scheduled to be held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England.[1] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.[2]

It returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Election results

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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor=""| TUV!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Independents and others|-|align="left"|Ballymoney|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|34.58|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 1|25.21|2 |8.83|1 1|16.98|1 1|2.87|0 |9.98|1 1|0.00|0 |1.55|0 |7|-|align="left"|Bann|24.06|2 |bgcolor="#008800"|27.02|bgcolor="#008800"|2 1|7.24|0 |19.48|1 |2.19|0 1|5.76|0 |0.00|0 |14.25|0 |5|-|align="left"|Benbradagh|15.68|1 |bgcolor="#008800"|58.80|bgcolor="#008800"|3 |4.49|0 |7.64|0 |5.62|1 |0.00|0 |0.00|0 |7.77|0 |5|-|align="left"|Causeway|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|34.53|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |8.11|0 |15.80|2 1|15.90|1 1|5.11|0 1|9.84|1 1|0.00|0 |10.70|0 |7|-|align="left"|Coleraine|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.62|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |11.61|1 1|12.81|1 |9.75|1 |4.45|0 1|4.59|0 |13.74|1 |9.43|0 |6|-|align="left"|Limavady|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|32.90|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 1|29.85|1 |9.07|1 1|8.47|0 |7.35|1 |0.00|0 |0.00|0 |12.37|0 |5|-|align="left"|The Glens|12.27|1 1|bgcolor="#008800"|58.67|bgcolor="#008800"|3 1|9.52|0 |7.62|0 1|8.47|1 |0.00|0 |0.00|0 |3.44|0 1|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|27.02|13 1|30.82|12 3|9.74|5 3|12.67|4 4|4.98|3 3|4.77|2 2|1.82|1 |8.16|0 1|40|-|}

District results

Ballymoney

2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP

2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance

2019–2023 Change: Alliance and TUV gain from DUP and UUP

Bann

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Benbradagh

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: No change

Causeway

2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV

2019–2023 Change: Alliance and TUV gain from UUP and SDLP

Coleraine

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Limavady

2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

The Glens

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and DUP gain from UUP and Independent

Changes during the term

‡ Changes in affiliation

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Local government elections in Northern Ireland . 2022-05-19 . www.electoralcommission.org.uk . en.
  2. News: 21 December 2022 . NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash . BBC News . 21 December 2022.
  3. Web site: Former DUP Mayor resigns from the party citing ‘recent events’ as reason. Belfast Telegraph. en. 10 May 2024. 12 May 2024.