Causeway (District Electoral Area) Explained

Causeway
Type:Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council DEA
Year:2014
Seats:7 (2014-)
Members Label:Councillors

Causeway is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects seven members to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and contains the wards of Atlantic, Dervock, Dundoonan, Giant's Causeway, Hopefield, Portrush and Dunluce and Portstewart.[2] Causeway forms part of the East Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing The Skerries DEA and the Giant's Causeway DEA which had existed since 1993 and 1985 respectively.

Councillors

ElectionCouncillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
2023Peter McCully
(Alliance)
Richard Stewart
(Alliance)
Sandra Hunter
(UUP)
Allister Kyle
(TUV)
Sharon McKillop
(DUP)/
(TUV)
John McAuley
(DUP)
Mark Fielding
(DUP)
July 2020 DefectionChris McCaw
(Alliance)
Angela Mulholland
(SDLP)/
(Independent)
Norman Hillis
(UUP)
2019
November 2018 DefectionFrank Campbell
(DUP)
June 2018 Co-Option
January 2018 Co-OptionBarney Fitzpatrick
(Alliance)
2014Maura Hickey
(SDLP)

2023 Election

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

2019 Election

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

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

2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from TUV

2014 Election

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

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-25357751 Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations
  2. Web site: Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council . 2023-07-10 . www.ark.ac.uk.