| Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council | |
| Logo Pic: | Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council.svg |
| Foundation: | 1 April 2015 |
| Jurisdiction: | Causeway Coast and Glens |
| Preceded By: | Ballymoney Borough Council Coleraine Borough Council Limavady Borough Council Moyle District Council |
| Leader1 Type: | Mayor |
| Leader1: | Councillor Ciarán McQuillan |
| Party1: | Sinn Féin |
| Leader2 Type: | Deputy Mayor |
| Leader2: | Councillor Tanya Stirling |
| Party2: | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Members: | 40 |
| Structure1: | File:Svgfiles 2023-05-22-21-28-57-447257-10256234058280417385.svg |
| Structure1 Res: | 260px |
| Political Groups1: | DUP (12) Sinn Féin (12) Alliance (5) UUP (4) SDLP (3) TUV (2) PUP (1) Independent (1) |
| Last Election1: | 18 May 2023 |
| Website: | http://www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk/ |
| Shield: | Per saltire Azure and Or an anchor and an anchor inverted in pale Or and two garbs in fess Gules. |
| Crest: | TBC |
| Supporters: | TBC |
| Motto: | Integerrime Servire (Service with Integrity)[1] |
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]
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.
| From | To | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2016 | Michelle Knight-McQuillan | ||
| 2016 | 2017 | Maura Hickey | ||
| 2017 | 2018 | Joan Baird | ||
| 2018 | 2019 | Brenda Chivers | ||
| 2019 | 2020 | Sean Bateson | ||
| 2020 | 2021 | Mark Fielding | ||
| 2021 | 2022 | Richard Holmes | ||
| 2022 | 2023 | Ivor Wallace | ||
| 2023 | 2024 | Steven Callaghan[3] | ||
| 2024 | Present | Ciarán McQuillan[4] |
| From | To | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2016 | Darryl Wilson | ||
| 2016 | 2017 | James McCorkell | ||
| 2017 | 2018 | Cathal McLaughlin | ||
| 2018 | 2019 | Trevor Clarke | ||
| 2019 | 2020 | Sharon McKillop | ||
| 2020 | 2021 | Tom McKeown | ||
| 2021 | 2022 | Ashleen Schenning | ||
| 2022 | 2023 | Kathleen McGurk | ||
| 2023 | 2024 | Margaret-Anne McKillop | ||
| 2024 | Present | Tanya Stirling |
For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):[5]
| Area | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Ballymoney | 7 | |
| Bann | 5 | |
| Benbradagh | 5 | |
| Causeway | 7 | |
| Coleraine | 6 | |
| Limavady | 5 | |
| The Glens | 5 |
| Party | Elected 2014 | Elected 2019 | Elected 2023 | Current | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUP | 11 | 14 | 13 | 12 | ||
| Sinn Féin | 7 | 9 | 12 | 12 | ||
| Alliance | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||
| UUP | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | ||
| SDLP | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| TUV | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| PUP | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Independents | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
See also: 2023 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election.