Coast Road (District Electoral Area)

Coast Road is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects five members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of Cairncastle, Carnlough and Glenarm, Craigyhill, Gardenmore and The Maidens.^[2] Coast Road forms part of the East Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Coast Road
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	5 (1985-)
Councillors	Andrew Clarke (DUP)   James McKeown (SF)   Maureen Morrow (UUP)   Gerardine Mulvenna (APNI)   Angela Smyth (DUP)

Coast Road DEA within Mid and East Antrim

Coast Road DEA (1993-2014) within Larne

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Larne Area A and part of Larne Area C which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained five wards (Ballyloran, Carncastle, Carnlough, Craigy Hill and Glenarm). For the 2014 local elections it gained most of Larne from the abolished Larne Town DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2023		James McKeown (Sinn Féin)		Gerardine Mulvenna (Alliance)		Maureen Morrow (UUP)		Angela Smyth (DUP)		Andrew Clarke (DUP)
2019
October 2015 Co-Option										Ruth Wilson (TUV)
2014								Gordon Lyons (DUP)
2011		Oliver McMullan (Sinn Féin)						Winston Fulton (DUP)		Brian Dunn (UUP)/ (Independent)
2005		Danny O'Connor (SDLP)				Rachel Rea (DUP)
2001										Joan Drummond (UUP)
1997				William Cunning (Independent Nationalist)				Thomas Robinson (UUP)
1993		Amelia Kelly (Alliance)				Winston Fulton (DUP)
1989
1985										Rachel Rea (DUP)

2023 Election

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

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

2019–2023 Change: No change

Coast Road - 5 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	James McKeown*	20.08%	1,180
	DUP	Andrew Clarke*	18.90%	1,111
	Alliance	Gerardine Mulvenna*	18.61%	1,094
	DUP	Angela Smyth*	13.75%	808	808.42	905.33	912.76	914.06	977.37	1,199.37
	UUP	Maureen Morrow*	7.78%	457	463.93	477.02	489.49	493.69	705.44	828.91	1,006.91
	Alliance	Niamh Spurle	7.62%	448	587.65	588.31	678	776.9	795.02	800.35	801.35
	TUV	Wesley Stevenson	5.79%	340	340.21	347.36	351.99	352.19	383.74
	UUP	Olivia Swan	5.55%	326	326.63	329.38	337.38	339.68
	Green (NI)	Eddie Alcorn	1.92%	113	159.83	160.49
Electorate: 12,799   Valid: 5,877 (45.92%)   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 980   Turnout: 5,937 (46.39%)

2019 Election

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 gain from TUV

Coast Road - 5 seats^[4]

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 (45.18%)   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 937   Turnout: 5,686 (45.75%)

2014 Election

2011: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

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

2011-2014 Change: TUV gain from Independent

Coast Road - 5 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	UUP	Maureen Morrow*	17.56%	946
	Sinn Féin	James McKeown*	14.04%	756	756.1	756.1	761.15	785.2	930.2
	Alliance	Geraldine Mulvenna*	10.95%	590	598.35	600.4	635.7	701.95	910.95
	DUP	Gordon Lyons†	12.25%	660	669.85	677	692.1	722.55	730.7	732.7	736.38	1,133.38
	TUV	Ruth Wilson	10.68%	575	583.7	591.7	613.95	652.3	659.5	660.5	663.26	718.11	873.72
	PUP	Jonathan Hodge	8.61%	464	466.25	473.3	477.4	523.7	536.8	553.8	558.4	610.06	688.32
	DUP	Drew Niblock*	8.99%	484	494.3	499.3	504.45	536.7	544.8	550.8	552.64
	SDLP	Martin Wilson*	7.72%	416	417.1	417.1	425.15	486.4
	Independent	Danny O'Connor	3.49%	188	188.85	188.85	207
	BNP	Robert Bell	1.88%	101	101.8	140.25	153.3
	Independent	John Anderson	2.47%	133	134.3	134.3
	BNP	Steven Moore	1.34%	72	72.7
Electorate: 12,427   Valid: 5,386 (43.34%)   Spoilt: 58   Quota: 898   Turnout: 5,444 (43.81%)

2011 Election

2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2011: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin and Independent gain from SDLP and DUP

Coast Road - 5 seats^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Oliver McMullan	18.53%	613
	Alliance	Gerardine Mulvenna*	10.28%	340	355.6	355.72	394.04	408.04	644.56
	DUP	Winston Fulton*	13.85%	458	458	474	507.12	550.12	556.36
	UUP	Maureen Morrow	8.92%	295	296.2	307.2	335.32	502.32	525.16	550.57
	Independent	Brian Dunn*	10.61%	351	351.48	358.48	393.84	429.84	473.76	530.46
	DUP	Gordon Lyons	10.40%	344	344.24	355.24	380.24	409.24	416.48	423.2
	SDLP	Danny O'Connor*	9.92%	328	365.92	367.92	399.48	406.48
	UUP	Andrew Wilson	8.31%	275	275	289	312
	Green (NI)	Danny Donnelly	3.33%	110	114.32	116.32
	TUV	Kenneth Johnston	3.17%	105	105	121
	BNP	Steven Moore	2.69%	89	89.12
Electorate: 6,832   Valid: 3,308 (48.42%)   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 552   Turnout: 3,362 (49.21%)

2005 Election

2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2001-2005 Change: No change

Coast Road - 5 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Winston Fulton*	21.01%	770
	DUP	Rachel Rea*	13.83%	507	644.76
	SDLP	Danny O'Connor*	15.39%	564	564.42	640.42
	UUP	Brian Dunn*	13.67%	501	511.08	519.29	748.29
	Alliance	Gerardine Mulvenna*	12.03%	441	444.36	478.36	495.09	606.09
	Sinn Féin	James McKeown	11.21%	411	411	476	477	478
	UUP	Joan Drummond*	7.07%	259	265.93	271.93
	Independent	William Cunning	5.78%	212	212.21
Electorate: 6,653   Valid: 3,665 (55.09%)   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 611   Turnout: 3,747 (56.32%)

2001 Election

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

1997-2001 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist

Coast Road - 5 seats^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Winston Fulton	17.49%	753
	SDLP	Danny O'Connor*	17.42%	750
	UUP	Joan Drummond*	14.26%	614	616	618.68	895.68
	Alliance	Gerardine Mulvenna	13.68%	589	701	701.2	721.2
	DUP	Rachel Rea*	11.27%	485	485	509.72	616.8	767.8
	Independent	William Cunning*	8.80%	379	488	488	494.04	516.04
	UUP	Thomas Robinson*	9.99%	430	431	432.44
	Sinn Féin	Martin Graffin	7.08%	305
Electorate: 7,121   Valid: 4,305 (60.45%)   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 718   Turnout: 4,404 (61.85%)

1997 Election

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

Coast Road - 5 seats^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Thomas Robinson*	17.09%	527
	UUP	Joan Drummond*	15.34%	473	522
	Ind. Nationalist	William Cunning*	16.28%	502	506	506.21	573.21
	SDLP	Danny O'Connor	13.27%	409	414	414.3	530.3
	DUP	Rachel Rea	10.15%	313	388	398.2	423.98	428.98
	DUP	Winston Fulton*	10.18%	314	365	370.58	394.87	401.87
	Alliance	Amelia Kelly*	10.28%	317	347	351.38
	DUP	George Robinson	5.03%	155
	Independent	Norman McCann	2.37%	73
Electorate: 7,255   Valid: 3,083 (42.49%)   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 514   Turnout: 3,165 (43.63%)

1993 Election

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1989-1993 Change: No change

Coast Road - 5 seats^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Thomas Robinson*	20.35%	612
	Ind. Nationalist	William Cunning*	19.95%	600
	UUP	Joan Drummond*	17.72%	533
	Alliance	Amelia Kelly*	14.99%	451	473.44	566.32
	DUP	Winston Fulton*	14.36%	432	457.08	457.89	494.08	515.59
	DUP	Rachel Rea	12.63%	380	439.62	441.51	469.23	478.23
Electorate: 7,176   Valid: 3,008 (41.92%)   Spoilt: 94   Quota: 502   Turnout: 3,102 (43.23%)

1989 Election

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Coast Road - 5 seats^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	UUP	Thomas Robinson*	23.19%	777
	Ind. Nationalist	William Cunning*	20.89%	700
	UUP	Joan Drummond	12.80%	429	554.72	561
	DUP	Winston Fulton*	14.26%	478	496.48	560.44
	Alliance	Amelia Kelly*	13.10%	439	446.84	454.4	592.32
	DUP	Rachel Rea*	12.32%	413	465.08	507.72	508.64
	DUP	Hill Taggart	3.43%	115	122
Electorate: 7,089   Valid: 3,351 (47.27%)   Spoilt: 90   Quota: 559   Turnout: 3,441 (48.54%)

1985 Election

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Coast Road - 5 seats^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	UUP	Thomas Robinson*	22.25%	782
	Ind. Nationalist	William Cunning*	21.48%	755
	DUP	Winston Fulton*	18.07%	635
	Alliance	Amelia Kelly	12.94%	455	468.75	629.57
	DUP	Rachel Rea*	13.97%	491	533.75	535.04	674.04
	UUP	Samuel Martin	6.66%	234	356.25	360.12	371.12
	DUP	Hill Taggart	4.64%	163	175	175.86
Electorate: 6,875   Valid: 3,515 (51.13%)   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 586   Turnout: 3,597 (52.32%)

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