2019 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election

The second election to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council,^[1] part of the Northern Ireland local elections^[2][3] on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party won a plurality of first-preference votes and seats.

2019 Causeway Coast and Glens Council election

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All 40 council seats 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Arlene Foster Michelle O'Neill[n 1] Robin Swann Party DUP Sinn Féin UUP Seats won 14 9 7 Seat change 3 2 3   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Colum Eastwood Naomi Long Billy Hutchinson Party SDLP Alliance PUP Seats won 6 2 1 Seat change 0 1 0   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Jim Allister Peadar Tóibín Party Independent TUV Aontú Seats won 1 0 0 Seat change 0 3 0
Causeway Coast and Glens 2019 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)

Election results

Causeway Coast and Glens District Council Election Result 2019^[4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	DUP	14	3	0	3	35.0	30.4	15,371	3.4
	Sinn Féin	9	2	0	2	22.5	22.2	11,221	2.3
	UUP	7	0	3	3	17.5	15.3	7,725	1.8
	SDLP	6	0	0	0	15.0	9.3	4,686	3.4
	Alliance	2	1	0	1	5.0	8.0	4,058	4.1
	Independent	1	0	0	0	2.5	4.0	2,039	1.2
	PUP	1	0	0	0	2.5	3.1	1,576	1.4
	TUV	0	0	3	3	0.0	4.3	2,177	6.1
	Aontú	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.0	992	New
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	350	0.4
	Green (NI)	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	331	0.7
	NI Conservatives	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	112	0.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

The overall turnout was 51.19% with a total of 50,638 valid votes cast. A total of 574 ballots were rejected.

Districts summary

Results of the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election, 2019
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	DUP		Sinn Féin		UUP		SDLP		Alliance		PUP		Others
Ballymoney	34.0	3	23.5	2	22.1	2	0.0	0	8.4	0	0.0	0	12.0	0	7
Bann	33.9	2	19.3	1	24.2	1	9.4	1	6.7	0	3.5	0	3.0	0	5
Benbradagh	12.7	1	46.1	3	5.8	0	13.1	1	4.7	0	0.0	0	17.5	0	5
Causeway	38.3	3	3.3	0	18.8	2	6.1	1	14.9	1	0.0	0	18.6	0	7
Coleraine	35.6	2	5.8	0	13.0	1	13.8	1	10.3	1	18.6	1	2.9	0	6
Limavady	45.6	3	18.6	1	7.3	0	9.3	1	10.0	0	0.0	0	9.3	0	5
The Glens	12.5	0	41.4	2	11.3	1	16.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	18.8	1	5
Total	30.4	14	22.2	9	15.3	7	9.3	6	8.0	2	3.1	1	11.7	1	40

District results

Ballymoney

2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Fein, 1 x TUV
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Fein
2014-2019 Change: Sinn Fein gain from TUV

Ballymoney - 7 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Darryl Wilson*	16.23%	1,420
	DUP	John Finlay* †	15.11%	1,322
	Sinn Féin	Leanne Peacock	13.18%	1,153
	UUP	Tom McKeown*	5.85%	512	702.67	716.1	735.27	802.23	802.38	1,143.38
	DUP	Alan McLean*	9.45%	827	859.89	955.26	968.03	1,020.17	1,020.17	1,131.17
	DUP	Ivor Wallace	9.44%	826	860.04	944.87	952.78	1,024.6	1,024.6	1,094
	Sinn Féin	Cathal McLaughlin* †	10.35%	906	907.61	908.12	913.29	918.75	973.7	975.7
	Alliance	Peter McCully	8.34%	734	744.81	745.49	762.95	798.04	799.59	827.49
	TUV	William Blair*	5.68%	497	523.91	539.21	568.59	794.7	794.75
	Independent	Ian Stevenson*	2.51%	220	226.9	229.79	239.79
	TUV	John Wilson	2.48%	217	228.5	233.6	243.94
	UKIP	David Hanna	1.34%	117	121.83	125.57
Electorate: 17,213   Valid: 8,751 (50.83%)   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 1,094   Turnout: 8,885 (51.61%)

Bann

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Fein
2014-2019 Change: Sinn Fein gain from UUP

Bann - 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Sean Bateson	19.29%	1,403
	DUP	Adrian McQuillan ‡	14.40%	1,047	1,048.12	1,173.12	1,180.28	1,307.28
	UUP	Richard Holmes*	13.26%	964	964.8	1055.8	1,121.6	1,248.6
	DUP	Michelle Knight-McQuillan*	10.74%	781	781.48	862.48	870.48	1,241.48
	SDLP	Helena Dallat O'Driscoll	9.43%	686	846.16	853.16	1,138.44	1,144.6
	UUP	William King*	10.99%	799	799	848	922	986
	DUP	Sam Cole*	8.79%	639	639.48	714.48	721.64
	Alliance	Charlie McConaghy	6.75%	491	511.64	522.64
	PUP	Timmy Reid	3.45%	251	251
	TUV	Elizabeth Collins	2.94%	214	214
Electorate: 12,656   Valid: 7,272 (57.45%)   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 1,213   Turnout: 7,272 (58.07%)

Benbradagh

2014: 3 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV
2019: 3 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from TUV

Benbradagh - 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Seán McGlinchey*	22.33%	1,574
	SDLP	Orla Beattie*	13.08%	922	944.5	1,136.75	1,177.75
	Sinn Féin	Kathleen McGurk*	9.60%	677	974.25	986	986	1,224
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Nicholl*	14.21%	1,002	1,029	1,048.25	1,048.25	1,154.25
	DUP	Edgar Scott	12.71%	896	896	909	1,088	1,107
	TUV	Boyd Douglas*	8.24%	581	581.25	594.25	797.25	814.5
	Aontú	Proinnsias Brolly	9.29%	655	692.75	717.75	718.75
	UUP	Robert Carmichael	5.82%	410	410	438
	Alliance	Christine Turner	4.71%	332	335.5
Electorate: 12,560   Valid: 7,049 (56.12%)   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 1,175   Turnout: 7,121 (56.69%)

Causeway

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

Causeway - 7 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Mark Fielding*	15.69%	1,276
	Alliance	Chris McCaw*	14.91%	1,212
	DUP	Sharon McKillop*	12.42%	1,010	1,036.6
	DUP	John McAuley	10.22%	831	1,005.6	1,007.2	1,038.2	1,038.2
	UUP	Norman Hillis*	9.32%	758	785	802.28	821.96	833.16	833.16	857.76	1,005.04
	UUP	Sandra Hunter*	9.52%	774	779.8	797.88	809.44	820.44	820.44	834.72	1,000.08
	SDLP	Angela Mulholland* ‡	6.10%	496	498	548.88	551.04	554.52	761.12	919.6	926.12
	Independent	David Alexander	6.79%	552	556.6	590.2	606.36	618.36	625.52	779.36	826.64
	TUV	Cyril Quigg	4.00%	325	327.6	329.84	341.04	486.04	487.04	494.52
	Green (NI)	Mark Coulson	4.07%	331	333	387.08	397.08	401.24	437.2
	Sinn Féin	Emma Thompson	3.28%	267	267	269.88	269.88	269.88
	TUV	Stewart Moore	2.05%	167	171	172.76	192.12
	UKIP	Rebecca Hanna	1.62%	132	136	138.56
Electorate: 16,918   Valid: 8,131 (48.06%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,017   Turnout: 8,220 (48.58%)

Coleraine

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Coleraine - 6 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	PUP	Russell Watton*	18.58%	1,325
	DUP	Philip Anderson	12.63%	901	987.48	1,013.85	1,031.85
	SDLP	Stephanie Quigley* ‡	13.78%	983	989.67	1,009.13	1,031.13
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle	10.27%	732	734.99	765.91	780.83	1,057.83
	DUP	George Duddy*	12.14%	866	942.36	972.35	992.11	992.43
	UUP	William McCandless* ‡	8.88%	633	699.8	716.33	958.05	963.05
	DUP	Trevor Clarke*	10.78%	769	817.07	835.60	857.35	861.35
	Sinn Féin	Ciarán Archibald	5.85%	417	417.23	419.23	420.23
	UUP	John Wisener	4.09%	292	315.92	354.14
	NI Conservatives	David Harding*	1.57%	112	155.22
	UKIP	Amanda Ranaghan	1.42%	101	116.18
Electorate: 15,879   Valid: 7,131 (44.90%)   Spoilt: 77   Quota: 1,019   Turnout: 7,208 (45.39%)

Limavady

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP
2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Limavady - 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Alan Robinson* †	26.91%	1,498
	Sinn Féin	Brenda Chivers*	18.58%	1,034
	DUP	James McCorkell* ‡	11.75%	654	1,018.8
	DUP	Aaron Callan*	6.92%	385	533.58	534.13	603.21	615.19	922.91
	SDLP	Ashleen Schenning	9.33%	519	523.94	578.5	585.5	810.91	831.38
	Alliance	Kevin Hayward	10.01%	557	564.22	571.92	584.68	649.3	734.2
	UUP	Raymond Kennedy	7.28%	405	424.76	425.09	510.04	513.04
	Aontú	Francie Brolly	6.06%	337	339.28	378	380.22
	TUV	Colin Cartwright	3.16%	176	190.82	191.15
Electorate: 11,197   Valid: 5,565 (50.51%)   Spoilt: 51   Quota: 928   Turnout: 5,616 (50.15%)

The Glens

2014: 2 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2019: 2 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: No change

The Glens - 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Ambrose Laverty †	18.81%	1,267
	Sinn Féin	Cara McShane*	16.36%	1,102	1,433
	Sinn Féin	Oliver McMullan	16.29%	1,097	1,298
	SDLP	Margret Anne McKillop*	16.03%	1,080	1,122	1,311
	UUP	Joan Baird*	11.25%	758	762	763	793	815	933.3
	DUP	Bill Kennedy	12.51%	843	845	850	859	864	887.1
	Sinn Féin	Kieran James Mulholland*	8.74%	589
Electorate: 12,507   Valid: 6,736 (53.85%)   Spoilt: 76   Quota: 1,123   Turnout: 6,812 (54.46%)

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Date co-opted	Electoral Area	Party		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
4 October 2019	The Glens		Independent	Ambrose Laverty	Padraig McShane	Laverty resigned.
15 June 2022	Limavady		DUP	Alan Robinson	Steven Callaghan	Robinson was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
23 August 2022	Ballymoney		Sinn Féin	Cathal McLaughlin	Ciarán McQuillan	McLaughlin resigned after being expelled from Sinn Féin.
25 August 2022	Ballymoney		DUP	John Finlay	Mervyn Storey	Finlay died.
31 March 2023	The Glens		Independent	Padraig McShane	vacant	McShane resigned and seat was not filled before May 2023 election.

‡ Changes in affiliation

Date	Electoral Area	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
21 Apr 2020	Coleraine	William McCandless		UUP		Independent	Decided to sit on the council as an independent.[5]
8 July 2020	Coleraine	Stephanie Quigley		SDLP		Independent	Resigned from the SDLP over its stance on abortion.[6]
23 July 2020	Causeway	Angela Mulholland		SDLP		Independent	Decided to sit on the council as an independent.[7]
29 June 2021	Limavady	James McCorkell		DUP		Independent	Resigned from the DUP over disagreements with the new party leadership.[8]
13 February 2023	Bann	Adrian McQuillan		DUP		Independent	Resigned from the DUP following his suspension from the party.[9]

– Suspensions

None

Last updated 25 August 2022.

Current composition: see Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council

Notes

1. The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.

References

1. "Election 2019: Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council candidates". BBC News. 4 May 2019.
2. "Northern Ireland local elections 2019".
3. "Causeway Coast and Glens elections". Ballymoney Council. Archived from the original on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
4. "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
5. "Former UUP Councillor goes independent". Ballymoney Bubble. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
6. Young, Connla (8 July 2020). "Stephanie Quigley resigns from SDLP over abortion". Irish News. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
7. Higgins, Paul (23 July 2020). "SDLP hit by new resignation as Councillor Angela Mulholland Quits". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
8. "Fifth independent for Causeway Council as DUP councillor quits the party". Derry Now. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
9. "DUP councillor Adrian McQuillan leaves party after suspension". BBC News. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.