2014 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election explained

Election Name:	2014 Causeway Coast and Glens Council election
Flag Image:	Flag placeholder.svg
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Year:	2019
Seats For Election:	All 40 council seats
Majority Seats:	21
Election Date:	22 May 2014
Leader1:	Peter Robinson
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	11
Seat Change1:	New council
Leader2:	Mike Nesbitt
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	10
Seat Change2:	New council
Leader3:	Martin McGuinness
Party3:	Sinn Féin
Seats3:	7
Seat Change3:	New council
Leader4:	Alasdair McDonnell
Party4:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats4:	6
Seat Change4:	New council
Leader5:	Jim Allister
Party5:	Traditional Unionist Voice
Seats5:	3
Seat Change5:	New council
Leader6:	David Ford
Party6:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	New council
Leader7:	Billy Hutchinson
Party7:	Progressive Unionist Party
Seats7:	1
Seat Change7:	New council
Party8:	Independent (politician)
Seats8:	1
Seat Change8:	New council
Map Size:	500

The first election to Causeway Coast and Glens District Council,^[1] part of the Northern Ireland local elections^[2] ^[3] on 22 May 2014, returned 40 members to the newly formed council via Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party won a plurality of first-preference votes and seats.

Election results

Party	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%	valign=top	±%
	11		12,582	26.95%
	10		8,071	17.29%
	7		9,313	19.95%
	6		5,852	12.54%
	3		4,846	10.38%
	1		2,431	5.21%
	1		1,821	3.90%
	1		777	1.66%
	0		518	1.11%
	0		378	0.81%
	0		129	0.28%
Totals	align=right	40		align=right	46,685	100.00%	—

^[4]

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Ballymoney|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|16.7|2|18.9|1|5.9|0|17.9|1|3.7|0|0.0|0|3.8|0|7|-|align="left"|Bann|29.1|2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.5|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|15.1|0|13.3|1|8.4|0|3.6|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Benbradagh|12.7|0|0.0|0|bgcolor="#008800"|49.5|bgcolor="#008800"|3|18.2|1|19.6|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Causeway|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|25.6|2|0.0|0|9.4|1|10.1|1|10.5|1|0.0|0|13.2|0|7|-|align="left"|Coleraine|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|18.0|2|5.8|0|11.0|1|5.0|0|6.2|0|11.8|1|9.0|0|6|-|align="left"|Limavady|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|40.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|15.4|1|21.3|1|15.4|1|5.9|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|1.8|0|5|-|align="left"|The Glens|7.6|0|10.4|1|bgcolor="#008800"|35.2|bgcolor="#008800"|2|18.7|1|3.5|0|2.0|0|0.0|0|22.6|1|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|27.0|11|17.1|10|19.9|7|12.7|6|10.4|3|3.9|1|1.7|1|7.3|1|40|-|}

District results

Ballymoney

2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV

Bann

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

Benbradagh

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP

Causeway

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

Coleraine

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x SDLP

Limavady

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

The Glens

2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

Incumbent

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Date	Electoral Area		Outgoing	Co-optee
3 Jun 2016	Limavady	Gerry Mullan	John Deighan	Mullan was elected to the Assembly in 2016.^[5]
19 Sep 2016	Ballymoney	Philip McGuigan	Cathal McLaughlin	McGuigan was co-opted to the Assembly.^[6]
22 Jan 2018	Causeway	Maura Hickey	Angela Mulholland	Hickey resigned her seat.^[7]
30 May 2018	Benbradagh	Tony McCaul	Kathleen McGurk^[8]	McCaul resigned.^[9]
4 Jun 2018	Causeway	Barney Fitzpatrick	Chris McCaw	Fitzpatrick died.^[10]

‡ Changes of affiliation

Date	Electoral Area	Name	New affiliation
24 Feb 2015	Coleraine	David Harding	Resigned^[11]
Apr 2016	Coleraine	David Harding	Affiliated^[12]
26 Oct 2016	Limavady	Aaron Callan	Defected^[13]
23 Nov 2018	Causeway	Sharon McKillop	Defected^[14]

Last updated 24 March 2019.

Notes and References

Web site: Northern Ireland council results . 23 May 2014 . BBC News.
Web site: UTV local election results, Causeway, Coast and Glens. 25 June 2014. UTV.
Web site: Causeway Coast and Glens elections. 25 June 2014. Ballymoney Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20140708025643/http://www.ballymoney.gov.uk/elections.aspx. 8 July 2014. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage. 23 January 2022.
News: GAA man co-opted to Council. Derry Journal. en.
Web site: Sinn Féin's Cathal McLaughlin co-opted on to Causeway council seat. The Irish News. en. 2017-07-31.
Web site: Mulholland selected as SDLP councillor. sdlpie. en. 2018-02-28.
Web site: Former Limavady Grammar School pupil Kathleen McGurk has been selected by Sinn Féin to replace Councillor Tony McCaul on Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council. 2018-05-30. BALLYMENA DAILY. en-US. 2019-03-24.
Web site: Local Councillor announces retirement. www.derryjournal.com. en. 2019-03-24.
Web site: Alliance selects Chris McCaw to replace the late Barney Fitzpatrick (The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland). allianceparty.org. 2019-03-24.
News: UUP's David Harding leaves to sit as an independent. BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 2017-11-26. en-GB. 0307-1235.
Web site: David Harding to stand in Assembly Elections for NI Conservatives Causeway Coast Community North Coast News . 2016-07-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160503171018/http://www.causewaycoastcommunity.co.uk/news/david-harding-to-stand-in-assembly-elections-for-ni-conservatives/ . 3 May 2016 . dmy-all .
Web site: Cllr Aaron Callan defects to the DUP. McCann. David. 2016-10-27. Slugger O'Toole. en-US. 2019-03-24.
Web site: Councillor Sharon McKillop defects from TUV to DUP. 2018-11-23. The Irish News. en. 2019-03-24.