2019 Mid and East Antrim District Council election explained

Election Name:	2019 Mid and East Antrim Council election
Flag Image:	Flag placeholder.svg
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2014 Mid and East Antrim District Council election
Previous Year:	2014
Next Election:	2023 Mid and East Antrim District Council election
Next Year:	2023
Seats For Election:	All 40 council seats
Majority Seats:	21
Election Date:	2 May 2019
Leader1:	Arlene Foster
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	15
Seat Change1:	1
Leader2:	Robin Swann
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	7
Seat Change2:	2
Leader3:	Naomi Long
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	7
Seat Change3:	4
Leader4:	Jim Allister
Party4:	Traditional Unionist Voice
Seats4:	5
Seat Change4:	0
Leader5:	Michelle O'Neill
Party5:	Sinn Féin
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	1
Leader6:	Colum Eastwood
Party6:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	0
Party7:	Independent (politician)
Seats7:	3
Seat Change7:	1
Leader8:	Gerard Batten
Party8:	UK Independence Party
Seats8:	0
Seat Change8:	1
Map Size:	400

Elections to Mid and East Antrim District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council using Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party were the largest party in both first-preference votes and seats.^[1] ^[2]

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

The overall turnout was 47.58% with a total of 46,827 valid votes cast. A total of 556 ballots were rejected.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Ballymena|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|27.6|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|7.0|0|8.3|1|15.1|1|7.5|0|12.2|1|22.4|2|7|-|align="left"|Bannside|27.0|2|15.3|1|9.3|0|bgcolor="#D1E5FA"|36.4|bgcolor="#D1E5FA"|2|12.0|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|Braid|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|21.3|1|8.0|1|20.1|2|7.1|0|0.0|0|5.8|0|7|-|align="left"|Carrick Castle|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.8|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|22.3|2|21.4|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|20.5|0|5|-|align="left"|Coast Road|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.9|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|13.0|1|21.7|1|10.7|0|15.5|1|0.0|0|8.2|0|5|-|align="left"|Knockagh|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.8|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|24.7|1|20.6|1|5.8|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|17.2|1|5|-|align="left"|Larne Lough|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|32.9|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|25.8|1|29.7|2|7.3|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|4.3|0|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|32.0|15|18.2|7|15.8|7|15.2|5|6.4|2|1.8|1|10.4|3|40|-|}

District results

Ballymena

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: Alliance and Independent gain from DUP and UUP

Bannside

2014: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2019: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2014-2019 Change: No change

Braid

2014: 4 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: TUV and Alliance gain from DUP and Sinn Féin

Carrick Castle

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKIP, 1 x Independent
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from Independent and UKIP

Coast Road

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

Knockagh

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

Larne Lough

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

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Date co-opted	Electoral Area		Outgoing	Co-optee
16 August 2019	Larne Lough	Mark McKinty	Keith Turner	McKinty resigned.
17 October 2020	Braid	Muriel Burnside	David Reid	Burnside resigned.
26 May 2022	Ballymena	Patricia O'Lynn	John Hyland	O'Lynn was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
26 May 2022	Larne Lough	Danny Donnelly	Maeve Donnelly	Donnelly was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.

– Suspensions

Marc Collins (DUP) was suspended from the council for eight months from Friday 24 June 2022.^[4]

John Carson (DUP) was suspended from the council for three months from Monday 10 October 2022.^[5]

Last updated 12 October 2022.

Current composition: see Mid and East Antrim District Council

Notes and References

Web site: Northern Ireland council results . 14 May 2019 . BBC News.
Web site: 2019 Results by DEA | Mid and East Antrim Borough Council.
Web site: East Antrim UUP councillor defects to DUP. Keers. Russell. Carrickfergus Times. en. 2020-10-29.
Web site: DUP councillor Marc Collins suspended over tweets about Sinn Féin MP John Finucane. ITV News. en. 2022-06-29.
Web site: John Carson: DUP councillor suspended over Michelle O'Neill post. BBC News. en. 2022-10-12.