| Carrick Castle | |
| Type: | Mid and East Antrim Borough Council DEA |
| Year: | 1985 |
| Seats: | 5 (1985-) |
| Members Label: | Councillors |
Carrick Castle 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 Boneybefore, Castle, Kilroot, Love Lane and Victoria.[2] Carrick Castle forms part of the East Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Carrickfergus Area C which had existed since 1973, and originally contained five wards (Killycrot, Love Lane, Milebush, Northland and Sunnylands). For the 2014 local elections it lost Sunnylands to the Knockagh DEA, but also gained parts of the abolished Kilroot DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 Defection | Lauren Gray (Alliance) | Bethany Ferris (UUP) | Robin Stewart (UUP) | David Clarke (TUV)/ (Independent)/ (DUP) | Billy Ashe (DUP) | |||||
| January 2024 Defection | ||||||||||
| October 2023 Co-Option | ||||||||||
| 2023 | Cheryl Brownlee (DUP) | |||||||||
| October 2020 Defection | John McDermott (DUP)/ (UUP) | |||||||||
| 2019 | ||||||||||
| October 2018 By-Election | Noel Jordan (UKIP)/ (Independent) | Peter Johnston (DUP) | ||||||||
| June 2018 Defection | James Brown (Independent) | |||||||||
| April 2017 Co-Option | ||||||||||
| 2014 | John Stewart (UUP) | |||||||||
| 2011 | Seán Neeson (Alliance) | William Hamilton (Independent) | Elizabeth McKnight (UUP) | David Hilditch (DUP) | Deborah Emerson (DUP) | |||||
| 2005 | Darin Ferguson (UUP) | Patricia McKinney (DUP) | ||||||||
| 2001 | ||||||||||
| 1997 | Samuel McCamley (UUP) | Nicholas Wady (Independent) | ||||||||
| 1993 | Arthur McQuitty (Alliance) | |||||||||
| 1989 | Samuel Stewart (PUP) | Andrew Blair (DUP) | ||||||||
| 1985 | Victor Fleming (DUP) | Robert English (UUP) | ||||||||
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: No change
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
2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKIP, 1 x Independent
2011-2014 Change: UKIP gain from Alliance
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: No change
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2001-2005 Change: No change
1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent
1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: Independent gain from Alliance
1989: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1989-1993 Change: Independent gain from PUP
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP
1989: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP