2023_Mid_and_East_Antrim_District_Council_election
Main article: 2023 Northern Ireland local elections
The 2023 election to Mid and East Antrim District Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England.[1] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.[2]
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They returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.
Tyler Hoey was selected as a DUP candidate to contest the 2023 Mid and East Antrim Council elections. In 2020, Hoey 'liked' a social media post commemorating the Greysteel massacre, which stated, "On this day 27 years ago, An Ulster Freedom Fighters Active Service Unit from North Antrim-Londonderry Brigade 'Trick or Treated' its way into the republican Rising Sun bar in Greysteel in order to gain revenge for the Shankill Bombing. Spirit of '93".[3] Following this revelation, DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson said that Hoey "deeply regrets some of the things that he said in the past" and that he is "entitled to a second chance."[4]
More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| DUP | 14 | 0 | 1 |  1 |
32.50 | 30.90 | 15,627 | 1.08 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 8 | 1 | 0 |  1 |
20.00 | 17.33 | 8,764 | 0.91 | |
| Alliance | 7 | 0 | 0 |  0 |
17.50 | 18.93 | 9,571 | 3.11 | |
| TUV | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12.50 | 15.92 | 8,050 | 0.70 | |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
10.00 | 9.29 | 4,700 | 2.89 | |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5.00 | 4.36 | 2,205 | 3.89 | |
| SDLP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
0.00 | 2.01 | 1,016 | 0.20 | |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.00 | 0.92 | 464 | 0.37 | |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.00 | 0.32 | 164 | 0.33 | |
| Total | 40 | 50,571 | |||||||
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
More information District Electoral Area (DEA), % ...
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| DUP | UUP | Alliance | TUV | Sinn Féin | SDLP | Independents and others | |||||||||
| Ballymena | 23.09 | 2 |
13.28 | 1 1 |
12.29 | 1 |
13.58 | 1 |
12.69 | 1 1 |
11.03 | 0 1 |
14.04 | 1 1 |
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| Bannside | 23.85 | 2 |
10.74 | 1 |
8.75 | 0 |
39.54 | 2 |
14.72 | 1 |
2.40 | 0 |
0.0 | 0 |
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| Braid | 35.31 | 2 1 |
18.68 | 1 |
10.74 | 1 |
21.51 | 2 |
13.76 | 1 1 |
0.0 | 0 |
0.0 | 0 |
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| Carrick Castle | 39.22 | 2 |
23.30 | 2 |
25.70 | 1 |
6.99 | 0 |
0.0 | 0 |
0.0 | 0 |
4.79 | 0 |
5 |
| Coast Road | 32.65 | 2 |
13.3 | 1 |
26.23 | 1 |
5.79 | 0 |
20.08 | 1 |
0.0 | 0 |
1.95 | 0 |
5 |
| Knockagh | 31.99 | 2 |
19.04 | 1 |
25.53 | 1 |
5.37 | 0 |
0.0 | 0 |
0.0 | 0 |
18.07 | 1 |
5 |
| Larne Lough | 32.15 | 2 |
25.27 | 1 |
32.56 | 2 |
6.67 | 0 |
0.0 | 0 |
0.0 | 0 |
3.35 | 0 |
5 |
| Total | 30.90 | 14 1 |
17.33 | 8 1 |
18.93 | 7 |
15.92 | 5 |
9.29 | 4 2 |
2.01 | 0 1 |
5.60 | 2 1 |
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Ballymena
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and UUP gain from SDLP and Independent
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Independent | Rodney Quigley* | 14.02% | 1,023 | ||||
| TUV | Matthew Armstrong* | 13.58% | 991 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Colin Crawford | 13.28% | 969 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Bréanainn Lyness | 12.69% | 926 | ||||
| DUP | Reuben Glover | 12.51% | 913 | ||||
| Alliance | John Hyland* † | 12.29% | 897 | 913.80 | |||
| DUP | Lawrie Philpott | 6.33% | 462 | 514.64 | 831.80 | 906.90 | |
| SDLP | Eugene Reid* | 11.03% | 805 | 816.62 | 820.04 | 822.84 | |
| DUP | Andrew Wright | 4.25% | 310 | 337.58 | |||
| Electorate: 16,173 Valid: 7,296 (45.11%) Spoilt: 40 Quota: 913 Turnout: 7,336 (45.55%) | |||||||
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Bannside
2019: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2023: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: No change
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| TUV | Timothy Gaston* | 16.72% | 1,468 | ||||||
| TUV | Stewart McDonald* | 16.42% | 1,442 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Ian Friary* | 14.72% | 1,292 | ||||||
| DUP | Thomas Gordon* | 14.31% | 1,256 | ||||||
| DUP | Tyler Hoey | 9.54% | 838 | 865.45 | 867.45 | 892.28 | 892.43 | 1,295.83 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Jackson Minford | 10.74% | 943 | 957.1 | 965.1 | 983.69 | 984.14 | 1,238.67 | |
| Alliance | Jack Gibson | 8.75% | 768 | 773.25 | 961.25 | 965.02 | 994.63 | 1,015.02 | |
| TUV | Anna Henry | 6.40% | 562 | 727.75 | 728.9 | 862.54 | 862.75 | ||
| SDLP | Morgan Murphy | 2.40% | 211 | 211.15 | |||||
| Electorate: 15,197 Valid: 8,780 (57.77%) Spoilt: 82 Quota: 1,255 Turnout: 8,862 (58.31%) | |||||||||
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Braid
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Archie Rae | 13.76% | 1,302 | ||||||||
| DUP | Beth Adger* | 13.17% | 1,246 | ||||||||
| DUP | William McCaughey* | 12.93% | 1,224 | ||||||||
| TUV | Christopher Jamieson* | 12.63% | 1,195 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Alan Barr | 11.18% | 1,058 | 1,059.4 | 1,612.4 | ||||||
| Alliance | Chelsea Harwood | 10.74% | 1,016 | 1,121.6 | 1,146.1 | 1,232.1 | |||||
| TUV | Matthew Warwick | 8.88% | 840 | 840.5 | 940.5 | 1,128.5 | 1,134.95 | 1,146.95 | 1,152.17 | 1,162.63 | |
| DUP | Julie Philpott | 9.21% | 872 | 872.2 | 893.2 | 1,045.2 | 1,098.6 | 1,120.6 | 1,150.87 | 1,152.04 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Keith Turner* | 7.50% | 710 | 710.9 | |||||||
| Electorate: 17,809 Valid: 9,463 (53.14%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,183 Turnout: 9,552 (53.64%) | |||||||||||
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Carrick Castle
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
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Alliance | Lauren Gray* | 25.70% | 1,607 | |||||||
| DUP | Cheryl Brownlee* † | 18.45% | 1,154 | |||||||
| DUP | Billy Ashe* | 16.47% | 1,030 | 1,047.48 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Robin Stewart* | 12.01% | 751 | 874.50 | 883.50 | 926.39 | 1,021.01 | 1,048.01 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Bethany Ferris | 11.29% | 706 | 813.92 | 823.91 | 849.54 | 936.77 | 973.77 | 1,070.67 | |
| TUV | Frances Henderson | 6.99% | 437 | 446.1 | 455.57 | 501.56 | 611.29 | 617.29 | 629.07 | |
| Green (NI) | Jenny Hutchinson | 2.17% | 136 | 420.62 | 421.88 | 425.87 | 426.97 | |||
| DUP | John McDermott* | 4.30% | 269 | 272.04 | 337.83 | 373.08 | ||||
| PUP | Jim McCaw | 2.62% | 164 | 169.32 | 175.44 | |||||
| Electorate: 13,886 Valid: 6,254 (45.04%) Spoilt: 71 Quota: 1,043 Turnout: 6,325 (45.54%) | ||||||||||
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Coast Road
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
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 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 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | |||||||||||
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Knockagh
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2019–2023 Change: No change
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Independent | Bobby Hadden* | 18.22% | 1,182 | |||||
| DUP | Peter Johnston* | 17.64% | 1,144 | |||||
| DUP | Marc Collins* | 14.35% | 931 | 957.19 | 1,191.19 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Andrew Wilson* | 12.21% | 792 | 809.19 | 868.19 | 1,266.15 | ||
| Alliance | Aaron Skinner | 13.92% | 903 | 917.58 | 919.67 | 954.67 | 1,075.81 | |
| Alliance | Noel Williams* | 11.61% | 753 | 763.53 | 770.89 | 788.67 | 856.48 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Gary McCabe | 6.68% | 433 | 446.23 | 478.23 | |||
| TUV | James Strange | 5.37% | 348 | 358.53 | ||||
| Electorate: 13,223 Valid: 6,486 (49.05%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 1,082 Turnout: 6,545 (49.50%) | ||||||||
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Larne Lough
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2023: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: No change
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Alliance | Maeve Donnelly* | 21.69% | 1,389 | ||||||
| DUP | Gregg McKeen* | 18.69% | 1,197 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Roy Beggs Jr | 17.78% | 1,139 | ||||||
| Alliance | Robert Logan* | 10.87% | 696 | 996.15 | 1,165.15 | ||||
| DUP | Paul Reid* | 13.46% | 862 | 864.53 | 867.76 | 972.26 | 975.26 | 1,224.26 | |
| Ulster Unionist | James Carson | 7.49% | 480 | 485.06 | 500.90 | 506.70 | 563.70 | 692.70 | |
| TUV | Ronnie Donnell | 6.67% | 427 | 427.23 | 433.69 | 441.69 | 444.69 | ||
| Green (NI) | Philip Randle | 3.36% | 215 | 223.51 | |||||
| Electorate: 13,744 Valid: 6,405 (46.60%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 1,068 Turnout: 6,513 (47.39%) | |||||||||
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† Co-options
More information Date co-opted, Electoral Area ...
| Date co-opted | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
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| 8 September 2023 | Ballymena | Alliance | John Hyland | Jack Gibson | Hyland resigned.[6] | |
| 3 October 2023 | Carrick Castle | DUP | Cheryl Brownlee | David Clarke | Brownlee was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.[7] | |
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‡ Changes in affiliation
More information Date, Electoral Area ...
| Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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| 19 January 2024 | Carrick Castle | David Clarke | DUP | Independent | Left the DUP following claims of bullying.[8] | ||
| 15 March 2024 | Carrick Castle | David Clarke | Independent | TUV | Joined the TUV.[9] | ||
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- 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.
- "Local government elections in Northern Ireland". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- "NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- Patricia Devlin [@trishdevlin] (March 18, 2023). "I wrote about DUP candidate Tyler Hoey almost three years ago. The only thing that is new is the fact he's been selected to run for the DUP in the council elections" (Tweet). Retrieved April 27, 2023 – via Twitter.
- "DUP candidate's social media posts 'indefensible but in the past' – Donaldson– BelfastTelegraph.co.uk". BelfastTelegraph. 20 March 2023. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
- Hughes, Brendan. "DUP councillor David Clarke quits party over bullying claims". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- Breen, Suzanne (15 March 2024). "Ex-councillor who quit DUP over 'bullying' says he's proud to join the TUV claims". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 15 March 2024.