2019 Mid and East Antrim District Council election


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.

Results by party

The overall turnout was 47.94% with a total of 46,807 valid votes cast. A total of 556 ballots were rejected.

Council composition

Following the previous election in 2014, the composition of the council was:
After the election, the composition of the council was:
I - Independent

S - SDLP

U - UKIP

Results by electoral area

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 one seat each from DUP and UUP

Bannside

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

2019: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

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 one seat each 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 one seat each 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 gains one seat 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 gains one seat 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 one seat from UUP

Changes during the term

† Co-options

‡ Changes in affiliation

None

– Suspensions

None
Last updated 7 May 2020.
Current composition: see Mid and East Antrim District Council