# 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.

## Election results

Mid and East Antrim District Council Election Result 2019 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37.5 | 32.0 | 14,976 | 1.0 |
| UUP | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17.5 | 18.2 | 8,540 | 0.6 |
| Alliance | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17.5 | 15.8 | 7,407 | 6.4 |
| TUV | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.5 | 15.2 | 7,126 | 0.2 |
| Independent | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 3,862 | 2.2 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 2,996 | 0.4 |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 848 | 2.3 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 304 | 2.4 |
| Democrats and Veterans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 265 | New |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 256 | 0.5 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 247 | 1.1 |
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

Results of the Mid and East Antrim District Council election, 2019 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | TUV | TUV | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballymena | 27.6 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 8.3 | 1 | 15.1 | 1 | 7.5 | 0 | 12.2 | 1 | 22.4 | 2 | 7 |
| Bannside | 27.0 | 2 | 15.3 | 1 | 9.3 | 0 | 36.4 | 2 | 12.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Braid | 37.7 | 3 | 21.3 | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 20.1 | 2 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 7 |
| Carrick Castle | 35.8 | 2 | 22.3 | 2 | 21.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 20.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Coast Road | 30.9 | 2 | 13.0 | 1 | 21.7 | 1 | 10.7 | 0 | 15.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Knockagh | 31.8 | 2 | 24.7 | 1 | 20.6 | 1 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.2 | 1 | 5 |
| Larne Lough | 32.9 | 2 | 25.8 | 1 | 29.7 | 2 | 7.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 5 |
| 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
Ballymena - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Independent | James Henry* | 12.57% | 872 | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Eugene Reid | 12.23% | 848 | 870 | | | | | | |
| | TUV | Matthew Armstrong | 11.03% | 765 | 781 | 1,016 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Patricia O'Lynn † | 8.33% | 578 | 611 | 612 | 614.96 | 617.96 | 941.96 | | |
| | DUP | Audrey Wales* | 6.79% | 471 | 496 | 499 | 503.44 | 706.36 | 707.36 | 709.3 | 812.72 |
| | Independent | Rodney Quigley | 6.24% | 433 | 514 | 530 | 571.44 | 586.44 | 610.44 | 669.61 | 802.38 |
| | DUP | John Carson* – | 7.60% | 527 | 538 | 544 | 558.8 | 655.28 | 657.28 | 657.28 | 758.47 |
| | DUP | Reuben Glover* | 7.18% | 498 | 511 | 529 | 557.12 | 632.3 | 634.3 | 634.3 | 706.4 |
| | UUP | Stephen Nicholl* | 6.99% | 485 | 500 | 510 | 548.48 | 575.48 | 578.48 | 589.15 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrice Hardy | 7.51% | 521 | 529 | 529 | 529 | 530 | | | |
| | DUP | William Logan | 5.80% | 402 | 410 | 417 | 431.06 | | | | |
| | TUV | Philip Gordon | 4.13% | 286 | 302 | | | | | | |
| | UKIP | Rab Picken | 2.06% | 143 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Conal Stewart | 1.54% | 107 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,896 Valid: 6,956 (43.76%) Spoilt: 67 Quota: 870 Turnout: 7,023 (44.18%) ||||||||||||

### 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
Bannside - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | TUV | Stewart McDonald* | 18.63% | 1,504 | | | | | | | |
| | TUV | Timothy Gaston* | 17.75% | 1,433 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | William McNeilly* | 9.70% | 783 | 855.54 | 916.48 | 1,285.48 | | | | |
| | DUP | Thomas Gordon | 9.21% | 744 | 796.52 | 863.84 | 895.3 | 923.14 | 1,339.14 | | |
| | DUP | Tommy Nicholl* | 8.55% | 690 | 812.72 | 856.72 | 901.14 | 940.5 | 1,242.5 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ian Friary | 12.03% | 971 | 971.52 | 972.18 | 972.18 | 972.18 | 972.4 | 972.4 | 972.4 |
| | Alliance | Philip Burnside | 9.29% | 750 | 763 | 773.34 | 809.52 | 860.4 | 883.34 | 927.34 | 971.34 |
| | DUP | Andrew Wright | 9.28% | 749 | 773.7 | 828.92 | 843.44 | 854.44 | | | |
| | UUP | Jackson Minford | 5.56% | 449 | 503.08 | 537.4 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,393 Valid: 8,073 (56.09%) Spoilt: 96 Quota: 1,154 Turnout: 8,169 (56.76%) ||||||||||||

### 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
Braid - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | Robin Cherry* | 12.26% | 1,084 | 1,107 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Beth Adger* | 11.03% | 975 | 982 | 1,284 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Muriel Burnside † | 7.95% | 703 | 896 | 896 | 896 | 896.08 | 1,296.08 | |
| | DUP | Julie Frew | 10.48% | 926 | 933 | 1,077 | 1,103.55 | 1,103.59 | 1,106.59 | |
| | DUP | William McCaughey* | 9.33% | 825 | 827 | 907 | 1,050.96 | 1,051.04 | 1,054.04 | 1,058.04 |
| | TUV | Christopher Jamieson | 10.20% | 902 | 909 | 964 | 966.36 | 966.36 | 972.36 | 983.36 |
| | TUV | Brian Collins* | 9.86% | 872 | 881 | 894 | 896.36 | 896.52 | 898.52 | 905.52 |
| | UUP | Keith Turner | 9.05% | 800 | 816 | 827 | 827.59 | 828.03 | 848.03 | 898.03 |
| | Sinn Féin | Colette McAllister | 7.14% | 631 | 827 | 827 | 827 | 827.04 | | |
| | DUP | Sam Hanna | 6.85% | 605 | 606 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Marian Maguire | 4.20% | 371 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Roni Browne | 1.65% | 146 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,951 Valid: 8,840 (52.15%) Spoilt: 96 Quota: 1,106 Turnout: 8,936 (52.72%) |||||||||||

### 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
Carrick Castle - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Alliance | Lauren Gray | 21.40% | 1,210 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Billy Ashe* | 18.91% | 1,069 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Cheryl Johnston* | 16.86% | 953 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Robin Stewart* | 14.38% | 813 | 879 | 906.3 | 928.89 | 979.89 | | |
| | UUP | John McDermott ‡ | 7.87% | 445 | 513.4 | 565.66 | 620.1 | 659.53 | 780.15 | 811.83 |
| | Independent | Noel Jordan* | 7.62% | 431 | 481.1 | 490.72 | 545.03 | 641.47 | 778.2 | 783.15 |
| | Democrats and Veterans | Si Harvey | 4.69% | 265 | 289.3 | 301.26 | 353.08 | 383.37 | | |
| | Independent | Nicholas Wady | 4.32% | 244 | 286.3 | 290.2 | 311.79 | | | |
| | PUP | Jim McCaw | 2.11% | 119 | 127.4 | 135.46 | | | | |
| | UKIP | John Kennedy | 1.84% | 104 | 111.2 | 123.68 | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,323 Valid: 5,653 (42.43%) Spoilt: 68 Quota: 943 Turnout: 5,721 (42.94%) |||||||||||

### 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
Coast Road - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Alliance | Geraldine Mulvenna* | 21.67% | 1,217 | | | | |
| | DUP | Andrew Clarke | 17.33% | 973 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | James McKeown* | 15.55% | 873 | 922.14 | 922.2 | 1,109.2 | |
| | UUP | Maureen Morrow* | 12.96% | 728 | 795.08 | 798.74 | 937.76 | |
| | DUP | Angela Smyth* | 13.60% | 764 | 771.28 | 794.32 | 817.46 | 828.46 |
| | TUV | Ruth Wilson* | 10.70% | 601 | 611.14 | 612.94 | 665.95 | 681.95 |
| | Independent | Martin Wilson | 8.19% | 460 | 597.02 | 597.29 | | |
| Electorate: 12,429 Valid: 5,616 (45.18%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 937 Turnout: 5,686 (45.75%) |||||||||

### 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
Knockagh - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Alliance | Noel Williams | 20.57% | 1,173 | | | |
| | DUP | Peter Johnston | 16.96% | 967 | | | |
| | DUP | Marc Collins – | 14.84% | 846 | 854.16 | 1,016.16 | |
| | Independent | Bobby Hadden | 13.99% | 798 | 887.76 | 980.76 | |
| | UUP | Andrew Wilson* | 13.71% | 782 | 833.12 | 903 | 919.82 |
| | UUP | Lindsay Millar* | 10.94% | 624 | 675.84 | 825.92 | 873.48 |
| | TUV | May Beattie* | 5.75% | 328 | 336.88 | | |
| | PUP | David Barnett | 3.24% | 185 | 190.28 | | |
| Electorate: 12,289 Valid: 5,703 (46.41%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 951 Turnout: 5,762 (46.89%) ||||||||

### 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
Larne Lough - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Gregg McKeen* | 19.48% | 1,166 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Danny Donnelly † | 17.66% | 1,057 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Mark McKinty* † | 16.42% | 983 | 995.88 | 1,025.88 | | | |
| | DUP | Paul Reid* | 13.46% | 806 | 939.98 | 950.12 | 1,133.12 | | |
| | Alliance | Robert Logan* | 12.01% | 719 | 720.82 | 890.82 | 909.1 | 912.1 | 961.75 |
| | UUP | Andrew Wilson* | 9.42% | 564 | 570.3 | 581.58 | 782.9 | 914.9 | 916.2 |
| | TUV | James Strange | 7.27% | 435 | 441.72 | 453.86 | | | |
| | Green (NI) | Robert Robinson | 4.28% | 256 | 256.56 | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,129 Valid: 5,986 (45.59%) Spoilt: 100 Quota: 998 Turnout: 6,086 (46.36%) ||||||||||

## Changes during the term
### † Co-options

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

### ‡ Changes in affiliation

| Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance |
| 29 October 2020 | Carrick Castle | John McDermott | | UUP | | DUP | Defected from the UUP to the DUP. |

### – Suspensions

Marc Collins (DUP) was suspended from the council for eight months from Friday 24 June 2022.
John Carson (DUP) was suspended from the council for three months from Monday 10 October 2022.
Last updated 12 October 2022.
Current composition: see Mid and East Antrim District Council