# 2019 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election

The second election to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party won a plurality of first-preference votes and seats.

## Election results

Causeway Coast and Glens District Council Election Result 2019 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 35.0 | 30.4 | 15,371 | 3.4 |
| Sinn Féin | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22.5 | 22.2 | 11,221 | 2.3 |
| UUP | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17.5 | 15.3 | 7,725 | 1.8 |
| SDLP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 9.3 | 4,686 | 3.4 |
| Alliance | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 4,058 | 4.1 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 2,039 | 1.2 |
| PUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 1,576 | 1.4 |
| TUV | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 2,177 | 6.1 |
| Aontú | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 992 | New |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 350 | 0.4 |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 331 | 0.7 |
| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 112 | 0.1 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
The overall turnout was 51.19% with a total of 50,638 valid votes cast. A total of 574 ballots were rejected.

## Districts summary

Results of the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election, 2019 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Alliance | Alliance | PUP | PUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballymoney | 34.0 | 3 | 23.5 | 2 | 22.1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Bann | 33.9 | 2 | 19.3 | 1 | 24.2 | 1 | 9.4 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Benbradagh | 12.7 | 1 | 46.1 | 3 | 5.8 | 0 | 13.1 | 1 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Causeway | 38.3 | 3 | 3.3 | 0 | 18.8 | 2 | 6.1 | 1 | 14.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 18.6 | 0 | 7 |
| Coleraine | 35.6 | 2 | 5.8 | 0 | 13.0 | 1 | 13.8 | 1 | 10.3 | 1 | 18.6 | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 6 |
| Limavady | 45.6 | 3 | 18.6 | 1 | 7.3 | 0 | 9.3 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.3 | 0 | 5 |
| The Glens | 12.5 | 0 | 41.4 | 2 | 11.3 | 1 | 16.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 18.8 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 30.4 | 14 | 22.2 | 9 | 15.3 | 7 | 9.3 | 6 | 8.0 | 2 | 3.1 | 1 | 11.7 | 1 | 40 |

## District results
### Ballymoney

2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Fein, 1 x TUV 2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Fein 2014-2019 Change: Sinn Fein gain from TUV
Ballymoney - 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 | Darryl Wilson* | 16.23% | 1,420 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | John Finlay* † | 15.11% | 1,322 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Leanne Peacock | 13.18% | 1,153 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Tom McKeown* | 5.85% | 512 | 702.67 | 716.1 | 735.27 | 802.23 | 802.38 | 1,143.38 |
| | DUP | Alan McLean* | 9.45% | 827 | 859.89 | 955.26 | 968.03 | 1,020.17 | 1,020.17 | 1,131.17 |
| | DUP | Ivor Wallace | 9.44% | 826 | 860.04 | 944.87 | 952.78 | 1,024.6 | 1,024.6 | 1,094 |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathal McLaughlin* † | 10.35% | 906 | 907.61 | 908.12 | 913.29 | 918.75 | 973.7 | 975.7 |
| | Alliance | Peter McCully | 8.34% | 734 | 744.81 | 745.49 | 762.95 | 798.04 | 799.59 | 827.49 |
| | TUV | William Blair* | 5.68% | 497 | 523.91 | 539.21 | 568.59 | 794.7 | 794.75 | |
| | Independent | Ian Stevenson* | 2.51% | 220 | 226.9 | 229.79 | 239.79 | | | |
| | TUV | John Wilson | 2.48% | 217 | 228.5 | 233.6 | 243.94 | | | |
| | UKIP | David Hanna | 1.34% | 117 | 121.83 | 125.57 | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,213 Valid: 8,751 (50.83%) Spoilt: 134 Quota: 1,094 Turnout: 8,885 (51.61%) |||||||||||

### Bann

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Fein 2014-2019 Change: Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Bann - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Bateson | 19.29% | 1,403 | | | | |
| | DUP | Adrian McQuillan ‡ | 14.40% | 1,047 | 1,048.12 | 1,173.12 | 1,180.28 | 1,307.28 |
| | UUP | Richard Holmes* | 13.26% | 964 | 964.8 | 1055.8 | 1,121.6 | 1,248.6 |
| | DUP | Michelle Knight-McQuillan* | 10.74% | 781 | 781.48 | 862.48 | 870.48 | 1,241.48 |
| | SDLP | Helena Dallat O'Driscoll | 9.43% | 686 | 846.16 | 853.16 | 1,138.44 | 1,144.6 |
| | UUP | William King* | 10.99% | 799 | 799 | 848 | 922 | 986 |
| | DUP | Sam Cole* | 8.79% | 639 | 639.48 | 714.48 | 721.64 | |
| | Alliance | Charlie McConaghy | 6.75% | 491 | 511.64 | 522.64 | | |
| | PUP | Timmy Reid | 3.45% | 251 | 251 | | | |
| | TUV | Elizabeth Collins | 2.94% | 214 | 214 | | | |
| Electorate: 12,656 Valid: 7,272 (57.45%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,213 Turnout: 7,272 (58.07%) |||||||||

### Benbradagh

2014: 3 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV 2019: 3 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from TUV
Benbradagh - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán McGlinchey* | 22.33% | 1,574 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Orla Beattie* | 13.08% | 922 | 944.5 | 1,136.75 | 1,177.75 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Kathleen McGurk* | 9.60% | 677 | 974.25 | 986 | 986 | 1,224 |
| | Sinn Féin | Dermot Nicholl* | 14.21% | 1,002 | 1,029 | 1,048.25 | 1,048.25 | 1,154.25 |
| | DUP | Edgar Scott | 12.71% | 896 | 896 | 909 | 1,088 | 1,107 |
| | TUV | Boyd Douglas* | 8.24% | 581 | 581.25 | 594.25 | 797.25 | 814.5 |
| | Aontú | Proinnsias Brolly | 9.29% | 655 | 692.75 | 717.75 | 718.75 | |
| | UUP | Robert Carmichael | 5.82% | 410 | 410 | 438 | | |
| | Alliance | Christine Turner | 4.71% | 332 | 335.5 | | | |
| Electorate: 12,560 Valid: 7,049 (56.12%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 1,175 Turnout: 7,121 (56.69%) |||||||||

### Causeway

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV 2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP 2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from TUV
Causeway - 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 |
| | DUP | Mark Fielding* | 15.69% | 1,276 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Chris McCaw* | 14.91% | 1,212 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Sharon McKillop* | 12.42% | 1,010 | 1,036.6 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | John McAuley | 10.22% | 831 | 1,005.6 | 1,007.2 | 1,038.2 | 1,038.2 | | | |
| | UUP | Norman Hillis* | 9.32% | 758 | 785 | 802.28 | 821.96 | 833.16 | 833.16 | 857.76 | 1,005.04 |
| | UUP | Sandra Hunter* | 9.52% | 774 | 779.8 | 797.88 | 809.44 | 820.44 | 820.44 | 834.72 | 1,000.08 |
| | SDLP | Angela Mulholland* ‡ | 6.10% | 496 | 498 | 548.88 | 551.04 | 554.52 | 761.12 | 919.6 | 926.12 |
| | Independent | David Alexander | 6.79% | 552 | 556.6 | 590.2 | 606.36 | 618.36 | 625.52 | 779.36 | 826.64 |
| | TUV | Cyril Quigg | 4.00% | 325 | 327.6 | 329.84 | 341.04 | 486.04 | 487.04 | 494.52 | |
| | Green (NI) | Mark Coulson | 4.07% | 331 | 333 | 387.08 | 397.08 | 401.24 | 437.2 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Emma Thompson | 3.28% | 267 | 267 | 269.88 | 269.88 | 269.88 | | | |
| | TUV | Stewart Moore | 2.05% | 167 | 171 | 172.76 | 192.12 | | | | |
| | UKIP | Rebecca Hanna | 1.62% | 132 | 136 | 138.56 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,918 Valid: 8,131 (48.06%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,017 Turnout: 8,220 (48.58%) ||||||||||||

### Coleraine

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x SDLP 2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Coleraine - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | PUP | Russell Watton* | 18.58% | 1,325 | | | | |
| | DUP | Philip Anderson | 12.63% | 901 | 987.48 | 1,013.85 | 1,031.85 | |
| | SDLP | Stephanie Quigley* ‡ | 13.78% | 983 | 989.67 | 1,009.13 | 1,031.13 | |
| | Alliance | Yvonne Boyle | 10.27% | 732 | 734.99 | 765.91 | 780.83 | 1,057.83 |
| | DUP | George Duddy* | 12.14% | 866 | 942.36 | 972.35 | 992.11 | 992.43 |
| | UUP | William McCandless* ‡ | 8.88% | 633 | 699.8 | 716.33 | 958.05 | 963.05 |
| | DUP | Trevor Clarke* | 10.78% | 769 | 817.07 | 835.60 | 857.35 | 861.35 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ciarán Archibald | 5.85% | 417 | 417.23 | 419.23 | 420.23 | |
| | UUP | John Wisener | 4.09% | 292 | 315.92 | 354.14 | | |
| | NI Conservatives | David Harding* | 1.57% | 112 | 155.22 | | | |
| | UKIP | Amanda Ranaghan | 1.42% | 101 | 116.18 | | | |
| Electorate: 15,879 Valid: 7,131 (44.90%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 1,019 Turnout: 7,208 (45.39%) |||||||||

### Limavady

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP 2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Limavady - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Alan Robinson* † | 26.91% | 1,498 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brenda Chivers* | 18.58% | 1,034 | | | | | |
| | DUP | James McCorkell* ‡ | 11.75% | 654 | 1,018.8 | | | | |
| | DUP | Aaron Callan* | 6.92% | 385 | 533.58 | 534.13 | 603.21 | 615.19 | 922.91 |
| | SDLP | Ashleen Schenning | 9.33% | 519 | 523.94 | 578.5 | 585.5 | 810.91 | 831.38 |
| | Alliance | Kevin Hayward | 10.01% | 557 | 564.22 | 571.92 | 584.68 | 649.3 | 734.2 |
| | UUP | Raymond Kennedy | 7.28% | 405 | 424.76 | 425.09 | 510.04 | 513.04 | |
| | Aontú | Francie Brolly | 6.06% | 337 | 339.28 | 378 | 380.22 | | |
| | TUV | Colin Cartwright | 3.16% | 176 | 190.82 | 191.15 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,197 Valid: 5,565 (50.51%) Spoilt: 51 Quota: 928 Turnout: 5,616 (50.15%) ||||||||||

### The Glens

2014: 2 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2019: 2 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2014-2019 Change: No change
The Glens - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Ambrose Laverty † | 18.81% | 1,267 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Cara McShane* | 16.36% | 1,102 | 1,433 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Oliver McMullan | 16.29% | 1,097 | 1,298 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Margret Anne McKillop* | 16.03% | 1,080 | 1,122 | 1,311 | | | |
| | UUP | Joan Baird* | 11.25% | 758 | 762 | 763 | 793 | 815 | 933.3 |
| | DUP | Bill Kennedy | 12.51% | 843 | 845 | 850 | 859 | 864 | 887.1 |
| | Sinn Féin | Kieran James Mulholland* | 8.74% | 589 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,507 Valid: 6,736 (53.85%) Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,123 Turnout: 6,812 (54.46%) ||||||||||

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

| Date co-opted | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason |
| 4 October 2019 | The Glens | Independent | Ambrose Laverty | Padraig McShane | Laverty resigned. |
| 15 June 2022 | Limavady | DUP | Alan Robinson | Steven Callaghan | Robinson was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
| 23 August 2022 | Ballymoney | Sinn Féin | Cathal McLaughlin | Ciarán McQuillan | McLaughlin resigned after being expelled from Sinn Féin. |
| 25 August 2022 | Ballymoney | DUP | John Finlay | Mervyn Storey | Finlay died. |
| 31 March 2023 | The Glens | Independent | Padraig McShane | vacant | McShane resigned and seat was not filled before May 2023 election. |

### ‡ Changes in affiliation

| Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance |
| 21 Apr 2020 | Coleraine | William McCandless | UUP | Independent | Decided to sit on the council as an independent. |
| 8 July 2020 | Coleraine | Stephanie Quigley | SDLP | Independent | Resigned from the SDLP over its stance on abortion. |
| 23 July 2020 | Causeway | Angela Mulholland | SDLP | Independent | Decided to sit on the council as an independent. |
| 29 June 2021 | Limavady | James McCorkell | DUP | Independent | Resigned from the DUP over disagreements with the new party leadership. |
| 13 February 2023 | Bann | Adrian McQuillan | DUP | Independent | Resigned from the DUP following his suspension from the party. |

### – Suspensions

None
Last updated 25 August 2022.
Current composition: see Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council