# 2014 Mid and East Antrim District Council election

The first election to Mid and East Antrim District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014, returned 40 members to the newly formed council via Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party were the largest party in both first-preference votes and seats.

## Election results

| Party | Party | Seats | First Preference Votes | FPV% | ±% |
| | DUP | 16 | 15,093 | 33.01 | |
| | UUP | 9 | 8,577 | 18.76 | |
| | TUV | 5 | 6,704 | 14.66 | |
| | Alliance | 3 | 4,277 | 9.36 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 3 | 3,118 | 6.82 | |
| | Independent | 2 | 2,761 | 6.04 | |
| | SDLP | 1 | 2,023 | 4.43 | |
| | UKIP | 1 | 749 | 1.64 | |
| | PUP | 0 | 1,352 | 2.96 | |
| | NI21 | 0 | 783 | 1.71 | |
| | BNP | 0 | 173 | 0.38 | |
| | NI Conservatives | 0 | 107 | 0.23 | |
| Totals | Totals | 40 | 45,718 | 100.00 | — |

## Districts summary

Results of the Mid and East Antrim District Council election, 2014 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | TUV | TUV | Alliance | Alliance | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | UKIP | UKIP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballymena | 29.5 | 3 | 5.8 | 1 | 17.0 | 1 | 4.7 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 14.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 21.6 | 1 | 7 |
| Bannside | 33.7 | 2 | 19.6 | 1 | 27.7 | 2 | 5.8 | 0 | 13.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Braid | 46.0 | 4 | 17.2 | 1 | 17.1 | 1 | 3.4 | 0 | 8.2 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 7 |
| Carrick Castle | 27.2 | 2 | 16.1 | 1 | 5.8 | 0 | 14.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 12.9 | 1 | 23.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Coast Road | 21.2 | 1 | 17.5 | 1 | 10.7 | 1 | 10.9 | 1 | 14.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 18.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Knockagh | 35.7 | 2 | 26.6 | 2 | 9.9 | 0 | 15.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.9 | 0 | 5 |
| Larne Lough | 30.4 | 2 | 31.0 | 2 | 10.7 | 0 | 15.6 | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 33.0 | 16 | 18.8 | 9 | 15.0 | 5 | 9.4 | 3 | 6.8 | 3 | 4.1 | 1 | 1.6 | 2 | 11.3 | 2 | 40 |

## District results
### Ballymena

2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
Ballymena - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| | Independent | James Henry* | 15.85% | 1,042 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Declan O'Loan* | 9.66% | 635 | 649.08 | 655.52 | 672.06 | 906.06 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Audrey Wales* | 9.10% | 598 | 632.76 | 657.84 | 682.6 | 684.6 | 685.05 | 883.05 | | | | |
| | TUV | Donna Anderson ‡ | 11.22% | 738 | 754.72 | 798.14 | 804.14 | 804.14 | 804.14 | 813.24 | 813.86 | 1,117.86 | | |
| | DUP | John Carson* | 8.85% | 582 | 598.5 | 625.48 | 633.14 | 633.14 | 633.59 | 683.89 | 730.39 | 761.35 | 859.35 | |
| | UUP | Stephen Nicholl | 5.79% | 381 | 418.18 | 434.94 | 477.02 | 480.46 | 480.91 | 497.33 | 497.95 | 534.67 | 616.67 | 728.92 |
| | DUP | Reuben Glover | 6.49% | 427 | 439.76 | 461.52 | 470.4 | 470.4 | 470.85 | 531.81 | 543.59 | 564.79 | 627.79 | 647.45 |
| | Sinn Féin | Marian Maguire | 7.25% | 477 | 479.42 | 479.42 | 484.42 | 516.3 | 548.25 | 548.25 | 548.25 | 548.25 | 548.25 | 605.45 |
| | Alliance | Jayne Dunlop* | 4.71% | 310 | 328.48 | 333.9 | 410.18 | 422.72 | 471.77 | 473.21 | 473.21 | 478.43 | 482.43 | |
| | TUV | Matthew Armstrong | 5.73% | 377 | 388.89 | 400.2 | 404.86 | 404.86 | 404.86 | 412.74 | 413.05 | | | |
| | DUP | David McCartney | 5.05% | 332 | 346.08 | 355.74 | 362.18 | 362.18 | 362.18 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Eugene Reid | 4.40% | 289 | 292.52 | 293.52 | 296.52 | | | | | | | |
| | NI21 | Richard Marshall | 3.21% | 211 | 225.74 | 236.28 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Rodney Quigley | 2.68% | 176 | 197.34 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,691 Valid: 6,575 (41.90%) Spoilt: 94 Quota: 822 Turnout: 6,669 (42.50%) |||||||||||||||

### Bannside

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
Bannside - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | TUV | Timothy Gaston* | 15.51% | 1,212 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrice Hardy | 13.24% | 1,035 | 1,123 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Tommy Nicholl* | 9.94% | 777 | 790 | 793.52 | 1,205.52 | | | |
| | DUP | Billy Henry* ‡ | 7.69% | 601 | 614 | 618.08 | 690.52 | 758.14 | 758.4 | 1,270.4 |
| | TUV | Stewart McDonald | 12.17% | 951 | 975 | 1,040.6 | 1,054.88 | 1,057.82 | 1,058.86 | 1,105.67 |
| | UUP | William McNeilly* | 11.09% | 867 | 944 | 947.76 | 967.08 | 968.13 | 971.25 | 1,056.77 |
| | UUP | Andrew Wright | 8.55% | 668 | 720 | 724.56 | 747.52 | 750.25 | 751.81 | 792.51 |
| | DUP | Thomas Gordon | 8.61% | 673 | 694 | 702.16 | 740.64 | 751.77 | 751.77 | |
| | DUP | Phil Moffatt | 7.45% | 582 | 593 | 598.04 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Philip Burnside | 5.76% | 450 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,039 Valid: 7,816 (55.67%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 1,117 Turnout: 7,921 (56.42%) |||||||||||

### Braid

2014: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Sinn Féin
Braid - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | DUP | Beth Clyde* | 9.81% | 865 | 890 | 1,210 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | William McCaughey* | 10.57% | 932 | 955 | 1,038 | 1,112.46 | | | | | |
| | TUV | Brian Collins | 10.35% | 912 | 939 | 945 | 945.34 | 954.34 | 1,416.34 | | | |
| | UUP | Robin Cherry* | 10.90% | 961 | 1,009 | 1,027 | 1,028.36 | 1,057.36 | 1,090.36 | 1,160.92 | | |
| | DUP | Beth Adger* | 10.11% | 891 | 934 | 990 | 1,011.76 | 1,021.76 | 1,058.1 | 1,153.02 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Maguire* ‡ | 8.19% | 722 | 736 | 737 | 737 | 1,044 | 1,045 | 1,045 | 1,045 | 1,045 |
| | DUP | Samuel Hanna* | 9.08% | 800 | 808 | 845 | 851.8 | 863.14 | 881.14 | 923.14 | 935.74 | 978.49 |
| | UUP | Brian Thompson | 6.34% | 559 | 618 | 666 | 668.04 | 692.04 | 745.04 | 848.35 | 889.52 | 897.5 |
| | TUV | Roy McPeake | 6.77% | 597 | 632 | 645 | 645.34 | 649.34 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Catherine O'Hara | 5.95% | 524 | 606 | 608 | 608.68 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Chris Wales | 6.46% | 569 | 590 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Danny Donnelly | 3.39% | 299 | | | | | | | | |
| | PUP | William Parkhill | 2.08% | 183 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,543 Valid: 8,814 (53.28%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,102 Turnout: 8,902 (53.81%) |||||||||||||

### Carrick Castle

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKIP, 1 x Independent
Carrick Castle - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | UUP | John Stewart † | 16.12% | 939 | 967 | 1,010 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | James Brown* ♭ | 15.14% | 882 | 919 | 936 | 937.9 | 959.9 | 997.9 | | | | |
| | UKIP | Noel Jordan | 12.86% | 749 | 783 | 857 | 867.45 | 875.45 | 984.45 | | | | |
| | DUP | Billy Ashe* | 12.86% | 749 | 769 | 791 | 794.8 | 800.8 | 876.65 | 1,052.65 | | | |
| | DUP | Cheryl Johnston | 7.54% | 439 | 460 | 494 | 501.6 | 506.6 | 564.4 | 793.35 | 872.81 | 880.81 | 892.69 |
| | Alliance | Gavin Norris* | 8.65% | 504 | 523 | 526 | 527.9 | 536.9 | 852.9 | 867.75 | 868.91 | 872.91 | 874.26 |
| | DUP | Fred Cobain* | 6.83% | 398 | 405 | 416 | 418.85 | 419.85 | 463.8 | | | | |
| | TUV | William Knox | 5.80% | 338 | 347 | 385 | 395.45 | 399.45 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Elena Aceves-Cully | 5.87% | 342 | 362 | 363 | 363 | | | | | | |
| | PUP | Jonathan Cooke | 4.26% | 248 | 261 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Nick Wady | 2.25% | 131 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Cameron | 1.80% | 105 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,878 Valid: 5,824 (45.22%) Spoilt: 69 Quota: 971 Turnout: 5,893 (45.76%) ||||||||||||||

### Coast Road

2014: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV
Coast Road - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | UUP | Maureen Morrow* | 17.56% | 946 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | James McKeown* | 14.04% | 756 | 756.1 | 756.1 | 761.15 | 785.2 | 930.2 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Geraldine Mulvenna* | 10.95% | 590 | 598.35 | 600.4 | 635.7 | 701.95 | 910.95 | | | | |
| | DUP | Gordon Lyons† | 12.25% | 660 | 669.85 | 677 | 692.1 | 722.55 | 730.7 | 732.7 | 736.38 | 1,133.38 | |
| | TUV | Ruth Wilson | 10.68% | 575 | 583.7 | 591.7 | 613.95 | 652.3 | 659.5 | 660.5 | 663.26 | 718.11 | 873.72 |
| | PUP | Jonathan Hodge | 8.61% | 464 | 466.25 | 473.3 | 477.4 | 523.7 | 536.8 | 553.8 | 558.4 | 610.06 | 688.32 |
| | DUP | Drew Niblock* | 8.99% | 484 | 494.3 | 499.3 | 504.45 | 536.7 | 544.8 | 550.8 | 552.64 | | |
| | SDLP | Martin Wilson* | 7.72% | 416 | 417.1 | 417.1 | 425.15 | 486.4 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Danny O'Connor | 3.49% | 188 | 188.85 | 188.85 | 207 | | | | | | |
| | BNP | Robert Bell | 1.88% | 101 | 101.8 | 140.25 | 153.3 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Anderson | 2.47% | 133 | 134.3 | 134.3 | | | | | | | |
| | BNP | Steven Moore | 1.34% | 72 | 72.7 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,427 Valid: 5,386 (43.34%) Spoilt: 58 Quota: 898 Turnout: 5,444 (43.81%) ||||||||||||||

### Knockagh

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Knockagh - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | UUP | Andrew Wilson* | 16.23% | 912 | 927 | 939 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | May Beattie* | 15.20% | 854 | 858 | 881 | 966 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Lynn McClurg* | 6.41% | 360 | 362 | 371 | 530 | 548.02 | 548.02 | 604.56 | 613.56 | 937.56 |
| | Alliance | Paul Sinclair | 8.53% | 479 | 492 | 511 | 515 | 515.68 | 515.68 | 519.68 | 876.68 | 892.02 |
| | UUP | Lindsay Millar | 10.34% | 581 | 592 | 622 | 629 | 630.7 | 631.7 | 725.7 | 754.7 | 852 |
| | TUV | Ken McFaul | 9.91% | 557 | 561 | 578 | 588 | 588.68 | 588.88 | 721.56 | 733.56 | 789.92 |
| | DUP | Robert Stewart | 8.49% | 477 | 488 | 495 | 530 | 535.78 | 536.38 | 577.38 | 590.38 | |
| | Alliance | Noel Williams* | 7.42% | 417 | 429 | 436 | 436 | 436 | 436 | 440 | | |
| | PUP | Gareth Cole | 5.36% | 301 | 305 | 424 | 434 | 435.36 | 436.56 | | | |
| | DUP | Robert Harrison-Rice | 5.57% | 313 | 318 | 323 | | | | | | |
| | PUP | Jim McCaw | 2.78% | 156 | 156 | | | | | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Gary Broad | 1.90% | 107 | 113 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Barry Patterson | 1.85% | 104 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,090 Valid: 5,618 (46.47%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 937 Turnout: 5,683 (47.01%) |||||||||||||

### Larne Lough

2014: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Larne Lough - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Gregg McKeen* | 16.99% | 966 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Mark McKinty* | 16.31% | 927 | 928 | 966 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Robert Logan | 10.23% | 583 | 619 | 622 | 903 | 903.05 | 1,200.05 | |
| | UUP | Andrew Wilson | 14.71% | 836 | 836 | 855 | 879 | 881.94 | 960.94 | |
| | DUP | Paul Reid | 7.93% | 457 | 457 | 700 | 710 | 715.71 | 773.71 | 805.71 |
| | TUV | Kenneth Johnston | 10.67% | 606 | 606 | 615 | 621 | 621.51 | 657.53 | 678.53 |
| | NI21 | Jeremy Jones | 10.06% | 572 | 583 | 586 | 611 | 611.08 | | |
| | Alliance | Michael Lynch* | 5.33% | 303 | 366 | 372 | | | | |
| | DUP | Matthew Scott | 5.40% | 307 | 307 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán Waide | 2.25% | 128 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,826 Valid: 5,685 (44.32%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 948 Turnout: 5,757 (44.89%) |||||||||||
* Incumbent

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

| Co-option date | Electoral Area | Party | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason |
| 13 Nov 2015 | Coast Road | | DUP | Gordon Lyons | Angela Smyth | Lyons was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
| 4 Apr 2017 | Carrick Castle | | UUP | John Stewart | Robin Stewart | John was elected to the Assembly. |

### ♭ Carrick Castle by-election, 18 October 2018

After independent unionist councillor Charles (Jim) Brown died in August 2018, the Electoral Office determined that none of his three proposed substitutes met the criteria for co-option. This triggered the first by-election in Northern Ireland since local government reform in 2014. The DUP's Peter Johnston won the seat on the third count.
Carrick Castle by-election (18 October 2018)- 1 Seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | DUP | Peter Keith Johnston | 38.82 | 1,106 | 1,298 | 1,362 |
| | UUP | John McDermott | 23.45 | 668 | 823 | 1,147 |
| | Alliance | Lauren Gray | 19.52 | 556 | 645 |
| | Democrats and Veterans | Si Harvey | 15.72 | 448 |
| | Independent | Will Sibley | 2.49 | 71 |
| Electorate: 13,181 Valid: 2,849 Spoilt: 24 Quota: 1,425 Turnout: 2,873 (21.8%) |||||||

### ‡ Changes in affiliation

| Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance |
| 24 Sep 2015 | Ballymena | Donna Anderson | TUV | UKIP | Moved. |
| 30 Aug 2016 | Braid | Paul Maguire | Sinn Féin | Independent | Resigned. |
| 06 Jun 2018 | Carrick Castle | Noel Jordan | UKIP | Independent | Resigned. |
| 03 Aug 2018 | Ballymena | Donna Anderson | UKIP | Independent | Resigned. |
| 2018-2019 | Bannside | Billy Henry | DUP | Independent |
| 25 March 2019 | Knockagh | May Beattie | DUP | TUV | Moved. |
Last updated 31 March 2019.
Current composition: see Mid and East Antrim Borough Council.