# Larne Lough (District Electoral Area)

Larne Lough is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of Ballycarry and Glynn, Curran and Inver, Islandmagee, Kilwaughter and Whitehead South. Larne Lough forms part of the East Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Larne Area B and part of Larne Area C which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained five wards (Antiville, Ballycarry, Glynn, Island Magee and Kilwaughter). For the 2014 local elections it gained parts of Larne from the abolished Larne Town DEA, and Whitehead from the abolished Kilroot DEA.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 2023 | Robert Logan (Alliance) | Maeve Donnelly (Alliance) | Roy Beggs Jr (UUP) | Gregg McKeen (DUP) | Paul Reid (DUP) |
| May 2022 Co-Option | Robert Logan (Alliance) | Maeve Donnelly (Alliance) | Keith Turner (UUP) | Gregg McKeen (DUP) | Paul Reid (DUP) |
| August 2019 Co-Option | Robert Logan (Alliance) | Danny Donnelly (Alliance) | Keith Turner (UUP) | Gregg McKeen (DUP) | Paul Reid (DUP) |
| 2019 | Robert Logan (Alliance) | Danny Donnelly (Alliance) | Mark McKinty (UUP) | Gregg McKeen (DUP) | Paul Reid (DUP) |
| 2014 | Robert Logan (Alliance) | Andrew Wilson (UUP) | Mark McKinty (UUP) | Gregg McKeen (DUP) | Paul Reid (DUP) |
| 2011 | John Mathews (Alliance) | Roy Beggs (UUP) | Mark McKinty (UUP) | Gregg McKeen (DUP) | Bobby McKee (DUP) |
| 2005 | John Mathews (Alliance) | Roy Beggs (UUP) | Andrew Wilson (UUP) | Gregg McKeen (DUP) | Bobby McKee (DUP) |
| 2001 | John Mathews (Alliance) | Roy Beggs (UUP) | David Fleck (UUP) | Gregg McKeen (DUP) | Bobby McKee (DUP) |
| 1997 | John Mathews (Alliance) | Roy Beggs (UUP) | David Fleck (UUP) | John Hall (UUP) | Bobby McKee (DUP) |
| 1993 | Samuel McAllister (DUP) | Roy Beggs (UUP) | Thomas Caldwell (UUP) | Alexander Hunter (UUP) | Bobby McKee (DUP) |
| 1989 | Gary Haggan (DUP) | Roy Beggs (UUP) | Samuel Steele (UUP) | Thomas Baxter (UUP) | Bobby McKee (DUP) |
| 1985 | Samuel McAllister (DUP) | Roy Beggs (UUP) | Samuel Steele (UUP) | Laurence Niblock (UUP) | John Alexander (DUP) |

## 2023 Election

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
Larne Lough - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Alliance | Maeve Donnelly* | 21.69% | 1,389 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Gregg McKeen* | 18.69% | 1,197 | | | | | |
| | UUP | 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 |
| | UUP | 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%) ||||||||||

## 2019 Election

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%) ||||||||||

## 2014 Election

2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2011-2014 Change: No change
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%) |||||||||||

## 2011 Election

2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2005-2011 Change: No change
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 | Bobby McKee* | 24.22% | 1,048 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Roy Beggs* | 21.19% | 917 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Gregg McKeen* | 11.25% | 487 | 751.96 | | | | |
| | Alliance | John Mathews* | 14.49% | 627 | 635.32 | 656.48 | 869.14 | | |
| | UUP | Mark McKinty | 7.58% | 328 | 338.88 | 457.56 | 473.26 | 563.36 | 683.19 |
| | DUP | Sharon McKeen | 8.48% | 367 | 396.76 | 425.74 | 435.07 | 469.41 | 576.02 |
| | TUV | Sam McAllister | 6.61% | 286 | 292.72 | 312.27 | 318.73 | 340.83 | |
| | Alliance | Niamh Spurle | 6.17% | 267 | 270.2 | 275.26 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,312 Valid: 4,327 (46.47%) Spoilt: 61 Quota: 722 Turnout: 4,388 (47.12%) ||||||||||

## 2005 Election

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: No change
Larne Lough - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | DUP | Bobby McKee* | 34.79% | 1,589 | | |
| | UUP | Roy Beggs* | 20.39% | 931 | | |
| | Alliance | John Mathews* | 18.87% | 862 | | |
| | DUP | Gregg McKeen* | 9.15% | 418 | 1,195.51 | |
| | UUP | Andrew Wilson | 12.81% | 585 | 619.45 | 916.25 |
| | UUP | Jonathan Moore | 3.99% | 182 | 194.19 | 315.03 |
| Electorate: 8,574 Valid: 4,567 (53.27%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 762 Turnout: 4,658 (54.33%) |||||||

## 2001 Election

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Larne Lough - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Bobby McKee* | 25.87% | 1,314 | | | | |
| | UUP | Roy Beggs* | 24.57% | 1,248 | | | | |
| | Alliance | John Mathews* | 23.06% | 1,171 | | | | |
| | DUP | Gregg McKeen | 9.69% | 492 | 914.17 | | | |
| | UUP | David Fleck* | 7.36% | 374 | 395.83 | 704.35 | 821.2 | 849.2 |
| | UUP | John Hall* | 6.48% | 329 | 342.69 | 424.77 | 551.46 | 615.97 |
| | Independent | William Small | 2.97% | 151 | 155.07 | 162.27 | 240.58 | |
| Electorate: 8,552 Valid: 5,079 (59.39%) Spoilt: 154 Quota: 847 Turnout: 5,233 (61.19%) |||||||||

## 1997 Election

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1997: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
Larne Lough - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | Roy Beggs* | 31.32% | 1,043 | | | | |
| | UUP | David Fleck | 7.96% | 265 | 480.73 | 527.83 | 655.83 | |
| | Alliance | John Mathews | 15.80% | 526 | 536.81 | 554.22 | 566.22 | |
| | UUP | John Hall | 8.92% | 297 | 344 | 362.76 | 488.79 | 576.09 |
| | DUP | Bobby McKee* | 11.08% | 369 | 405.19 | 497.77 | 521.76 | 523.56 |
| | DUP | Samuel McAllister* | 9.01% | 300 | 330.55 | 440.19 | 480 | 489.9 |
| | UUP | Alexander Hunter* | 7.21% | 240 | 339.17 | 358.34 | | |
| | DUP | Sharon Gardiner | 5.23% | 174 | 197.03 | | | |
| | PUP | George Ferguson | 3.48% | 116 | 133.39 | | | |
| Electorate: 7,838 Valid: 3,330 (42.49%) Spoilt: 95 Quota: 556 Turnout: 3,425 (43.70%) |||||||||

## 1993 Election

1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1989-1993 Change: No change
Larne Lough - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | Roy Beggs* | 51.82% | 1,680 | | | | |
| | UUP | Thomas Caldwell | 5.31% | 172 | 695.98 | | | |
| | DUP | Bobby McKee* | 15.79% | 512 | 607.14 | | | |
| | UUP | Alexander Hunter | 3.73% | 121 | 371.63 | 472.83 | 534.05 | 553.37 |
| | DUP | Samuel McAllister | 11.38% | 369 | 430.77 | 440.23 | 482.48 | 508.7 |
| | UUP | Samuel Steele* | 5.31% | 172 | 337.43 | 362.95 | 431.74 | 451.75 |
| | NI Conservatives | Gary Haggan* | 6.66% | 216 | 255.05 | 269.57 | | |
| Electorate: 7,406 Valid: 3,242 (43.78%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 541 Turnout: 3,383 (45.68%) |||||||||

## 1989 Election

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1989: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Larne Lough - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | Roy Beggs* | 38.94% | 1,387 | | | | |
| | UUP | Thomas Baxter* | 13.81% | 492 | 927.58 | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Steele* | 8.31% | 296 | 473.48 | 725.03 | | |
| | DUP | Bobby McKee | 13.73% | 489 | 560.34 | 592.74 | 633.24 | |
| | DUP | Gary Haggan | 6.85% | 244 | 294.46 | 320.56 | 365.11 | 569.16 |
| | Alliance | Thomas Caldwell | 11.54% | 411 | 435.94 | 449.44 | 472.39 | 496.83 |
| | DUP | William Sloan | 6.82% | 243 | 267.36 | 273.66 | 295.26 | |
| Electorate: 7,198 Valid: 3,562 (49.49%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 594 Turnout: 3,678 (51.10%) |||||||||

## 1985 Election

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
Larne Lough - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Roy Beggs* | 27.69% | 1,020 | | | |
| | DUP | John Alexander* | 18.41% | 678 | | | |
| | UUP | Laurence Niblock* | 12.92% | 476 | 596.4 | 597.48 | 703.48 |
| | UUP | Thomas Baxter | 9.42% | 347 | 547.8 | 553.47 | 657.47 |
| | DUP | Samuel McAllister* | 13.33% | 491 | 522.6 | 547.44 | 567.73 |
| | DUP | Gary Haggan | 8.69% | 320 | 351.2 | 379.73 | 389.22 |
| | Alliance | Thomas Benson* | 9.53% | 351 | 371.8 | 372.16 | |
| Electorate: 6,568 Valid: 3,683 (56.07%) Spoilt: 96 Quota: 614 Turnout: 3,779 (57.54%) ||||||||