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The council is geographically spread from the Sperrin
Mountains to Rathlin Island, down to Cushendall. It is a simple
amalgamation of the old Limavady, Coleraine, and Ballymoney
Borough Councils, as well as the old Moyle District Council.
The 2019 election saw the DUP consolidate their
position as the largest party on the council. They increased their
first preference vote by over 3% and managed to pick up three
additional seats for a total of 14. Sinn Féin also saw gains,
winning a seat in Bann and a second seat in Ballymoney. The TUV
suffered the loss of all three of their seats and are no longer
represented on the council. The PUP retained their one seat and
saw the share of the vote increase to 3.1%, their best performance
across all 11 councils in 2019. The UUP lost three seats, going
from ten to seven, and Alliance doubled theirs from one to two.
Map by Conal
Kelly
Summary
| Electoral Area | 2019 Results | 2014 Results |
| Coleraine | 2 DUP, 1 PUP, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP, 1 Alliance |
2 DUP, 2 UUP, 1 PUP, 1 SDLP |
| Ballymoney | 3 DUP, 2 SF, 2 UUP |
3 DUP, 2 UUP, 1 SF, 1 TUV |
| Causeway |
3 DUP, 2 UUP, 1 Alliance, 1 SDLP |
2 DUP, 2 UUP, 1 TUV, 1 Alliance |
| Bann | 2 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 SF, 1 SDLP |
2 UUP, 2 DUP, 1 SDLP |
| Limavady | 3 DUP, 1 SF, 1 SDLP |
2 DUP, 1 SF, 1 UUP, 1 SDLP |
| The Glens |
2 SF, 1 Ind, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP |
2 SF, 1 Ind, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP |
| Benbradagh | 3 SF, 1 SDLP, 1 DUP |
3 SF, 1 TUV, 1 SDLP |
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Votes by Party
| 2019 Results |
2014 Results |
2011 Notional Results |
| DUP 15,371 (30.4%) 14 councillors SF 11,221 (22.2%) 9 councillors UUP 7,725 (15.3%) 7 councillors SDLP 4,686 (9.3%) 6 councillors Alliance 4,058 (8.0%) 2 councillors TUV 2,177 (4.3%) Ind 2,039 (4.0%) 1 councillor PUP 1,576 (3.1%) 1 councillor Aontú 992 (2.0%) UKIP 350 (0.7%) Green 331 (0.7%) Cons 112 (0.2%) |
DUP: 12,582 (27.0%) 11 councillors Sinn Féin: 9,313 (19.9%) 7 councillors UUP: 7,978 (17.1%) 10 councillors SDLP: 5,911 (12.7%) 6 councillors TUV: 4,846 (10.4%) 3 councillors Alliance: 1,822 (3.9%) 1 councillor PUP: 777 (1.7%) 1 councillor UKIP: 518 (1.1%) NI21: 378 (0.8%) Conservative: 129 (0.3%) Independent: 2,431 (5.2%) 1 councillor |
DUP: 16,312 (32.8%), 15 councillors SF: 10,110 (20.3%), 9 councillors UUP: 7,688 (15.5%), 6 councillors SDLP: 6,005 (12.1%), 5 councillors TUV: 2,027 (4.1%) 1 councillor Alliance: 1,963 (4.0%) 1 councillor UKIP: 91 (0.2%) Ind: 5,495 (11.1%) 3 councillors (1 Ind, 1 Un, 1 Nat) |
| Electorate: 98,930; votes cast: 51,212 (51.8%); invalid votes: 574 (1.1%); valid votes: 50,638 | Electorate: 95,915; votes cast: 47,298 (49.3%); spoilt votes: 598 (1.2%); valid votes: 46,685 | Electorate: 93,338; votes cast: 53,544; spoilt votes: 963 (1.8%); valid votes: 52,491 (98.2%) |
2011 Census: 56,649 "Catholic" (40.21%); 77,182 "Protestant" (54.79%); 913 Other (0.65%); 6,133 None (4.35%) |
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The notional
results given above are my best guess projection of the 2011
results on the new boundaries - a "backcast" rather than a
forecast.
See
also
results for:
Limavady:
1993-2011,
1985-89,
and 1973-81
Coleraine: 1993-2011,
1985-89,
and 1973-81
Ballymoney: 1993-2011,
1985-89,
and 1973-81
Moyle: 1993-2011,
1985-89,
and 1973-81
Westminster
seat: East
Londonderry
Includes
these
wards: Churchland, Mountsandel, Quarry, University, Waterside,
and Windy Hill.
| First Count: Russell Watton (PUP) 1,325 Stephanie Quigley (SDLP) 983 Philip Anderson (DUP) 901 George Duddy (DUP) 866 Trevor Clarke (DUP) 769 Yvonne Boyle (Alliance) 732 William McCandless (UUP) 633 Ciarán Archibald (SF) 417 John Wisener (UUP) 292 David Harding (Cons) 112 Amanda Ranaghan (UKIP) 101 |
Votes by Party: DUP 2,536 (35.6%) 2 seats PUP 1,325 (18.6%) 1 seat - best PUP result of the election SDLP 983 (13.8%) 1 seat UUP 925 (13.0%) 1 seat Alliance 732 (10.3%) 1 seat SF 417 (5.8%) Cons 112 (1.6%) UKIP 101 (1.4%) |
Electorate: 15,879; votes cast: 7,208 (45.4%); invalid votes: 77
(1.1%); valid votes: 7,131; quota: 1,019.
McCandless (UUP) was 101.7 ahead of Clarke (DUP) for the last
seat, with undistributed surpluses of 38.83 (Alliance), 12.85
(DUP), and 12.13 (PUP), which might have slightly widened the
final margin but not by much. Harding, who had won a seat for the
UUP in 2014, was standing in this election as Conservative.
Coleraine represented the PUP's best performance across all 80
electoral areas in the 2019 election.
| First Count: Russell Watton (PUP) 777 Stephanie Quigley (SDLP) 721 George Duddy (DUP) 710 William McCandless (UUP) 641 Trevor Clarke (DUP) 627 David Harding (UUP) 539 Tracy Craig (DUP) 483 Yvonne Boyle (Alliance) 408 Margaret Fleming (SF) 383 Phyllis Fielding (DUP) 360 Tommy Collins (TUV) 327 Billy Ellis (Independent) 284 William Ogilby (UKIP) 187 Christopher McCaw (NI21) 113 |
Votes by Party: DUP 2,180 (33.2%) 2 seats UUP 1,180 (18.0%) 2 seats PUP 777 (11.8%) 1 seat SDLP 721 (11.0%) 1 seat Alliance 408 (6.2%) SF 383 (5.8%) TUV 327 (5.0%) Ind 284 (4.3%) UKIP 187 (2.9%) NI21 113 (1.7%) |
Electorate
15,443; total poll: 6,639 (43.0%); invalid votes 79
(1.2%); valid votes 6,560; quota 938.
Harding (UUP)
finished 82.72 votes ahead of Craig (DUP). Another case of
good balancing by the local UUP, who started a lot further
from the second seat than the DUP were from their third.
Irish
Observer projected 3 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 Alliance, 1 Ind, and Faha
projected 3 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 SDLP, 1 Ind. A good result for the UUP,
then, and an excellent one for the PUP. Again, an incumbent
independent did not stand.
Westminster
seat: North
Antrim
Includes
these
wards: Ballymoney East, Ballymoney North, Ballymoney South,
Clogh Mills, Dunloy, Rasharkin, and Route.
| First Count: Darryl Wilson (UUP) 1,420 John Finlay (DUP) 1,322 Leanne Peacock (SF) 1,153 Cathal McLaughlin (SF) 906 Alan McLean (DUP) 827 Ivor Wallace (DUP) 826 Peter McCully (Alliance) 734 Tom McKeown (UUP) 512 William Blair (TUV) 497 Ian Stevenson (Ind) 220 John Wilson (TUV) 217 David Hanna (UKIP) 117 |
Votes by Party: DUP 2,975 (34.0%) 3 seats SF 2,059 (23.5%) 2 seats UUP 1,932 (22.1%) 2 seats Alliance 734 (8.4%) TUV 714 (8.2%) Ind 220 (2.5%) UKIP 117 (1.3%) |
Electorate: 17,213; votes cast: 8,885 (51.6%); invalid votes: 134
(1.5%); valid votes: 8,751; quota: 1,094
McLaughlin (SF) was 148.21 ahead of McCully (Alliance) for the
last seat, with undistributed surpluses of 49.38 (UUP) and 71.77
(DUP), which would have narrowed the final margin.
| First Count: John Finlay (DUP) 1,075 Philip McGuigan (SF) 941 William Blair (TUV) 846 Darryl Wilson (UUP) 754 Jamise McIlhagga (TUV) 632 Tom McKeown (UUP) 621 Leanne Peacock (SF) 615 Ian Stevenson (DUP) 593 Jonathan Wallace (DUP) 530 Alan McLean (DUP) 528 Harry Boyle (SDLP) 334 Stephen McFarland (Alliance) 304 Charley 'Pappy' O'Kane (Independent) 196 Angela Mulholland (SDLP) 149 James Simpson (Conservatives) 129 |
DUP 2,726 (33.1%) 3 seats SF 1,556 (18.9%) 1 seat TUV 1,478 (17.9%) 1 seat UUP 1,375 (16.7%) 2 seats SDLP 483 (5.9%) Alliance 304 (3.7%) Ind 196 (2.4%) Cons 129 (1.6%) |
Electorate
16,836; total poll: 8,362 (49.7%); invalid votes 115 (1.4%);
valid votes 8,247; quota 1,031.
McLean (DUP)
squeaked into the last place by 9.4 votes ahead of Peacock (SF),
with all votes distributed.
There were
almost two nationalist quotas here on the first count, but when
Boyle (SDLP) was eliminated, 248 of his 569 votes were
non-transferable. Kudos to the UUP whose impressive balancing
saw both candidates elected without a quota on the last count,
getting two seats where both the TUV and SF managed only one
despite more first preferences.
Irish Observer projected 4 DUP, 2 SF, 1 UUP, and Faha projected 3 DUP, 2 SF, 1 UUP, 1 TUV. If that second SF seat had been there in 2011, it was not there this time, and it was a good result for the UUP.
Westminster
seat: North
Antrim / East
Londonderry
Includes
these
wards: Atlantic, Dervock, Dundooan, Giant's Causeway, Hopefield,
Portrush & Dunluce, and Portstewart.
| First Count: Mark Fielding (DUP) 1,276 Chris McCaw (Alliance) 1,212 Sharon McKillop (DUP) 1,010 John McAuley (DUP) 831 Sandra Hunter (UUP) 774 Norman Hillis (UUP) 758 David Alexander (Ind) 552 Angela Mulholland (SDLP) 496 Mark Coulson (Green) 331 Cyril Quigg (TUV) 325 Emma Thompson (SF) 267 Stewart Moore (TUV) 167 Rebecca Hanna (UKIP) 132 |
Votes by Party: DUP 3,117 (38.3%) 3 seats UUP 1,532 (18.8%) 2 seats Alliance 1,212 (14.9%) 1 seat Ind 552 (6.8%) SDLP 496 (6.1%) 1 seat TUV 492 (6.1%) Green 331 (4.1%) SF 267 (3.3%) UKIP 132 (1.6%) |
Electorate: 16,918; votes cast: 8,220 (48.6%); invalid votes: 89
(1.1%); valid votes: 8,131; quota: 1,017.
Mulholland (SDLP) was 99.48 ahead of Alexander (Ind) for the last
seat, with undistributed surpluses of 21.2 (DUP) and 19.6 (also
DUP) which would have likely narrowed the final margin somewhat.
Alexander had conested the 2014 election as a NI21 candidate.
| First Count: Frank Campbell (DUP) 910 Sandra Hunter (UUP) 762 Barney Fitzpatrick (Alliance) 745 Maura Hickey (SDLP) 699 Norman Hillis (UUP) 669 Mark Fielding (DUP) 643 Sharon McKillop (TUV) 616 Bill Kennedy (DUP) 497 Robert McPherson (UUP) 464 Alison Torrens (Independent) 282 David Alexander (NI21) 265 Angela Knott (DUP) 260 Adrian Parke (UKIP) 229 Leanne Abernethy (Independent) 207 Thomas Stirling (TUV) 161 |
Votes by Party: DUP 2,310 (31.2%) 2 seats UUP 1,895 (25.6%) 2 seats TUV 777 (10.5%) 1 seat Alliance 745 (10.1%) 1 seat SDLP 699 (9.4%) 1 seat Inds 489 (6.6%) NI21 265(3.6%) UKIP 229 (3.1%) |
Irish Observer projected 2 DUP, 2 UUP, 1 SDLP, 1 Alliance, 1 Ind, and Faha projected 3 DUP, 2 UUP, 1 SDLP, 1 Alliance. A veteran independent councillor did not contest the election, and it's fair to say that her seat, which might have been marginal with the DUP in 2011, was taken by the TUV.
Westminster
seat: East
Londonderry
Includes
these
wards: Aghadowey, Castlerock, Garvagh, Kilrea, and Macosquin.
| First Count: Sean Bateson (SF) 1,403 Adrian McQuillan (DUP) 1,047 Richard Holmes (UUP) 964 William King (UUP) 799 Michelle Knight-McQuillan (DUP) 781 Helena Dallat-O'Driscoll (SDLP) 686 Sam Cole (DUP) 639 Charlie McConaghy (Alliance) 491 Timmy Reid (PUP) 251 Elizabeth Collins (TUV) 214 |
Votes by Party: DUP 2,467 (33.9%) 2 seats UUP 1,763 (24.2%) 1 seat SF 1,403 (19.3%) 1 seat SDLP 686 (9.4%) 1 seat Alliance 491 (6.7%) PUP 251 (3.5%) TUV 214 (2.9%) |
Electorate: 12,656; votes cast: 7,350 (58.1%); invalid votes: 75
(1.0%); valid votes: 7,275; quota: 1,213.
Dallat-O'Driscoll (SDLP) was 158.6 ahead of King (UUP) for the
last seat, with undistributed surpluses of 35.6 (UUP) and 122.76
(DUP), which would have made the final margin a lot closer. There
were 1.7 nationalist quotas compared to 3.8 unionist quotas. The
votes of the excluded Alliance candidate at Stage 4 favored the
SDLP 2:1 over the remaining unionist candidates.
| First Count: William King (UUP) 1,127 Michelle Knight-McQuillan (DUP) 1,025 Ciaran Archibald (Sinn Féin) 994 Sam Cole (DUP) 892 Richard Holmes (UUP) 880 Roisin Loftus (SDLP) 875 Elizabeth Collins (TUV) 550 Charlie McConaghy (Alliance) 235 |
Count by Party: UUP 2,007 (30.5%) 2 seats DUP 1,917 (29.1%) 2 seats SF 994 (15.1%) SDLP 875 (13.3%) 1 seat TUV 550 (8.4%) Alliance 235 (3.6%) |
Electorate 12,175; total poll: 6,655 (54.7%); invalid votes 77 (1.2%); valid votes 6,578; quota 1,097.
This was
interesting; two of the Unionists were declared elected on the
first count, and at the same time the Alliance and TUV
candidates were excluded; the votes of the latter two elected
the remaining two Unionists on the second count, incidentally
closing the SF lead over the SDLP from 119 to 29; and the
transferred surpluses from the four Unionist candidates then
steadily shifted the margin to the point that Loftus (SDLP) beat
Archibald (SF) by 41.95 on the last count, with everything else
distributed.
Irish Observer projected 2 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 SF, 1 SDLP, but there were nowhere near two Nationalist quotas here.
Westminster
seat: East
Londonderry
Includes
these
wards: Coolessan, Drumsurn, Greystone, Magilligan, and Roeside.
| First Count: Alan Robinson (DUP) 1,498 Brenda Chivers (SF) 1,034 James McCorkell (DUP) 654 Kevin Hayward (Alliance) 557 Ashleen Schenning (SDLP) 519 Raymond Kennedy (UUP) 405 Aaron Callan (DUP) 385 Francie Brolly (Aontu) 337 Colin Cartwright (TUV) 176 |
Votes by Party: DUP 2,537 (45.6%) 3 seats SF 1,034 (18.6%) 1 seat Alliance 557 (10.0%) SDLP 519 (9.3%) 1 seat UUP 405 (7.3%) Aontu 337 (6.1%) TUV 176 (3.2%) |
Electorate: 11,197; votes cast: 5,616 (50.2%); invalid votes: 51
(0.9%); valid votes: 5,565; quota: 928.
Schenning (SDLP) was 97.18 ahead of Hayward (Alliance) for the
last seat, with a DUP surplus of 90.8 undistributed, which would
have narrowed the final margin.
| First Count: Alan Robinson (DUP) 1,451 Brenda Chivers (SF) 797 Gerry Mullan (SDLP) 576 James McCorkell (DUP) 462 Aaron Callan (UUP) 452 Raymond Kennedy (UUP) 394 Rory Donaghy (SF) 372 Howard Gordon (TUV) 325 Jonathan Holmes (DUP) 292 Jason Allen (SDLP) 268 Richard Nicholl (UKIP) 102 |
Votes by Party: DUP 2,205 (40.2%) 2 seats SF 1,169 (21.3%) 1 seat UUP 846 (15.4%) 1 seat SDLP 844 (15.4%) 1 seat TUV 325 (5.9%) UKIP 102 (1.9%) |
Electorate 10,998; total poll: 5,579 (50.7%); invalid votes 88 (1.6%); valid votes 5,491; quota 916.
Callan (UUP)
finished 132.81 votes ahead of his running mate Kennedy (also
UUP) with everything distributed. The UUP candidates were well
balanced, but the votes were not there, with less than a quota
between them.
Irish
Observer and Faha
both projected 2 DUP, 1 SF, 1 UUP, 1 SDLP, which was
the actual result.
Westminster
seat: North
Antrim / East
Antrim
Includes these wards: Ballycastle, Kinbane, Loughguile &
Stranocum, Lurigethan, and Torr Head & Rathlin.
| First Count: Ambrose Laverty (Ind) 1,267 Cara McShane (SF) 1,102 Oliver McMullan (SF) 1,097 Margaret McKillop (SDLP) 1,080 Bill Kennedy (DUP) 843 Joan Baird (UUP) 758 Kieran Mulholland (SF) 589 |
Votes by Party: SF 2,788 (41.4%) 2 seats Ind 1,267 (18.8%) 1 seat SDLP 1,080 (16.0%) 1 seat DUP 843 (12.5%) UUP 758 (11.3%) 1 seat |
Electorate: 12,507; votes cast: 6,812 (54.5%); invalid votes: 76
(1.1%); valid votes: 6,736; quota: 1,123.
Baird (UUP) was 46.2 ahead of Kennedy (DUP) for the last seat.
Kennedy was ahead of Baird until the sixth and final stage, when
transfers from Laverty (Ind) pushed the UUP candidate over the
finish-line.
| First Count: Cara McShane (SF) 839 Padraig Pearse McShane (Independent) 835 Kieran James Mulholland (SF) 745 Colum Thompson (SF) 702 Joan Baird (UUP) 675 Ambrose Laverty (Independent) 627 Margaret Anne McKillop (SDLP) 555 Donal Cunningham (SDLP) 513 Evelyne Robinson (DUP) 494 Cyril Quigg (TUV) 229 Joanne McKeown (SDLP) 143 Colin Mayrs (Alliance) 130 |
Votes by Party: SF 2,286 (35.2%) 2 seats Inds 1,462 (22.5%) 1 seat SDLP 1,211 (18.7%) 1 seat UUP 675 (10.4%) 1 seat DUP 494 (7.6%) TUV 229 (3.5%) Alliance 130 (2.0%) |
Electorate
12,011; total poll: 6,550 (54.5%); invalid votes 63 (1.0%);
valid votes 6,487; quota 1,082.
Mulholland (SF) was 101.25 votes ahead of Laverty (Ind) on the
last count, with an SDLP surplus of 9 undistributed.
Irish Observer projected 2 SF, 1 SDLP, 1 DUP, 1 Ind and Faha projected 2 SF, 2 SDLP, 1 DUP. This can therefore be counted as one of the seats where the UUP effectively took what would have been a DUP seat in 2011. The SDLP/Independent breakdown is more difficult to analyse because of the prevalnece of local factors (note that the top two candidates, standing under different designations, are brother and sister).
Westminster
seat: East
Londonderry
Includes
these
wards: Altahullion, Ballykelly, Dungiven, Feeny, and Greysteel.
| First Count: Sean McGlinchey (SF) 1,574 Dermot Nicholl (SF) 1,002 Orla Beattie (SDLP) 922 Edgar Scott (DUP) 896 Kathleen McGurk (SF) 677 Prionnsias Brolly (Aontu) 655 Boyd Douglas (TUV) 581 Robert Carmichael (UUP) 410 Christine Turner (Alliance) 332 |
Votes by Party: SF 3,253 (46.1%) 3 seats SDLP 922 (13.1%) 1 seat DUP 896 (12.7%) 1 seat Aontu 655 (9.3%) TUV 581 (8.2%) UUP 410 (5.8%) Alliance 332 (4.7%) |
Electorate: 12,560; votes cast: 7,121 (56.7%); invalid votes: 72
(1.0%); valid votes: 7,049; quota: 1,175.
Scott (DUP) was 292.5 ahead of Douglas (TUV) for the last seat,
with undistributed surpluses of 2.75 (SDLP) and 49 (SF), which
would have made little difference.
| First Count:br> Sean
McGlinchey (SF) 1,460 Boyd Douglas (TUV) 1,160 Dermot Nicholl (SF) 833 Edgar Scott (DUP) 750 Orla Beattie (SDLP) 686 Tony McCaul (SF) 632 Michael Coyle (SDLP) 392 |
Votes by Party: SF 2,925 (49.5%) 3 seats TUV 1,160 (19.6%) 1 seat SDLP 1,078 (18.2%) 1 seat DUP 750 (12.7%) |
Electorate 11,904; total poll: 6,005 (50.4%); invalid votes 77 (1.5%); valid votes 5,913; quota 986.
Nicholl (SF)
finished 43.50 votes ahead of Scott (DUP) with an undistributed
SDLP surplus of just under 6 votes which would have widened the
gap a little.
This one
really was a numbers game, with Nationalists on 4.06 quotas (SF
on 2.97) and Unionists on 1.94.
Irish
Observer projected 3 SF, 1 DUP, 1 SDLP; I think he
underestimated local strength for Douglas, but in any case this
was a good result for him and the TUV.
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