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2023 Mid and East Antrim District Council election

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All 40 council seats 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jeffrey Donaldson Doug Beattie Naomi Long Party DUP UUP Alliance Last election 15 7 7 Seats won 14 8 7 Seat change 1 1 0 Popular vote 15,627 8,764 9,571 Percentage 30.9% 17.3% 18.9% Swing 1.1% 0.9% 3.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jim Allister Michelle O'Neill None Party TUV Sinn Féin Independent Last election 5 2 3 Seats won 5 4 2 Seat change 0 2 1 Popular vote 8,050 4,700 2,205 Percentage 15.9% 9.3% 4.4% Swing 0.7% 2.9% 3.8%
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election Democratic Unionist Party

The 2023 election to Mid and East Antrim District Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.

They returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Controversies

Tyler Hoey was selected as a DUP candidate to contest the 2023 Mid and East Antrim Council elections. In 2020, Hoey 'liked' a social media post commemorating the Greysteel massacre, which stated, "On this day 27 years ago, An Ulster Freedom Fighters Active Service Unit from North Antrim-Londonderry Brigade 'Trick or Treated' its way into the republican Rising Sun bar in Greysteel in order to gain revenge for the Shankill Bombing. Spirit of '93". Following this revelation, DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson said that Hoey "deeply regrets some of the things that he said in the past" and that he is "entitled to a second chance."

Election results

Mid and East Antrim District Council Election Result 2023

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	DUP	14	0	1	1	32.50	30.90	15,627	1.08
	UUP	8	1	0	1	20.00	17.33	8,764	0.91
	Alliance	7	0	0	0	17.50	18.93	9,571	3.11
	TUV	5	0	0	0	12.50	15.92	8,050	0.70
	Sinn Féin	4	2	0	2	10.00	9.29	4,700	2.89
	Independent	2	0	1	1	5.00	4.36	2,205	3.89
	SDLP	0	0	1	1	0.00	2.01	1,016	0.20
	Green (NI)	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.92	464	0.37
	PUP	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.32	164	0.33
Total		40						50,571

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the 2023 Mid and East Antrim District Council election
by district

District Electoral Area (DEA)	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total cllrs
	DUP		UUP		Alliance		TUV		Sinn Féin		SDLP		Independents and others
Ballymena	23.09	2	13.28	1 1	12.29	1	13.58	1	12.69	1 1	11.03	0 1	14.04	1 1	7
Bannside	23.85	2	10.74	1	8.75	0	39.54	2	14.72	1	2.40	0	0.0	0	6
Braid	35.31	2 1	18.68	1	10.74	1	21.51	2	13.76	1 1	0.0	0	0.0	0	7
Carrick Castle	39.22	2	23.30	2	25.70	1	6.99	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	4.79	0	5
Coast Road	32.65	2	13.3	1	26.23	1	5.79	0	20.08	1	0.0	0	1.95	0	5
Knockagh	31.99	2	19.04	1	25.53	1	5.37	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	18.07	1	5
Larne Lough	32.15	2	25.27	1	32.56	2	6.67	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	3.35	0	5
Total	30.90	14 1	17.33	8 1	18.93	7	15.92	5	9.29	4 2	2.01	0 1	5.60	2 1	40

District results

Ballymena

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and UUP gain from SDLP and Independent

Bannside

2019: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2023: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: No change

Braid

2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP

Carrick Castle

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2019–2023 Change: No change

Coast Road

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: No change

Knockagh

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2019–2023 Change: No change

Larne Lough

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

Changes during the term

† Co-options

‡ Changes in affiliation

Notes

1. The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.

References

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4. "DUP candidate's social media posts 'indefensible but in the past' – Donaldson– BelfastTelegraph.co.uk". BelfastTelegraph. 20 March 2023. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
5. ^ "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
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10. Hughes, Brendan. "DUP councillor David Clarke quits party over bullying claims". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
11. Breen, Suzanne (15 March 2024). "Ex-councillor who quit DUP over 'bullying' says he's proud to join the TUV claims". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

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