Causeway (District Electoral Area)

Causeway is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects seven members to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and contains the wards of Atlantic, Dervock, Dundoonan, Giant's Causeway, Hopefield, Portrush and Dunluce and Portstewart.[2] Causeway forms part of the East Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Causeway
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats7 (2014-)
Councillors
  •   Mark Fielding (DUP)
  •   Sandra Hunter (UUP)
  •   Allister Kyle (TUV)
  •   John McAuley (DUP)
  •   Peter McCully (APNI)
  •   Sharon McKillop (DUP)
  •   Richard Stewart (APNI)

It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing The Skerries DEA and the Giant's Causeway DEA which had existed since 1993 and 1985 respectively.

Councillors edit

Election Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
2023 Peter McCully
(Alliance)
Richard Stewart
(Alliance)
Sandra Hunter
(UUP)
Allister Kyle
(TUV)
Sharon McKillop
(DUP)/
(TUV)
John McAuley
(DUP)
Mark Fielding
(DUP)
July 2020 Defection Chris McCaw
(Alliance)
Angela Mulholland
(SDLP)/
(Independent)
Norman Hillis
(UUP)
2019
November 2018 Defection Frank Campbell
(DUP)
June 2018 Co-Option
January 2018 Co-Option Barney Fitzpatrick
(Alliance)
2014 Maura Hickey
(SDLP)

2023 Election edit

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

2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV

2019–2023 Change: Alliance and TUV gain from UUP and SDLP

Causeway - 7 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DUP Mark Fielding* 14.81% 1,305                  
Alliance Peter McCully 10.49% 924 925.35 1,022.35 1,068.65 1,165.65          
Ulster Unionist Sandra Hunter* 9.00% 793 802.90 818.05 830.05 880.05 880.76 888.62 1,335.62    
DUP John McAuley* 9.76% 860 992.15 995.45 1,003.60 1,032.20 1,032.91 1,034.06 1,072.91 1,142.60  
Alliance Richard Stewart 5.31% 468 468.90 489.90 538.20 599.20 649.61 936.29 1,021.59 1,111.98  
TUV Allister Kyle 9.84% 867 886.50 888.65 898.80 936.25 936.25 940.25 992.90 1,037.06 1,038.86
DUP Sharon McKillop* 9.96% 878 899.00 900.15 909.45 925.60 925.60 929.60 963.20 992.18 1,030.43
Sinn Féin Emma Thompson 8.11% 715 715.00 732.00 751.00 767.00 767.71 937.71 945.71 945.71 945.71
Ulster Unionist Barry Torrens 6.90% 608 613.70 625.70 663.85 738.60 739.61 766.31      
SDLP Paul Shevlin 5.11% 450 450.30 491.30 530.30 562.30 572.24        
Independent David Alexander 4.02% 354 355.80 375.80 476.95            
Independent Angela Mulholland* 3.71% 327 328.50 353.65              
Green (NI) Mark Coulson 2.97% 262 263.05                
Electorate: 17,620   Valid: 8,811 (50.01%)   Spoilt: 97   Quota: 1,102   Turnout: 8,908 (50.55%)  

2019 Election edit

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[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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      
Ulster Unionist Norman Hillis* 9.32% 758 785 802.28 821.96 833.16 833.16 857.76 1,005.04
Ulster Unionist 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%)  

2014 Election edit

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

Causeway - 7 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DUP Frank Campbell* 12.28% 910 915 945              
DUP Mark Fielding* 8.68% 643 647 655 666.16 702.16 884.16 923.16 940.16    
Alliance Barney Fitzpatrick* † 10.06% 745 745 756 757.24 766.24 767.24 841.24 934.24    
Ulster Unionist Sandra Hunter* 10.28% 762 767 786 787.86 804.86 813.86 831.86 862.86 1,025.86  
Ulster Unionist Norman Hillis* 9.03% 669 671 679 679 707 712 749 773 983  
TUV Sharon McKillop 8.31% 616 721 773 773.62 830.62 834.62 845.62 865.62 895.62 923.17
SDLP Maura Hickey* † 9.43% 699 699 699 699 708 709 733 802 813 827.25
DUP Bill Kennedy* 6.71% 497 504 522 523.86 532.86 592.86 601.86 613.86 665.86 722.86
Ulster Unionist Robert McPherson 6.26% 464 471 475 475.62 488.62 496.62 499.62 525.62    
Independent Alison Torrens 3.81% 282 283 307 307 320 320 363      
NI21 David Alexander 3.58% 265 265 277 277.62 290.62 291.62        
DUP Angela Knott 3.51% 260 263 264 264 280          
UKIP Adrian Parke 3.09% 229 244 252 252            
Independent Leanne Abernethy 2.79% 207 211                
TUV Thomas Stirling 2.17% 161                  
Electorate: 16,548   Valid: 7,409 (44.77%)   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 927   Turnout: 7,508 (45.37%)  

References edit

  1. ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
  2. ^ "Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 23 January 2022.