Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
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Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 2015
Preceded byBallymoney Borough Council
Coleraine Borough Council
Limavady Borough Council
Moyle District Council
Leadership
Mayor
Councillor Ciarán McQuillan, Sinn Féin
Deputy Mayor
Councillor Tanya Stirling, Democratic Unionist Party
Structure
Seats40
Political groups
  DUP (12)
  Sinn Féin (12)
  Alliance (5)
  UUP (4)
  SDLP (3)
  TUV (2)
  PUP (1)
  Independent (1)
Elections
Last election
18 May 2023
Website
http://www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk/

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is a local authority in Northern Ireland that was established on 1 April 2015. It covers most of the northern coast of Northern Ireland and replaced Ballymoney Borough Council, Coleraine Borough Council, Limavady Borough Council and Moyle District Council. The area covered by the council has a population of 141,745 residents as at the 2021 census.[1]

The first elections to the authority were on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority, prior to the creation of the Causeway Coast and Glens district on 1 April 2015.

  1. ^ "Census 2021 Main statistics for Northern Ireland Phase 2" (PDF). NISRA.gov.uk. December 2022.