2023 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election

2023 Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council election

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All 40 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Jeffrey Donaldson Michelle O'Neill[n 1] Naomi Long
Party DUP Sinn Féin Alliance
Last election 14 9 2
Seats won 13 12 5
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 3 Increase 3
Popular vote 15,041 17,161 5,425
Percentage 27.0% 30.8% 9.7%
Swing Decrease 3.3% Increase 8.7% Increase 1.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Doug Beattie Colum Eastwood Jim Allister
Party UUP SDLP TUV
Last election 7 6 0
Seats won 4 3 2
Seat change Decrease 3 Decrease 3 Increase 2
Popular vote 7,055 2,774 2,657
Percentage 12.7% 5.0% 4.8%
Swing Decrease 2.6% Decrease 4.3% Increase 0.5%

  Seventh party
 
PUP
Leader Billy Hutchinson
Party PUP
Last election 1
Seats won 1
Seat change Steady 0
Popular vote 1,016
Percentage 1.8%
Swing Decrease 1.3%

Causeway Coast and Glens 2023 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)

Distribution of Seats

  Sinn Féin: 12 seats
  SDLP: 3 seats
  Alliance Party of Northern Ireland: 5 seats
  Progressive Unionist Party: 1 seat
  Ulster Unionist Party: 4 seats
  Democratic Unionist Party: 13 seats
  Traditional Unionist Voice: 2 seats

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2023 election to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council was scheduled to be held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England.[1] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.[2]

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


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  1. ^ "Local government elections in Northern Ireland". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  2. ^ "NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.