2023 Mid and East Antrim District Council election

Main article: 2023 Northern Ireland local elections
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
 
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Leader Jeffrey Donaldson Doug Beattie Naomi Long
Party DUP UUP Alliance
Last election 15 7 7
Seats won 14 8 7
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1 Steady 0
Popular vote 15,627 8,764 9,571
Percentage 30.9% 17.3% 18.9%
Swing Decrease 1.1% Decrease 0.9% Increase 3.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Jim Allister Michelle O'Neill[n 1] None
Party TUV Sinn Féin Independent
Last election 5 2 3
Seats won 5 4 2
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 8,050 4,700 2,205
Percentage 15.9% 9.3% 4.4%
Swing Increase 0.7% Increase 2.9% Decrease 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.[1] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.[2]

They 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.