Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council

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.

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.

Mayoralty

Mayor

FromTo Name Party20152016Michelle Knight-McQuillan 20162017Maura Hickey 20172018Joan Baird 20182019Brenda Chivers 20192020Sean Bateson 20202021Mark Fielding 20212022Richard Holmes 20222023Ivor Wallace 20232024Steven Callaghan 20242025Ciarán McQuillan 20252026Oliver McMullan 2026PresentDawn Huggins

Deputy Mayor

FromTo Name Party20152016Darryl Wilson 20162017James McCorkell 20172018Cathal McLaughlin 20182019Trevor Clarke 20192020Sharon McKillop 20202021Tom McKeown 20212022Ashleen Schenning 20222023Kathleen McGurk 20232024Margaret-Anne McKillop 20242025Tanya Stirling 20252026Richard Stewart 2026PresentSandra Hunter

Councillors For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):Current review of district electoral areas AreaSeatsBallymoney7Bann5Benbradagh5Causeway7Coleraine6Limavady5The Glens5

Seat summary PartyElected 2014Elected 2019Elected 2023CurrentDUP11141313Sinn Féin791212Alliance1255UUP10743SDLP6632TUV3022PUP1111Aontú1102

Councillors by electoral area

Arms

See also Local government in Northern Ireland 2014 Northern Ireland local elections Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom

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