Larne Lough is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 The district elects five members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of Ballycarry and Glynn, Curran and Inver, Islandmagee, Kilwaughter and Whitehead South., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Larne Lough forms part of the East Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Larne Area B and part of Larne Area C which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained five wards (Antiville, Ballycarry, Glynn, Island Magee and Kilwaughter). For the 2014 local elections it gained parts of Larne from the abolished Larne Town DEA, and Whitehead from the abolished Kilroot DEA.
Councillors Election Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party)2023 Robert Logan (Alliance) Maeve Donnelly (Alliance) Roy Beggs Jr (UUP) Gregg McKeen (DUP) Paul Reid (DUP)May 2022 co-option Keith Turner (UUP)August 2019 co-option Danny Donnelly (Alliance)2019 Mark McKinty (UUP)2014 Andrew Wilson (UUP) 2011 John Mathews (Alliance) Roy Beggs (UUP) Bobby McKee (DUP) 2005 Andrew Wilson (UUP) 2001 David Fleck (UUP) 1997 John Hall (UUP) 1993 Samuel McAllister (DUP) Thomas Caldwell (UUP) Alexander Hunter (UUP) 1989 Gary Haggan (DUP) Samuel Steele (UUP) Thomas Baxter (UUP) 1985 Samuel McAllister (DUP) Laurence Niblock (UUP) John Alexander (DUP)
2023 election
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2023: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 change: No change
2019 election
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2014-2019 change: Alliance gain from UUP
2014 election
2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2011-2014 change: No change
2011 election
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2005-2011 change: No change
2005 election
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 change: No change
2001 election
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1997-2001 change: DUP gain from UUP
1997 election
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1997: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1993-1997 change: Alliance gain from DUP
1993 election
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1989-1993 change: No change
1989 election
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1989: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1985-1989 change: No change
1985 election
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
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