Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 2015 |
| Preceded by | Ballymoney Borough Council Coleraine Borough Council Limavady Borough Council Moyle District Council |
| Leadership | |
Mayor | Councillor Oliver McMullan, Sinn Féin |
Deputy Mayor | Alderman Richard Stewart, Alliance |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 40 |
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Political groups | DUP (13) Sinn Féin (12) Alliance (5) UUP (3) SDLP (2) TUV (2) PUP (1) Independent (2) |
| Elections | |
Last election | 18 May 2023 |
| Meeting place | |
| Coolnavin, 66 Portstewart Road,Coleraine, BT52 1EY[1] | |
| Website | |
| http://www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk/ | |
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is a local authority inNorthern Ireland that was established on 1 April 2015. It covers most of the northern coast of Northern Ireland and replacedBallymoney Borough Council,Coleraine Borough Council,Limavady Borough Council andMoyle District Council. The area covered by the council has a population of 141,745 residents as at the 2021 census.[2]
The first elections to the authority were on22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority, prior to the creation of theCauseway Coast and Glens district on 1 April 2015.
| From | To | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2016 | Michelle Knight-McQuillan | DUP | |
| 2016 | 2017 | Maura Hickey | SDLP | |
| 2017 | 2018 | Joan Baird | UUP | |
| 2018 | 2019 | Brenda Chivers | Sinn Féin | |
| 2019 | 2020 | Sean Bateson | Sinn Féin | |
| 2020 | 2021 | Mark Fielding | DUP | |
| 2021 | 2022 | Richard Holmes | UUP | |
| 2022 | 2023 | Ivor Wallace | DUP | |
| 2023 | 2024 | Steven Callaghan[3] | DUP | |
| 2024 | 2025 | Ciarán McQuillan[4] | Sinn Féin | |
| 2025 | Present | Oliver McMullan[5] | Sinn Féin |
| From | To | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2016 | Darryl Wilson | UUP | |
| 2016 | 2017 | James McCorkell | DUP | |
| 2017 | 2018 | Cathal McLaughlin | Sinn Féin | |
| 2018 | 2019 | Trevor Clarke | DUP | |
| 2019 | 2020 | Sharon McKillop | DUP | |
| 2020 | 2021 | Tom McKeown | UUP | |
| 2021 | 2022 | Ashleen Schenning | SDLP | |
| 2022 | 2023 | Kathleen McGurk | Sinn Féin | |
| 2023 | 2024 | Margaret-Anne McKillop[3] | SDLP | |
| 2024 | 2025 | Tanya Stirling[4] | DUP | |
| 2025 | Present | Richard Stewart | Alliance |
For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):[6]
| Area | Seats |
|---|---|
| Ballymoney | 7 |
| Bann | 5 |
| Benbradagh | 5 |
| Causeway | 7 |
| Coleraine | 6 |
| Limavady | 5 |
| The Glens | 5 |
| Party | Elected 2014 | Elected 2019 | Elected 2023 | Current | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUP | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | |
| Sinn Féin | 7 | 9 | 12 | 12 | |
| Alliance | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| UUP | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| SDLP | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| TUV | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| PUP | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independents | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Current council members | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| District electoral area | Name | Party | |
| Ballymoney | Mervyn Storey | DUP | |
| Ciarán McQuillan | Sinn Féin | ||
| Darryl Wilson ‡ | DUP | ||
| Leanne Peacock | Sinn Féin | ||
| Ivor Wallace ‡ | Independent | ||
| Lee Kane | Alliance | ||
| Jonathan McAuley | TUV | ||
| Bann | Sean Bateson | Sinn Féin | |
| Michelle Knight-McQuillan | DUP | ||
| Dawn Higgins | DUP | ||
| Ciarán Archibald | Sinn Féin | ||
| Richard Holmes | UUP | ||
| Benbradagh | Seán McGlinchey | Sinn Féin | |
| Dermot Nicholl | Sinn Féin | ||
| Kathleen McGurk | Sinn Féin | ||
| Edgar Scott | DUP | ||
| Michael Coyle | SDLP | ||
| Causeway | Mark Fielding | DUP | |
| Peter McCully | Alliance | ||
| Sandra Hunter | UUP | ||
| John McAuley | DUP | ||
| Richard Stewart | Alliance | ||
| Allister Kyle | TUV | ||
| Sharon McKillop | DUP | ||
| Coleraine | Philip Anderson | DUP | |
| Russell Watton | PUP | ||
| Yvonne Boyle | Alliance | ||
| Niamh Archibald | Sinn Féin | ||
| John Wisener | UUP | ||
| Tanya Stirling | DUP | ||
| Limavady | Brenda Chivers | Sinn Féin | |
| Steven Callaghan | DUP | ||
| Ashleen Schenning | SDLP | ||
| Aaron Callan | DUP | ||
| Amy Mairs | Alliance | ||
| The Glens | Cara McShane | Sinn Féin | |
| Oliver McMullan | Sinn Féin | ||
| Mairghéad Watson | Sinn Féin | ||
| Bill Kennedy | DUP | ||
| Margret Anne McKillop ‡ | Independent | ||
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