Coast Road (District Electoral Area)

Coast Road
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created1985
Seats5 (1985-)
Councillors
  •   Andrew Clarke (DUP)
  •   James McKeown (SF)
  •   Maureen Morrow (UUP)
  •   Gerardine Mulvenna (APNI)
  •   Angela Smyth (DUP)
Coast Road DEA within Mid and East Antrim
Coast Road DEA (1993-2014) within Larne

Coast Road is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects five members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of Cairncastle, Carnlough and Glenarm, Craigyhill, Gardenmore and The Maidens.[2] Coast Road 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 A and part of Larne Area C which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained five wards (Ballyloran, Carncastle, Carnlough, Craigy Hill and Glenarm). For the 2014 local elections it gained most of Larne from the abolished Larne Town DEA.

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party)
2023 James McKeown
(Sinn Féin) 		Gerardine Mulvenna
(Alliance) 		Maureen Morrow
(UUP) 		Angela Smyth
(DUP) 		Andrew Clarke
(DUP)
2019
October 2015 Co-Option Ruth Wilson
(TUV)
2014 Gordon Lyons
(DUP)
2011 Oliver McMullan
(Sinn Féin) 		Winston Fulton
(DUP) 		Brian Dunn
(UUP)/
(Independent)
2005 Danny O'Connor
(SDLP) 		Rachel Rea
(DUP)
2001 Joan Drummond
(UUP)
1997 William Cunning
(Independent Nationalist) 		Thomas Robinson
(UUP)
1993 Amelia Kelly
(Alliance) 		Winston Fulton
(DUP)
1989
1985 Rachel Rea
(DUP)

2023 Election

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: No change

Coast Road - 5 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sinn Féin James McKeown* 20.08% 1,180              
DUP Andrew Clarke* 18.90% 1,111              
Alliance Gerardine Mulvenna* 18.61% 1,094              
DUP Angela Smyth* 13.75% 808 808.42 905.33 912.76 914.06 977.37 1,199.37  
UUP Maureen Morrow* 7.78% 457 463.93 477.02 489.49 493.69 705.44 828.91 1,006.91
Alliance Niamh Spurle 7.62% 448 587.65 588.31 678 776.9 795.02 800.35 801.35
TUV Wesley Stevenson 5.79% 340 340.21 347.36 351.99 352.19 383.74    
UUP Olivia Swan 5.55% 326 326.63 329.38 337.38 339.68      
Green (NI) Eddie Alcorn 1.92% 113 159.83 160.49          
Electorate: 12,799   Valid: 5,877 (45.92%)   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 980   Turnout: 5,937 (46.39%)  

2019 Election

2014: 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x TUV

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from TUV

Coast Road - 5 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Alliance Geraldine Mulvenna* 21.67% 1,217        
DUP Andrew Clarke 17.33% 973        
Sinn Féin James McKeown* 15.55% 873 922.14 922.2 1,109.2  
UUP Maureen Morrow* 12.96% 728 795.08 798.74 937.76  
DUP Angela Smyth* 13.60% 764 771.28 794.32 817.46 828.46
TUV Ruth Wilson* 10.70% 601 611.14 612.94 665.95 681.95
Independent Martin Wilson 8.19% 460 597.02 597.29    
Electorate: 12,429   Valid: 5,616 (45.18%)   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 937   Turnout: 5,686 (45.75%)  

2014 Election

2011: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2014: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV

2011-2014 Change: TUV gain from Independent

Coast Road - 5 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
UUP Maureen Morrow* 17.56% 946                  
Sinn Féin James McKeown* 14.04% 756 756.1 756.1 761.15 785.2 930.2        
Alliance Geraldine Mulvenna* 10.95% 590 598.35 600.4 635.7 701.95 910.95        
DUP Gordon Lyons† 12.25% 660 669.85 677 692.1 722.55 730.7 732.7 736.38 1,133.38  
TUV Ruth Wilson 10.68% 575 583.7 591.7 613.95 652.3 659.5 660.5 663.26 718.11 873.72
PUP Jonathan Hodge 8.61% 464 466.25 473.3 477.4 523.7 536.8 553.8 558.4 610.06 688.32
DUP Drew Niblock* 8.99% 484 494.3 499.3 504.45 536.7 544.8 550.8 552.64    
SDLP Martin Wilson* 7.72% 416 417.1 417.1 425.15 486.4          
Independent Danny O'Connor 3.49% 188 188.85 188.85 207            
BNP Robert Bell 1.88% 101 101.8 140.25 153.3            
Independent John Anderson 2.47% 133 134.3 134.3              
BNP Steven Moore 1.34% 72 72.7                
Electorate: 12,427   Valid: 5,386 (43.34%)   Spoilt: 58   Quota: 898   Turnout: 5,444 (43.81%)  

2011 Election

2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2011: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin and Independent gain from SDLP and DUP

Coast Road - 5 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sinn Féin Oliver McMullan 18.53% 613            
Alliance Gerardine Mulvenna* 10.28% 340 355.6 355.72 394.04 408.04 644.56  
DUP Winston Fulton* 13.85% 458 458 474 507.12 550.12 556.36  
UUP Maureen Morrow 8.92% 295 296.2 307.2 335.32 502.32 525.16 550.57
Independent Brian Dunn* 10.61% 351 351.48 358.48 393.84 429.84 473.76 530.46
DUP Gordon Lyons 10.40% 344 344.24 355.24 380.24 409.24 416.48 423.2
SDLP Danny O'Connor* 9.92% 328 365.92 367.92 399.48 406.48    
UUP Andrew Wilson 8.31% 275 275 289 312      
Green (NI) Danny Donnelly 3.33% 110 114.32 116.32        
TUV Kenneth Johnston 3.17% 105 105 121        
BNP Steven Moore 2.69% 89 89.12          
Electorate: 6,832   Valid: 3,308 (48.42%)   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 552   Turnout: 3,362 (49.21%)  

2005 Election

2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2001-2005 Change: No change

Coast Road - 5 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Winston Fulton* 21.01% 770        
DUP Rachel Rea* 13.83% 507 644.76      
SDLP Danny O'Connor* 15.39% 564 564.42 640.42    
UUP Brian Dunn* 13.67% 501 511.08 519.29 748.29  
Alliance Gerardine Mulvenna* 12.03% 441 444.36 478.36 495.09 606.09
Sinn Féin James McKeown 11.21% 411 411 476 477 478
UUP Joan Drummond* 7.07% 259 265.93 271.93    
Independent William Cunning 5.78% 212 212.21      
Electorate: 6,653   Valid: 3,665 (55.09%)   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 611   Turnout: 3,747 (56.32%)  

2001 Election

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

1997-2001 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist

Coast Road - 5 seats[8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Winston Fulton 17.49% 753        
SDLP Danny O'Connor* 17.42% 750        
UUP Joan Drummond* 14.26% 614 616 618.68 895.68  
Alliance Gerardine Mulvenna 13.68% 589 701 701.2 721.2  
DUP Rachel Rea* 11.27% 485 485 509.72 616.8 767.8
Independent William Cunning* 8.80% 379 488 488 494.04 516.04
UUP Thomas Robinson* 9.99% 430 431 432.44    
Sinn Féin Martin Graffin 7.08% 305        
Electorate: 7,121   Valid: 4,305 (60.45%)   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 718   Turnout: 4,404 (61.85%)  

1997 Election

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

Coast Road - 5 seats[9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
UUP Thomas Robinson* 17.09% 527        
UUP Joan Drummond* 15.34% 473 522      
Ind. Nationalist William Cunning* 16.28% 502 506 506.21 573.21  
SDLP Danny O'Connor 13.27% 409 414 414.3 530.3  
DUP Rachel Rea 10.15% 313 388 398.2 423.98 428.98
DUP Winston Fulton* 10.18% 314 365 370.58 394.87 401.87
Alliance Amelia Kelly* 10.28% 317 347 351.38    
DUP George Robinson 5.03% 155        
Independent Norman McCann 2.37% 73        
Electorate: 7,255   Valid: 3,083 (42.49%)   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 514   Turnout: 3,165 (43.63%)  

1993 Election

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1989-1993 Change: No change

Coast Road - 5 seats[10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
UUP Thomas Robinson* 20.35% 612        
Ind. Nationalist William Cunning* 19.95% 600        
UUP Joan Drummond* 17.72% 533        
Alliance Amelia Kelly* 14.99% 451 473.44 566.32    
DUP Winston Fulton* 14.36% 432 457.08 457.89 494.08 515.59
DUP Rachel Rea 12.63% 380 439.62 441.51 469.23 478.23
Electorate: 7,176   Valid: 3,008 (41.92%)   Spoilt: 94   Quota: 502   Turnout: 3,102 (43.23%)  

1989 Election

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Coast Road - 5 seats[11]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
UUP Thomas Robinson* 23.19% 777      
Ind. Nationalist William Cunning* 20.89% 700      
UUP Joan Drummond 12.80% 429 554.72 561  
DUP Winston Fulton* 14.26% 478 496.48 560.44  
Alliance Amelia Kelly* 13.10% 439 446.84 454.4 592.32
DUP Rachel Rea* 12.32% 413 465.08 507.72 508.64
DUP Hill Taggart 3.43% 115 122    
Electorate: 7,089   Valid: 3,351 (47.27%)   Spoilt: 90   Quota: 559   Turnout: 3,441 (48.54%)  

1985 Election

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Coast Road - 5 seats[12]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
UUP Thomas Robinson* 22.25% 782      
Ind. Nationalist William Cunning* 21.48% 755      
DUP Winston Fulton* 18.07% 635      
Alliance Amelia Kelly 12.94% 455 468.75 629.57  
DUP Rachel Rea* 13.97% 491 533.75 535.04 674.04
UUP Samuel Martin 6.66% 234 356.25 360.12 371.12
DUP Hill Taggart 4.64% 163 175 175.86  
Electorate: 6,875   Valid: 3,515 (51.13%)   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 586   Turnout: 3,597 (52.32%)  

References

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  5. ^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Coast Road Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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  12. ^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.