The 2023 election to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council was scheduled and held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.
It returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.
Election results
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:center;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em" | Total | style="text-align:right;" | 40
| style="text-align:right;" | 55,674 |<noinclude>
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|District Electoral Area (DEA) ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|Totalcllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| TUV !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Independents and others |- |align="left"|Ballymoney |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|34.58 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 1 |25.21 |2 |8.83 |1 1 |16.98 |1 1 |2.87 |0 |9.98 |1 1 |0.00 |0 |1.55 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Bann |24.06 |2 |bgcolor="#008800"|27.02 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 1 |7.24 |0 |19.48 |1 |2.19 |0 1 |5.76 |0 |0.00 |0 |14.25 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Benbradagh |15.68 |1 |bgcolor="#008800"|58.80 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |4.49 |0 |7.64 |0 |5.62 |1 |0.00 |0 |0.00 |0 |7.77 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Causeway |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|34.53 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |8.11 |0 |15.80 |2 1 |15.90 |1 1 |5.11 |0 1 |9.84 |1 1 |0.00 |0 |10.70 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Coleraine |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.62 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |11.61 |1 1 |12.81 |1 |9.75 |1 |4.45 |0 1 |4.59 |0 |13.74 |1 |9.43 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Limavady |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|32.90 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 1 |29.85 |1 |9.07 |1 1 |8.47 |0 |7.35 |1 |0.00 |0 |0.00 |0 |12.37 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|The Glens |12.27 |1 1 |bgcolor="#008800"|58.67 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 1 |9.52 |0 |7.62 |0 1 |8.47 |1 |0.00 |0 |0.00 |0 |3.44 |0 1 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |27.02 |13 1 |30.82 |12 3 |9.74 |5 3 |12.67 |4 4 |4.98 |3 3 |4.77 |2 2 |1.82 |1 |8.16 |0 1 |40
District results
Ballymoney
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: Alliance and TUV gain from DUP and UUP
Bann
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Benbradagh
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: No change
Causeway
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV
2019–2023 Change: Alliance and TUV gain from UUP and SDLP
Coleraine
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Limavady
2019: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
The Glens
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and DUP gain from UUP and Independent
Changes during the term ‡ Changes in affiliation DateElectoral AreaNamePrevious affiliationNew affiliationCircumstance10 May 2024BallymoneyIvor Wallace Left the DUP after being disappointed with the recent direction of the party.31 December 2024BallymoneyDarryl Wilson Left the UUP following "much reflection, particularly after a challenging yet enlightening year in 2024.20 January 2025BallymoneyDarryl Wilson Joined the DUP.16 October 2025The GlensMargaret Anne McKillop Left the SDLP in opposition to its stance on abortion.12 September 2026The GlensMargaret Anne McKillop Joined Aontú.
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