Carrick Castle 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 Boneybefore, Castle, Kilroot, Love Lane and Victoria., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Carrick Castle forms part of the East Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Carrickfergus Area C which had existed since 1973, and originally contained five wards (Killycrot, Love Lane, Milebush, Northland and Sunnylands). For the 2014 local elections it lost Sunnylands to the Knockagh DEA, but also gained parts of the abolished Kilroot DEA.
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party)March 2024 Defection Lauren Gray (Alliance) Bethany Ferris (UUP) Robin Stewart (UUP) David Clarke (TUV)/ (Independent)/ (DUP) Billy Ashe (DUP)January 2024 DefectionOctober 2023 Co-Option2023 Cheryl Brownlee (DUP)October 2020 Defection John McDermott (DUP)/ (UUP)2019October 2018 By-Election Noel Jordan (UKIP)/ (Independent) Peter Johnston (DUP)June 2018 Defection James Brown (Independent)April 2017 Co-Option2014 John Stewart (UUP) 2011 Seán Neeson (Alliance) William Hamilton (Independent) Elizabeth McKnight (UUP) David Hilditch (DUP) Deborah Emerson (DUP) 2005 Darin Ferguson (UUP) Patricia McKinney (DUP) 2001 1997 Samuel McCamley (UUP) Nicholas Wady (Independent) 1993 Arthur McQuitty (Alliance) 1989 Samuel Stewart (PUP) Andrew Blair (DUP) 1985 Victor Fleming (DUP) Robert English (UUP)
2023 Election
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: No change
2019 Election
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKIP, 1 x Independent
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from Independent and UKIP
2014 Election
2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKIP, 1 x Independent
2011-2014 Change: UKIP gain from Alliance
2011 Election
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: No change
2005 Election
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2001-2005 Change: No change
2001 Election
1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent
1997 Election
1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: Independent gain from Alliance
1993 Election
1989: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1989-1993 Change: Independent gain from PUP
1989 Election
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP
1989: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
1985 Election
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP
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