Braid 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 seven members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of Ballee and Harryville, Broughshane, Glenravel, Glenwhirry, Kells, Kirkinriola and Slemish., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Braid forms part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1993 local elections, where it contained five wards (Broughshane, Craigywarren, Glenravel, Glenwhirry and Slemish), replacing the Braid Valley DEA which had existed since 1985. For the 2014 local elections it gained two additional wards, gaining Ballee and Harryville and Kells from the abolished Ballymena South DEA.
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party)March 2025 Co-Option Chelsea Harwood (Alliance) Alan Barr (UUP) Archie Rae (Sinn Féin) Ruth Lawrence (DUP) Christopher Jamieson (TUV) William McCaughey (DUP) Matthew Warwick (TUV)2023 Beth Adger (DUP)October 2020 Co-Option David Reid (Alliance) Robin Cherry (UUP) Julie Frew (DUP) Brian Collins (TUV)2019 Muriel Burnside (Alliance)August 2016 Defection Paul Maguire (Sinn Féin)/ (Independent) Beth Clyde (DUP) Samuel Hanna (DUP)2014 2011 Paul Frew (DUP) 5 seats1993–2014 5 seats1993–2014 2005 Margaret Gribben (SDLP) Robin Stirling (DUP) 2001 Lexie Scott (UUP) David Clyde (UUP) 1997 Desmond Armstrong (UUP) 1993 David McClintock (DUP) Robert Forsythe (UUP)
2023 Election
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
2019 Election
2014: 4 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: TUV and Alliance gain from DUP and Sinn Féin
2014 Election
2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2014: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Sinn Féin
2011-2014 Change: DUP and TUV gain due to the addition of two seats
2011 Election
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
2005 Election
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
2001 Election
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
1997 Election
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
1993 Election
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
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