Bannside 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 six members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of Ahoghill, Cullybackey, Galgorm, Grange, Maine and Portglenone., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Bannside 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 (Ahoghill, Cullybackey, Dunminning, Grange and Portglenone), replacing The Main DEA which had existed since 1985. For the 2014 local elections it gained an additional ward, gaining Galgorm from the abolished Ballymena North DEA.
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) July 2024 Co-Option Ian Friary (Sinn Féin) Jackson Minford (UUP) Tyler Hoey (DUP) Thomas Gordon (DUP) Anna Henry (TUV) Stewart McDonald (TUV)2023 Timothy Gaston (TUV)2019 William McNeilly (UUP) Tommy Nicholl (DUP)2014 Patrice Hardy (Sinn Féin) Billy Henry (DUP) 2011 Monica Digney (Sinn Féin) Roy Gillespie (TUV)/ (DUP) 5 seats1993–2014 2005 Samuel Gaston (DUP) 2001 Seamus Laverty (SDLP) 1997 Robert Coulter (UUP) Ian Johnston (UUP) Sandy Spence (DUP) 1993
2023 Election
2019: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2023: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: No change
2019 Election
2014: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2019: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2014-2019 Change: No change
2014 Election
2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2011-2014 Change: TUV gain due to the addition of one seat
2011 Election
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2005-2011 Change: TUV gain from DUP
2005 Election
2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
2001 Election
1997: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
1997 Election
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1997: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
1993 Election
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
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