The Glens is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 The district elects five members to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and contains the wards of Ballycastle, Kinbane, Loughguile and Stranocum, Lurigethan and Torr Head and Rathlin., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 The Glens forms part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the East Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Moyle Area A which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained five wards (Armoy, Glenaan, Glenariff, Glendun and Glenshesk). For the 2014 local elections it also gained most of the abolished Ballycastle DEA and parts of the abolished Bushvale DEA.
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party)October 2025 Defection Margaret Anne McKillop (Sinn Féin)/ (SDLP)/ (Independent) Cara McShane (Sinn Féin) Oliver McMullan (Sinn Féin) Mairghéad Watson (Sinn Féin) Bill Kennedy (DUP)2023October 2019 Co-Option Padraig McShane (Independent) Joan Baird (UUP)2019 Ambrose Laverty (Independent)2014 Kieran Mulholland (Sinn Féin) Padraig McShane (Independent) 2011 Noreen McAllister (Sinn Féin) Catherine McCambridge (SDLP) Colum Thompson (Independent) Randal McDonnell (Independent Nationalist) 2005 Oliver McMullan (Sinn Féin)/ (Independent Republican) Marie McKeegan (Sinn Féin) Orla Black (SDLP) 2001 Monica Digney (Sinn Féin) Christine Blaney (SDLP) 1997 James McCarry (Sinn Féin) Malachy McSparran (SDLP) Archie McIntosh (SDLP) 1993 Patrick McBride (SDLP) 1989 Joseph Mitchell (SDLP) 1985 John Regan (Sinn Féin) Daniel Anderson (SDLP)
2023 Election
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
2019 Election
2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: No change
2014 Election
2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP
2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2011-2014 Change: UUP gain from Independent
2011 Election
2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from SDLP
2005 Election
2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Sinn Féin
2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2001-2005 Change: Independent joins Sinn Féin
2001 Election
1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: Independent Nationalists (two seats) become Independents
1997 Election
1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Republican, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Republican, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993-1997 Change: No change
1993 Election
1989: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican
1989-1993 Change: Independent Republican gain from SDLP
1989 Election
1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: No change
1985 Election
1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist
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