Bann 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 Aghadowey, Castlerock, Garvagh, Kilrea and Macosquin., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Bann forms part of the East Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Coleraine Area A which had existed since 1973, where it contained seven wards (Agivey, Castlerock, Garvagh, Kilrea, Macosquin, Ringsent and The Cuts). For the 1993 local elections it was reduced to six wards, losing The Cuts to the new Coleraine Central DEA. For the 2014 local elections it was reduced to five wards.
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) 2023 Ciarán Archibald (Sinn Féin) Sean Bateson (Sinn Féin) Richard Holmes (UUP) Dawn Huggins (DUP) Michelle Knight-McQuillan (DUP) 5 seats2014–present 6 seats1993–2014February 2023 Defection Helena Dallat O'Driscoll (SDLP) Adrian McQuillan (DUP)/ (Independent)20192014 Róisín Loftus (SDLP) William King (UUP) Sam Cole (DUP) 2011 Adrian McQuillan (DUP) Ciarán Archibald (Sinn Féin) 2005 John Dallat (SDLP) Olive Church (UUP) Billy Leonard (Sinn Féin) 2001 William Watt (UUP) Eamon Mullan (SDLP) 1997 Robert Bolton (DUP) 1993 Gerard O'Kane (SDLP) 1989 Creighton Hutchinson (UUP) Robert Catherwood (DUP) John Moody (UUP) 1985
2023 Election
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
2019 Election
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
2014 Election
2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2014: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2011-2014 Change: Sinn Féin loss due to the reduction of one seat
2011 Election
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: No change
2005 Election
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and SDLP
2001 Election
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997-2001 Change: No change
1997 Election
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
1993 Election
1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: UUP loss due to the reduction of one seat
1989 Election
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
1985 Election
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
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