Braid (District Electoral Area)

Braid
Braid
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1993
Seats	5 (1993-2014) ; 7 (2014-)
Councillors	Alan Barr (UUP); Chelsea Harwood (APNI); Christopher Jamieson (TUV); Ruth Lawrence (DUP); William McCaughey (DUP); Archie Rae (SF); Matthew Warwick (TUV);

Created1993

Seats5 (1993-2014)
7 (2014-)

Councillors

Alan Barr (UUP)
Chelsea Harwood (APNI)
Christopher Jamieson (TUV)
Ruth Lawrence (DUP)
William McCaughey (DUP)
Archie Rae (SF)
Matthew Warwick (TUV)

Braid is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.

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Election						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	Chelsea Harwood (Alliance)	Alan Barr (UUP)	Archie Rae (Sinn Féin)	Beth Adger (DUP)					Matthew Warwick (TUV)
October 2020 Co-Option	David Reid (Alliance)	Robin Cherry (UUP)	Julie Frew (DUP)						Brian Collins (TUV)
2019	Muriel Burnside (Alliance)		Julie Frew (DUP)
August 2016 Defection	Paul Maguire (Sinn Féin)/ (Independent)		Beth Clyde (DUP)		Samuel Hanna (DUP)
2014
2011				Paul Frew (DUP)		5 seats 1993–2014		5 seats 1993–2014
2005	Margaret Gribben (SDLP)		Robin Stirling (DUP)	Paul Frew (DUP)
2001		Lexie Scott (UUP)	Robin Stirling (DUP)	David Clyde (UUP)
1997		Lexie Scott (UUP)	Desmond Armstrong (UUP)
1993	David McClintock (DUP)	Robert Forsythe (UUP)	Desmond Armstrong (UUP)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Archie Rae	13.76%	1,302
	DUP	Beth Adger* †	13.17%	1,246
	DUP	William McCaughey*	12.93%	1,224
	TUV	Christopher Jamieson*	12.63%	1,195
	UUP	Alan Barr	11.18%	1,058	1,059.4	1,612.4
	Alliance	Chelsea Harwood	10.74%	1,016	1,121.6	1,146.1	1,232.1
	TUV	Matthew Warwick	8.88%	840	840.5	940.5	1,128.5	1,134.95	1,146.95	1,152.17	1,162.63
	DUP	Julie Philpott	9.21%	872	872.2	893.2	1,045.2	1,098.6	1,120.6	1,150.87	1,152.04
	UUP	Keith Turner*	7.50%	710	710.9
Electorate: 17,809 Valid: 9,463 (53.14%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,183 Turnout: 9,552 (53.64%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Robin Cherry*	12.26%	1,084	1,107
	DUP	Beth Adger*	11.03%	975	982	1,284
	Alliance	Muriel Burnside †	7.95%	703	896	896	896	896.08	1,296.08
	DUP	Julie Frew	10.48%	926	933	1,077	1,103.55	1,103.59	1,106.59
	DUP	William McCaughey*	9.33%	825	827	907	1,050.96	1,051.04	1,054.04	1,058.04
	TUV	Christopher Jamieson	10.20%	902	909	964	966.36	966.36	972.36	983.36
	TUV	Brian Collins*	9.86%	872	881	894	896.36	896.52	898.52	905.52
	UUP	Keith Turner	9.05%	800	816	827	827.59	828.03	848.03	898.03
	Sinn Féin	Colette McAllister	7.14%	631	827	827	827	827.04
	DUP	Sam Hanna	6.85%	605	606
	Independent	Marian Maguire	4.20%	371
	Independent	Roni Browne	1.65%	146
Electorate: 16,951 Valid: 8,840 (52.15%) Spoilt: 96 Quota: 1,106 Turnout: 8,936 (52.72%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Beth Clyde*	9.81%	865	890	1,210
	DUP	William McCaughey*	10.57%	932	955	1,038	1,112.46
	TUV	Brian Collins	10.35%	912	939	945	945.34	954.34	1,416.34
	UUP	Robin Cherry*	10.90%	961	1,009	1,027	1,028.36	1,057.36	1,090.36	1,160.92
	DUP	Beth Adger*	10.11%	891	934	990	1,011.76	1,021.76	1,058.1	1,153.02
	Sinn Féin	Paul Maguire* ‡	8.19%	722	736	737	737	1,044	1,045	1,045	1,045	1,045
	DUP	Samuel Hanna*	9.08%	800	808	845	851.8	863.14	881.14	923.14	935.74	978.49
	UUP	Brian Thompson	6.34%	559	618	666	668.04	692.04	745.04	848.35	889.52	897.5
	TUV	Roy McPeake	6.77%	597	632	645	645.34	649.34
	SDLP	Catherine O'Hara	5.95%	524	606	608	608.68
	DUP	Chris Wales	6.46%	569	590
	Alliance	Danny Donnelly	3.39%	299
	PUP	William Parkhill	2.08%	183
Electorate: 16,543 Valid: 8,814 (53.28%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,102 Turnout: 8,902 (53.81%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Paul Frew*	23.91%	1,511
	DUP	Beth Clyde	14.59%	922	1,240.3
	DUP	Samuel Hanna*	13.99%	884	958.7	1,118.84
	Sinn Féin	Paul Maguire	9.08%	574	574.3	574.3	632.6	633.6	962.5	963.14
	UUP	Robin Cherry*	10.95%	692	706.1	711.88	712.88	859.66	883.66	910.06
	UUP	Lexie Scott	9.84%	622	646	653.99	658.99	805.93	847.4	884.84
	SDLP	Cahal Kerr	6.47%	409	411.7	412.21	558.51	561.51
	TUV	Samuel Gaston*	7.28%	460	467.8	470.01	477.01
	Independent	Catherine O'Hara	3.89%	246	246.9	247.07
Electorate: 10,688 Valid: 6,320 (59.13%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 1,054 Turnout: 6,410 (59.97%)

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2011 Election

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2001 Election

1997 Election

1993 Election

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Braid - 5 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Paul Frew	23.61%	1,524
	DUP	Samuel Hanna*	16.95%	1,094
	DUP	Robin Stirling*	13.23%	854	1,238.54
	SDLP	Margaret Gribben*	9.99%	645	647.03	647.87	686.87	1,176.87
	UUP	Robin Cherry	11.59%	748	761.63	808.39	1,045.73	1,047.01
	UUP	Lexie Scott*	9.23%	596	619.49	686.13	847.27	849.27
	Sinn Féin	Laurence O'Neill	9.13%	589	589.29	589.29	589.57
	UUP	Robert Wilson	6.26%	404	418.5	466.38
Electorate: 9,694 Valid: 6,454 (66.58%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 1,076 Turnout: 6,537 (67.43%)

Braid - 5 seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Samuel Hanna	18.75%	1,242
	SDLP	Margaret Gribben*	17.48%	1,158
	DUP	Robin Stirling*	12.36%	819	831.54	833.54	834.35	1,461.35
	UUP	David Clyde*	14.51%	961	964.52	972.52	998.71	1,035.71	1,120.71
	UUP	Lexie Scott*	13.48%	893	899.93	903.15	912.42	964.99	1,018.99
	UUP	Desmond Armstrong*	12.30%	815	815	817	829.42	856.82	905.82
	DUP	Robert Osborne	10.67%	707	817.22	826.33	827.23
	PUP	Robert Hamilton	0.44%	29	29.33
Electorate: 9,397 Valid: 6,624 (70.49%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,105 Turnout: 6,712 (71.43%)

Braid - 5 seats^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Margaret Gribben	19.57%	1,042
	UUP	David Clyde*	18.05%	961
	UUP	Desmond Armstrong*	15.33%	816	919.48
	DUP	Samuel Hanna*	11.70%	623	632.36	1,029.36
	UUP	Lexie Scott	14.37%	765	794.12	812.2	814.72	878.48
	DUP	Samuel Gaston	11.78%	627	629.08	690.72	826.8	833.92
	DUP	David McClintock*	9.20%	490	497.8
Electorate: 9,081 Valid: 5,324 (58.63%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 888 Turnout: 5,415 (59.63%)

Braid - 5 seats^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	David Clyde*	27.31%	1,304
	UUP	Desmond Armstrong*	21.76%	1,039
	UUP	Robert Forsythe	16.57%	791	1,196.45
	DUP	Samuel Hanna*	13.68%	653	678.2	718.25	838.33
	DUP	David McClintock*	9.15%	437	460.85	482	508.86	582.21	618.61
	DUP	Samuel Wallace	8.06%	385	420.55	439	501.41	609.27	614.47
	DUP	Samuel Martin	3.48%	166	182.2	196.15	229.33
Electorate: 8,781 Valid: 4,775 (54.38%) Spoilt: 143 Quota: 796 Turnout: 4,918 (56.01%)