Causeway (District Electoral Area)

Causeway
Causeway
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	2014
Seats	7 (2014-)
Councillors	Mark Fielding (DUP); Sandra Hunter (UUP); Allister Kyle (TUV); John McAuley (DUP); Peter McCully (APNI); Sharon McKillop (DUP); Richard Stewart (APNI);

Created2014

Seats7 (2014-)

Councillors

Causeway is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects seven members to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and contains the wards of Atlantic, Dervock, Dundoonan, Giant's Causeway, Hopefield, Portrush and Dunluce and Portstewart.^[2] Causeway forms part of the East Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing The Skerries DEA and the Giant's Causeway DEA which had both existed since 1985.

Election
2023	Peter McCully (Alliance)	Richard Stewart (Alliance)	Sandra Hunter (UUP)	Allister Kyle (TUV)	Sharon McKillop (DUP)/ (TUV)	John McAuley (DUP)	Mark Fielding (DUP)
July 2020 Defection	Chris McCaw (Alliance)	Angela Mulholland (SDLP)/ (Independent)		Norman Hillis (UUP)
2019
November 2018 Defection						Frank Campbell (DUP)
June 2018 Co-Option
January 2018 Co-Option	Barney Fitzpatrick (Alliance)
2014	Barney Fitzpatrick (Alliance)	Maura Hickey (SDLP)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Mark Fielding*	14.81%	1,305
	Alliance	Peter McCully	10.49%	924	925.35	1,022.35	1,068.65	1,165.65
	UUP	Sandra Hunter*	9.00%	793	802.90	818.05	830.05	880.05	880.76	888.62	1,335.62
	DUP	John McAuley*	9.76%	860	992.15	995.45	1,003.60	1,032.20	1,032.91	1,034.06	1,072.91	1,142.60
	Alliance	Richard Stewart	5.31%	468	468.90	489.90	538.20	599.20	649.61	936.29	1,021.59	1,111.98
	TUV	Allister Kyle	9.84%	867	886.50	888.65	898.80	936.25	936.25	940.25	992.90	1,037.06	1,038.86
	DUP	Sharon McKillop*	9.96%	878	899.00	900.15	909.45	925.60	925.60	929.60	963.20	992.18	1,030.43
	Sinn Féin	Emma Thompson	8.11%	715	715.00	732.00	751.00	767.00	767.71	937.71	945.71	945.71	945.71
	UUP	Barry Torrens	6.90%	608	613.70	625.70	663.85	738.60	739.61	766.31
	SDLP	Paul Shevlin	5.11%	450	450.30	491.30	530.30	562.30	572.24
	Independent	David Alexander	4.02%	354	355.80	375.80	476.95
	Independent	Angela Mulholland*	3.71%	327	328.50	353.65
	Green (NI)	Mark Coulson	2.97%	262	263.05
Electorate: 17,620 Valid: 8,811 (50.01%) Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,102 Turnout: 8,908 (50.55%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Mark Fielding*	15.69%	1,276
	Alliance	Chris McCaw*	14.91%	1,212
	DUP	Sharon McKillop*	12.42%	1,010	1,036.6
	DUP	John McAuley	10.22%	831	1,005.6	1,007.2	1,038.2	1,038.2
	UUP	Norman Hillis*	9.32%	758	785	802.28	821.96	833.16	833.16	857.76	1,005.04
	UUP	Sandra Hunter*	9.52%	774	779.8	797.88	809.44	820.44	820.44	834.72	1,000.08
	SDLP	Angela Mulholland* ‡	6.10%	496	498	548.88	551.04	554.52	761.12	919.6	926.12
	Independent	David Alexander	6.79%	552	556.6	590.2	606.36	618.36	625.52	779.36	826.64
	TUV	Cyril Quigg	4.00%	325	327.6	329.84	341.04	486.04	487.04	494.52
	Green (NI)	Mark Coulson	4.07%	331	333	387.08	397.08	401.24	437.2
	Sinn Féin	Emma Thompson	3.28%	267	267	269.88	269.88	269.88
	TUV	Stewart Moore	2.05%	167	171	172.76	192.12
	UKIP	Rebecca Hanna	1.62%	132	136	138.56
Electorate: 16,918 Valid: 8,131 (48.06%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,017 Turnout: 8,220 (48.58%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Frank Campbell*	12.28%	910	915	945
	DUP	Mark Fielding*	8.68%	643	647	655	666.16	702.16	884.16	923.16	940.16
	Alliance	Barney Fitzpatrick* †	10.06%	745	745	756	757.24	766.24	767.24	841.24	934.24
	UUP	Sandra Hunter*	10.28%	762	767	786	787.86	804.86	813.86	831.86	862.86	1,025.86
	UUP	Norman Hillis*	9.03%	669	671	679	679	707	712	749	773	983
	TUV	Sharon McKillop ‡	8.31%	616	721	773	773.62	830.62	834.62	845.62	865.62	895.62	923.17
	SDLP	Maura Hickey* †	9.43%	699	699	699	699	708	709	733	802	813	827.25
	DUP	Bill Kennedy*	6.71%	497	504	522	523.86	532.86	592.86	601.86	613.86	665.86	722.86
	UUP	Robert McPherson	6.26%	464	471	475	475.62	488.62	496.62	499.62	525.62
	Independent	Alison Torrens	3.81%	282	283	307	307	320	320	363
	NI21	David Alexander	3.58%	265	265	277	277.62	290.62	291.62
	DUP	Angela Knott	3.51%	260	263	264	264	280
	UKIP	Adrian Parke	3.09%	229	244	252	252
	Independent	Leanne Abernethy	2.79%	207	211
	TUV	Thomas Stirling	2.17%	161
Electorate: 16,548 Valid: 7,409 (44.77%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 927 Turnout: 7,508 (45.37%)

2023 Election