The Glens (District Electoral Area)

The Glens is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland. 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. 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

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<br /> 1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Republican, 1 x Independent Nationalist<br /> 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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