Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Type
Type	District council of Causeway Coast and Glens
History
Founded	1 April 2015
Preceded by	Ballymoney Borough Council; Coleraine Borough Council; Limavady Borough Council; Moyle District Council
Leadership
Mayor	Dawn Huggins, Democratic Unionist Party
Deputy Mayor	Sandra Hunter, UUP
Structure
Seats	40
Political groups	DUP (13); Sinn Féin (12); Alliance (5) ; UUP (3) ; SDLP (2) ; TUV (2) ; PUP (1) ; Independent (2)
Elections
Last election	18 May 2023
Meeting place
	Coolnavin, 66 Portstewart Road, Coleraine, BT52 1EY
Website
	http://www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk/

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is a local authority in Northern Ireland that was established on 1 April 2015. It covers most of the northern coast of Northern Ireland and replaced Ballymoney Borough Council, Coleraine Borough Council, Limavady Borough Council and Moyle District Council. The area covered by the council has a population of 141,745 residents as at the 2021 census.^[2]

The first elections to the authority were on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority, prior to the creation of the Causeway Coast and Glens district on 1 April 2015.

Mayoralty

Mayor

From	To	Name	Party
2015	2016	Michelle Knight-McQuillan	DUP
2016	2017	Maura Hickey	SDLP
2017	2018	Joan Baird	UUP
2018	2019	Brenda Chivers	Sinn Féin
2019	2020	Sean Bateson	Sinn Féin
2020	2021	Mark Fielding	DUP
2021	2022	Richard Holmes	UUP
2022	2023	Ivor Wallace	DUP
2023	2024	Steven Callaghan^[3]	DUP
2024	2025	Ciarán McQuillan^[4]	Sinn Féin
2025	2026	Oliver McMullan^[5]	Sinn Féin
2026	Present	Dawn Huggins	DUP

Deputy Mayor

From	To	Name	Party
2015	2016	Darryl Wilson	UUP
2016	2017	James McCorkell	DUP
2017	2018	Cathal McLaughlin	Sinn Féin
2018	2019	Trevor Clarke	DUP
2019	2020	Sharon McKillop	DUP
2020	2021	Tom McKeown	UUP
2021	2022	Ashleen Schenning	SDLP
2022	2023	Kathleen McGurk	Sinn Féin
2023	2024	Margaret-Anne McKillop^[3]	SDLP
2024	2025	Tanya Stirling^[4]	DUP
2025	2026	Richard Stewart	Alliance
2026	Present	Sandra Hunter	UUP

Councillors

For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):^[6]

Area	Seats
Ballymoney	7
Bann	5
Benbradagh	5
Causeway	7
Coleraine	6
Limavady	5
The Glens	5

Seat summary

	Elected 2014	Elected 2019	Elected 2023	Current
DUP	11	14	13	13
Sinn Féin	7	9	12	12
Alliance	1	2	5	5
UUP	10	7	4	3
SDLP	6	6	3	2
TUV	3	0	2	2
PUP	1	1	1	1
Independents	1	1	0	2

Councillors by electoral area

Borders of the DEAs within Causeway Coast and Glens

Current council members
District electoral area	Name	Party
Ballymoney	Mervyn Storey		DUP
	Ciarán McQuillan		Sinn Féin
	Darryl Wilson ‡		DUP
	Leanne Peacock		Sinn Féin
	Ivor Wallace ‡		Independent
	Lee Kane		Alliance
	Jonathan McAuley		TUV
Bann	Sean Bateson		Sinn Féin
	Michelle Knight-McQuillan		DUP
	Dawn Higgins		DUP
	Ciarán Archibald		Sinn Féin
	Richard Holmes		UUP
Benbradagh	Seán McGlinchey		Sinn Féin
	Dermot Nicholl		Sinn Féin
	Kathleen McGurk		Sinn Féin
	Edgar Scott		DUP
	Michael Coyle		SDLP
Causeway	Mark Fielding		DUP
	Peter McCully		Alliance
	Sandra Hunter		UUP
	John McAuley		DUP
	Richard Stewart		Alliance
	Allister Kyle		TUV
	Sharon McKillop		DUP
Coleraine	Philip Anderson		DUP
	Russell Watton		PUP
	Yvonne Boyle		Alliance
	Niamh Archibald		Sinn Féin
	John Wisener		UUP
	Tanya Stirling		DUP
Limavady	Brenda Chivers		Sinn Féin
	Steven Callaghan		DUP
	Ashleen Schenning		SDLP
	Aaron Callan		DUP
	Amy Mairs		Alliance
The Glens	Cara McShane		Sinn Féin
	Oliver McMullan		Sinn Féin
	Mairghéad Watson		Sinn Féin
	Bill Kennedy		DUP
	Margret Anne McKillop ‡		Independent

Arms

Coat of arms of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Notes Granted 4 October 2017 by the College of Arms. Crest Rocks of the Giants' Causeway issuing therefrom a fountain Proper surmounted by a salmon haurient Or. Torse Or and Azure. Escutcheon Per saltire Azure and Or an anchor and an anchor reversed in pale Or and two garbs in fess Gules. Supporters Dexter a dragon sinister an Irish wolf-hound both Azure and gorged with a mural crown Or.

References

↑ "Contact us". Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
↑ "Census 2021 Main statistics for Northern Ireland Phase 2" (PDF). NISRA.gov.uk. December 2022.
1 2 Harte, Lauren (10 June 2023). "The new faces dominating the top positions on Northern Ireland's councils". BelfastLive. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
1 2 Ainsworth, Paul (3 June 2024). "Causeway Coast and Glens appoints its youngest mayor". Irish News. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
↑ "Councils across Northern Ireland appoint new mayors for 2025/26 - Northern Ireland Elects". 3 June 2025.
↑ Current review of district electoral areas

[1] "Contact us". Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council. Retrieved 6 August 2025.

[2] "Census 2021 Main statistics for Northern Ireland Phase 2" (PDF). NISRA.gov.uk. December 2022.

[:0-3] 1 2 Harte, Lauren (10 June 2023). "The new faces dominating the top positions on Northern Ireland's councils". BelfastLive. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

[mayor_2024-4] 1 2 Ainsworth, Paul (3 June 2024). "Causeway Coast and Glens appoints its youngest mayor". Irish News. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[5] "Councils across Northern Ireland appoint new mayors for 2025/26 - Northern Ireland Elects". 3 June 2025.

[6] Current review of district electoral areas

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