2019 Mid and East Antrim District Council election

Elections to Mid and East Antrim District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council using Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party were the largest party in both first-preference votes and seats.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

The overall turnout was 47.58% with a total of 46,827 valid votes cast. A total of 556 ballots were rejected.

Districts summary
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | TUV !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballymena
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|27.6
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 7.0
 * 0
 * 8.3
 * 1
 * 15.1
 * 1
 * 7.5
 * 0
 * 12.2
 * 1
 * 22.4
 * 2
 * 7
 * align="left"|Bannside
 * 27.0
 * 2
 * 15.3
 * 1
 * 9.3
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#D1E5FA"|36.4
 * bgcolor="#D1E5FA"|2
 * 12.0
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Braid
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.7
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 21.3
 * 1
 * 8.0
 * 1
 * 20.1
 * 2
 * 7.1
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5.8
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Carrick Castle
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.8
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 22.3
 * 2
 * 21.4
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 20.5
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Coast Road
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.9
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 13.0
 * 1
 * 21.7
 * 1
 * 10.7
 * 0
 * 15.5
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 8.2
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Knockagh
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.8
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 24.7
 * 1
 * 20.6
 * 1
 * 5.8
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 17.2
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Larne Lough
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|32.9
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 25.8
 * 1
 * 29.7
 * 2
 * 7.3
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 4.3
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 32.0
 * 15
 * 18.2
 * 7
 * 15.8
 * 7
 * 15.2
 * 5
 * 6.4
 * 2
 * 1.8
 * 1
 * 10.4
 * 3
 * 40
 * }
 * 6.4
 * 2
 * 1.8
 * 1
 * 10.4
 * 3
 * 40
 * }
 * }

Ballymena
2014: 3 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance

2014-2019 Change: Alliance and Independent gain from DUP and UUP

Bannside
2014: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2019: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2014-2019 Change: No change

Braid
2014: 4 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2014-2019 Change: TUV and Alliance gain from DUP and Sinn Féin

Carrick Castle
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKIP, 1 x Independent

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2014-2019 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from Independent and UKIP

Coast Road
2014: 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x TUV

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from TUV

Knockagh
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from UUP

Larne Lough
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

– Suspensions
Marc Collins (DUP) was suspended from the council for eight months from Friday 24 June 2022.

John Carson (DUP) was suspended from the council for three months from Monday 10 October 2022.

Last updated 12 October 2022.

Current composition: see Mid and East Antrim District Council