2023 Mid and East Antrim District Council election

The 2023 election to Mid and East Antrim District Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.

They returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Controversies
Tyler Hoey was selected as a DUP candidate to contest the 2023 Mid and East Antrim Council elections. In 2020, Hoey 'liked' a social media post commemorating the Greysteel massacre, which stated, "On this day 27 years ago, An Ulster Freedom Fighters Active Service Unit from North Antrim-Londonderry Brigade 'Trick or Treated' its way into the republican Rising Sun bar in Greysteel in order to gain revenge for the Shankill Bombing. Spirit of '93". Following this revelation, DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson said that Hoey "deeply regrets some of the things that he said in the past" and that he is "entitled to a second chance."

Election results

 * colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:center;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em" | 
 * style="text-align:right;" | 40
 * style="text-align:right;" | 50,571
 * style="text-align:right;" | 50,571
 * style="text-align:right;" | 50,571
 * style="text-align:right;" | 50,571
 * style="text-align:right;" | 50,571
 * style="text-align:right;" | 50,571
 * style="text-align:right;" | 50,571

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

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"| Independents and others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballymena
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|23.09
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 13.28
 * 1 1
 * 12.29
 * 1
 * 13.58
 * 1
 * 12.69
 * 1 1
 * 11.03
 * 0 1
 * 14.04
 * 1 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Bannside
 * 23.85
 * 2
 * 10.74
 * 1
 * 8.75
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#D1E5FA"|39.54
 * bgcolor="#D1E5FA"|2
 * 14.72
 * 1
 * 2.40
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Braid
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.31
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 1
 * 18.68
 * 1
 * 10.74
 * 1
 * 21.51
 * 2
 * 13.76
 * 1 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Carrick Castle
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|39.22
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 23.30
 * 2
 * 25.70
 * 1
 * 6.99
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 4.79
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Coast Road
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|32.65
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 13.3
 * 1
 * 26.23
 * 1
 * 5.79
 * 0
 * 20.08
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 1.95
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Knockagh
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.99
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 19.04
 * 1
 * 25.53
 * 1
 * 5.37
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 18.07
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Larne Lough
 * 32.15
 * 2
 * 25.27
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|32.56
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2
 * 6.67
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 3.35
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 30.90
 * 14 1
 * 17.33
 * 8 1
 * 18.93
 * 7
 * 15.92
 * 5
 * 9.29
 * 4 2
 * 2.01
 * 0 1
 * 5.60
 * 2 1
 * 40
 * }
 * 4 2
 * 2.01
 * 0 1
 * 5.60
 * 2 1
 * 40
 * }
 * }

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

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and UUP gain from SDLP and Independent

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

2023: 2 x TUV, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: No change

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

2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP

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

2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2019–2023 Change: No change

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

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: No change

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

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2019–2023 Change: No change

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

2023: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: No change