Braid (District Electoral Area)

Braid is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland. The district elects seven members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of Ballee and Harryville, Broughshane, Glenravel, Glenwhirry, Kells, Kirkinriola and Slemish. Braid forms part of the North Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1993 local elections, where it contained five wards (Broughshane, Craigywarren, Glenravel, Glenwhirry and Slemish), replacing the Braid Valley DEA which had existed since 1985. For the 2014 local elections it gained two additional wards, gaining Ballee and Harryville and Kells from the abolished Ballymena South DEA.

2023 Election
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

2019 Election
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

2014 Election
2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

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

2011-2014 Change: DUP and TUV gain due to the addition of two seats

2011 Election
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

2005 Election
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

2001 Election
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP

1997 Election
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from DUP

1993 Election
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP