Carrick Castle (District Electoral Area)

Carrick Castle is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland.

[1] The district elects five members to Mid and East Antrim District Council and contains the wards of Boneybefore, Castle, Kilroot, Love Lane and Victoria.

[2] Carrick Castle forms part of the East Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Carrickfergus Area C which had existed since 1973, and originally contained five wards (Killycrot, Love Lane, Milebush, Northland and Sunnylands).

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 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 2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKIP, 1 x Independent 2011-2014 Change: UKIP gain from Alliance 2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2005-2011 Change: No change 2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: No change 1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent 1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1993-1997 Change: Independent gain from Alliance 1989: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP 1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1989-1993 Change: Independent gain from PUP 1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP 1989: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP 1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from UUP 1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP