Coast Road (District Electoral Area)

Coast Road 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 Cairncastle, Carnlough and Glenarm, Craigyhill, Gardenmore and The Maidens.

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

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Larne Area A and part of Larne Area C which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained five wards (Ballyloran, Carncastle, Carnlough, Craigy Hill and Glenarm).

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 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 2011: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 2014: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x TUV 2011-2014 Change: TUV gain from Independent 2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 2011: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin and Independent gain from SDLP and DUP 2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: No change 1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1997-2001 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist 1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance 1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989-1993 Change: No change 1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP 1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist