The council was composed of 15 councillors who were elected from three electoral areas (Ballycastle, Giant's Causeway and The Glens) every four years by a system of proportional representation.

Most of the former district forms the North Antrim constituency (together with the neighbouring former Local Council areas of Ballymena and Ballymoney), for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.

The district was a majority Catholic enclave in the otherwise Protestant County Antrim.

[4] The merger with Coleraine, Limavady and Ballymoney councils was confirmed in September 2011 and took effect in 2015.

The area covered by Moyle District Council had a population of 17,050 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.