2023 Mid and East Antrim District Council election

2023 Mid and East Antrim District Council election

18 May 2023

All 40 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jeffrey Donaldson Doug Beattie Naomi Long
Party DUP UUP Alliance
Last election 15 7 7
Seats won 14 8 7
Seat change 1 1 0
Popular vote 15,627 8,764 9,571
Percentage 30.9% 17.3% 18.9%
Swing 1.1% 0.9% 3.1%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jim Allister Michelle O'Neill None
Party TUV Sinn Féin Independent
Last election 5 2 3
Seats won 5 4 2
Seat change 0 2 1
Popular vote 8,050 4,700 2,205
Percentage 15.9% 9.3% 4.4%
Swing 0.7% 2.9% 3.8%


Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

Democratic Unionist Party

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.