Larne Borough Council was a Local Council in

County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, County Antrim, Antrim, ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the c ...

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. It merged with

Ballymena Borough Council Ballymena Borough Council was the local authority of Ballymena (borough), Ballymena in Northern Ireland. It merged with Carrickfergus Borough Council and Larne Borough Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Irelan ...

and

Carrickfergus Borough Council Carrickfergus Borough Council was a district council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It merged with Ballymena Borough Council and Larne Borough Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Mid a ...

in May 2015 under the reorganisation of local government in Northern Ireland to become

Mid and East Antrim Borough Council Mid and East Antrim Borough Council is a local authority that was established on 1 April 2015. It replaced Ballymena Borough Council, Carrickfergus Borough Council and Larne Borough Council. History On 2 December 2021, the councils chief exec ...

. Its headquarters was in the town of

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. The Borough of Larne was divided into 3 electoral areas: Larne Town, Larne Lough and Coast Road. At the final election in 2011 15 members were elected from the following political parties: 4

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(DUP), 3

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(UUP), 2 Independent, 3 Alliance Party, 1

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, 1

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(SDLP). Aldermen

Jack McKee Jack McKee (4 September 1943 – 4 October 2015) was a Northern Irish unionist politician who served as a Larne Borough Council, Larne Borough Councillor for the Larne Area C DEA from 1973 Larne Borough Council election, 1973 to 1985 Larne Boro ...

(TUV) and

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(UUP) were the longest serving councillors on the council. Together with the neighbouring former district of

Carrickfergus Carrickfergus ( , meaning " Fergus' rock") is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits on the north shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast. The town had a population of 28,141 at the 2021 census. It is County Antrim's oldest t ...

and part of the former district of

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, it forms the East Antrim constituency for elections to the

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and

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. Settlements and villages in the former borough include

Ballycarry Ballycarry () is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is midway between Larne and Carrickfergus, overlooking Islandmagee, and is part of the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council area. In the 2001 census it had a population of 981. H ...

Islandmagee Islandmagee () is a peninsula and civil parish on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, located between the towns of Larne and Whitehead. It is part of the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council area and is a sparsely populated rur ...

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, Glynn,

Magheramorne Magheramorne () is a hamlet in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is about 5 miles south of Larne on the shores of Larne Lough. It had a population of 75 people in the 2001 census. Following the reform of Northern Ireland's local government sy ...

Ballygalley Ballygally or Ballygalley (, IPA: �bˠalʲəˈɟɛhlʲiː is a village and holiday resort in County Antrim, Northern Ireland which lies on the Antrim coast, approximately north of Larne. It is also a townland of and is situated in the civil p ...

, Cairnalbanagh,

Glenarm Glenarm () is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies on the North Channel coast north of the town of Larne and the village of Ballygalley, and south of the village of Carnlough. It is situated in the civil parish of Tickmac ...

and

Carnlough Carnlough ( ; ) is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in Mid and East Antrim district, as well the historic Barony (Ireland), barony of Glenarm Lower, and the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parishes of Ardclinis and T ...

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2011 Election results

Mayors of Larne

:1973: Aubrey Girvan, Independent :1974: Tommy Seymour, Vanguard :1975: Tommy Seymour :1976: Tommy Seymour :1977: Tommy Seymour :1978:

, DUP then UUP :1983: Thomas Robinson, UUP :1984:

, DUP :1985: :1986: Rosalie Armstrong, UUP :1987: Winston Fulton, DUP :1989: Rosalie Armstrong, UUP :1995: :1996: Sam McAllister, DUP :1997: Joan Drummond, UUP :1999: :2000: David Fleck, UUP :2002: Bobby McKee, DUP :2004: Roy Craig, Independent :2005: :2006: Danny O'Connor, SDLP :2007: Mark Dunn, UUP :2008: Bobby McKee, DUP :2010: Andy Wilson :2011: Bobby McKee, DUP :2012: Gerardine Mulvenna, Alliance :2013: Maureen Morrow, UUP :2014: Martin Wilson, SDLP

Review of Public Administration

Under the Review of Public Administration (RPA) the council was due to merge with

and

in 2011 to form a single council for the enlarged area totalling 1047 km² and a population of 127,101. The next election was due to take place in May 2009, but on 25 April 2008,

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announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until the introduction of the eleven new councils in 2011. New local government district councils took over from the 26 former councils on 1 April 2015.

Freedom of the Borough

In memory of a battle in the town of

Musa Qala Musa Qala (; "Fortress of Moses") is a town and the district centre of Musa Qala District in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. It is located at and at an altitude of 1,043 m in the valley of Musa Qala River in the central western part of the distr ...

in Afghanistan in 2006, involving the Royal Irish Regiment, a new regimental march, composed by Chris Attrill and commissioned by Larne Borough Council, was gifted to the regiment on Saturday 1 November 2008 in

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, during an event in which the regiment was also presented with the 'Freedom of the Borough'. This gave the regiment the right to march through the towns of the borough with 'flags flying, bands playing and bayonets fixed'. The march was named, 'Musa Qala'.

Council services

Carnfunnock Country Park Carnfunnock Country Park is a 191-hectare park located between Drains Bay and Ballygally, near Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated on the A2 Antrim Coast Road, 3.5 miles north of Larne. The park consists of mixed woodland, g ...

, 3.5 miles from Larne, is owned and run by the council.

Population

The area covered by the former Larne Borough Council had a population of 32,180 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.

References

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