Larne Borough Council
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| Larne Borough | |
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| Geography | |
| Area - Total - % Water |
Ranked 21st 336 km² ? % |
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| Admin HQ | Larne |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-LRN |
| ONS code | 95F |
| Demographics | |
| Population - Total (2005) - Density |
Ranked 24th 31,067 93 / km² |
| Community | Protestant: 71.7% Catholic: 25.2% |
| Politics | |
| Larne Borough Council http://www.larne.gov.uk |
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| MPs | Sammy Wilson |
Larne Borough Council is a Local Council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. Its headquarters is in the town of Larne and the population of the area is nearly 31,000. Larne is one of the most modern roll on-roll off ferry ports in the United Kingdom with a busy passenger traffic with Scotland.
The Larne Borough Council area consists of 3 electoral areas: Larne Town, Larne Lough and Coast Road. At the last election in 2005 15 members were elected from the following political parties: 5 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 4 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 2 Independent, 2 Alliance Party and 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). The current Mayor is Councillor Danny O'Connor (SDLP), who is the first Nationalist to ever serve as mayor of Larne. The Deputy Mayor is Councillor Mark Dunn (UUP).
The next election is due to take place in the autumn of 2008 when Larne will be included in a much larger Local Government District as part of a rationalisation of Local Government in Northern Ireland.
Together with the neighbouring district of Carrickfergus and part of Newtownabbey, it forms the East Antrim constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.
- See Also: Local Councils in Northern Ireland
Subdivisions created by the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971
Antrim • Ards • Armagh • Ballymena • Ballymoney • Banbridge • Belfast • Carrickfergus • Castlereagh • Coleraine • Cookstown • Craigavon • Derry • Down • Dungannon and South Tyrone • Fermanagh • Larne • Limavady • Lisburn • Magherafelt • Moyle • Newry and Mourne • Newtownabbey • North Down • Omagh • Strabane
