NI council elections: Openly-gay DUP council candidate elected

The first-openly gay candidate to stand in an election for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has won a council seat.

Alison Bennington gained 856 first preference votes and was elected on the sixth count to secure a seat on Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council.

The DUP has a long history of opposing same-sex marriage.