DUP holds ground in Mid and East Antrimpublished at 10:39 British Summer Time 20 May 2023
Rick Faragher
BBC News NI
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council was expected to remain dominated by unionists and that appears to be the case as the counting of votes resumes at the Seven Towers Leisure Centre in Ballymena.
Thirty out of 40 councillors have been elected and the DUP is holding ground.
The party has had 11 councillors elected, while the Alliance Party and the Ulster Unionists have five apiece, the TUV and Sinn Fein both have four and there's been a single independent elected.
Sinn Féin's tally is double the number it secured in 2019 and includes its first ever councillor in Ballymena.
But it's been another bruising count here for the SDLP, which has failed so far to win any seats.