UKIP secures seat

Noel Jordan has taken a seat for UKIP on the new Mid and East Antrim District Council.
By The Newsroom
Published 24th May 2014, 18:32 BST
Noel Jordan at the election count in Seven Towers Leisure Centre, Ballymena, after taking a seat for UKIP on the new council. INCT 22-791-CONNoel Jordan at the election count in Seven Towers Leisure Centre, Ballymena, after taking a seat for UKIP on the new council. INCT 22-791-CON
Noel Jordan at the election count in Seven Towers Leisure Centre, Ballymena, after taking a seat for UKIP on the new council. INCT 22-791-CON

After securing a first preference vote of 749, he was elected in Carrick Castle on the sixth count (total 984.47).

The Carrick businessman, standing for local government for the first time, said: “I am delighted for myself and my family but I’m also delighted for the people of Carrickfergus who I can’t thank the people for coming out in bad weather and giving me their votes.

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“I will be championing everything that helps develop our town.”

Veteran independent Jim Brown MBE, Carrick Council’s longest serving member, secured a seat on the new ‘super-council’ on the sixth count too with a first preference vote of 882 (total 997.9).

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