Mid and East Antrim Borough Councillors: Contact and Party Affiliation

Mid and East Antrim Borough Council provides a list of its current councillors. The dataset includes each councillor's party affiliation, contact details, local government district, and district electoral area. It serves as a public directory for political representation in the borough.

Use Cases

• Mapping political party representation across District Electoral Areas based on councillor party affiliation.
• Contacting local representatives using the provided contact details.
• Analyzing the structure of local government representation by Local Government District.
• Verifying the electoral mandate and constituency of individual councillors.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative Government Digital Service, indicating official provenance.
• The dataset is listed on multiple platforms (eu_open_data, uk_data), suggesting cross-platform validation and importance.
• A specific future update date (2026-07-08) is provided on two platforms, implying a planned maintenance schedule.

Limitations

• Key structural metadata is missing, including the number of rows and the specific column names.
• The provided future update date (2026) is inconsistent with the dataset's 'current' status, creating a temporal conflict.
• Documentation is sparse, lacking details on data collection methodology or the frequency of updates.

Provenance

Source

Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, published via the Government Digital Service.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official council records, but the specific gathering method is not described.

Time Range

Covers the 'current' councillors as of the dataset's publication or last update.

Freshness

Last updated: 2026-07-08 13:32:49.170245 (eu_open_data, uk_data)

Geography

Mid and East Antrim Borough, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.