UKIP secures seat
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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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).