Following a proposal put forward by the DUP, it has been decided that the Mayor of the new Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council will wear the Chain of Office worn by the Mayor of Coleraine.
The proposal was put forward by the DUP’s Councillor Mark Fielding and gained support from other unionist parties. The SDLP abstained from voting on the matter and Sinn Fein voted against the proposal.
The chain was granted to Coleraine Council on loan by the Honourable Irish Society in 1929 who have just recently offered the new council use of the chain.