2023_Derry_City_and_Strabane_District_Council_election

2023 Derry City and Strabane District Council election
All 40 council seats; 21 seats needed for a majority
	Derry and Strabane 2019 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; Sinn Fein Largest Party;

2023 Derry City and Strabane District Council election

2023 election in Northern Ireland

The 2023 election to Derry City and Strabane District Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England.^[2] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.^[3]

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The election returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

District results

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The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.

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People Before Profit has a collective leadership but for the purposes of registration to the UK Electoral Commission Eamonn McCann is registered as the party's leader in Northern Ireland.^[1]

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"Ballyarnett". Derry City & Strabane District Council.

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"Derg". Derry City & Strabane District Council.

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"Faughan". Derry City & Strabane District Council.

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"Foyleside". Derry City & Strabane District Council.

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"Sperrin". Derry City & Strabane District Council.

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"Moor". Derry City & Strabane District Council.

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"Waterside". Derry City & Strabane District Council.

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Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Sinn Féin	18	7	0	7	45.00	38.73	24,658	10.62
	SDLP	10	0	1	1	25.00	19.93	12,689	5.54
	DUP	5	0	2	2	12.50	12.49	7,955	2.21
	Ulster Unionist	3	1	0	1	7.50	8.47	5,393	1.67
	Independent	3	0	1	1	7.50	7.74	4,927	4.87
	People Before Profit	1	0	1	1	2.50	5.22	3,320	0.69
	Alliance	0	0	2	2	0.00	4.47	2,849	0.23
	Aontú	0	0	1	1	0.00	2.95	1,878	1.25
Total		40						63,669

District Electoral Area (DEA)	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total cllrs
District Electoral Area (DEA)	Sinn Féin		SDLP		DUP		UUP		PBP		Alliance		Independents and others		Total cllrs
Ballyarnett	45.4	3 1	33.5	3	0.0	0	0.0	0	7.5	0	4.5	0	9.1	0 1	6
Derg	45.4	3 1	8.5	0 1	19.5	1	16.1	1	1.3	0	2.1	0	7.1	0	5
Faughan	29.1	2 1	18.9	1	20.3	1 1	15.8	1 1	3.8	0	8.6	0 1	3.4	0	5
Foyleside	41.3	2 1	35.4	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	13.7	1	3.7	0	5.9	0 1	5
Sperrin	40.4	3 1	11.4	1	18.3	1 1	4.1	0	1.9	0	3.2	0	20.7	2	7
The Moor	44.6	3 1	16.3	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	7.8	0 1	2.0	0	29.3	1	5
Waterside	27.2	2 1	19.0	2	22.8	2	20.6	1	3.6	0	6.9	0 1	0.0	0	7
Total	38.73	18 7	19.93	10 1	12.49	5 2	8.47	3 1	5.22	1 1	4.47	0 2	10.69	3 2	40

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Sandra Duffy*	22.22%	2,164
	SDLP	Rory Farrell*	14.43%	1,405
	Sinn Féin	John McGowan* †	13.34%	1,299	1,601.05
	Sinn Féin	Pat Murphy	9.86%	960	1,256.10	1,289.65	1,474.93
	SDLP	Brian Tierney*	10.33%	1,006	1,057.80	1,128.50	1,136.42	1,165.70	1,338.70
	SDLP	Catherine McDaid	8.79%	856	896.25	1,052.80	1,059.04	1,086.40	1,318.40
	Aontú	Emmet Doyle*	9.11%	887	909.40	944.45	945.89	955.73	1,147.73
	People Before Profit	Damien Doherty	7.46%	727	745.20	852.45	855.33	869.25
	Alliance	Colm Cavanagh	4.48%	436	457.35
Electorate: 19,139 Valid: 9,740 (50.89%) Spoilt: 189 Quota: 1,392 Turnout: 9.929 (51.88%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Keith Kerrigan*	19.52%	1,669
	Sinn Féin	Ruairí McHugh*	16.87%	1,442
	Ulster Unionist	Derek Hussey*	16.11%	1,377	1,592.88
	Sinn Féin	Antaine Ó Fearghail	14.00%	1,197	1,197.00	1,197.28	1,255.28	1,371.56
	Sinn Féin	Caroline Devine	14.57%	1,246	1,246.14	1,246.28	1,306.28	1,342.56
	SDLP	Steven Edwards*	8.46%	723	726.78	748.20	888.74	1,151.34
	Independent	Andy Patton	5.93%	507	514.42	586.94	689.24
	Alliance	Anne Murray	2.07%	177	178.26	207.24
	People Before Profit	Adam McGinley	1.31%	112	112.56	120.68
	Aontú	Leza Houston	1.16%	99	99.00	102.78
Electorate: 13,672 Valid: 8,549 (62.53%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,425 Turnout: 8,660 (63.33%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulster Unionist	Ryan McCready* †	15.84%	1,282	1,414
	SDLP	Declan Norris*	11.35%	919	984	989.22	1,396.22
	DUP	Julie Middleton	12.21%	988	1,016	1,032.82	1,037.82	1,659.82
	Sinn Féin	Alex Duffy*	14.74%	1,193	1,244	1,244.58	1,325.16	1,325.16	1,326.16
	Sinn Féin	Sean Fleming	14.35%	1,162	1,201	1,201.58	1,241.58	1,242.58	1,243.48
	Alliance	Rachael Ferguson*	8.59%	695	813	826.34	947.50	962.88	1,054.88
	DUP	Gary Wilkinson	8.07%	653	685	708.20	712.78
	SDLP	Hayley Canning	7.58%	614	682	685.48
	People Before Profit	Damien Gallagher	3.83%	310
	Independent	Graham Warke*	3.45%	279
Electorate: 14,532 Valid: 8,095 (55.70%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,350 Turnout: 8,188 (56.34%)

2023_Derry_City_and_Strabane_District_Council_election

2023 Derry City and Strabane District Council election

Election results

Districts summary

District results

Ballyarnett

Derg

Faughan

Foyleside

Sperrin

The Moor

Waterside

Changes during the term

† Co-options

‡ Changes in affiliation

Notes

References

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Date co-opted	Electoral Area		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
20 October 2023	Sperrin	DUP	Allan Bresland	Gary Wilkinson	Bresland retired.^[12]
29 January 2024	Faughan	Ulster Unionist	Ryan McCready	Janice Montgomery	McCready resigned.^[13]
19 February 2024	Ballyarnett	Sinn Féin	John McGowan	Amanda Clarke	McGowan resigned.^[14]

Date	Electoral Area	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
30 April 2024	Sperrin	Jason Barr		SDLP		Independent	Left the SDLP following criticisms of the party's process for selecting the next Mayor.^[15]
1 May 2024	Foyleside	Shauna Cusack		SDLP		Independent	Left the SDLP following criticisms of the party's process for selecting the next Mayor.^[16]

Foyleside - 5 seats^[4]^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Conor Heaney*	25.77%	1,846
	Sinn Féin	Grace Uí Niallais	15.57%	1,115	1,635.80
	People Before Profit	Shaun Harkin*	13.67%	979	999.65	1,074.90	1,140.15	1,239.15
	SDLP	Shauna Cusack* ‡	13.23%	948	984.75	1,072.25	1,131.35	1,200.35
	SDLP	Lilian Seenoi-Barr*	13.40%	960	988.00	1,073.40	1,130.30	1,177.30
	SDLP	Stephen McCallion	8.74%	626	638.60	672.55	734.70	777.70
	Aontú	Seán Mac Cearáin	5.91%	423	434.55	472.70	493.50
	Alliance	Danny McCloskey	3.71%	266	275.45	307.30
Electorate: 13,372 Valid: 7,163 (53.57%) Spoilt: 136 Quota: 1,194 Turnout: 7,299 (54.58%)

Sperrin - 7 seats^[4]^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Sinn Féin	Paul Boggs	16.87%	1,993
	Sinn Féin	Fergal Leonard	13.97%	1,650
	Sinn Féin	Brian Harte	9.52%	1,125	1,480.00
	SDLP	Jason Barr* ‡	6.87%	811	847.75	896.35	924.09	953.92	1,019.53	1,174.93	1,208.93	1,569.93
	Independent	Raymond Barr*	8.35%	985	1,014.75	1,024.11	1,053.11	1,110.65	1,157.02	1,206.45	1,217.45	1,345.06	1,414.91
	DUP	Allan Bresland* †	10.11%	1,194	1,194.00	1,194.00	1,198.00	1,200.00	1,208.00	1,217.18	1,401.18	1,412.43	1,412.98
	Independent	Paul Gallagher*	8.82%	1,042	1,065.50	1,072.52	1,079.52	1,129.17	1,164.41	1,194.95	1,198.95	1,277.64	1,297.00
	DUP	Maurice Devenney*	8.16%	964	964.00	964.18	967.18	967.43	968.43	973.43	1,201.43	1,206.43	1,208.08
	SDLP	Tommy Forbes	4.55%	538	559.50	596.58	613.71	634.50	689.86	787.75	810.93
	Ulster Unionist	Glen Miller	4.14%	489	489.25	489.43	490.43	491.43	501.43	557.43
	Alliance	Mel Boyle	3.23%	381	390.50	407.60	411.21	451.58	488.74
	Independent	Patsy Kelly	2.08%	246	256.75	284.83	294.73	312.09
	People Before Profit	Carol Gallagher	1.91%	226	233.75	240.41	254.56
	Aontú	Darán Mac Meanman	1.42%	168	169.50	182.64
Electorate: 19,143 Valid: 11,812 (61.70%) Spoilt: 183 Quota: 1,477 Turnout: 11,995 (62.66%)

The Moor - 5 seats^[4]^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Gary Donnelly*	25.25%	1,868
	Sinn Féin	Aisling Hutton	17.80%	1,317
	SDLP	John Boyle*	10.29%	761	829.46	877.72	933.00	1,280.00
	Sinn Féin	Patricia Logue*	14.45%	1,069	1,163.92	1,173.34	1,219.22	1,255.22
	Sinn Féin	Emma McGinley*	12.33%	912	983.40	985.40	1,013.86	1,043.00	1,109.18
	People Before Profit	Maeve O'Neill*	7.81%	578	765.74	796.94	883.74	951.96	957.90
	SDLP	Dermott Henderson	6.02%	445	505.06	543.00	584.60
	Aontú	Darryl Christy	4.07%	301	429.10	439.04
	Alliance	Michael Downey	1.97%	146	161.54
Electorate: 13,403 Valid: 7,397 (55.19%) Spoilt: 201 Quota: 1,233 Turnout: 7,598 (56.69%)

Waterside - 7 seats^[4]^[11]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Caitlin Deeney	17.86%	1,949
	Ulster Unionist	Darren Guy*	16.47%	1,797
	Sinn Féin	Christopher Jackson*	9.34%	1,019	1,540.10
	DUP	Chelsea Cooke	11.56%	1,262	1,262.30	1,316.54	1,319.54	1,320.05	1,526.05
	DUP	Niree McMorris*	11.23%	1,225	1,225	1,279.72	1,281.72	1,282.06	1,368.06
	SDLP	Sean Mooney*	9.81%	1,071	1,105.20	1,109.76	1,213.90	1,323.55	1,355.11	1,361.11
	SDLP	Martin Reilly*	9.22%	1,006	1,013.80	1,020.28	1,092.26	1,120.65	1,154.21	1,163.21
	Alliance	Philip McKinney*	6.85%	748	758.50	773.62	916.54	945.10	1,105.05	1,153.05
	Ulster Unionist	Janice Montgomery	4.11%	448	448.30	737.50	743.46	744.82
	People Before Profit	Davina Pulvis	3.56%	388	393.70	396.34
Electorate: 21,240 Valid: 10,913 (51.38%) Spoilt: 202 Quota: 1,365 Turnout: 11,115 (52.33%)