Mid Ulster District Council
Mid Ulster District Council Comhairle Ceantair Lár Uladh Mid Ulstèr Airts Cooncil | |
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Mid Ulster District | |
History | |
Founded | 1 April 2015 |
Preceded by | Cookstown District Council Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council Magherafelt District Council |
Leadership | |
Chair | Councillor Dominic Molloy, Sinn Féin |
Deputy Chair | Councillor Meta Graham, Ulster Unionist Party |
Structure | |
Seats | 40 |
Political groups | Incoming Council Sinn Féin (19) DUP (11) SDLP (5) Independents (3) UUP (2) |
Elections | |
Last election | 18 May 2023 |
Website | |
http://www.midulstercouncil.org/ |
Mid Ulster District Council (
Mid Ulster
district on 1 April 2015.
Chairpersonship
Chair
From | To | Name | Party | |
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2015 | 2016 | Linda Dillon | Sinn Féin | |
2016 | 2017 | Trevor Wilson | Ulster Unionist | |
2017 | 2018 | Kim Ashton | DUP | |
2018 | 2019 | Seán McPeake | Sinn Féin | |
2019 | 2020 | Martin Kearney | SDLP | |
2020 | 2021 | Cathal Mallaghan | Sinn Féin | |
2021 | 2022 | Paul McLean | DUP | |
2022 | 2023 | Cora Corry | Sinn Féin | |
2023 | Present | Dominic Molloy | Sinn Féin |
Vice Chair
From | To | Name | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | 2016 | Kim Ashton | DUP | |
2016 | 2017 | Sharon McAleer | SDLP | |
2017 | 2018 | Mark Glasgow | Ulster Unionist | |
2018 | 2019 | Frances Burton | DUP | |
2019 | 2020 | Clement Cuthbertson | DUP | |
2020 | 2021 | Meta Graham | Ulster Unionist | |
2021 | 2022 | Christine McFlynn | SDLP | |
2022 | 2023 | Frances Burton | DUP | |
2023 | Present | Meta Graham | Ulster Unionist |
Councillors
For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):[2]
Area | Seats |
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Carntogher | 5 |
Clogher Valley | 6 |
Cookstown | 7 |
Dungannon | 6 |
Magherafelt | 5 |
Moyola | 5 |
Torrent | 6 |
Seat summary
Party | Elected 2014 | Elected 2019 | Elected 2023 | |
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Sinn Féin | 18 | 17 | 19 | |
DUP | 8 | 9 | 11 | |
UUP | 7 | 6 | 2 | |
SDLP | 6 | 6 | 5 | |
Independents | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Councillors by electoral area
Current council members | |||
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District electoral area | Name | Party | |
Carntogher | Brian McGuigan | Sinn Féin | |
Sean McPeake | Sinn Féin | ||
Paddy Kelly | Sinn Féin | ||
Córa Corry | Sinn Féin | ||
Kyle Black | DUP | ||
Clogher Valley | Frances Burton | DUP | |
Mark Robinson | DUP | ||
Gael Gildernew | Sinn Féin | ||
Kevin McElvogue | Independent | ||
Eugene McConnell | Sinn Féin | ||
Meta Graham | Ulster Unionist | ||
Cookstown | Cathal Mallaghan | Sinn Féin | |
John McNamee | Sinn Féin | ||
Gavin Bell | Sinn Féin | ||
Kerri Martin | SDLP | ||
Wilbert Buchanan | DUP | ||
Trevor Wilson | Ulster Unionist | ||
Eva Cahoon | DUP | ||
Dungannon | Clement Cuthbertson | DUP | |
Dominic Molloy | Sinn Féin | ||
James Burton | DUP | ||
Deirdre Varsani | Sinn Féin | ||
Barry Monteith | Independent | ||
Karol McQuade | SDLP | ||
Magherafelt | Darren Totten | Sinn Féin | |
Sean Clarke | Sinn Féin | ||
Christine McFlynn | SDLP | ||
Paul McLean | DUP | ||
Wesley Brown | DUP | ||
Moyola | Ian Milne | Sinn Féin | |
Jolene Groogan | Sinn Féin | ||
Anne Forde | DUP | ||
Donal McPeake | Sinn Féin | ||
Denise Johnston | SDLP | ||
Torrent | Eimear Carney | Sinn Féin | |
Niall McAleer | Sinn Féin | ||
Dan Kerr | Independent | ||
Jonathan Buchanan | DUP | ||
Malachy Quinn | SDLP | ||
Nuala McLernon | Sinn Féin |
Population
The area covered by the Council has a population of 138,590 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.[3]
References
- ^ "Equality Impect Assessment o tha Draft Ullans Leid Policy (in Ulster-Scots)" (PDF). Mid Ulster Council. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ "Local Government District Electoral Areas: 2013: Index Map of Northern Ireland: Final Recommendations" (PDF). Land and Property Services. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014" (PDF). NI Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.