2023 Mid Ulster District Council election

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2023 Mid Ulster District Council election
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All 40 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Colum Eastwood MLA.JPG
Leader Michelle O'Neill[n 1] Jeffrey Donaldson Colum Eastwood
Party Sinn Féin DUP SDLP
Seats before 17 9 6
Seats won 19 11 5
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 2 Decrease1
Popular vote 31,834 14,045 5,660
Percentage 47.2% 20.8% 8.4%
Swing Increase7.4% Decrease2.4% Decrease6.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Doug Beattie.png
Leader Doug Beattie
Party Independent UUP
Seats before 2 6
Seats won 3 2
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 4
Popular vote 5,230 4,908
Percentage 7.8% 7.3%
Swing Increase2.0% Decrease6.3%
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

TBC

The 2023 election to Mid Ulster District Council was scheduled and held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England.[1] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.[2] They returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Election results

Mid Ulster District Council Election Result 2023
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Sinn Féin 19 2 0 Increase 2 47.50 47.16 31,834 Increase 7.31
  DUP 11 2 0 Increase 2 27.50 20.81 14,045 Decrease 2.37
  SDLP 5 1 2 Decrease 1 12.50 8.38 5,660 Decrease 6.02
  Independent 3 (a) 1 0 Increase 1 7.50 7.75 5,230 Increase 1.96
  UUP 2 0 4 Decrease 4 5.00 7.27 4,908 Decrease 6.30
  TUV 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.00 3.97 2,682 Increase 3.58
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.00 2.82 1,904 Increase 1.59
  Aontú 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.00 1.44 974 Decrease 0.01
  Labour Alternative 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.00 0.40 268 New
Total 40 67,505


Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

  • (a) The three independents identify themselves as Independent Republican.
  • The electorate was 105,819 , the turnout 68,361 (64.60%) and there was 856 spoilt votes.

Districts summary

Results of the 2023 Mid Ulster District Council election
by district
District Electoral Area (DEA) %
Cllrs
 %
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 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
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Sinn Féin DUP SDLP UUP TUV Alliance Independents and others
Carntogher 65.47 4 Increase 1 13.69 1 Steady 9.39 0 Decrease 1 0.00 0 Steady 6.00 0 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 5.45 0 Steady 5
Clogher Valley 35.79 2 Steady 30.04 2 Steady 9.74 0 Decrease 1 11.74 1 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 12.68 1 Increase 1 6
Cookstown 49.99 3 Steady 19.61 2 Increase 1 7.48 1 Steady 11.94 1 Decrease 1 6.44 0 Steady 4.12 0 Steady 0.43 0 Steady 7
Dungannon 28.39 2 Increase 1 28.64 2 Steady 6.25 1 Steady 5.48 0 Decrease 1 3.11 0 Steady 4.90 0 Steady 23.13 1 Steady 6
Magherafelt 43.68 2 Steady 25.55 2 Steady 9.74 1 Steady 7.11 0 Steady 8.13 0 Steady 5.79 0 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 5
Moyola 57.21 3 Steady 17.07 1 Steady 7.11 1 Increase 1 6.47 0 Decrease 1 5.67 0 Steady 2.70 0 Steady 3.79 0 Steady 5
Torrent 51.61 3 Steady 11.00 1 Increase 1 9.04 1 Steady 6.72 0 Decrease 1 0.00 0 Steady 2.67 0 Steady 18.97 1 Steady 6
Total 47.16 19 Increase 2 20.81 11 Increase 2 8.39 5 Decrease 1 7.27 2 Decrease 4 3.97 0 Steady 2.82 0 Steady 9.59 3 Increase 1 40

District results

Carntogher

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP 2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Carntogher - 5 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Sinn Féin Brian McGuigan* 21.62% 1,909        
Sinn Féin Sean McPeake* 17.44% 1,540        
Sinn Féin Paddy Kelly 11.88% 1,049 1,397.26 1,407.10 1,518.10  
Sinn Féin Córa Corry* 14.53% 1,283 1,335.36 1,381.20 1,472.62  
Democratic Unionist Party Kyle Black* 13.69% 1,209 1,209.00 1,209.04 1,227.04 1,681.04
Social Democratic and Labour Party Martin Kearney* 9.39% 829 843.08 847.52 979.00 994.00
TUV James Artt 6.00% 530 530.00 530.00 533.00  
Aontú Noreen McEldowney 5.45% 481 486.06 487.38    
Electorate: 12,744   Valid: 8,830 (69.29%)   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 1,472   Turnout: 8,911 (69.92%)  

Clogher Valley

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Ind (Rep) 2019–2023 Change: Ind (Rep) gain from SDLP

Clogher Valley - 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Democratic Unionist Party Frances Burton* 15.43% 1,656        
Democratic Unionist Party Mark Robinson* 14.61% 1,568        
Sinn Féin Gael Gildernew 13.75% 1,475 1,475.91 1,720.91    
Independent Kevin McElvogue 12.68% 1,361 1,361.56 1,567.56    
Sinn Féin Eugene McConnell 11.29% 1,212 1,212.07 1,408.07 1,497.32 1,497.36
UUP Meta Graham* 11.74% 1,260 1,367.59 1,452.36 1,458.31 1,487.83
Sinn Féin Sean McGuigan* 10.75% 1,154 1,154.21 1,327.35 1,417.45 1,417.47
Social Democratic and Labour Party Sharon McAleer* 9.74% 1,045 1,046.82      
Electorate: 15,846   Valid: 10,731 (67.72%)   Spoilt: 108   Quota: 1,534   Turnout: 10,839 (68.40%)  

Cookstown

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2019–2023 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Cookstown - 7 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Sinn Féin Cathal Mallaghan* † 20.97% 2,157                
Sinn Féin John McNamee* 17.21% 1,771                
Sinn Féin Gavin Bell* 11.81% 1,215 2,010.20              
Social Democratic and Labour Party Kerri Martin* 7.48% 769 813.80 1,013.00 1,381.48          
Democratic Unionist Party Wilbert Buchanan* 12.14% 1,249 1,249.80 1,249.80 1,250.74 1,252.74 1,252.74 1,360.74    
UUP Trevor Wilson* 6.82% 702 702.40 702.40 708.04 708.04 712.64 983.27 1,002.87 1,201.33
Democratic Unionist Party Eva Cahoon 7.47% 768 768.00 768.00 769.41 769.41 769.41 843.41 886.81 919.54
TUV Timothy Hagan 6.44% 663 663.00 663.80 667.56 669.56 670.02 707.02 716.12 740.19
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Chris Hillcox 4.12% 424 435.60 480.40 569.70 598.25 684.96 711.89 713.29  
UUP Mark Glasgow* 5.11% 526 527.60 530.00 530.47 531.47 532.39      
Independent Louise Taylor 0.43% 44 46.40 51.60 62.41          
Electorate: 17,175   Valid: 10,288 (59.90%)   Spoilt: 145   Quota: 1,287   Turnout: 10,433 (60.75%)  

Dungannon

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent (Rep) 2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent (Rep) 2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Dungannon - 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Democratic Unionist Party Clement Cuthbertson* 21.81% 2,096                
Sinn Féin Dominic Molloy* 15.81% 1,519                
Democratic Unionist Party James Burton 6.83% 656 1,198.30 1,198.57 1,200.57 1,218.57 1,407.57      
Sinn Féin Deirdre Varsani 12.58% 1,219 1,219.00 1,325.65 1,347.37 1,363.37 1,366.37 1,414.37    
Independent Barry Monteith* 12.28% 1,180 1,181.02 1,185.70 1,211.79 1,274.79 1,275.79 1,310.88 1,868.88  
Social Democratic and Labour Party Karol McQuade 6.25% 601 604.06 615.67 636.12 684.21 687.89 913.92 979.17 1,139.17
UUP Ian Irwin 5.48% 527 588.54 588.72 589.72 617.46 781.69 907.47 911.47 913.47
Independent Marian Vincent 6.54% 628 628.00 632.59 654.68 673.77 675.86 699.86    
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Claire Hackett 4.90% 471 478.14 480.21 489.30 549.98 556.02      
TUV Kinley Tenner 3.11% 299 385.70 385.88 396.22 398.90        
Labour Alternative Gerry Cullen 2.79% 268 273.78 274.05 285.39          
Aontú Denise Mullen* 1.52% 146 147.36 148.98            
Electorate: 16,325   Valid: 9,610 (58.87%)   Spoilt: 201   Quota: 1,373   Turnout: 9,811 (60.10%)  

Magherafelt

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2019–2023 Change: No change

Magherafelt - 5 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Sinn Féin Darren Totten* 25.15% 2,077          
Sinn Féin Sean Clarke* 18.53% 1,530          
Social Democratic and Labour Party Christine McFlynn* 9.74% 804 1,336.40 1,457.24      
Democratic Unionist Party Paul McLean* 13.84% 1,143 1,146.96 1,147.68 1,147.92 1,283.92 1,616.92
Democratic Unionist Party Wesley Brown* 11.71% 967 967.88 967.88 967.88 1,230.32 1,526.32
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Padraic Farrell 5.79% 478 628.04 650.36 706.64 779.92 786.92
TUV Raymond Love 8.13% 671 673.64 673.88 674.24 767.80  
UUP Ian Brown 7.11% 587 589.64 589.88 591.20    
Electorate: 13,741   Valid: 8,257 (60.09%)   Spoilt: 58   Quota: 1,377   Turnout: 8.315 (60.51%)  

Moyola

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2019–2023 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

Moyola - 5 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sinn Féin Ian Milne* 24.24% 2,219              
Sinn Féin Jolene Groogan 20.47% 1,874              
Democratic Unionist Party Anne Forde* 17.07% 1,563              
Sinn Féin Donal McPeake* 12.50% 1,144 1,775.47            
Social Democratic and Labour Party Denise Johnston 7.11% 651 676.73 888.70 1,022.20 1,220.96 1,221.14 1,227.91 1,486.61
UUP Derek McKinney* 6.47% 592 592.93 594.98 595.88 631.30 658.68 1,108.52 1,112.86
Aontú Sheila Fullerton 3.79% 347 368.39 445.88 528.98 558.06 558.38 561.46  
TUV Glenn Moore 5.67% 519 519.31 519.72 519.72 523.43 536.29    
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Caleb Ross 2.70% 247 251.03 299.82 325.32        
Electorate: 13,524   Valid: 9,156 (67.70%)   Spoilt: 90   Quota: 1,527   Turnout: 9,246 (68.37%)  

Torrent

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent (Rep) 2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent (Rep) 2019–2023 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Torrent - 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sinn Féin Eimear Carney 15.78% 1,678              
Sinn Féin Niall McAleer* 15.67% 1,666              
Independent Dan Kerr* 13.12% 1,395 1,431.00 1,443.69 1,994.96        
Democratic Unionist Party Jonathan Buchanan 11.00% 1,170 1,181.00 1,181.09 1,182.09 1,186.09 1,823.09    
Social Democratic and Labour Party Malachy Quinn* 9.04% 961 1,084.00 1,093.63 1,113.90 1,170.90 1,244.90 1,434.90 1,448.42
Sinn Féin Nuala McLernon 10.79% 1,147 1,161.00 1,182.87 1,195.05 1,243.05 1,243.05 1,245.05 1,349.13
Sinn Féin Paul Kelly 9.37% 996 1,012.00 1,117.30 1,155.57 1,288.57 1,291.66 1,296.66 1,310.34
UUP Robert Colvin* 6.72% 714 777.00 777.09 777.09 777.09      
Independent Teresa Quinn 5.85% 622 628.00 628.90          
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Simon Graham 2.67% 284              
Electorate: 16,464   Valid: 10,633 (64.58%)   Spoilt: 173   Quota: 1,520   Turnout: 10,806 (65.63%)  

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Date co-opted Electoral Area Party Outgoing Co-optee Reason
17 July 2024 Cookstown Sinn Féin Cathal Mallaghan Donna Mullin Cathal Mallaghan elected as the Member of Parliament for Mid Ulster in the 2024 general election.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Local government elections in Northern Ireland". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  2. ↑ "NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  4. ↑ "New Councillor - Cookstown District Electoral Area".
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