2023 Mid Ulster District Council election
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Article ImagesThe 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]
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They returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Sinn Féin | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 47.50 | 47.16 | 31,834 | 7.31 | |
DUP | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27.50 | 20.81 | 14,045 | 2.37 | |
SDLP | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12.50 | 8.38 | 5,660 | 6.02 | |
Independent | 3 (a) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 7.75 | 5,230 | 1.96 | |
UUP | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5.00 | 7.27 | 4,908 | 6.30 | |
TUV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.97 | 2,682 | 3.58 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.82 | 1,904 | 1.59 | |
Aontú | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.44 | 974 | 0.01 | |
Labour Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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.
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Sinn Féin | DUP | SDLP | UUP | TUV | Alliance | Independents and others | |||||||||
Carntogher | 65.47 | 4 1 | 13.69 | 1 | 9.39 | 0 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5.45 | 0 | 5 |
Clogher Valley | 35.79 | 2 | 30.04 | 2 | 9.74 | 0 1 | 11.74 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 12.68 | 1 1 | 6 |
Cookstown | 49.99 | 3 | 19.61 | 2 1 | 7.48 | 1 | 11.94 | 1 1 | 6.44 | 0 | 4.12 | 0 | 0.43 | 0 | 7 |
Dungannon | 28.39 | 2 1 | 28.64 | 2 | 6.25 | 1 | 5.48 | 0 1 | 3.11 | 0 | 4.90 | 0 | 23.13 | 1 | 6 |
Magherafelt | 43.68 | 2 | 25.55 | 2 | 9.74 | 1 | 7.11 | 0 | 8.13 | 0 | 5.79 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 |
Moyola | 57.21 | 3 | 17.07 | 1 | 7.11 | 1 1 | 6.47 | 0 1 | 5.67 | 0 | 2.70 | 0 | 3.79 | 0 | 5 |
Torrent | 51.61 | 3 | 11.00 | 1 1 | 9.04 | 1 | 6.72 | 0 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 2.67 | 0 | 18.97 | 1 | 6 |
Total | 47.16 | 19 2 | 20.81 | 11 2 | 8.39 | 5 1 | 7.27 | 2 4 | 3.97 | 0 | 2.82 | 0 | 9.59 | 3 1 | 40 |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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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 | ||
DUP | Kyle Black* | 13.69% | 1,209 | 1,209.00 | 1,209.04 | 1,227.04 | 1,681.04 | |
SDLP | 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%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
DUP | Frances Burton* | 15.43% | 1,656 | |||||
DUP | 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 | |
SDLP | 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%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
SDLP | Kerri Martin* | 7.48% | 769 | 813.80 | 1,013.00 | 1,381.48 | ||||||
DUP | 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 | |
DUP | 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 | 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%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
DUP | Clement Cuthbertson* | 21.81% | 2,096 | |||||||||
Sinn Féin | Dominic Molloy* | 15.81% | 1,519 | |||||||||
DUP | 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 | ||
SDLP | 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 | 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%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Darren Totten* | 25.15% | 2,077 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Sean Clarke* | 18.53% | 1,530 | ||||||
SDLP | Christine McFlynn* | 9.74% | 804 | 1,336.40 | 1,457.24 | ||||
DUP | Paul McLean* | 13.84% | 1,143 | 1,146.96 | 1,147.68 | 1,147.92 | 1,283.92 | 1,616.92 | |
DUP | Wesley Brown* | 11.71% | 967 | 967.88 | 967.88 | 967.88 | 1,230.32 | 1,526.32 | |
Alliance | 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%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Ian Milne* | 24.24% | 2,219 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Jolene Groogan | 20.47% | 1,874 | ||||||||
DUP | Anne Forde* | 17.07% | 1,563 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Donal McPeake* | 12.50% | 1,144 | 1,775.47 | |||||||
SDLP | 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 | 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%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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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 | |||||
DUP | Jonathan Buchanan | 11.00% | 1,170 | 1,181.00 | 1,181.09 | 1,182.09 | 1,186.09 | 1,823.09 | |||
SDLP | 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 | 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
Date co-opted | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
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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] |
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Local government elections in Northern Ireland". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ^ "NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
- ^ "New Councillor - Cookstown District Electoral Area".