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Derry
City
Council and Strabane District Council were amalgamated to create
the new local authority in the North-West. The council includes
all of Derry City, Strabane and rural areas of north west
Tyrone.
A
poor election for Sinn Féin in the north-west. An 8% drop in
their vote share resulted in a loss of five seats. Their rivals,
the SDLP, fared better, picking up new seats in Ballyarnett and
Derg but losing one in Faughan for a net gain of one. The story
of the election was the emergence of the smaller parties, with
People Before Profit (PBP), Alliance, and Aontú all gaining
representation on the council for the first time. Derry and
Strabane represented both the SDLP's and PBP's best performance,
in terms of vote share, across all 11 councils in 2019. Also of
note, Independent candidates acquired 12.6% of the vote in Derry
and Strabane, the highest across all councils in 2019.
Map by Conal
Kelly
Summary
| Electoral Area | 2019 Results | 2014 Results |
| Waterside | 2 DUP, 2 SDLP, 1 SF, 1 UUP, 1 Alliance |
3 DUP, 2 SDLP, 1 SF, 1 UUP |
| Faughan | 2 DUP, 1 SDLP, 1 SF, 1 Alliance |
2 DUP, 2 SDLP, 1 SF |
| Derg | 2 SF, 1 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 SDLP |
3 SF, 1 DUP, 1 UUP |
| Sperrin | 2 SF, 2 Ind, 2 DUP, 1 SDLP |
3 SF, 2 DUP, 1 Ind, 1 SDLP |
| The Moor |
2 SF, 1 Ind, 1 SDLP, 1 PBP |
3 SF, 1 SDLP, 1 Ind |
| Foyleside | 2 SDLP, 1 SF, 1 PBP, 1 Ind |
2 SDLP, 2 SF, 1 Ind |
| Ballyarnett | 3 SDLP, 2 SF, 1 Aontú | 3 SF, 2 SDLP, 1 Ind |
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Votes by Party
| 2019 Results |
2014 Results |
2011 Notional Results |
| SF 17,062 (28.1%) 11 councillors SDLP 15,458 (25.5%) 11 councillors DUP 8,923 (14.7%) 7 councillors UUP 4,126 (6.8%) 2 councillors PBP 3,590 (5.9%) 2 councillors Alliance 2,852 (4.7%) 2 councillors Aontú 1,032 (1.7%) 1 councillor Ind 7,652 (12.6%) 4 councillors |
SF 19,384 (36.1%), 16 councillors SDLP 13,773 (25.6%), 10 councillors DUP 8,273 (15.4%), 8 councillors UUP 4,065 (7.6%), 2 councillors Alliance 853 (1.6%) UKIP 696 (1.3%) TUV 521 (1.0%) PUP 274 (0.5%) PBP 232 (0.4%) Inds 5,677 (10.6%), 4 councillors |
SF: 20,845 (35.5%), 16 councillors SDLP: 17,410 (29.6%), 13 councillors DUP: 10,120 (17.2%), 8 councillors UUP: 4,001 (6.8%), 2 councillors IRSP: 1,545 (2.6%) PBP: 1,307 (2.2%) Alliance: 359 (0.6%) PUP: 204 (0.3%) Ind: 2,585 (5.1%), 1 councillor |
| Electorate: 107,975; votes cast: 61,798
(57.2%); invalid votes: 1,103 (1.8%); valid votes: 60,695 |
Electorate 102,469; votes cast 54,879
(53.4%); spoilt votes 1,065 (1.9%); valid votes 53,748 |
Electorate: 101,267; votes cast: 60,337; spoilt votes: 1,566 (2.6%); valid votes: 58,771 (97.4%) |
2011 Census:
106,600 "Catholic" (72.16%); 37,527 "Protestant" (25.40%); 940
Other (0.64%); 2,653 None (1.80%)
The notional
results given above are my best guess projection of the 2011
results on the new boundaries - a "backcast" rather than a
forecast.
See
also
results for:
Derry: 1993-2011,
1985-89,
and 1973-81
Strabane: 1993-2011,
1985-89,
and 1973-81.
Westminster
seat: Foyle
Includes
these
wards: Caw, Clondermot, Drumahoe, Ebrington, Kilfennan,
Lisnagelvin, and Victoria.
| First Count: Darren Guy (UUP) 1,589 Sinéad McLaughlin (SDLP) 1,483 Hillary McClintock (DUP) 1,250 Martin Reilly (SDLP) 939 David Ramsey (DUP) 839 Christopher Jackson (SF) 825 Sharon McLaughlin (SF) 784 Drew Thompson (DUP) 780 Maeve O'Neill (PBP) 752 Philip McKinney (Alliance) 715 |
Votes by Party: DUP 2,869 (28.8%) 2 seats SDLP 2,422 (24.3%) 2 seats SF 1,609 (16.2%) 1 seat UUP 1,589 (16.0%) 1 seat PBP 752 (7.6%) Alliance 715 (7.2%) 1 seat |
Electorate: 19,558; votes cast: 10,134 (51.8%); invalid votes:
178 (1.8%); valid votes: 9,956; quota: 1,245.
Ramsey (DUP) was 64.39 ahead of his running mate Thompson for the
last seat, with an Alliance surplus of 30.76 undistributed. Hard
to say if it would have made any material difference to the final
margin. Good performance by McKinney (Alliance), starting out with
the fewest first preferences and less than 0.6 of a quota, but
picking up sufficient transfers at each stage (most materially
from PBP at Stage 5) to stay in and ultimately take a DUP seat.
| First Count: Gerard Diver (SDLP) 1,080 Christopher Jackson (SF) 1,063 Mary Hamilton (UUP) 1,046 Martin Reilly (SDLP) 884 Hilary McClintock (DUP) 811 Drew Thompson (DUP) 607 Bridget Meehan (SF) 656 David Ramsey (DUP) 553 Niree McMorris (DUP) 528 Julia Kee (UUP) 465 Kyle Thompson (UKIP) 287 Nigel Gardiner (PUP) 274 Asta Kereviciene (Alliance) 241 Dave Malcolm (UKIP) 224 Michael Carlin (Independent) 113 |
Votes by Party: DUP 2,499 (28.2%) 3 seats SDLP 1,964 (22.2%) 2 seats SF 1,719 (19.4%) 1 seat UUP 1,511 (17.1%) 1 seat UKIP 511 (5.8%) PUP 274 (3.1%) Alliance 241 (2.7%) Ind 113 (1.3%) |
Electorate 18,549; total poll: 8,998 (48.5%); invalid votes 166
(1.8%); valid votes 8,832; quota 1,105
Thompson (DUP) squeaked into the last seat by 32 votes over Kee
(UUP), with a one-vote SDLP surplus undistributed. Ramsey (DUP)
started in eighth place on first preferences but overtook Meehan
(SF) and his own running mates Thompson and McClintock to finish
in fifth place.
On the eleventh count, an SF surplus of 566 votes, representing
579 actual ballot papers with Meehan as first preference and
Jackson as second, was distributed between four remaining Unionist
candidates; only 15 of those ballots actually expressed a
preference between them.
Faha
projected DUP 3, SDLP 2, SF 1, UUP 1, which was the actual result.
Westminster
seat: Foyle
/ West Tyrone / East Londonderry
Includes these wards: Claudy, Eglinton, Enagh, New
Buildings, and Slievekirk.
| First Count: Graham Warke (DUP) 1,050 Ryan McCready (DUP) 940 Paul Fleming (SF) 854 Rachael Ferguson (Alliance) 783 Paul Hughes (Ind) 733 William Jamieson (UUP) 710 Brenda Stevenson (SDLP) 693 Jim McKeever (SDLP) 565 Gus Hastings (SDLP) 491 Conor Heaney (SF) 324 |
Votes by Party: DUP 1,990 (27.9%) 2 seats SDLP 1,749 (24.5%) 1 seat SF 1,178 (16.5%) 1 seat Alliance 783 (11.0%) 1 seat Ind 733 (10.3%) UUP 710 (9.9%) |
Electorate: 13,601; votes cast: 7,246 (53.3%); invalid votes: 103
(1.4%); valid votes: 7,143; quota: 1,191.
Ferguson (Alliance) was 283.08 ahead of Hughes (Ind) for the last
seat, with undistributed surpluses of 9.88 (SF) and 219.43 (SDLP)
which would have widened the final margin.
| First Count: Gary Middleton (DUP) 1,077 Maurice Devenney (DUP) 936 Paul Fleming (SF) 895 Ronnie McKeegan (UUP) 555 Paul Hughes (Independent) 501 Jim McKeever (SDLP) 493 Gus Hastings (SDLP) 492 Brenda Stevenson (SDLP) 490 Michael McCrossan (SF) 358 David Hawthorne (Alliance) 336 Geoff Cruickshank (UKIP) 185 |
Votes by Party: DUP 2,013 (31.9%) 2 seats SDLP 1,475 (23.4%) 2 seats SF 1,253 (19.8%) 1 seat UUP 555 (8.8%) Ind 501 (7.9%) Alliance 336 (5.3%) UKIP 185 (2.9%) |
Electorate
12,933; total poll: 6,404 (49.5%); invalid votes 86 (1.3%);
valid votes 6,318; quota 1,054
Hastings
(SDLP) finished 236 ahead of McKeegan (UUP). Very impressive
balancing by the SDLP, whose three candidates began within three
votes of each other, and resulted in Nationalist parties getting
three of five seats despite having slightly fewer first
preferences than Unionists. (Though the independent candidate,
Hughes, transferred to the SDLP much more than the UUP.)
Irish
Observer and Faha
both projected SDLP 2, DUP 2, SF 1, which
was the actual result.
Westminster
seat: West
Tyrone
Includes
these
wards: Castlederg, Finn, Glenderg, Newtownstewart, and Sion
Mills.
| First Count: Derek Hussey (UUP) 1,267 Keith Kerrigan (DUP) 1,090 Ruairí McHugh (SF) 1,086 Kieran McGuire (SF) 1,075 Cara Hunter (SDLP) 1,032 Maolíosa McHugh (SF) 798 Thomas Kerrigan (DUP) 771 Andy Patton (Ind) 735 Anne Murray (Alliance) 150 |
Votes by Party: SF 2,959 (37.0%) 2 seats DUP 1,861 (23.3%) 1 seat UUP 1,267 (15.8%) 1 seat SDLP 1,032 (12.9%) 1 seat Ind 735 (9.2%) Alliance 150 (1.9%) |
Electorate: 12,996; votes cast: 8,120 (62.5%); invalid votes: 116
(1.4%); valid votes: 8,004; quota: 1,335.
Most unusually, there is a problem with the result here. The official
results sheet on the Electoral Office website shows the
count ending with Patton (Independent) losing out with 981 votes,
and Hunter (SDLP) and McGuire (SF) deemed elected on 1287 and 1232
respectively. Ruairí McHugh's surplus of 244 (transfers from his
SF running-mate Maolíosa McHugh) and Hussey's surplus of 83 (UUP
votes transferred from the DUP) had not been distributed.
But Patton was only 251 votes behind McGuire, and with 327
surplus votes undistributed, they should have been counted to
ensure that he remained behind. In practice, Ruairí McHugh's
244-vote surplus would certainly have elected McGuire and quite
possibly Hunter as well; if not, Hunter would have been elected
anywa as she would certainly have remained further ahead of Patton
than the 83 votes in Hussey's surplus.
The results
sheet published on the council website is even worse and
appears to show Patton being eliminated and none at all of his
transfers going to either Hunter or McGuire. This cannot be right.
Apart from anything else, when there are two seats left to fill
and three remaining candidates, none of the candidates should be
eliminated.
| First Count: Derek Hussey (UUP) 1,411 Ruairí McHugh (SF) 1,102 Kieran McGuire (SF) 1,072 Maolíosa McHugh (SF) 1,055 Thomas Kerrigan (DUP) 924 Sharon Smyth (DUP) 693 Robert Oliver (TUV) 521 Jim McIntyre (SDLP) 416 Marie Ash (SDLP) 410 |
Votes by Party: SF 3,229 (42.5%) 3 seats DUP 1,617 (21.3%) 1 seat UUP 1411 (18.6%) 1 seat SDLP 826 (10.9%) TUV 521 (6.9%) |
Electorate
12,526; total poll: 7,715 (61.6%); invalid votes 111 (1.4%);
valid votes 7,604; quota 1,268
McHugh (SF)
finished 257 votes ahead of Smyth (DUP). The three SF candidates
were very well balanced here, within 50 votes of each other at
the start and within 25 at the end.
Irish
Observer and Faha
both projected 3 SF, 1 DUP, 1 UUP, which was the actual
result.
Westminster
seat: West
Tyrone
Includes
these
wards: Artigarvan, Ballycolman, Dunnamanagh, Glenelly Valley,
Park, Strabane North, and Strabane West.
| First Count: Allan Bresland (DUP) 1,156 Michaela Boyle (SF) 1,153 Paul Gallagher (Ind) 1,106 Raymond Barr (Ind) 920 Maurice Devenney (DUP) 899 Jason Barr (SDLP) 832 Steven Edwards (SDLP) 794 Dan Kelly (SF) 756 Cathal ÓhOisín (SF) 740 Brian McMahon (SF) 731 Patsy Kelly (Ind) 595 Andy McKane (UUP) 560 Scott Moore (Alliance) 437 Pauline McHenry (Ind) 128 Corey French (Ind) 104 |
Votes by Party: SF 3,380 (31.0%) 2 seats Ind 2,853 (26.1%) 2 seats DUP 2,055 (18.8%) 2 seats SDLP 1,626 (14.9%) 1 seat UUP 560 (5.1%) Alliance 437 (4.0%) |
Electorate: 18,048; votes cast: 11,087 (61.4%); invalid votes:
176 (1.6%); valid votes: 10,911; quota: 1,364.
Barr (SDLP) was 58.78 ahead of his running mate Edwards for the
last seat, with a SF surplus of 31 undistributed, which may have
widened the final margin based on the pattern of earlier SF
transfers.
| First Count: Allan Bresland (DUP) 1,179 Karina Carlin (SF) 1,169 Dan Kelly (SF) 1,015 Paul "Gags" Gallagher (Independent) 978 Diarmuid Ward (SF) 970 Brian McMahon (SF) 966 Rhonda Hamilton (DUP) 965 Patsy Kelly (SDLP) 816 Eugene McMenamin (Independent) 690 William Jamieson (UUP) 588 Patrick Leonard (SDLP) 559 Liam Stewart (SDLP) 185 |
Votes by Party: SF 4,120 (40.9%) 3 seats DUP 2,144 (21.3%) 2 seats Inds 1,668 (16.6%) 1 seat SDLP 1,560 (15.5%) 1 seat UUP 588 (5.8%) |
Electorate
17,214; total poll: 10,263 (59.6%); invalid votes 183 (1.8%);
valid votes 10,080; quota 1,261
Kelly (SF) won
the last seat by a margin of 88 votes over Ward (also SF). The
four SF candidates were very tightly balanced throughout the
count.
Faha
projected SF
3, DUP 2, SDLP 2; the SDLP effectively lost a
seat to an independent candidate.
Westminster
seat: Foyle
Includes
these
wards: Brandywell, City Walls, Creggan, Creggan South, and
Sheriff's Mountain.
| First Count: Gary Donnelly (Ind) 1,374 John Boyle (SDLP) 1,082 Eamonn McCann (PBP) 1,035 Patricia Logue (SF) 778 Tina Burke (SF) 738 Kevin Campbell (SF) 712 Cathy Breslin (SDLP) 669 Sharon Duddy (SF) 594 Emmet Doyle (Ind) 496 Niree McMorris (DUP) 148 Colm Cavanagh (Alliance) 122 |
Votes by Party: SF 2,822 (36.4%) 2 seats Ind 1,870 (24.1%) 1 seat SDLP 1,751 (22.6%) 1 seat PBP 1,035 (13.4%) 1 seat DUP 148 (1.9%) Alliance 122 (1.6%) |
Electorate: 13,114; votes cast: 7,917 (60.4%); invalid votes: 169
(2.1%); valid votes: 7,748; quota: 1,292.
Logue (SF) was 299.85 ahead of Breslin (SDLP) for the last seat,
with undistributed surpluses of 289.5 (SF) and 9.66 (PBP), which
would have widened the final margin. A 15% drop in Sinn Fein's
vote compared to 2014, one of its largest reductions in the
election.
| First Count: Gary Donnelly (Ind) 1,154 Kevin Campbell (SF) 1,104 Patricia Logue (SF) 997 Seán Carr (SDLP) 841 Colly Kelly (SF) 775 Emmet Doyle (SDLP) 676 Liam Friel (SF) 654 Dermott Henderson (SDLP) 542 Patrick Mellon (Ind) 113 |
Votes by Party: SF 3,530 (51.5%) 3 seats SDLP 2.059 (30.0%) 1 seat Inds 1,267 (18.5%) 1 seat |
Electorate 12,536; total poll: 7,096 (56.6%); invalid votes 240
(3.4%); valid votes 6,856; quota 1,143
Carr (SDLP) took the last seat by a margin of 119 ahead of Doyle
(also SDLP), with undistributed surpluses of 124 (SF) and 11
(Ind).
Irish Observer and Faha both projected SF 3, SDLP 2, so again the independent gain should probably be counted as a loss for the SDLP.
Westminster
seat: Foyle
Includes
these
wards: Ballymagroarty, Foyle Springs, Madam's Bank, Northland,
and Springtown.
| First Count: Mary Durkan (SDLP) 1,231 Shauna Cusack (SDLP) 1,129 Shaun Harkin (PBP) 977 Michael Cooper (SF) 888 Sean Carr (Ind) 822 Lilian Seenoi-Barr (SDLP) 721 Eric McGinley (SF) 653 Hayleigh Fleming (SF) 632 John Doherty (Alliance) 305 |
Votes by Party: SDLP 3,081 (41.9%) 2 seats - best SDLP result of the election SF 2,173 (29.5%) 1 seat PBP 977 (13.3%) 1 seat Ind 822 (11.2%) 1 seat Alliance 305 (4.1%) |
Electorate: 13,233; votes cast: 7,520 (56.8%); invalid votes: 162
(2.2%); valid votes: 7,358; quota: 1,227.
Carr (Ind) was just 18.67 ahead of McGinley (SF) for the last
seat, with undistributed surpluses of 16 (SDLP) and 4 (also SDLP),
which would have widened the final margin. Foyleside represented
the SDLP's best performance across all 80 electoral areas in the
2019 election.
| First Count: John Boyle (SDLP) 1,132 Darren O'Reilly (Ind) 1,091 Mickey Cooper (SF) 801 Eric McGinley (SF) 791 Rory Farrell (SDLP) 743 Shauna Cusack (SDLP) 740 Barney O'Hagan (SF) 701 Sha Gillespie (PBP) 232 Daniel Comer (Alliance) 137 |
Votes by Party: SDLP 2,615 (41.4%) 2 seats SF 2,293 (36.0%) 2 seats Ind 1,091 (17.1%) 1 seat PBP 232 (3.6%) Alliance 137 (2.2%) |
Electorate 12,724; total poll: 6,539 (51.4%); invalid votes 171
(2.6%); valid votes 6,368; quota 1,062
Cusack (SDLP) finished 124 votes ahead of Farrell (also SDLP), with surpluses of 29 (from O'Reilly) and 73 (SF) undistributed. Cusack had started three votes behind Farrell, but was significantly more transfer-friendly - notably, when their running-mate Boyle's surplus of 80 was distributed, she got almost ten times as many transfers (52.14 to Farrell's 5.4).
Faha projected SDLP 3, SF 2. Again, O'Reilly's win can probably be counted as a gain from the SDLP.Westminster
seat: Foyle
Includes
these
wards: Carn Hill, Culmore, Galliagh, Shantallow, Shantallow
East, and Skeoge.
| First Count: Angela Dobbins (SDLP) 1,392 Brian Tierney (SDLP) 1,235 Rory Farrell (SDLP) 1,170 Anne McCloskey (Aontú) 1,032 Sandra Duffy (SF) 899 Aileen Mellon (SF) 848 Nuala Crilly (PBP) 826 Caoimhe McKnight (SF) 656 Warren Robinson (Ind) 639 Neil McLaughlin (SF) 538 Danny McCloskey (Alliance) 340 |
Votes by Party: SDLP 3,797 (39.7%) 3 seats SF 2,941 (30.7%) 2 seats Aontú 1,032 (10.8%) 1 seat - best Aontu result of the election PBP 826 (8.6%) Ind 639 (6.7%) Alliance 340 (3.6%) |
Electorate: 17,425; votes cast: 9,774 (56.1%); invalid votes: 199
(2.0%); valid votes: 9,575; quota: 1,368.
McCloskey (Aontú) was 237.49 ahead of Crilly (PBP) for the last
seat, with undistributed surpluses of 24 (SF) and 137.1 (also SF),
which may have widened the final margin. Impressive balancing by
the SDLP across their three candidates. Ballyarnett represented
the Aontu's best performance across all 80 electoral areas in the
2019 election.
| First Count: Sandra Duffy (SF) 1,163 Angela Dobbins (SDLP) 1,155 Tony Hassan (SF) 1,092 Dee Quigley (Ind) 1,037 Elisha McCallion (SF) 985 Brian Tierney (SDLP) 963 Jimmy Carr (SDLP) 605 Colm O'Connor (SDLP) 551 Danny McCloskey (Alliance) 139 |
Votes by Party: SDLP 3,274 (42.6%) 2 seats SF 3,240 (42.1%) 3 seats Ind 1,037 (13.5%) 1 seat Alliance 139 (1.8%) |
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