2019 Derry City and Strabane District Council election

The 2019 election to the Derry City and Strabane District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

2019 Derry City and Strabane District Council election

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All 40 seats to Derry City and Strabane District Council
First party Second party Third party   Leader Michelle O'Neill[n 1] Colum Eastwood Arlene Foster Party Sinn Féin SDLP DUP Seats before 16 8 8 Seats won 11 11 7 Seat change 5 3 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Robin Swann Naomi Long Party Independent UUP Alliance Seats before 4 2 0 Seats won 4 2 2 Seat change 0 0 2   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Eamonn McCann Peadar Tóibín Party People Before Profit Aontú Seats before 0 0 Seats won 2 1 Seat change 2 1
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 No overall control

Election results

Derry City and Strabane District Council Election Result 2019^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Sinn Féin	11	0	5	5	27.5	28.1	17,062	8.0
	SDLP	11	2	1	1	27.5	25.5	15,458	0.1
	DUP	6	0	1	1	15.0	14.7	8,923	0.7
	Independent	4	1	1	0	10.0	12.6	7,652	2.0
	UUP	2	0	0	0	5.0	6.8	4,126	0.8
	People Before Profit	2	2	0	2	5.0	5.9	3,590	5.5
	Alliance	2	2	0	2	5.0	4.7	2,852	3.1
	Aontú	1	1	0	1	2.5	1.7	1,032	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

The overall turnout was 56.21% with a total of 60,695 valid votes cast. A total of 1,103 ballots were rejected.

Districts summary

Results of the Derry and Strabane District Council election, 2019
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	Sinn Féin		SDLP		DUP		UUP		PBP		Alliance		Others
Ballyarnett	30.7	2	39.7	3	0.0	0	0.0	0	8.6	0	3.6	0	17.5	1	6
Derg	37.0	2	12.9	1	23.3	1	15.8	1	0.0	0	1.9	0	9.2	0	6
Faughan	16.5	1	24.5	1	27.9	2	9.9	0	0.0	0	11.0	1	10.3	0	5
Foyleside	29.5	1	41.9	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	11.3	1	4.1	0	11.2	1	5
Sperrin	31.0	2	14.9	1	18.8	2	5.1	0	0.0	0	4.0	0	26.1	2	7
The Moor	36.4	2	22.6	1	1.9	0	0.0	0	13.4	1	1.6	0	24.1	1	5
Waterside	16.2	1	24.3	2	28.8	2	16.0	1	7.6	0	7.2	1	0.0	0	7
Total	28.1	11	25.5	11	14.7	7	6.8	2	5.9	2	4.7	2	14.3	5	40

District results

Ballyarnett

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2019: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Aontú
2014-2019 Change: SDLP and Aontú gain from Sinn Féin and Independent

Ballyarnett - 6 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Angela Dobbins*	14.54%	1,392
	SDLP	Brian Tierney*	12.90%	1,235	1,282	1,299	1,410
	Sinn Féin	Aileen Mellon* ††	8.86%	848	851	953	996	1,001.1	1,505.1
	Sinn Féin	Sandra Duffy*	9.39%	899	905	992	1,005	1,006.02	1,368.02
	SDLP	Rory Farrell	12.22%	1,170	1,255	1,270	1,325	1,343.36	1,366.87
	Aontú	Anne McCloskey †	10.78%	1,032	1,068	1,086	1,283	1,290.14	1,306.14
	People Before Profit	Nuala Crilly	8.63%	826	919	927	1,046	1,053.65	1,068.65
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhe McKnight*	6.85%	656	664	943	949	951.04
	Independent	Warren Robinson*	6.67%	639	662	672
	Sinn Féin	Neil McLaughlin	5.62%	538	545
	Alliance	Danny McCloskey	3.55%	340
Electorate: 17,425   Valid: 9,575 (54.95%)   Spoilt: 199   Quota: 1,368   Turnout: 9,774 (56.09%)

Derg

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2014-2019 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Derg - 5 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Keith Kerrigan	13.62%	1,090	1,092	1,711
	UUP	Derek Hussey* –††‡	15.83%	1,267	1,279	1,418
	Sinn Féin	Ruairí McHugh*	13.57%	1,086	1,089	1,089	1,089	1,579
	SDLP	Cara Hunter †	12.89%	1,032	1,092	1,094	1,194	1,287
	Sinn Féin	Kieran McGuire*	13.43%	1,075	1,081	1,081	1,081	1,232
	Independent	Andy Patton	9.18%	735	784	791	922	981
	Sinn Féin	Maolíosa McHugh*	9.97%	798	806	807	808
	DUP	Thomas Kerrigan*	9.63%	771	773
	Alliance	Anne Murray	1.87%	150
Electorate: 12,996   Valid: 8,004 (61.59%)   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 1,335   Turnout: 8,120 (62.48%)

Faughan

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from SDLP

Faughan - 5 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Graham Warke* ‡	14.70%	1,050	1,050	1,051	1,253
	DUP	Ryan McCready ‡	13.16%	940	940	942	1,225
	SDLP	Jim McKeever* ‡†	7.91%	565	577	868	905	919.3	926.43	1,410.43
	Sinn Féin	Paul Fleming* †	11.96%	854	1,116	1,140	1,140	1,140.65	1,140.88	1,200.88
	Alliance	Rachael Ferguson	10.96%	783	795	859	965	996.85	1,012.49	1,148.43
	Independent	Paul Thomas Hughes	10.26%	733	737	782	807	816.75	821.12	865
	SDLP	Brenda Stevenson	9.70%	693	717	767	784	789.2	794.49
	UUP	William Jamieson	9.94%	710	710	715
	SDLP	Gus Hastings*	6.87%	491	498
	Sinn Féin	Conor Heaney	4.54%	324
Electorate: 13,601   Valid: 7,143 (52.52%)   Spoilt: 103   Quota: 1,191   Turnout: 7,246 (53.28%)

Foyleside

2014: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent
2019: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: People Before Profit gain from Sinn Féin

Foyleside - 5 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Mary Durkan †	16.73%	1,231
	SDLP	Shauna Cusack*	15.34%	1,129	1,209	1,243
	People Before Profit	Shaun Harkin	13.28%	977	1,058	1,078	1,259
	Sinn Féin	Michael Cooper* †	12.07%	888	897	1,151	1,206	1,208.34
	Independent	Sean Carr	11.17%	822	854	870	1,014	1,038.96
	Sinn Féin	Eric McGinley*	8.87%	653	661	972	1,016	1,020.29
	SDLP	Lilian Seenoi-Barr	9.80%	721	775	777
	Sinn Féin	Hayleigh Fleming	8.60%	632	644
	Alliance	John Doherty	4.16%	305
Electorate: 13,233   Valid: 7,358 (55.60%)   Spoilt: 162   Quota: 1,227   Turnout: 7,520 (56.83%)

Sperrin

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP
2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin

Sperrin - 7 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Allan Bresland*	10.59%	1,156	1,158	1,173	1,415
	Sinn Féin	Michaela Boyle	10.57%	1,153	1,165	1,187	1,188	1,188	1,238	1,320	1,864
	Sinn Féin	Dan Kelly*	6.93%	756	765	777	778	778	862	1,347	1,395
	Independent	Paul Gallagher*	10.14%	1,106	1,123	1,148	1,151	1,151	1,225	1,230	1,278	1,340
	Independent	Raymond Barr	8.43%	920	943	983	993	993	1,099	1,105	1,183	1,287
	DUP	Maurice Devenney	8.24%	899	900	909	1,129	1,177.4	1,230.06	1,230.06	1,230.06	1,231.06
	SDLP	Jason Barr	7.63%	832	862	932	963	963	1,059	1,079	1,130	1,171
	SDLP	Steven Edwards	7.28%	794	822	885	914	914.22	1,029.22	1,064	1,095.22	1,112.22
	Sinn Féin	Brian McMahon*	6.70%	731	731	751	751	751	804	951
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Ó hOisín	6.78%	740	772	790	790	790	802
	Independent	Patsy Kelly*	5.45%	595	624	692	734	734.66
	UUP	Andy McKane	5.13%	530	562	621
	Alliance	Scott Moore	4.01%	437	463
	Independent	Pauline McHenry	1.17%	128
	Independent	Corey French	0.95%	104
Electorate: 18,048   Valid: 10,911 (60.46%)   Spoilt: 176   Quota: 1,364   Turnout: 11,087 (61.43%)

The Moor

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: People Before Profit gain from Sinn Féin

The Moor - 5 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Gary Donnelly*	17.73%	1,374
	People Before Profit	Eamonn McCann †	13.36%	1,035	1,053.76	1,106.04	1,271.66	1,301.66
	Sinn Féin	Tina Burke †	9.53%	738	741.15	746.15	765.29	1,111.5	1,581.5
	SDLP	John Boyle	13.96%	1,082	1,084.8	1,148.8	1,224.83	1,234.04	1,289.32
	Sinn Féin	Patricia Logue*	10.04%	778	780.59	782.59	812.5	969.76	1,140.16
	SDLP	Cathy Breslin	8.63%	669	679.71	712.78	787.47	798.61	840.31
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Campbell*	9.19%	712	715.78	719.78	735.34	784.48
	Sinn Féin	Sharon Duddy*	7.67%	594	595.47	601.47	614.45
	Independent	Emmet Doyle	6.40%	496	530.16	553.44
	DUP	Niree McMorris	1.91%	148	148
	Alliance	Colm Cavanagh	1.57%	122	122.77
Electorate: 13,114   Valid: 7,748 (59.08%)   Spoilt: 169   Quota: 1,292   Turnout: 7,917 (60.37%)

Waterside

2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Waterside - 7 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	UUP	Darren Guy	15.96%	1,589
	SDLP	Sinead McLaughlin †	14.90%	1,483
	DUP	Hilary McClintock* †	12.56%	1,250
	SDLP	Martin Reilly*	9.43%	939	966.37	1,158.69	1,158.69	1,395.69
	Sinn Féin	Christopher Jackson*	8.29%	825	826.15	865.43	865.43	918.07	935	1,685.07
	Alliance	Philip McKinney	7.18%	715	772.5	783.7	783.7	1,046.17	1,126.17	1,166.76	1,275.76
	DUP	David Ramsey* †	8.43%	839	957.68	958.64	958.64	969.87	971.87	974.1	975.1
	DUP	Drew Thompson*	7.83%	780	889.02	889.18	889.18	903.71	904.71	906.71	910.71
	Sinn Féin	Sharon McLaughlin	7.87%	784	784.23	792.87	792.87	843.38	871.38
	People Before Profit	Maeve O'Neill	7.55%	752	770.86	782.7	782.7
Electorate: 19,558   Valid: 9,956 (50.91%)   Spoilt: 178   Quota: 1,245   Turnout: 10,134 (51.82%)

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Date	Electoral Area	Party		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
13 August 2019	Derg		UUP	Derek Hussey	Andrew McKane	Hussey suspended.
28 February 2020	Waterside		SDLP	Sinead McLaughlin	Sean Mooney	McLaughlin was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
1 June 2020	Derg		SDLP	Cara Hunter	Steven Edwards	Hunter was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
1 November 2020	Derg		UUP	Andrew McKane	Derek Hussey	McKane resigned.
11 November 2020	Ballyarnett		Aontú	Anne McCloskey	Emmet Doyle	McCloskey resigned.
22 March 2021	The Moor		People Before Profit	Eamonn McCann	Maeve O'Neill	McCann resigned.
8 April 2021	Foyleside		Sinn Féin	Michael Cooper	Conor Heaney	Cooper resigned.
9 June 2021	Foyleside		SDLP	Mary Durkan	Lilian Seenoi Barr	Durkan resigned.
19 July 2021	Ballyarnett		Sinn Féin	Aileen Mellon	Damien Mullan	Mellon resigned.
3 August 2021	The Moor		Sinn Féin	Tina Burke	Emma McGinley	Burke resigned.
24 November 2021	Ballyarnett		Sinn Féin	Damien Mullan	John McGowan	Mullan resigned.
9 June 2022	Waterside		DUP	Hilary McClintock	Drew Thompson	McClintock resigned.
31 October 2022	Faughan		SDLP	Jim McKeever (Ind.)	Declan Norris	McKeever resigned after being expelled from the SDLP.
1 December 2022	Waterside		DUP	David Ramsey	Niree McMorris	Ramsey resigned.
19 December 2022	Faughan		Sinn Féin	Paul Fleming	Alex Duffy	Fleming resigned.

‡ Changes in affiliation

Date	Electoral Area	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
13 June 2021	Faughan	Ryan McCready		DUP		Independent	Resigned from the DUP over disagreements with the new party leadership.[2]
5 July 2021	Faughan	Ryan McCready		Independent		UUP	Joined the UUP having recently left the DUP.[3]
26 January 2022	Derg	Derek Hussey		UUP		Independent	Suspended from the UUP over criticising the party's Assembly candidate selection process in West Tyrone.[4]
15 July 2021	Faughan	Jim McKeever		SDLP		Independent	Suspended from the SDLP after being charged with a number of offenses.[5]
6 June 2022	Faughan	Graham Warke		DUP		Independent	Decided to sit on the council as an Independent.[6]
31 October 2022	Faughan	Vacant		Independent		SDLP	McKeever's seat returned to SDLP.[7]

– Suspensions

Derek Hussey (UUP) was suspended from the council for fifteen months from 16 July 2019. During his suspension he resigned from council and was replaced by Andy McKane who resigned at the end of the fifteen months for Hussey to return.^[8]

Last updated 20 December 2022.

Current composition: see Derry City and Strabane District Council

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.