Mid Ulster District Council

Mid Ulster District Council (Irish: Comhairle Ceantair Lár Uladh; Ulster-Scots: Mid Ulstèr Airts Cooncil^[1]) is a local authority that was established on 1 April 2015. It replaced Cookstown District Council, Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council and Magherafelt District Council. The first elections to the authority took place on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority, prior to the creation of the Mid Ulster district on 1 April 2015.

Mid Ulster District Council Comhairle Ceantair Lár Uladh Mid Ulstèr Airts Cooncil
Type
Type	District council of 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 Frances Burton, Democratic Unionist Party
Deputy Chair	Councillor Denise Johnson, Social Democratic and Labour Party
Structure
Seats	40
Political groups	Sinn Féin (19)   DUP (11)   SDLP (5)   UUP (2)   Independents (3)
Elections
Last election	18 May 2023
Website
http://www.midulstercouncil.org/

Chairpersonship

Chair

From	To	Name	Party
2015	2016	Linda Dillon		Sinn Féin
2016	2017	Trevor Wilson		UUP
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	2024	Dominic Molloy		Sinn Féin
2024	2025	Eugene McConnell		Sinn Féin
2025	Present	Frances Burton		DUP

Vice Chair

From	To	Name	Party
2015	2016	Kim Ashton		DUP
2016	2017	Sharon McAleer		SDLP
2017	2018	Mark Glasgow		UUP
2018	2019	Frances Burton		DUP
2019	2020	Clement Cuthbertson		DUP
2020	2021	Meta Graham		UUP
2021	2022	Christine McFlynn		SDLP
2022	2023	Frances Burton		DUP
2023	2024	Meta Graham		UUP
2024	2025	Wesley Brown		DUP
2025	Present	Denise Johnson		SDLP

Councillors

For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):^[2]

Area	Seats
Carntogher	5
Clogher Valley	6
Cookstown	7
Dungannon	6
Magherafelt	5
Moyola	5
Torrent	6

Seat summary

Party		Elected 2014	Elected 2019	Elected 2023
	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

Further information: 2023 Mid Ulster District Council election

Borders of the DEAs within Mid Ulster

Current council members
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		UUP
Cookstown	Donna Mullin		Sinn Féin
	John McNamee		Sinn Féin
	Gavin Bell		Sinn Féin
	Kerri Martin		SDLP
	Wilbert Buchanan		DUP
	Trevor Wilson		UUP
	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

Premises

The council uses the three sets of administrative offices inherited from its three predecessors, at Burn Road in Cookstown, at Circular Road in Dungannon, and at Ballyronan Road in Magherafelt.^[3]

Population

The area covered by the Council has a population of 138,590 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.^[4]