The Moor (District Electoral Area)

The Moor is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Derry and Strabane, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects five members to Derry and Strabane District Council and contains the wards of Brandywell, City Walls, Creggan, Creggan South and Sherriff's Mountain.^[2] The Moor forms part of the Foyle constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

The Moor
Derry and Strabane District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	2014
Seats	5 (2014-)
Councillors	John Boyle (SDLP)   Gary Donnelly (IND)   Aisling Hutton (SF)   Patricia Logue (SF)   Emma McGinley (SF)

The Moor DEA within Derry City and Strabane

It was created for the 2014 local elections, replacing the Cityside DEA which had existed since 1985.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2023		Patricia Logue (Sinn Féin)		Emma McGinley (Sinn Féin)		Aisling Hutton (Sinn Féin)		John Boyle (SDLP)		Gary Donnelly (Independent)
August 2021 Co-Option						Maeve O'Neill (PBP)
March 2021 Co-Option				Tina Burke (Sinn Féin)
2019						Eamonn McCann (PBP)
September 2018 Co-Option				Kevin Campbell (Sinn Féin)		Sharon Duddy (Sinn Féin)		Seán Carr (SDLP)/ (Independent)
April 2015 Defection						Colly Kelly (Sinn Féin)
2014

2023 Election

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x Independent

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from People Before Profit

The Moor - 5 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Gary Donnelly*	25.25%	1,868
	Sinn Féin	Aisling Hutton	17.80%	1,317
	SDLP	John Boyle*	10.29%	761	829.46	877.72	933.00	1,280.00
	Sinn Féin	Patricia Logue*	14.45%	1,069	1,163.92	1,173.34	1,219.22	1,255.22
	Sinn Féin	Emma McGinley*	12.33%	912	983.40	985.40	1,013.86	1,043.00	1,109.18
	People Before Profit	Maeve O'Neill*	7.81%	578	765.74	796.94	883.74	951.96	957.90
	SDLP	Dermott Henderson	6.02%	445	505.06	543.00	584.60
	Aontú	Darryl Christy	4.07%	301	429.10	439.04
	Alliance	Michael Downey	1.97%	146	161.54
Electorate: 13,403   Valid: 7,397 (55.19%)   Spoilt: 201   Quota: 1,233   Turnout: 7,598 (56.69%)

2019 Election

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^[4]

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%)

2014 Election

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

The Moor - 5 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Gary Donnelly	16.83%	1,154
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Campbell*	16.10%	1,104	1,112	1,149
	Sinn Féin	Colly Kelly* †	11.30%	775	780	789	1,314
	Sinn Féin	Patricia Logue*	14.54%	997	1,006	1,020	1,097	1,261.22
	SDLP	Seán Carr* ‡	12.27%	841	852	1,061	1,079	1,080.02	1,087.5
	SDLP	Emmet Doyle	9.86%	676	689	943	961	962.36	968.14
	Sinn Féin	Liam Friel	9.54%	654	664	665
	SDLP	Dermott Henderson	7.91%	542	556
	Independent	Patrick Mellon	1.65%	113
Electorate: 12,536   Valid: 6,856 (54.69%)   Spoilt: 174   Quota: 1,143   Turnout: 7,096 (56.60%)