Torrent (District Electoral Area)

Torrent is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects six members to Mid Ulster District Council and contains the wards of Ardboe, Coalisland North, Coalisland South, Donaghmore, Stewartstown and Washing Bay.^[2] Torrent forms part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Torrent
Mid Ulster District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	6 (1985-)
Councillors	Jonathan Buchanan (DUP)   Eimear Carney (SF)   Dan Kerr (IND)   Niall McAleer (SF)   Nuala McLernon (SF)   Malachy Quinn (SDLP)

Torrent DEA within Mid Ulster

Torrent DEA (1993-2014) within Dungannon

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Dungannon Area B which had existed since 1973, where it contained six wards (Altmore, Coalisland North, Coalisland South, Coalisand West and Newmills, Donaghmore and Washing Bay).

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2023		Niall McAleer (Sinn Féin)		Eimear Carney (Sinn Féin)		Nuala McLernon (Sinn Féin)		Dan Kerr (Independent)		Malachy Quinn (SDLP)		Jonathan Buchanan (DUP)
February 2020 Co-Option				Joe O'Neill (Sinn Féin)		Niamh Doris (Sinn Féin)						Robert Colvin (UUP)
2019		Ronan McGinley (Sinn Féin)
January 2019 Co-Option								Mickey Gillespie (Sinn Féin)
May 2016 Co-Option												Kenneth Reid (UUP)
2014						Linda Dillon (Sinn Féin)
2011		Desmond Donnelly (Sinn Féin)				Pádraig Quinn (Sinn Féin)				Jim Cavanagh (SDLP)
2005				Francie Molloy (Sinn Féin)		Michelle O'Neill (Sinn Féin)						Norman Badger (UUP)
2001						Jim Canning (Independent Nationalist)
1997		Brendan Doris (Sinn Féin)
1993								Denise Sutton (Sinn Féin)
1989				Martin McCaughey (Sinn Féin)				Angela Donnelly (SDLP)				Thomas Kempton (UUP)
1985		Brian Duffin (Sinn Féin)		Francie Molloy (Sinn Féin)				Patrick McGlinchey (SDLP)

2023 Election

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

Torrent - 6 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)

2019 Election

2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2014–2019 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin

Torrent – 6 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Malachy Quinn*	17.93%	1,631
	Independent	Dan Kerr	16.76%	1,525
	UUP	Robert Colvin*	11.19%	1,018	1,052.41	1,055.91	1,914.91
	Sinn Féin	Ronan McGinley* †	12.89%	1,173	1,254.84	1,282.59	1,283.84	1,286.84
	Sinn Féin	Joe O'Neill*	10.93%	994	1,099.09	1,162.59	1,164.9	1,175.9
	Sinn Féin	Niamh Doris*	11.01%	1,002	1,066.48	1,175.73	1,157.04	1,170.04
	Sinn Féin	Mickey Gillespie*	9.41%	856	894.75	931.25	933.25	937.25
	DUP	Ian McCrea	9.88%	899	903.96	905.21
Electorate: 15,458   Valid: 9,098 (58.86%)   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,300   Turnout: 9,236 (59.75%)

2014 Election

2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2011-2014 Change: No change

Torrent - 6 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Linda Dillon †	14.81%	1,218
	Sinn Féin	Joe O'Neill*	13.95%	1,147	1,310
	SDLP	Malachy Quinn	8.91%	733	822	846	847.89	1,361.89
	Sinn Féin	Ronan McGinley	11.02%	906	958	982	985.36	1,139.51
	UUP	Kenneth Reid* †	13.42%	1,104	1,106	1,109	1,109.09	1,117.12
	Sinn Féin	Mickey Gillespie*	10.21%	840	936	1,003	1,031.47	1,069.47
	DUP	Keith Buchanan	10.35%	851	852	852	852	856
	SDLP	Deirdre Mayo*	9.23%	759	800	804	805.05
	Independent	Feargal O'Donnell	8.11%	667
Electorate: 14,672   Valid: 8,225 (56.06%)   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,176   Turnout: 8,363 (57.0%)

2011 Election

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2005-2011 Change: No change

Torrent - 6 seats^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Michael Gillespie*	16.53%	1,152
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh*	16.10%	1,122
	Sinn Féin	Joe O'Neill*	15.07%	1,050
	UUP	Kenneth Reid	11.74%	818	818.42	820.76	1,131.76
	Sinn Féin	Desmond Donnelly*	11.69%	815	838.38	871.14	872.4	874.4	908.95	1,032.95
	Sinn Féin	Pádraig Quinn	9.69%	675	800.44	812.92	813.92	813.92	825.97	971.93
	Independent	Patricia Campbell	7.32%	510	514.34	535.4	540.53	577.53	578.93	722.97
	Independent	James Walshe	6.93%	483	484.68	532.13	539.26	575.26	578.11
	DUP	Johnny Chartres	4.94%	344	344	345.04
Electorate: 11,130   Valid: 6,969 (62.61%)   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 996   Turnout: 7,073 (63.55%)

2005 Election

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent

Torrent - 6 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Michael Gillespie*	18.24%	1,392
	Sinn Féin	Michelle O'Neill	16.64%	1,270
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy*	15.37%	1,173
	Sinn Féin	Desmond Donnelly*	10.68%	815	1,090.44	1,090.66	1,247.74
	UUP	Norman Badger*	9.59%	732	732.22	1,076.22	1,076.5	1,076.5	1,077.88
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh*	12.53%	956	968.32	972.32	978.2	990.1	1,025.29
	Independent	Jim Canning*	12.10%	923	927.84	932.84	941.94	958.88	1,002.81
	DUP	Robert McFarland	4.84%	369	369.44
Electorate: 10,410   Valid: 7,630 (73.29%)   Spoilt: 90   Quota: 1,091   Turnout: 7,720 (74.16%)

2001 Election

1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

1997-2001 Change: Independent Nationalist becomes Independent

Torrent - 6 seats^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy*	16.60%	1,393
	Sinn Féin	Michael Gillespie*	15.92%	1,336
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh*	15.18%	1,274
	Independent	Jim Canning*	14.83%	1,244
	UUP	Norman Badger*	10.85%	910	1,198	1,198.6	1,198.7	1,207.94
	Sinn Féin	Desmond Donnelly	11.25%	944	944	1,076.6	1,098.9	1,155.99	1,176.44	1,177.76
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Doris*	11.74%	985	985	1,043.8	1,146.6	1,152.65	1,170.05	1,170.6
	DUP	Robert McFarland	3.62%	304
Electorate: 10,314   Valid: 8,390 (81.35%)   Spoilt: 172   Quota: 1,199   Turnout: 8,562 (83.01%)

1997 Election

1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993-1997 Change: No change

Torrent - 6 seats^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy*	19.41%	1,407
	UUP	Norman Badger*	16.72%	1,212
	Ind. Nationalist	Jim Canning*	16.32%	1,183
	Sinn Féin	Michael Gillespie	14.03%	1,017	1,045.6
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh*	11.48%	832	844.48	1,078.48
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Doris*	11.34%	822	955.64	970.98	990.98
	Sinn Féin	Jim O'Donnell	6.80%	493	670.58	687.88	695.88
	SDLP	Joseph Gervin	3.90%	283	288.46
Electorate: 9,730   Valid: 7,249 (74.50%)   Spoilt: 159   Quota: 1,036   Turnout: 7,408 (76.14%)

1993 Election

1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Torrent - 6 seats^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	21.52%	1,482
	UUP	Norman Badger	19.17%	1,320
	Ind. Nationalist	Jim Canning*	15.90%	1,095
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Doris*	10.33%	711	1,138.32
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh*	11.98%	825	835.44	982.8	985.14
	Sinn Féin	Denise Sutton	11.20%	771	810.6	811.56	955.99	962.49	978.88
	SDLP	Angela Donnelly*	4.65%	320	323.6	471.92	472.05	516.25	817.95
	SDLP	Joe Gervin	5.26%	362	368.12	403.16	404.85	462.44
Electorate: 9,047   Valid: 6,886 (76.11%)   Spoilt: 166   Quota: 984   Turnout: 7,052 (77.95%)

1989 Election

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1985-1989 Change: No change

Torrent - 6 seats^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ind. Nationalist	Jim Canning*	26.02%	1,626
	UUP	Thomas Kempton*	21.33%	1,333
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh*	10.93%	683	1,148.01
	SDLP	Angela Donnelly	5.71%	357	383.95	733.11	835.48	984.48
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Doris	12.13%	758	835.91	836.77	848.66	878.44	884.44
	Sinn Féin	Martin McCaughey	11.66%	729	737.33	740.77	743.09	752.53	753.53
	Sinn Féin	John Corr	8.80%	550	617.62	624.5	656.4	688.57	697.57
	SDLP	Bridie O'Donnell	3.42%	214	294.85	373.11	476.64
Electorate: 8,643   Valid: 6,250 (72.31%)   Spoilt: 222   Quota: 893   Turnout: 6,472 (74.88%)

1985 Election

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Torrent - 6 seats^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Thomas Kempton*	17.27%	1,120
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	16.64%	1,079
	Ind. Nationalist	Jim Canning*	13.14%	852	853.44	923.44	935.2
	Sinn Féin	Brian Duffin	10.07%	653	653	668	785.6	786.6	821.3
	SDLP	Patrick McGlinchey*	8.80%	571	572.26	590.26	594.04	628.6	789.4
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh	9.07%	588	588.36	609.36	610.48	648	773.92
	Sinn Féin	Frances Donaghy	9.88%	641	641	644	653.38	653.38	763.08
	Ind. Nationalist	Owen Nugent*	8.51%	552	553.08	561.08	564.16	596.38
	DUP	Edith White	4.47%	290	478.64	479.64	479.64
	Ind. Republican	John Corr*	2.16%	140	140
Electorate: 8,203   Valid: 6,486 (79.07%)   Spoilt: 174   Quota: 927   Turnout: 6,660 (81.19%)