Mid Ulster District Council
| Mid Ulster District Council Comhairle Ceantair Lár Uladh Mid Ulstèr Airts Cooncil | |
|---|---|
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 2015 |
| Preceded by |
Cookstown District Council Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council Magherafelt District Council |
| Leadership | |
Chair |
Seán McPeake, Sinn Féin |
Deputy Chair |
Frances Burton, DUP |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 40 |
 | |
Political groups |
Sinn Féin (18) DUP (8) UUP (7) SDLP (5) Independents (2) |
| Elections | |
Last election | 22 May 2014 |
| Website | |
| http://www.midulstercouncil.org/ | |
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.
Chairpersonship
Chair
| From | To | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2016 | Linda Dillon | Sinn Féin | |
| 2016 | 2017 | Trevor Wilson | UUP | |
| 2017 | 2018 | Kim Ashton | DUP | |
| 2018 | present | Seán McPeake | Sinn Féin |
Vice Chair
| From | To | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2016 | Kim Ashton | DUP | |
| 2016 | 2017 | Sharon McAleer | SDLP | |
| 2017 | 2018 | Mark Glasgow | UUP | |
| 2018 | present | Frances Burton | DUP |
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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 | Current | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | 18 | 18 | |
| DUP | 8 | 8 | |
| UUP | 7 | 7 | |
| SDLP | 6 | 5 | |
| Independents | 1 | 2 | |
Last updated 28 December 2017.[3]
Councillors by electoral area
| Current council members | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| District electoral area | Name | Party | |
| Carntogher | James Shiels | DUP | |
| Martin Kearney | SDLP | ||
| Seán McPeake | Sinn Féin | ||
| Kate McEldowney | Sinn Féin | ||
| Brian McGuigan | Sinn Féin | ||
| Clogher Valley | Frances Burton | DUP | |
| Phelim Gildernew | Sinn Féin | ||
| Seán McGuigan | Sinn Féin | ||
| Sharon McAleer | SDLP | ||
| Robert Mulligan | UUP | ||
| Wills Robinson | DUP | ||
| Cookstown | Cathal Mallaghan | Sinn Féin | |
| Trevor Wilson | UUP | ||
| John Fitzgerald McNamee | Sinn Féin | ||
| Gavin Bell | Sinn Féin | ||
| Tony Quinn ‡ | Independent | ||
| Wilbert Buchanan | DUP | ||
| Mark Glasgow | UUP | ||
| Dungannon | Barry Monteith | Independent | |
| Walter Cuddy | UUP | ||
| Dominic Molloy | Sinn Féin | ||
| Kim Ashton | DUP | ||
| Clement Cuthbertson | DUP | ||
| Denise Mullen | SDLP | ||
| Magherafelt | Paul McLean | DUP | |
| George Shiels | UUP | ||
| Seán Clarke | Sinn Féin | ||
| Christine McFlynn | SDLP | ||
| Darren Totten | Sinn Féin | ||
| Moyola | Caoimhe O'Neill | Sinn Féin | |
| Anne Forde | DUP | ||
| Catherine Elattar | Sinn Féin | ||
| Derek McKinney | UUP | ||
| Peter Bateson | Sinn Féin | ||
| Torrent | Linda Dillon | Sinn Féin | |
| Joe O'Neill | Sinn Féin | ||
| Malachy Quinn | SDLP | ||
| Ronan McGinley | Sinn Féin | ||
| Kenneth Reid | UUP | ||
| Mickey Gillespie | Sinn Féin | ||
‡: New party affiliation since the election. Last updated 28 December 2017.[3]
For further details see Mid Ulster District Council election, 2014.
Population
The area covered by the new Council has a population of 138,590 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.[4]
References
- ↑ "Equality Impect Assessment o tha Draft Ullans Leid Policy (in Ulster-Scots)" (PDF). Mid Ulster Council. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ↑ http://www.deac-ni.org/index/current-review-of-district-electoral-areas/final_ni_overview__300dpi_a1_.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
- 1 2 "Open Council Data UK - compositions councillors parties wards elections". opencouncildata.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
- ↑ "NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014" (PDF). NI Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.