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 | |
It was created for the 2014 local elections, replacing the Cityside DEA which had existed since 1985.
Councillors
edit| 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
edit2019: 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
| 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
edit2014: 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
| 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
edit2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
| 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%) | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
- ^ "Derry and Strabane District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ "Moor". Derry City & Strabane District Council.
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 24 January 2022.