1920 Londonderry County Council election

Map of the results by electoral division.

The 1920 Londonderry County Council election was held on Thursday, 3 June 1920.

Council results

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	UUP	11		14,154	53.89
	Irish Nationalist	4		7,131	27.15
	Sinn Féin	4		4,423	16.84
	Ind. Unionist	0		557	2.12
Totals		19		26,266	100.00	—

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Division results

Coleraine

Coleraine - 5 seats ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	UUP	D. H. Christie		1,149
	Sinn Féin	Eugene McGilligan		974
	UUP	H. O'H O'Neill J.P.		964
	UUP	William McCollum		927
	UUP	Robert Douglas		811	985
	UUP	Jack Williamson		525	608
Electorate: 8,662  Valid: 5,350  Spoilt: 240  Quota: 892  Turnout: 5,590

Dungiven

The Dungiven Electoral Area comprised the District Electoral Divisions of Ardmore, Ballykelly, Ballymullins, Banagher, Bondsglen, Claudy, Drum, Dungiven, Eglinton, Faughanvale, Fenny, Foreglen, Glendermott, Glenshane, Lough Enagh, Lower Liberties, Myroe, Owenreagh, Straw, Tamnaherin, The Highlands, Upper Liberties, and Waterside. ^{[5] [6]}

Dungiven - 5 seats ^{[3] [4] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	John Morrison		2,483
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Lynch		2,037
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick McLoskey		485
	UUP	W. G. Webb		471	-	-	-	1,094
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Cunningham		423
	UUP	John R. Scott		255	1,634
	Sinn Féin	John McHenry		148	-	-	-	-	1,050
	UUP	J. Steele Hanna		103
	Sinn Féin	Edward Logue (withdrew post-nomination)		60
Electorate: 8,600  Valid: 6,466  Spoilt: 230  Quota: 1,078  Turnout: 6,696

Magherafelt

Magherafelt - 5 seats ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph Kelly Inniscarn	23.18	2,004
	UUP	Andrew Brown	19.49	1,685
	UUP	Hugh E. Thompson J.P.	17.71	1,531
	Irish Nationalist	Charles O'Hara	15.51	1,341	1,803
	Sinn Féin	John Walsh	13.92	1,204	1,302	1,303	1,304	1,665
	UUP	A. L. Clark	10.20	882	884	1,126	1,214
Electorate: -  Valid: 8,647  Spoilt: 137  Quota: 1,442  Turnout: 8,784

Kilrea

Kilrea - 4 seats ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Irish Nationalist	J. E. O'Neill J.P.	25.47	1,478
	Irish Nationalist	James Mellen	24.13	1,400
	UUP	Robert J. Millen	12.53	727	(+64) = 791	(+14) = 805	(+107) = 912	(+212) = 1,124
	UUP	W. J. Hilton	17.09	992	(+14) = 1006	(+11) = 1,017	(+377) = 1,394
	UUP	H. A. McIlrath	11.18	649	(+8) = 657	(+8) = 665
	Ind. Unionist	James Shiels	9.60	557	(+92) = 649	(+43) = 692	(+121) = 813	(+21) = 834
Electorate: ≈8,290  Valid: 5,803  Spoilt: 150  Quota: 1,161  Turnout: 5,953 (77%)

Rural District Elections

Derry No.1 Rural

Derry No.1 Rural - 9 seats ^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	UUP	James Cochrane
	Sinn Féin	John Patton
	Sinn Féin	John McLaughlin
	UUP	Robert Craig
	UUP	James Crawford
	Sinn Féin	William Doherty Junior
	UUP	Joseph McDermott
	UUP	Marshall McKay
	UUP	William Shannon
Quota:

References

1. Freeman's Journal - Thursday 10 June 1920
2. Weekly Freeman's Journal - Saturday 19 June 1920
3. Belfast News-Letter - Saturday 05 June 1920 p.6
4. Londonderry Sentinel - Saturday 05 June 1920 p.5
5. Ballymoney Free Press and Northern Counties Advertiser - Thursday 19 February 1920,pg.2
6. Londonderry Sentinel - Thursday 13 May 1920 pg.2
7. Belfast News-Letter - Friday 30 April 1920
8. Derry Journal - Monday 07 June 1920 pg.4 (Affiliation of candidates)
9. Londonderry Sentinel - Tuesday 08 June 1920 pg.4
10. Derry Journal - Monday 07 June 1920