2023 Mid Ulster District Council election

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2023 Mid Ulster District Council election
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All 40 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Michelle O'Neill (cropped from Martin McGuinness, Michelle O'Neill, Mary Lou McDonald and Gerry Adams).jpg Official portrait of Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson crop 2.jpg
Colum Eastwood MLA.JPG
Leader Michelle O'Neill [n 1] Jeffrey Donaldson Colum Eastwood
Party Sinn Féin DUP SDLP
Seats before1796
Seats won19115
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 2Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote31,83414,0455,660
Percentage47.2%20.8%8.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg7.4%Decrease2.svg2.4%Decrease2.svg6.0%
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Doug Beattie.png
Leader Doug Beattie
Party Independent UUP
Seats before26
Seats won32
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 4
Popular vote5,2304,908
Percentage7.8%7.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg2.0%Decrease2.svg6.3%
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Council control before election

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Council control after election

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The 2023 election to Mid Ulster District Council was scheduled and held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. [1] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III. [2]

Contents

They returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Election results

Mid Ulster District Council Election Result 2023
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Sinn Féin 1920Increase2.svg 247.5047.1631,834Increase2.svg7.31
  DUP 1120Increase2.svg 227.5020.8114,045Decrease2.svg 2.37
  SDLP 512Decrease2.svg 112.508.385,660Decrease2.svg 6.02
  Independent 3 (a)10Increase2.svg 17.507.755,230Increase2.svg 1.96
  UUP 204Decrease2.svg 45.007.274,908Decrease2.svg 6.30
  TUV 000Steady2.svg 00.003.972,682Increase2.svg 3.58
  Alliance 000Steady2.svg 00.002.821,904Increase2.svg 1.59
  Aontú 000Steady2.svg 00.001.44974Decrease2.svg 0.01
  Labour Alternative 000Steady2.svg 00.000.40268New
Total40 67,505

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the 2023 Mid Ulster District Council election
by district
District Electoral Area (DEA) %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
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Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
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Cllrs
Total
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Sinn Féin DUP SDLP UUP TUV Alliance Independents and others
Carntogher65.474Increase2.svg 113.691Steady2.svg9.390 Decrease2.svg 10.000 Steady2.svg6.000 Steady2.svg0.000 Steady2.svg5.450 Steady2.svg5
Clogher Valley35.792Steady2.svg30.042Steady2.svg9.740 Decrease2.svg 111.741Steady2.svg0.000 Steady2.svg0.000 Steady2.svg12.681Increase2.svg 16
Cookstown49.993Steady2.svg19.612Increase2.svg 17.481Steady2.svg11.941Decrease2.svg 16.440 Steady2.svg4.120 Steady2.svg0.430 Steady2.svg7
Dungannon28.392Increase2.svg 128.642Steady2.svg6.251Steady2.svg5.480 Decrease2.svg 13.110 Steady2.svg4.900 Steady2.svg23.131Steady2.svg6
Magherafelt43.682Steady2.svg25.552Steady2.svg9.741Steady2.svg7.110 Steady2.svg8.130 Steady2.svg5.790 Steady2.svg0.000 Steady2.svg5
Moyola57.213Steady2.svg17.071Steady2.svg7.111Increase2.svg 16.470 Decrease2.svg 15.670 Steady2.svg2.700 Steady2.svg3.790 Steady2.svg5
Torrent51.613Steady2.svg11.001Increase2.svg 19.041Steady2.svg6.720 Decrease2.svg 10.000 Steady2.svg2.670 Steady2.svg18.971Steady2.svg6
Total47.1619Increase2.svg 220.8111Increase2.svg 28.395Decrease2.svg 17.272Decrease2.svg 43.970 Steady2.svg2.820 Steady2.svg9.593Increase2.svg 140

District results

Carntogher

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Carntogher - 5 seats [3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Sinn Féin Brian McGuigan*21.62%1,909    
Sinn Féin Sean McPeake*17.44%1,540    
Sinn Féin Paddy Kelly11.88%1,0491,397.26 1,407.10 1,518.10 
Sinn Féin Córa Corry*14.53%1,2831,335.36 1,381.20 1,472.62 
DUP Kyle Black*13.69%1,2091,209.00 1,209.04 1,227.04 1,681.04
SDLP Martin Kearney*9.39%829843.08 847.52 979.00 994.00
TUV James Artt6.00%530530.00 530.00 533.00  
Aontú Noreen McEldowney5.45%481486.06 487.38   
Electorate: 12,744  Valid: 8,830 (69.29%)  Spoilt: 81  Quota: 1,472  Turnout: 8,911 (69.92%)  

    Clogher Valley

    2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

    2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Ind (Rep)

    2019–2023 Change: Ind (Rep) gain from SDLP

    Clogher Valley - 6 seats [3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    DUP Frances Burton*15.43%1,656    
    DUP Mark Robinson*14.61%1,568    
    Sinn Féin Gael Gildernew13.75%1,4751,475.91 1,720.91  
    Independent Kevin McElvogue12.68%1,3611,361.56 1,567.56  
    Sinn Féin Eugene McConnell11.29%1,2121,212.07 1,408.07 1,497.32 1,497.36
    UUP Meta Graham*11.74%1,2601,367.59 1,452.36 1,458.31 1,487.83
    Sinn Féin Sean McGuigan*10.75%1,1541,154.21 1,327.35 1,417.45 1,417.47
    SDLP Sharon McAleer*9.74%1,0451,046.82    
    Electorate: 15,846  Valid: 10,731 (67.72%)  Spoilt: 108  Quota: 1,534  Turnout: 10,839 (68.40%)  

      Cookstown

      2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

      2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

      2019–2023 Change: DUP gain from UUP

      Cookstown - 7 seats [3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      Sinn Féin Cathal Mallaghan* †20.97%2,157        
      Sinn Féin John McNamee*17.21%1,771        
      Sinn Féin Gavin Bell*11.81%1,2152,010.20       
      SDLP Kerri Martin*7.48%769813.80 1,013.00 1,381.48     
      DUP Wilbert Buchanan*12.14%1,2491,249.80 1,249.80 1,250.74 1,252.74 1,252.74 1,360.74  
      UUP Trevor Wilson*6.82%702702.40 702.40 708.04 708.04 712.64 983.27 1,002.87 1,201.33
      DUP Eva Cahoon7.47%768768.00 768.00 769.41 769.41 769.41 843.41 886.81 919.54
      TUV Timothy Hagan6.44%663663.00 663.80 667.56 669.56 670.02 707.02 716.12 740.19
      Alliance Chris Hillcox4.12%424435.60 480.40 569.70 598.25 684.96 711.89 713.29  
      UUP Mark Glasgow*5.11%526527.60 530.00 530.47 531.47 532.39    
      Independent Louise Taylor0.43%4446.40 51.60 62.41      
      Electorate: 17,175  Valid: 10,288 (59.90%)  Spoilt: 145  Quota: 1,287  Turnout: 10,433 (60,75%)  

        Dungannon

        2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent (Rep)

        2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent (Rep)

        2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

        Dungannon - 6 seats [3]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789
        DUP Clement Cuthbertson*21.81%2,096        
        Sinn Féin Dominic Molloy*15.81%1,519        
        DUP James Burton6.83%6561,198.30 1,198.57 1,200.57 1,218.57 1,407.57   
        Sinn Féin Deirdre Varsani12.58%1,2191,219.00 1,325.65 1,347.37 1,363.37 1,366.37 1,414.37  
        Independent Barry Monteith*12.28%1,1801,181.02 1,185.70 1,211.79 1,274.79 1,275.79 1,310.88 1,868.88 
        SDLP Karol McQuade6.25%601604.06 615.67 636.12 684.21 687.89 913.92 979.17 1,139.17
        UUP Ian Irwin5.48%527588.54 588.72 589.72 617.46 781.69 907.47 911.47 913.47
        Independent Marian Vincent6.54%628628.00 632.59 654.68 673.77 675.86 699.86   
        Alliance Claire Hackett4.90%471478.14 480.21 489.30 549.98 556.02    
        TUV Kinley Tenner3.11%299385.70 385.88 396.22 398.90     
        Labour Alternative Gerry Cullen2.79%268273.78 274.05 285.39      
        Aontú Denise Mullen*1.52%146147.36 148.98       
        Electorate: 16,325  Valid: 9,610 (58.87%)  Spoilt: 201  Quota: 1,373  Turnout: 9,811 (60.10%)  

          Magherafelt

          2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

          2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

          2019–2023 Change: No change

          Magherafelt - 5 seats [3]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456
          Sinn Féin Darren Totten*25.15%2,077     
          Sinn Féin Sean Clarke*18.53%1,530     
          SDLP Christine McFlynn*9.74%8041,336.40 1,457.24   
          DUP Paul McLean*13.84%1,1431,146.96 1,147.68 1,147.92 1,283.92 1,616.92
          DUP Wesley Brown*11.71%967967.88 967.88 967.88 1,230.32 1,526.32
          Alliance Padraic Farrell5.79%478628.04 650.36 706.64 779.92 786.92
          TUV Raymond Love8.13%671673.64 673.88 674.24 767.80  
          UUP Ian Brown7.11%587589.64 589.88 591.20   
          Electorate: 13,741  Valid: 8,257 (60.09%)  Spoilt: 58  Quota: 1,377  Turnout: 8.315 (60.51%)  

            Moyola

            2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

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

            2019–2023 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

            Moyola - 5 seats [3]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345678
            Sinn Féin Ian Milne*24.24%2,219       
            Sinn Féin Jolene Groogan20.47%1,874       
            DUP Anne Forde*17.07%1,563       
            Sinn Féin Donal McPeake*12.50%1,1441,775.47      
            SDLP Denise Johnston7.11%651676.73 888.70 1,022.20 1,220.96 1,221.14 1,227.91 1,486.61
            UUP Derek McKinney*6.47%592592.93 594.98 595.88 631.30 658.68 1,108.52 1,112.86
            Aontú Sheila Fullerton3.79%347368.39 445.88 528.98 558.06 558.38 561.46  
            TUV Glenn Moore5.67%519519.31 519.72 519.72 523.43 536.29   
            Alliance Caleb Ross2.70%247251.03 299.82 325.32     
            Electorate: 13,524  Valid: 9,156 (67.70%)  Spoilt: 90  Quota: 1,527  Turnout: 9,246 (68.37%)  

              Torrent

              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]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              12345678
              Sinn Féin Eimear Carney15.78%1,678       
              Sinn Féin Niall McAleer*15.67%1,666       
              Independent Dan Kerr*13.12%1,3951,431.00 1,443.69 1,994.96    
              DUP Jonathan Buchanan11.00%1,1701,181.00 1,181.09 1,182.09 1,186.09 1,823.09  
              SDLP Malachy Quinn*9.04%9611,084.00 1,093.63 1,113.90 1,170.90 1,244.90 1,434.90 1,448.42
              Sinn Féin Nuala McLernon10.79%1,1471,161.00 1,182.87 1,195.05 1,243.05 1,243.05 1,245.05 1,349.13
              Sinn Féin Paul Kelly9.37%9961,012.00 1,117.30 1,155.57 1,288.57 1,291.66 1,296.66 1,310.34
              UUP Robert Colvin*6.72%714777.00 777.09 777.09 777.09    
              Independent Teresa Quinn5.85%622628.00 628.90      
              Alliance Simon Graham2.67%284       
              Electorate: 16,464  Valid: 10,633 (64.58%)  Spoilt: 173  Quota: 1,520  Turnout: 10,806 (65.63%)  

                Changes during the term

                † Co-options

                Date co-optedElectoral AreaPartyOutgoingCo-opteeReason
                17 July 2024Cookstown Sinn Féin Cathal Mallaghan Donna MullinCathal Mallaghan elected as the Member of Parliament for Mid Ulster in the 2024 general election. [4]

                Notes

                1. ↑ The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.

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