Carntogher (District Electoral Area)

Carntogher
Mid Ulster District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	2014
Seats	5 (2014-)
Councillors	Kyle Black (DUP)   Córa Corry (SF)   Paddy Kelly (SF)   Brian McGuigan (SF)   Sean McPeake (SF)

Carntogher DEA within Mid Ulster

Carntogher is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland. ^[1] The district elects five members to Mid Ulster District Council and contains the wards of Lower Glenshane, Maghera, Swatragh, Tamlaght O'Crilly and Valley. ^[2] Carntogher forms part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Sperrin DEA which had existed since 1985.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2023		Sean McPeake (Sinn Féin)		Brian McGuigan (Sinn Féin)		Córa Corry (Sinn Féin)		Paddy Kelly (Sinn Féin)		Kyle Black (DUP)
2019								Martin Kearney (SDLP)
2014						Kate McEldowney (Sinn Féin)				James Shiels (DUP)

2023 Election

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]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Brian McGuigan*	21.62%	1,909
	Sinn Féin	Sean McPeake*	17.44%	1,540
	Sinn Féin	Paddy Kelly	11.88%	1,049	1,397.26	1,407.10	1,518.10
	Sinn Féin	Córa Corry*	14.53%	1,283	1,335.36	1,381.20	1,472.62
	DUP	Kyle Black*	13.69%	1,209	1,209.00	1,209.04	1,227.04	1,681.04
	SDLP	Martin Kearney*	9.39%	829	843.08	847.52	979.00	994.00
	TUV	James Artt	6.00%	530	530.00	530.00	533.00
	Aontú	Noreen McEldowney	5.45%	481	486.06	487.38
Electorate: 12,744  Valid: 8,830 (69.29%)  Spoilt: 81  Quota: 1,472  Turnout: 8,911 (69.92%)

2019 Election

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

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

2014–2019 Change: No change

Carntogher – 5 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Brian McGuigan*	17.69%	1,406
	DUP	Kyle Black	15.45%	1,228	1,244	1,244.1	1,741.1
	SDLP	Martin Kearney*	13.48%	1,071	1,111	1,112.2	1,158.4	1,360.4
	Sinn Féin	Sean McPeake*	14.65%	1,164	1,168	1,174.15	1,175.15	1,176.15	1,273.45
	Sinn Féin	Cora Groogan	12.46%	990	998	1,053.9	1,053.9	1,053.9	1,199.25
	Sinn Féin	Paul Henry	9.60%	763	770	775.3	776.3	779.3	856.5
	Aontú	Pádraigin Uí Raifeartaigh	7.95%	632	654	. 655.15	657.15	668.15
	UUP	Christopher Reid	6.98%	555	580	580
	Independent	James Armour	1.74%	138
Electorate: 12,322  Valid: 7,942 (64.45%)  Spoilt: 82  Quota: 1,325  Turnout: 8,029 (65.16%)

2014 Election

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

Carntogher - 5 seats ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	James Shiels	8.98%	675	927	1,514
	SDLP	Martin Kearney*	14.84%	1,116	1,121	1,212	1,399
	Sinn Féin	Seán McPeake*	16.57%	1,246	1,246	1,247	1,248	1,256
	Sinn Féin	Kate McEldowney*	15.96%	1,200	1,200	1,201	1,202	1,218
	Sinn Féin	Brian McGuigan*	14.27%	1,073	1,073	1,074	1,076	1,079
	Sinn Féin	Gabhán McFalone*	14.10%	1,060	1,060	1,061	1,061	1,064
	UUP	Jackie Crawford*	8.66%	651	869
	TUV	Noel Stewart	6.62%	498
Electorate: 11,673  Valid: 7,520 (64.42%)  Spoilt: 140  Quota: 1,254  Turnout: 7,660 (65.62%)

References

1. Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
2. "Mid Ulster District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
3. "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
4. "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
5. "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage" . Retrieved 24 January 2022.