Faughan (District Electoral Area)

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Faughan
Derry and Strabane District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats5 (2014-)
Councillors
  •   Alex Duffy (SF)
  •   Sean Fleming (SF)
  •   Julie Middleton (DUP)
  •   Janice Montgomery (UUP)
  •   Declan Norris (SDLP)
Faughan DEA within Derry City and Strabane Derry City and Strabane Faughan highlight.svg
Faughan DEA within Derry City and Strabane

Faughan 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 Claudy, Eglinton, Enagh, New Buildings and Slievekirk. [2] Faughan forms part of the Foyle constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Contents

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

Councillors

ElectionCouncillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)		Councillor
(Party)
January 2024 Co-OptionAlex Duffy
(Sinn Féin)		Sean Fleming
(Sinn Féin)		Declan Norris
(SDLP)		Janice Montgomery
(UUP)		Julie Middleton
(DUP)
2023 Ryan McCready
(UUP)/
(DUP)
December 2022 Co-OptionRachael Ferguson
(Alliance)		Graham Warke
(DUP)/
(Independent)
October 2022 Co-OptionPaul Fleming
(Sinn Féin)
June 2022 DefectionJim McKeever
(SDLP)/
(Independent)
July 2021 Defections
2019
February 2016 DefectionGus Hastings
(SDLP)		 Maurice Devenney
(DUP)/
(Independent)
May 2015 Co-Option
2014 Gary Middleton
(DUP)

2023 Election

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

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

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and UUP gain from DUP and Alliance

Faughan - 5 seats [3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
UUP Ryan McCready*15.84%1,2821,414    
SDLP Declan Norris*11.35%919984 989.22 1,396.22  
DUP Julie Middleton12.21%9881,016 1,032.82 1,037.82 1,659.82 
Sinn Féin Alex Duffy*14.74%1,1931,244 1,244.58 1,325.16 1,325.16 1,326.16
Sinn Féin Sean Fleming14.35%1,1621,201 1,201.58 1,241.58 1,242.58 1,243.48
Alliance Rachael Ferguson*8.59%695813 826.34 947.50 962.88 1,054.88
DUP Gary Wilkinson8.07%653685 708.20 712.78   
SDLP Hayley Canning7.58%614682 685.48    
People Before Profit Damien Gallagher3.83%310     
Independent Graham Warke*3.45%279     
Electorate: 14,532  Valid: 8,095 (55.70%)  Spoilt: 93  Quota: 1,350  Turnout: 8,188 (56.34%)  

    2019 Election

    2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

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

    2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from SDLP

    Faughan - 5 seats [4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    DUP Graham Warke* ‡14.70%1,0501,050 1,051 1,253   
    DUP Ryan McCready ‡13.16%940940 942 1,225   
    SDLP Jim McKeever* ‡†7.91%565577 868 905 919.3 926.43 1,410.43
    Sinn Féin Paul Fleming* †11.96%8541,116 1,140 1,140 1,140.65 1,140.88 1,200.88
    Alliance Rachael Ferguson10.96%783795 859 965 996.85 1,012.49 1,148.43
    Independent Paul Thomas Hughes10.26%733737 782 807 816.75 821.12 865
    SDLP Brenda Stevenson9.70%693717 767 784 789.2 794.49  
    UUP William Jamieson9.94%710710 715     
    SDLP Gus Hastings*6.87%491498      
    Sinn Féin Conor Heaney4.54%324      
    Electorate: 13,601  Valid: 7,143 (52.52%)  Spoilt: 103  Quota: 1,191  Turnout: 7,246 (53.28%)  

      2014 Election

      2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

      Faughan - 5 seats [4]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      DUP Gary Middleton * †17.05%1,077        
      DUP Maurice Devenney * ‡14.81%9361,034 1,052.72 1,090.72     
      Sinn Féin Paul Fleming*14.17%895898 898.04 914.04 1,195.04    
      SDLP Jim McKeever7.80%493496 496.14 564.14 591.16 651 655 914.18 985.18
      SDLP Gus Hastings*7.79%492497 497.02 542.04 561.04 602.4 605.4 796.94 952.94
      UUP Ronnie McKeegan8.78%555605 607.16 668.2 669.2 670.08 692.08 704.1 717.1
      Independent Paul Hughes7.93%501504 504 541 552 575.76 575.76 586.76  
      SDLP Brenda Stevenson*7.76%490491 491.06 522.06 533.06 548.02 550.02   
      Sinn Féin Michael McCrossan5.67%358358 358.02 365.02      
      Alliance David Hawthorne5.32%336345 345.16       
      UKIP Geoff Cruickshank2.93%185        
      Electorate: 12,933  Valid: 6,318 (48.85%)  Spoilt: 86  Quota: 1,054  Turnout: 6,404 (49.52%)  

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        References

        1. ↑ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
        2. ↑ "Derry and Strabane District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
        3. ↑ "Faughan". Derry City & Strabane District Council.
        4. 1 2 "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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