Derry City Council was the local government authority for the city of Derry in Northern Ireland. It merged with Strabane District Council in April 2015 under local government reorganisation to become Derry and Strabane District Council.
Paul Berry is a Northern Irish Independent Unionist politician,serving as an Armagh City,Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Councillor for the Cusher DEA since 2014.
William Alexander Hay,Baron Hay of Ballyore,is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician,who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Foyle from 1998 to 2014.
Alex Easton MLA is a Northern Irish Independent Unionist politician,serving as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Down since 2003.
Derek Robert Hussey is an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician,serving as a Derry and Strabane Councillor for the Derg DEA since 2014. Hussey was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for West Tyrone from 1998 to 2007.
Fred Cobain,MBE is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician from Northern Ireland,serving as a Belfast City Councillor for the Castle DEA since 2019. He was previously an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast North from 1998 until 2011.
Allan Bresland is a retired Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who was a Derry and Strabane Councillor for the Sperrin DEA from 2014 to 2023. He was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for West Tyrone from 2007 to 2011.
Adrian McQuillan,is a former Northern Irish unionist politician who was a Causeway Coast and Glens Councillor for the Bann DEA from 2019 to 2023.
The 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election took place on Thursday,5 May,following the dissolution of the Northern Ireland Assembly at midnight on 24 March 2011. It was the fourth election to take place since the devolved assembly was established in 1998.
Gregory Lloyd Campbell is a British politician who has been the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Member of Parliament (MP) for East Londonderry since 2001. He is the DUP Spokesperson for International Development.
The fourth Northern Ireland Assembly was the unicameral devolved legislature of Northern Ireland following the 2011 assembly election on 5 May 2011. This iteration of the elected Assembly convened for the first time on 12 May 2011 in Parliament Buildings in Stormont,and ran for a full term.
The first election to the new Derry and Strabane District Council took place on 22 May 2014,as part of the Northern Ireland local elections that year.
Gary Middleton is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland representing the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). He has been a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Foyle since 2015. Middleton is the DUP Spokesperson for the North West.
Henry Reilly is a Northern Irish unionist politician,serving as a Newry,Mourne and Down Councillor for The Mournes DEA since 2014. Reilly currently sits as a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) member on the council,having joined the party in 2022.
Jennifer 'Jenny' Palmer is an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who served as a Lisburn and Castlereagh Councillor for the Lisburn South DEA from 2019 to 2023.
Maurice Bradley is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician,serving as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry since 2016. Bradley is the DUP's policing spokesperson. He was previously a Coleraine Councillor for the Coleraine East DEA from 1997 to 2014.
Local elections were held in Northern Ireland on 18 May 2023. The elections were delayed by two weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III. Following the elections,Sinn Féin became the largest party in local government for the first time. It also marked the first time that nationalist parties had garnered a greater share of the vote than unionist parties.
The 2023 election to Derry City and Strabane District Council was held on 18 May 2023,alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland,two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.
Sperrin is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Derry and Strabane,Northern Ireland. The district elects seven members to Derry and Strabane District Council and contains the wards of Artigarvan,Ballycolman,Dunnamanagh,Glenelly Valley,Park,Strabane North and Strabane West. Sperrin forms part of the West Tyrone constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Ryan McCready is an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician,serving as a Derry and Strabane Councillor for the Faughan DEA since 2019. McCready is a former soldier with the Royal Irish Regiment,serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. McCready is known for his active presence on social media.
