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Rural was one of the five district electoral areas in Derry, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected seven members to Derry City Council until 1993, and six members until 2014, and formed part of the Foyle constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Londonderry Area A which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Banagher, Claudy, Corrody, Eglinton, Enagh, Faughan and New Buildings. For the 1993 local elections it was reduced by one ward, losing Corrody and Faughan but gaining Holly Mount. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and replaced with the Faughan DEA.
Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||||
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2011 | Paul Fleming (Sinn Féin) | Thomas Conway (SDLP) | Gus Hastings (SDLP) | Brenda Stevenson (SDLP) | Maurice Devenney (DUP) | Gary Middleton (DUP) | 6 seats 1985–1993 | |||||||
2005 | Jim McKeever (SDLP) | Liam Boyle (SDLP) | William Hay (DUP) | |||||||||||
2001 | Annie Courtney (SDLP) | Andrew Davidson (UUP) | ||||||||||||
1997 | Ernest Hamilton (UUP) | John McNickle (SDLP) | George Peoples (SDLP) | |||||||||||
1993 | Richard Dallas (UUP) | Mervyn Lindsay (DUP) | ||||||||||||
1989 | Ernest Hamilton (UUP) | John Adams (UUP) | ||||||||||||
1985 | Hugh O'Neill (SDLP) | Ellis Allen (DUP) | ||||||||||||
2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2011: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2005-2011 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Paul Fleming* | 18.39% | 1,693 | |||||||||
SDLP | Thomas Conway* | 17.55% | 1,616 | |||||||||
DUP | Maurice Devenney * | 15.56% | 1,433 | |||||||||
DUP | Gary Middleton | 13.24% | 1,219 | 1,221.07 | 1,224.3 | 1,224.3 | 1,227.3 | 1,732.3 | ||||
SDLP | Brenda Stevenson | 6.68% | 615 | 628.34 | 685.34 | 709.76 | 1,110.67 | 1,179.23 | 1,285.23 | 1,352.19 | ||
SDLP | Gus Hastings | 6.78% | 624 | 652.98 | 771.16 | 827.44 | 889.84 | 920.22 | 975.22 | 1,022.03 | 1,049.31 | |
Sinn Féin | Catherine Nelis | 6.85% | 631 | 938.51 | 972.33 | 1,009.51 | 1,039.17 | 1,040.36 | 1,042.36 | 1,045.15 | 1,047.01 | |
Ulster Unionist | Ronald McKeegan | 7.58% | 698 | 698.46 | 702.83 | 725.83 | 730.83 | |||||
SDLP | Ashleen Schenning | 4.59% | 423 | 432.43 | 498.93 | 544.29 | ||||||
People Before Profit | Diane Greer | 2.78% | 256 | 262.44 | 267.76 | |||||||
Electorate: 16,892 Valid: 9,208 (54.51%) Spoilt: 202 Quota: 1,316 Turnout: 9,410 (55.71%) |
2001: 3 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
DUP | William Hay * | 14.70% | 1,413 | |||||||||
SDLP | Thomas Conway* | 14.24% | 1,368 | 1,368.12 | 1,443.12 | |||||||
SDLP | Liam Boyle | 10.56% | 1,015 | 1,015.06 | 1,089.1 | 1,133.74 | 1,237.67 | 1,371.6 | 1,382.6 | |||
Sinn Féin | Paul Fleming* | 11.83% | 1,137 | 1,137.02 | 1,157.04 | 1,159.83 | 1,172.83 | 1,232.85 | 1,232.85 | 1,772.85 | ||
DUP | Maurice Devenney | 13.27% | 1,275 | 1,296.16 | 1,302.2 | 1,302.2 | 1,304.24 | 1,313.26 | 1,363.22 | 1,366.24 | 1,366.24 | |
SDLP | Jim McKeever* | 7.02% | 675 | 675.12 | 715.12 | 717.91 | 948.79 | 1,051.76 | 1,082.8 | 1,141.83 | 1,266.15 | |
Ulster Unionist | Ernest Hamilton | 5.55% | 533 | 536.5 | 560.54 | 560.54 | 565.56 | 573.6 | 940.48 | 942.48 | 943.22 | |
Sinn Féin | Thomas McGlinchey | 6.48% | 623 | 623.02 | 635.02 | 638.74 | 652.67 | 679.55 | 679.55 | |||
Ulster Unionist | William Storey | 4.68% | 450 | 451.94 | 467.98 | 467.98 | 474.98 | 488.04 | ||||
Socialist Environmental | Eamonn McCann | 3.86% | 371 | 371.18 | 415.22 | 418.94 | 430.89 | |||||
SDLP | Thomas Harty | 3.96% | 381 | 381.12 | 401.12 | 407.63 | ||||||
Independent | Annie Courtney* | 3.84% | 369 | 369.24 | ||||||||
Electorate: 14,966 Valid: 9,610 (64.21%) Spoilt: 207 Quota: 1,373 Turnout: 9,817 (65.60%) |
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2001: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
DUP | William Hay * | 15.37% | 1,511 | ||||||||||
SDLP | Annie Courtney * | 14.69% | 1,444 | ||||||||||
SDLP | Thomas Conway | 12.96% | 1,274 | 1,304 | 1,304 | 1,550 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | Andrew Davidson* | 10.93% | 1,074 | 1,131 | 1,138.07 | 1,141.07 | 1,143.11 | 1,552.11 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Paul Fleming | 9.59% | 943 | 955 | 955 | 985 | 994.52 | 995.52 | 1,574.6 | ||||
SDLP | Jim McKeever* | 8.10% | 796 | 822 | 822.07 | 981.07 | 1,100.75 | 1,106.75 | 1,156.43 | 1,266.33 | 1,234.33 | 1,268.68 | |
DUP | Bill Irwin | 8.94% | 879 | 883 | 968.61 | 970.61 | 970.61 | 1,086.89 | 1,086.89 | 1,087.19 | 1,224.19 | 1,224.37 | |
Sinn Féin | James Kelly | 6.89% | 677 | 682 | 682 | 698 | 710.24 | 711.24 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Ernest Hamilton* | 5.64% | 554 | 560 | 569.66 | 572.66 | 572.66 | ||||||
SDLP | Brenda Stevenson | 5.20% | 511 | 519 | 519 | ||||||||
Alliance | Brian Kelly | 1.69% | 166 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 14,567 Valid: 9,829 (67.47%) Spoilt: 222 Quota: 1,405 Turnout: 10,051 (69.00%) |
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SDLP | Annie Courtney * | 15.59% | 1,220 | |||||||
DUP | William Hay * | 14.12% | 1,105 | 1,121 | ||||||
SDLP | John McNickle* | 12.47% | 976 | 991 | 1,421 | |||||
SDLP | George Peoples* | 9.44% | 739 | 760 | 871 | 1,168.84 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Andrew Davidson | 10.64% | 833 | 887 | 890 | 890 | 901.31 | 905.87 | 1,212.87 | |
Ulster Unionist | Ernest Hamilton | 9.33% | 730 | 751 | 751 | 751 | 754.19 | 757.23 | 1,048.15 | |
Sinn Féin | Paul Fleming | 9.03% | 707 | 719 | 748 | 749.46 | 833.56 | 874.6 | 874.6 | |
DUP | Maurice Devenney | 9.47% | 741 | 749 | 749 | 749 | 750.74 | 751.5 | ||
SDLP | Jim McKeever | 7.01% | 549 | 600 | ||||||
NI Women's Coalition | Catherine Cooke | 2.30% | 180 | |||||||
Independent | David Hawthorne | 0.61% | 48 | |||||||
Electorate: 13,468 Valid: 7,828 (58.12%) Spoilt: 164 Quota: 1,119 Turnout: 7,992 (59.34%) |
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1989-1993 Change: UUP loss due to the reduction of one seat
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
SDLP | Annie Courtney * | 20.53% | 1,545 | ||||||||
SDLP | John McNickle* | 13.94% | 1,049 | 1,310.76 | |||||||
SDLP | George Peoples* | 11.22% | 844 | 932.96 | 974.72 | 975.72 | 1,091.72 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Richard Dallas | 10.50% | 790 | 797.68 | 797.68 | 935.32 | 937.32 | 937.86 | 1,444.86 | ||
DUP | William Hay * | 11.71% | 881 | 885.48 | 886.35 | 911.67 | 912.67 | 912.94 | 983.26 | 1,156.26 | |
DUP | Mervyn Lindsay* | 9.25% | 696 | 696.32 | 696.32 | 706.64 | 707.64 | 707.64 | 818.64 | 984.64 | |
SDLP | Patrick Murray | 5.04% | 379 | 451.32 | 637.21 | 637.53 | 771 | 785.58 | 785.9 | 786.9 | |
Ulster Unionist | Ernest Hamilton* | 6.75% | 508 | 510.24 | 510.24 | 706.24 | 707.24 | 707.24 | |||
Sinn Féin | Bernard McFadden | 5.98% | 450 | 466 | 468.32 | 468.32 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | George Duddy | 5.09% | 383 | 384.92 | 384.92 | ||||||
Electorate: 12,377 Valid: 7,525 (60.80%) Spoilt: 200 Quota: 1,076 Turnout: 7,725 (62.41%) |
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
SDLP | Annie Courtney * | 12.90% | 1,117 | |||||||||
DUP | William Hay * | 12.45% | 1,078 | 1,159 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | John Adams* | 10.64% | 922 | 995 | 1,007.22 | 1,007.34 | 1,116.34 | |||||
SDLP | John McNickle* | 11.81% | 1,023 | 1,027 | 1,027 | 1,034.98 | 1,034.98 | 1,034.98 | 1,288.98 | |||
SDLP | George Peoples | 10.92% | 946 | 947 | 947 | 952.28 | 963.28 | 963.92 | 1,112.92 | |||
DUP | Mervyn Lindsay | 7.32% | 634 | 668 | 712.18 | 712.21 | 755.15 | 757.71 | 758.77 | 758.77 | 1,164.77 | |
Ulster Unionist | Ernest Hamilton* | 7.34% | 636 | 675 | 678.76 | 678.88 | 966.91 | 995.07 | 996.28 | 1,000.28 | 1,020.28 | |
Independent Nationalist | Michael Breslin | 6.28% | 544 | 544 | 544.94 | 546.68 | 547.68 | 548 | 605.73 | 651.73 | 652.73 | |
DUP | David Nicholl | 5.32% | 461 | 501 | 510.4 | 510.52 | 527.52 | 527.84 | 531.08 | 533.08 | ||
SDLP | Robert Brolly | 5.76% | 499 | 499 | 500.88 | 516.99 | 516.99 | 516.99 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Margaret Parkhill | 5.46% | 473 | 484 | 485.88 | 486 | ||||||
Ulster Democratic | Ernest Curry | 3.80% | 329 | |||||||||
Electorate: 13,344 Valid: 8,662 (64.91%) Spoilt: 211 Quota: 1,084 Turnout: 8,873 (66.49%) |
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
SDLP | John McNickle* | 11.54% | 1,004 | 1,016 | 1,040 | 1,042 | 1,146 | ||||
DUP | William Hay * | 11.58% | 1,008 | 1,008 | 1,008 | 1,048 | 1,048 | 1,048 | 1,390 | ||
DUP | Ellis Allen | 9.32% | 811 | 811 | 811 | 841 | 841 | 841 | 1,126 | ||
Ulster Unionist | John Adams | 8.89% | 774 | 774 | 775 | 1,045 | 1,048 | 1,048 | 1,076 | 1,174 | |
Ulster Unionist | Ernest Hamilton | 7.88% | 686 | 686 | 686 | 853 | 853 | 853 | 928 | 1,088 | |
SDLP | Annie Courtney | 11.09% | 965 | 969 | 1,028 | 1,029 | 1,071 | 1,078.36 | 1,078.36 | 1,080.36 | |
SDLP | Hugh O'Neill | 8.02% | 698 | 702 | 801 | 802 | 875 | 910.88 | 915.88 | 915.88 | |
SDLP | George Peoples* | 7.61% | 662 | 667 | 685 | 688 | 744 | 758.72 | 759.72 | 759.72 | |
DUP | Mervyn Lindsay | 8.39% | 730 | 731 | 731 | 742 | 742 | 742 | |||
Sinn Féin | Edward McGowan | 3.49% | 304 | 516 | 565 | 565 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Bond* | 6.09% | 530 | 530 | 532 | ||||||
Irish Independence | Michael Breslin | 3.17% | 276 | 285 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Patrick McNaught | 2.92% | 254 | ||||||||
Electorate: 12,752 Valid: 8,702 (68.24%) Spoilt: 185 Quota: 1,088 Turnout: 8,887 (69.69%) |
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