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]
They returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.
Election results
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | 19 | 2 | 0 |  2
|
47.50 | 47.16 | 31,834 | 7.31
| |
| DUP | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2
|
27.50 | 20.81 | 14,045 |  2.37
| |
| SDLP | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1
|
12.50 | 8.38 | 5,660 | 6.02
| |
| Independent | 3 (a) | 1 | 0 | 1
|
7.50 | 7.75 | 5,230 | 1.96
| |
| UUP | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4
|
5.00 | 7.27 | 4,908 | 6.30
| |
| TUV | 0 | 0 | 0 |  0
|
0.00 | 3.97 | 2,682 | 3.58
| |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
|
0.00 | 2.82 | 1,904 | 1.59
| |
| Aontú | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
|
0.00 | 1.44 | 974 | 0.01
| |
| Labour Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
|
0.00 | 0.40 | 268 | New | |
| Total | 40 | 67,505 |
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
- (a) The three independents identify themselves as Independent Republican.
- The electorate was 105,819 , the turnout 68,361 (64.60%) and there was 856 spoilt votes.
Districts summary
| District Electoral Area (DEA) | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
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Total cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | DUP | SDLP | UUP | TUV | Alliance | Independents and others | |||||||||
| Carntogher | 65.47 | 4 1
|
13.69 | 1
|
9.39 | 0 1
|
0.00 | 0
|
6.00 | 0
|
0.00 | 0
|
5.45 | 0
|
5 |
| Clogher Valley | 35.79 | 2
|
30.04 | 2
|
9.74 | 0 1
|
11.74 | 1
|
0.00 | 0
|
0.00 | 0
|
12.68 | 1 1
|
6 |
| Cookstown | 49.99 | 3
|
19.61 | 2 1
|
7.48 | 1
|
11.94 | 1 1
|
6.44 | 0
|
4.12 | 0
|
0.43 | 0
|
7 |
| Dungannon | 28.39 | 2 1
|
28.64 | 2
|
6.25 | 1
|
5.48 | 0 1
|
3.11 | 0
|
4.90 | 0
|
23.13 | 1
|
6 |
| Magherafelt | 43.68 | 2
|
25.55 | 2
|
9.74 | 1
|
7.11 | 0
|
8.13 | 0
|
5.79 | 0
|
0.00 | 0
|
5 |
| Moyola | 57.21 | 3
|
17.07 | 1
|
7.11 | 1 1
|
6.47 | 0 1
|
5.67 | 0
|
2.70 | 0
|
3.79 | 0
|
5 |
| Torrent | 51.61 | 3
|
11.00 | 1 1
|
9.04 | 1
|
6.72 | 0 1
|
0.00 | 0
|
2.67 | 0
|
18.97 | 1
|
6 |
| Total | 47.16 | 19 2
|
20.81 | 11 2
|
8.39 | 5 1
|
7.27 | 2 4
|
3.97 | 0
|
2.82 | 0
|
9.59 | 3 1
|
40 |
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
| 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%) | ||||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| DUP | Frances Burton* | 15.43% | 1,656 | |||||
| DUP | Mark Robinson* | 14.61% | 1,568 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Gael Gildernew | 13.75% | 1,475 | 1,475.91 | 1,720.91 | |||
| Independent | Kevin McElvogue | 12.68% | 1,361 | 1,361.56 | 1,567.56 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Eugene McConnell | 11.29% | 1,212 | 1,212.07 | 1,408.07 | 1,497.32 | 1,497.36 | |
| UUP | Meta Graham* | 11.74% | 1,260 | 1,367.59 | 1,452.36 | 1,458.31 | 1,487.83 | |
| Sinn Féin | Sean McGuigan* | 10.75% | 1,154 | 1,154.21 | 1,327.35 | 1,417.45 | 1,417.47 | |
| SDLP | Sharon McAleer* | 9.74% | 1,045 | 1,046.82 | ||||
| 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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Cathal Mallaghan* † | 20.97% | 2,157 | |||||||||
| Sinn Féin | John McNamee* | 17.21% | 1,771 | |||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Gavin Bell* | 11.81% | 1,215 | 2,010.20 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Kerri Martin* | 7.48% | 769 | 813.80 | 1,013.00 | 1,381.48 | ||||||
| DUP | Wilbert Buchanan* | 12.14% | 1,249 | 1,249.80 | 1,249.80 | 1,250.74 | 1,252.74 | 1,252.74 | 1,360.74 | |||
| UUP | Trevor Wilson* | 6.82% | 702 | 702.40 | 702.40 | 708.04 | 708.04 | 712.64 | 983.27 | 1,002.87 | 1,201.33 | |
| DUP | Eva Cahoon | 7.47% | 768 | 768.00 | 768.00 | 769.41 | 769.41 | 769.41 | 843.41 | 886.81 | 919.54 | |
| TUV | Timothy Hagan | 6.44% | 663 | 663.00 | 663.80 | 667.56 | 669.56 | 670.02 | 707.02 | 716.12 | 740.19 | |
| Alliance | Chris Hillcox | 4.12% | 424 | 435.60 | 480.40 | 569.70 | 598.25 | 684.96 | 711.89 | 713.29 | ||
| UUP | Mark Glasgow* | 5.11% | 526 | 527.60 | 530.00 | 530.47 | 531.47 | 532.39 | ||||
| Independent | Louise Taylor | 0.43% | 44 | 46.40 | 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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| DUP | Clement Cuthbertson* | 21.81% | 2,096 | |||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Dominic Molloy* | 15.81% | 1,519 | |||||||||
| DUP | James Burton | 6.83% | 656 | 1,198.30 | 1,198.57 | 1,200.57 | 1,218.57 | 1,407.57 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Deirdre Varsani | 12.58% | 1,219 | 1,219.00 | 1,325.65 | 1,347.37 | 1,363.37 | 1,366.37 | 1,414.37 | |||
| Independent | Barry Monteith* | 12.28% | 1,180 | 1,181.02 | 1,185.70 | 1,211.79 | 1,274.79 | 1,275.79 | 1,310.88 | 1,868.88 | ||
| SDLP | Karol McQuade | 6.25% | 601 | 604.06 | 615.67 | 636.12 | 684.21 | 687.89 | 913.92 | 979.17 | 1,139.17 | |
| UUP | Ian Irwin | 5.48% | 527 | 588.54 | 588.72 | 589.72 | 617.46 | 781.69 | 907.47 | 911.47 | 913.47 | |
| Independent | Marian Vincent | 6.54% | 628 | 628.00 | 632.59 | 654.68 | 673.77 | 675.86 | 699.86 | |||
| Alliance | Claire Hackett | 4.90% | 471 | 478.14 | 480.21 | 489.30 | 549.98 | 556.02 | ||||
| TUV | Kinley Tenner | 3.11% | 299 | 385.70 | 385.88 | 396.22 | 398.90 | |||||
| Labour Alternative | Gerry Cullen | 2.79% | 268 | 273.78 | 274.05 | 285.39 | ||||||
| Aontú | Denise Mullen* | 1.52% | 146 | 147.36 | 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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Darren Totten* | 25.15% | 2,077 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Sean Clarke* | 18.53% | 1,530 | ||||||
| SDLP | Christine McFlynn* | 9.74% | 804 | 1,336.40 | 1,457.24 | ||||
| DUP | Paul McLean* | 13.84% | 1,143 | 1,146.96 | 1,147.68 | 1,147.92 | 1,283.92 | 1,616.92 | |
| DUP | Wesley Brown* | 11.71% | 967 | 967.88 | 967.88 | 967.88 | 1,230.32 | 1,526.32 | |
| Alliance | Padraic Farrell | 5.79% | 478 | 628.04 | 650.36 | 706.64 | 779.92 | 786.92 | |
| TUV | Raymond Love | 8.13% | 671 | 673.64 | 673.88 | 674.24 | 767.80 | ||
| UUP | Ian Brown | 7.11% | 587 | 589.64 | 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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Ian Milne* | 24.24% | 2,219 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Jolene Groogan | 20.47% | 1,874 | ||||||||
| DUP | Anne Forde* | 17.07% | 1,563 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Donal McPeake* | 12.50% | 1,144 | 1,775.47 | |||||||
| SDLP | Denise Johnston | 7.11% | 651 | 676.73 | 888.70 | 1,022.20 | 1,220.96 | 1,221.14 | 1,227.91 | 1,486.61 | |
| UUP | Derek McKinney* | 6.47% | 592 | 592.93 | 594.98 | 595.88 | 631.30 | 658.68 | 1,108.52 | 1,112.86 | |
| Aontú | Sheila Fullerton | 3.79% | 347 | 368.39 | 445.88 | 528.98 | 558.06 | 558.38 | 561.46 | ||
| TUV | Glenn Moore | 5.67% | 519 | 519.31 | 519.72 | 519.72 | 523.43 | 536.29 | |||
| Alliance | Caleb Ross | 2.70% | 247 | 251.03 | 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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Eimear Carney | 15.78% | 1,678 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Niall McAleer* | 15.67% | 1,666 | ||||||||
| Independent | Dan Kerr* | 13.12% | 1,395 | 1,431.00 | 1,443.69 | 1,994.96 | |||||
| DUP | Jonathan Buchanan | 11.00% | 1,170 | 1,181.00 | 1,181.09 | 1,182.09 | 1,186.09 | 1,823.09 | |||
| SDLP | Malachy Quinn* | 9.04% | 961 | 1,084.00 | 1,093.63 | 1,113.90 | 1,170.90 | 1,244.90 | 1,434.90 | 1,448.42 | |
| Sinn Féin | Nuala McLernon | 10.79% | 1,147 | 1,161.00 | 1,182.87 | 1,195.05 | 1,243.05 | 1,243.05 | 1,245.05 | 1,349.13 | |
| Sinn Féin | Paul Kelly | 9.37% | 996 | 1,012.00 | 1,117.30 | 1,155.57 | 1,288.57 | 1,291.66 | 1,296.66 | 1,310.34 | |
| UUP | Robert Colvin* | 6.72% | 714 | 777.00 | 777.09 | 777.09 | 777.09 | ||||
| Independent | Teresa Quinn | 5.85% | 622 | 628.00 | 628.90 | ||||||
| Alliance | Simon Graham | 2.67% | 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-opted | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July 2024 | Cookstown | Sinn Féin | Cathal Mallaghan | Donna Mullin | Cathal Mallaghan elected as the Member of Parliament for Mid Ulster in the 2024 general election.[4] | |
Notes
- ^ 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.
References
- ^ "Local government elections in Northern Ireland". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ^ "NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
- ^ "New Councillor - Cookstown District Electoral Area".
