Derry City and Strabane District Council

Derry City and Strabane District Council

Comhairle Chathair Dhoire agus Cheantar an tSratha Báin
Derry Cittie & Stràbane Destrìck Cooncil
Derry City and Strabane District Council ; Comhairle Chathair Dhoire agus Cheantar an tSratha Báin ; Derry Cittie & Stràbane Destrìck Cooncil
	Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type	District council of Derry and Strabane
History
Founded	1 April 2015
Preceded by	Derry City Council; Strabane District Council
Leadership
Mayor	Brian Tierney, Social Democratic and Labour Party
Deputy Mayor	Graham Warke, Democratic Unionist Party
Structure
Seats	40
Political groups	Sinn Féin (11); SDLP (11); DUP (7) ; Independents (4); UUP (2); Alliance (2); People Before Profit (2) ; Aontú (1)
Elections
Last election	2 May 2019
Meeting place
	Guildhall
Website
	http://www.derrycityandstrabanedistrict.com/

Derry City and Strabane District Council (Irish: Comhairle Chathair Dhoire agus Cheantar an tSratha Báin; Ulster-Scots: Derry Cittie & Stràbane Destrìck Cooncil) is the local authority for Derry and Strabane district in Northern Ireland. It was created as part of the 2014 Northern Ireland local government reform, replacing Derry City Council and Strabane District Council. The first elections to the authority were on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority to its two predecessors until the new district formally came into being on 1 April 2015. The name was changed from Derry and Strabane City Council on 24 February 2016.^[1]

Mayoralty

Mayor

From	To	Name
2015	2016	Elisha McCallion style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" \|	Sinn Féin
2016	2017	Hilary McClintock style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP
2017	2018	Maolíosa McHugh style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" \|	Sinn Féin
2018	2019	John Boyle style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" \|	SDLP
2019	2020	Michaela Boyle style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" \|	Sinn Féin
2020	2021	Brian Tierney style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" \|	SDLP

Deputy Mayor

From	To	Name
2015	2016	Thomas Kerrigan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP
2016	2017	Jim McKeever style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" \|	SDLP
2017	2018	John Boyle style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" \|	SDLP
2018	2019	Derek Hussey style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP
2019	2020	Cara Hunter style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" \|	SDLP
2020	2021	Graham Warke style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP

Councillors

For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEAs):^[2]

Area	Seats
Ballyarnett	6
Derg	5
Faughan	5
Foyleside	5
Sperrin	7
The Moor	5
The Waterside	7

Party strengths

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E91D50;" data-sort-value="People Before Profit" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #44532A;" data-sort-value="Aontú" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" |

Party		Elected 2014
Sinn Féin	16	11
SDLP	10	11
DUP	8	7
UUP	2	2
People Before Profit	0	2
Alliance	0	2
Aontú	0	1
Independent	4	4

Councillors by electoral area

Current council members
District electoral area	Name	Party
Ballyarnett	Angela Dobbins		SDLP
	Brian Tierney		SDLP
	Aileen Mellon		Sinn Féin
	Sandra Duffy		Sinn Féin
	Rory Farrell		SDLP
	Anne McCloskey		Aontú
Derg	Keith Kerrigan		DUP
	Andrew McKane †		UUP
	Ruairí McHugh		Sinn Féin
	Steven Edwards †		SDLP
	Kieran McGuire		Sinn Féin
Faughan	Graham Warke		DUP
	Ryan McCready		DUP
	Jim McKeever		SDLP
	Paul Fleming		Sinn Féin
	Rachael Ferguson		Alliance
Foyleside	Mary Durkan		SDLP
	Shauna Cusack		SDLP
	Shaun Harkin		People Before Profit
	Mickey Cooper		Sinn Féin
	Sean Carr		Independent
Sperrin	Allan Bresland		DUP
	Michaela Boyle		Sinn Féin
	Dan Kelly		Sinn Féin
	Paul Gallagher		Independent
	Raymond Barr		Independent
	Maurice Devenney		DUP
	Jason Barr		SDLP
The Moor	Gary Donnelly		Independent
	Eamonn McCann		People Before Profit
	Tina Burke		Sinn Féin
	John Boyle		SDLP
	Patricia Logue		Sinn Féin
Waterside	Darren Ross Guy		UUP
	Sean Mooney †		SDLP
	Hilary McClintock		DUP
	Martin Reilly		SDLP
	Christopher Jackson		Sinn Féin
	Philip McKinney		Alliance
	David Ramsey		DUP

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† Co-opted to fill a vacancy since the election.
‡ Changed party affiliation since the election.
Last updated 28 March 2020.

For further details see 2019 Derry and Strabane District Council election.

Population

The area covered by the new council has a population of 147,720 residents according to the 2011 UK census.^[4]

References

^ "Change of Council Name (Derry and Strabane City Council) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
^ "The District Electoral Areas (Northern Ireland) Order 2014". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
^ "Your Councillors". Derry and Strabane District Council. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
^ "NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014" (PDF). NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

External links

Your Councillors - Derry and Strabane District Council

[1] "Change of Council Name (Derry and Strabane City Council) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2018.

[2] "The District Electoral Areas (Northern Ireland) Order 2014". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[3] "Your Councillors". Derry and Strabane District Council. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[4] "NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014" (PDF). NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

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