2014 Mid Ulster District Council election

Mid-Ulster District Council election, 2014

22 May 2014
All 40 council seats 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Sinn Féin DUP UUP Seats won 18 8 7 Seat change New council New council New council   Fourth party Fifth party   Party SDLP Independent Seats won 6 1 Seat change New council New council

The 2014 Mid-Ulster District Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Mid-Ulster District Council in Northern Ireland. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results by party

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Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
Sinn Féin	18		22,587	41%
DUP	8		9,723	17.65%
UUP	7		9,573	17.37%
SDLP	6		7,600	13.79%
Independent	1		2,689	4.88%
Totals		40		55,097	100%	—

Carntogher

Carntogher - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	James Shiels	8.98%	675	927	1,514
	SDLP	Martin Kearney*	14.84%	1,116	1,121	1,212	1,399
	Sinn Féin	Seán McPeake*	16.57%	1,246	1,246	1,247	1,248	1,256
	Sinn Féin	Kate McEldowney*	15.96%	1,200	1,200	1,201	1,202	1,218
	Sinn Féin	Brian McGuigan*	14.27%	1,073	1,073	1,074	1,076	1,079
	Sinn Féin	Gabhán McFalone*	14.10%	1,060	1,060	1,061	1,061	1,064
	UUP	Jackie Crawford*	8.66%	651	869
	TUV	Noel Stewart	6.62%	498
Electorate: 11,673   Valid: 7,520 (64.42%)   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 1,254   Turnout: 7,660 (65.62%)

Clogher Valley

Clogher Valley - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Frances Burton*	18.57%	1,584
	Sinn Féin	Phelim Gildernew*	17.92%	1,528
	Sinn Féin	Seán McGuigan*	15.13%	1,290
	SDLP	Sharon McAleer	13.50%	1,151	1,153.07	1,453.29
	UUP	Robert Mulligan*	13.09%	1,116	1,163.84	1,166.90	1,182.54	1,210.54
	DUP	Wills Robinson*	9.81%	837	1,117.14	1,118.50	1,123.60	1,135.60
	UUP	Neil Somerville*	11.98%	1,022	1,052.36	1,053.38	1,056.78	1,068.78
Electorate: 14,030   Valid: 8,528 (60.78%)   Spoilt: 137   Quota: 1,219   Turnout: 8,665 (61.76%)

Cookstown

Cookstown - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Mallaghan*	16.41%	1,481
	UUP	Trevor Wilson*	14.61%	1,319
	Sinn Féin	John Fitzgerald McNamee*	13.89%	1,254
	Sinn Féin	Gavin Bell	11.03%	996	1,307.76
	SDLP	Tony Quinn*	8.90%	803	823.88	830.32	860.56	956.51	1,007.18	1,015.32	1,240.32
	DUP	Wilbert Buchanan*	7.94%	717	717.24	734.60	734.84	735.41	739.55	774.83	776.16	1,090.97
	UUP	Mark Glasgow*	9.05%	817	817.72	919.36	919.60	919.98	931.54	980.52	986.95	1,032.88
	TUV	Walter Millar	7.05%	636	636.24	670.96	671.20	672.91	676.29	733.85	738.52	813.90
	DUP	Maureen Lees*	4.60%	415	415.00	433.20	433.44	433.44	435.82	465.24	468.43
	SDLP	Maria Cleary-McGuffin	3.06%	276	283.92	284.34	307.38	322.77	342.96	349.86
	UKIP	Alan Day	2.16%	195	195.00	197.52	198.00	199.90	205.04
	Alliance	Mickey McDonald	1.30%	117	119.16	120.42	123.06	128.57
Electorate: 16,135   Valid: 9,026 (55.94%)   Spoilt: 141   Quota: 1,129   Turnout: 9,167 (56.81%)

Dungannon

Dungannon - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Barry Monteith*	19.67%	1,458
	UUP	Walter Cuddy*	14.61%	1,083
	Sinn Féin	Dominic Molloy*	14.10%	1,045	1,223.60
	DUP	Kim Ashton*	11.44%	848	849.14	849.90	859.90	1,029.28	1,289.28
	DUP	Clement Cuthbertson*	9.35%	693	695.66	696.80	704.18	821.18	1,017.18
	SDLP	Denise Mullen	9.14%	677	779.60	824.44	933.62	958.00	968.38
	Sinn Féin	Dee Varsani*	6.17%	457	550.48	652.70	673.02	673.40	674.40
	TUV	Kenny Loughrin	6.69%	496	496.76	497.52	501.90	578.90
	UUP	Winston Duff	5.68%	421	422.14	422.52	460.90
	Alliance	Hannah Su	53.14%	233	251.62	256.94
Electorate: 14,067   Valid: 7,411 (52.68%)   Spoilt: 175   Quota: 1,059   Turnout: 7,586 (53.93%)

Magherafelt

Magherafelt - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Paul McLean*	15.84%	1,106	1,135	1,144	1,163	1,167
	UUP	George Shiels*	11.24%	785	803	809	834	841	1,225
	Sinn Féin	Seán Clarke*	15.68%	1,095	1,095	1,101	1,132	1,147	1,147
	SDLP	Christine McFlynn*	10.30%	719	724	756	822	1,116	1,119
	Sinn Féin	Darren Totten*	13.96%	975	976	1,008	1,041	1,110	1,110
	TUV	Gareth Ferguson	10.74%	750	786	791	806	808	1,001
	DUP	Ross Mitchell	8.98%	627	635	635	641	642
	SDLP	Ben Niblock	5.18%	362	364	391	436
	Independent	Hugh McCloy	3.31%	231	240	310
	Independent	Michael Kelly	3.08%	215	220
	Independent	Robert Kelly*	1.69%	118
Electorate: 12,483   Valid: 6,983 (55.94%)   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 1,164   Turnout: 7,102 (56.89%)

Moyola

Moyola - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhe O'Neill*	19.32%	1,431
	DUP	Anne Forde*	18.50%	1,370
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Elattar*	16.96%	1,256
	UUP	Derek McKinney	16.95%	1,255
	Sinn Féin	Peter Bateson*	14.71%	1,089	1,274.08
	SDLP	Austin Kelly	13.56%	1,004	1,014.64
Electorate: 12,119   Valid: 7,405 (61.10%)   Spoilt: 131   Quota: 1,235   Turnout: 7,536 (62.18%)

Torrent

Torrent - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Linda Dillon	14.81%	1,218
	Sinn Féin	Joe O'Neill*	13.95%	1,147	1,310.00
	SDLP	Malachy Quinn	8.91%	733	822.00	846.00	847.89	1,361.89
	Sinn Féin	Ronan McGinley	11.02%	906	958.00	982.00	985.36	1,139.51
	UUP	Kenneth Reid*	13.42%	1,104	1,106.00	1,109.00	1,109.09	1,117.12
	Sinn Féin	Mickey Gillespie*	10.21%	840	936.00	1,003.00	1,031.47	1,069.47
	DUP	Keith Buchanan	10.35%	851	852.00	852.00	852.00	856.00
	SDLP	Deirdre Mayo*	9.23%	759	800.00	804.00	805.05
	Independent	Feargal O'Donnell	8.11%	667
Electorate: 14,672   Valid: 8,225 (56.06%)   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,176   Turnout: 8,363 (57.0%)