Sperrin (District Electoral Area)

Sperrin
Sperrin
Derry and Strabane District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	2014
Seats	7 (2014-)
Councillors	Jason Barr (IND); Raymond Barr (IND); Paul Boggs (SF); Paul Gallagher (IND); Brian Harte (SF); Fergal Leonard (SF); Gary Wilkinson (DUP);

Sperrin is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Derry and Strabane, Northern Ireland.^[1] 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.^[2] Sperrin forms part of the West Tyrone constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Glenelly DEA and the Mourne DEA which had existed since 1985.

Councillors

Election
April 2024 Defection	Paul Boggs (Sinn Féin)	Brian Harte (Sinn Féin)	Fergal Leonard (Sinn Féin)	Gary Wilkinson (DUP)	Jason Barr (SDLP)/ (Independent)	Raymond Barr (Independent)	Paul Gallagher (Independent)
October 2023 Co-Option				Gary Wilkinson (DUP)
2023				Allan Bresland (DUP)
2019	Dan Kelly (Sinn Féin)	Michaela Boyle (Sinn Féin)	Maurice Devenney (DUP)
April 2016 Defection		Brian McMahon (Sinn Féin)	Rhonda Hamilton (DUP)		Patsy Kelly (SDLP)/ (Independent)	Karina Carlin (Sinn Féin)
2014		Brian McMahon (Sinn Féin)	Rhonda Hamilton (DUP)		Patsy Kelly (SDLP)/ (Independent)	Karina Carlin (Sinn Féin)

2023 Election

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 2 x Independent

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP

Sperrin - 7 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Sinn Féin	Paul Boggs	16.87%	1,993
	Sinn Féin	Fergal Leonard	13.97%	1,650
	Sinn Féin	Brian Harte	9.52%	1,125	1,480.00
	SDLP	Jason Barr* ‡	6.87%	811	847.75	896.35	924.09	953.92	1,019.53	1,174.93	1,208.93	1,569.93
	Independent	Raymond Barr*	8.35%	985	1,014.75	1,024.11	1,053.11	1,110.65	1,157.02	1,206.45	1,217.45	1,345.06	1,414.91
	DUP	Allan Bresland* †	10.11%	1,194	1,194.00	1,194.00	1,198.00	1,200.00	1,208.00	1,217.18	1,401.18	1,412.43	1,412.98
	Independent	Paul Gallagher*	8.82%	1,042	1,065.50	1,072.52	1,079.52	1,129.17	1,164.41	1,194.95	1,198.95	1,277.64	1,297.00
	DUP	Maurice Devenney*	8.16%	964	964.00	964.18	967.18	967.43	968.43	973.43	1,201.43	1,206.43	1,208.08
	SDLP	Tommy Forbes	4.55%	538	559.50	596.58	613.71	634.50	689.86	787.75	810.93
	UUP	Glen Miller	4.14%	489	489.25	489.43	490.43	491.43	501.43	557.43
	Alliance	Mel Boyle	3.23%	381	390.50	407.60	411.21	451.58	488.74
	Independent	Patsy Kelly	2.08%	246	256.75	284.83	294.73	312.09
	People Before Profit	Carol Gallagher	1.91%	226	233.75	240.41	254.56
	Aontú	Darán Mac Meanman	1.42%	168	169.50	182.64
Electorate: 19,143 Valid: 11,812 (61.70%) Spoilt: 183 Quota: 1,477 Turnout: 11,995 (62.66%)

2019 Election

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP

2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin

Sperrin - 7 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Allan Bresland*	10.59%	1,156	1,158	1,173	1,415
	Sinn Féin	Michaela Boyle	10.57%	1,153	1,165	1,187	1,188	1,188	1,238	1,320	1,864
	Sinn Féin	Dan Kelly*	6.93%	756	765	777	778	778	862	1,347	1,395
	Independent	Paul Gallagher*	10.14%	1,106	1,123	1,148	1,151	1,151	1,225	1,230	1,278	1,340
	Independent	Raymond Barr	8.43%	920	943	983	993	993	1,099	1,105	1,183	1,287
	DUP	Maurice Devenney	8.24%	899	900	909	1,129	1,177.4	1,230.06	1,230.06	1,230.06	1,231.06
	SDLP	Jason Barr	7.63%	832	862	932	963	963	1,059	1,079	1,130	1,171
	SDLP	Steven Edwards	7.28%	794	822	885	914	914.22	1,029.22	1,064	1,095.22	1,112.22
	Sinn Féin	Brian McMahon*	6.70%	731	731	751	751	751	804	951
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Ó hOisín	6.78%	740	772	790	790	790	802
	Independent	Patsy Kelly*	5.45%	595	624	692	734	734.66
	UUP	Andy McKane	5.13%	530	562	621
	Alliance	Scott Moore	4.01%	437	463
	Independent	Pauline McHenry	1.17%	128
	Independent	Corey French	0.95%	104
Electorate: 18,048 Valid: 10,911 (60.46%) Spoilt: 176 Quota: 1,364 Turnout: 11,087 (61.43%)

2014 Election

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

Sperrin - 7 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Allan Bresland*	11.70%	1,179	1,179	1,443
	DUP	Rhonda Hamilton*	9.57%	965	965	1,233	1,408
	SDLP	Patsy Kelly* ‡	8.10%	816	872	893	894.4	923.1	1,279.1
	Sinn Féin	Karina Carlin*	11.60%	1,169	1,178	1,178	1,178	1,178	1,213	1,215	1,285
	Independent	Paul Gallagher	9.70%	978	997	998	998	1,001.5	1,026.9	1,028.6	1,203.5
	Sinn Féin	Brian McMahon*	9.58%	966	974	974	974	974	999	1,000.2	1,138.2
	Sinn Féin	Dan Kelly*	10.07%	1,015	1,022	1,022	1,022	1,022.7	1,048.7	1,049.9	1,111.5
	Sinn Féin	Diarmuid Ward	9.62%	970	976	976	976	976	998.7	1,002.1	1,023.1
	Independent	Eugene McMenamin*	6.85%	690	699	718	719.4	746.7	819.1	826.5
	SDLP	Patrick Leonard	5.55%	559	623	626	628.8	638.6
	UUP	William Jamieson	5.83%	588	589
	SDLP	Liam Stewart	1.84%	185
Electorate: 17,214 Valid: 10,080 (58.56%) Spoilt: 183 Quota: 1,261 Turnout: 10,263 (59.62%)

References

^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
^ "Derry and Strabane District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
^ "Sperrin". Derry City & Strabane District Council.
^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[1] Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014

[2] "Derry and Strabane District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.

[3] "Sperrin". Derry City & Strabane District Council.

[4] "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[5] "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 24 January 2022.

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