2023 Derry City and Strabane District Council election

2023 Derry City and Strabane District Council election
	18 May 2023
All 40 council seats; 21 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; TBC;

The 2023 election to Derry City and Strabane District Council is scheduled to be held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England.[2] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.[3]

They will return 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Election results

Derry City and Strabane District Council Election Result 2023
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Sinn Féin
	SDLP
	DUP
	Independent
	Ulster Unionist
	People Before Profit
	Alliance
	Aontú

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the 2023 Derry City and Strabane District Council election
by district
District Electoral Area (DEA)	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	Total cllrs
District Electoral Area (DEA)	Sinn Féin	SDLP	DUP	UUP	PBP	Alliance	Aontú	Independents and others	Total cllrs
Ballyarnett									6
Derg									5
Faughan									5
Foyleside									5
Sperrin									7
The Moor									5
Waterside									7
Total									40

District results

Ballyarnett

2019: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Aontú

2023:

2019–2023 Change:

Ballyarnett - 6 seats[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Alliance	Colm Cavanagh
	People Before Profit	Damien Doherty
	Aontú	Emmet Doyle*
	Sinn Féin	Sandra Duffy*
	SDLP	Rory Farrell*
	SDLP	Catherine McDaid
	Sinn Féin	John McGowan*
	Sinn Féin	Pat Murphy
	SDLP	Brian Tierney*
Valid: Quota:

Derg

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

2023:

2019–2023 Change:

Derg - 5 seats[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Sinn Féin	Caroline Devine
	SDLP	Steven Edwards*
	Sinn Féin	Antaine Ó Fearghail
	Aontú	Leza Houston
	Ulster Unionist	Derek Hussey*
	DUP	Keith Kerrigan*
	People Before Profit	Adam McGinley
	Sinn Féin	Ruairí McHugh*
	Alliance	Anne Murray
	Independent	Andy Patton
Valid: Quota:

Faughan

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

2023:

2019–2023 Change:

Faughan - 5 seats[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	SDLP	Hayley Canning
	Sinn Féin	Alex Duffy*
	Alliance	Rachael Ferguson*
	Sinn Féin	Sean Fleming
	People Before Profit	Damien Gallagher
	Ulster Unionist	Ryan McCready*
	DUP	Julie Middleton
	SDLP	Declan Norris*
	Independent	Graham Warke*
	DUP	Gary Wilkinson
Valid: Quota:

Foyleside

2019: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x Independent

2023:

2019–2023 Change:

Foyleside - 5 seats[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	SDLP	Shauna Cusack*
	People Before Profit	Shaun Harkin*
	Sinn Féin	Conor Heaney*
	Aontú	Seán Mac Cearáin
	SDLP	Stephen McCallion
	Alliance	Danny McCloskey
	Sinn Féin	Grace Uí Niallais
	SDLP	Lilian Seenoi-Barr*
Valid: Quota:

Sperrin

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

2023:

2019–2023 Change:

Sperrin - 7 seats[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	SDLP	Jason Barr*
	Independent	Raymond Barr*
	Sinn Féin	Paul Boggs
	Alliance	Mel Boyle
	DUP	Allan Bresland*
	DUP	Maurice Devenney*
	SDLP	Tommy Forbes
	People Before Profit	Carol Gallagher
	Independent	Paul Gallagher*
	Sinn Féin	Brian Harte
	Independent	Patsy Kelly
	Sinn Féin	Fergal Leonard
	Aontú	Darán Mac Meanman
	Ulster Unionist	Glen Miller
Valid: Quota:

The Moor

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x Independent

2023:

2019–2023 Change:

The Moor - 5 seats[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	SDLP	John Boyle*
	Aontú	Darryl Christy
	Independent	Gary Donnelly*
	Alliance	Michael Downey
	SDLP	Dermott Henderson
	Sinn Féin	Aisling Hutton
	Sinn Féin	Patricia Logue*
	Sinn Féin	Emma McGinley*
	People Before Profit	Maeve O'Neill*
Valid: Quota:

Waterside

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2023:

2019–2023 Change:

Waterside - 7 seats[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	DUP	Chelsea Cooke
	Sinn Féin	Caitlin Deeney
	Ulster Unionist	Darren Guy*
	Sinn Féin	Christopher Jackson*
	Alliance	Philip McKinney*
	DUP	Niree McMorris*
	Ulster Unionist	Janice Montgomery
	SDLP	Sean Mooney*
	People Before Profit	Davina Pulis
	SDLP	Martin Reilly*
Valid: Quota:

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.
People Before Profit has a collective leadership but for the purposes of registration to the UK Electoral Commission Eamonn McCann is registered as the party's leader in Northern Ireland.[1]

References

"Registration Summary". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
"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.
"Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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[SFnote-1] 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.

[3] People Before Profit has a collective leadership but for the purposes of registration to the UK Electoral Commission Eamonn McCann is registered as the party's leader in Northern Ireland.[1]

[2] "Registration Summary". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[4] "Local government elections in Northern Ireland". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.

[5] "NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.

[Candidates-6] "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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