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Mid Ulster District Council

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Mid Ulster District Council

Comhairle Ceantair Lár Uladh
Mid Ulstèr Airts Cooncil
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 2015
Preceded byCookstown District Council
Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council
Magherafelt District Council
Leadership
Chair
Councillor Eugene McConnell, Sinn Féin
Deputy Chair
Councillor Weasley Brown, Democratic Unionist Party
Structure
Seats40
Political groups

  Sinn Féin (19)
  DUP (11)
  SDLP (5)
  Independents (3)
  UUP (2)
Elections
Last election
18 May 2023
Website
http://www.midulstercouncil.org/

Mid Ulster District Council (Irish: Comhairle Ceantair Lár Uladh; Ulster-Scots: Mid Ulstèr Airts Cooncil[1]) is a local authority that was established on 1 April 2015. It replaced Cookstown District Council, Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council and Magherafelt District Council. The first elections to the authority took place on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority, prior to the creation of the Mid Ulster district on 1 April 2015.

Chairpersonship

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Chair

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From To Name Party
2015 2016 Linda Dillon Sinn Féin
2016 2017 Trevor Wilson UUP
2017 2018 Kim Ashton DUP
2018 2019 Seán McPeake Sinn Féin
2019 2020 Martin Kearney SDLP
2020 2021 Cathal Mallaghan Sinn Féin
2021 2022 Paul McLean DUP
2022 2023 Cora Corry Sinn Féin
2023 2024 Dominic Molloy Sinn Féin
2024 Present Eugene McConnell Sinn Féin

Vice Chair

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From To Name Party
2015 2016 Kim Ashton DUP
2016 2017 Sharon McAleer SDLP
2017 2018 Mark Glasgow UUP
2018 2019 Frances Burton DUP
2019 2020 Clement Cuthbertson DUP
2020 2021 Meta Graham UUP
2021 2022 Christine McFlynn SDLP
2022 2023 Frances Burton DUP
2023 2024 Meta Graham UUP
2024 Present Wesley Brown DUP

Councillors

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

Area Seats
Carntogher 5
Clogher Valley 6
Cookstown 7
Dungannon 6
Magherafelt 5
Moyola 5
Torrent 6

Seat summary

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Party Elected 2014 Elected 2019 Elected 2023
Sinn Féin 18 17 19
DUP 8 9 11
UUP 7 6 2
SDLP 6 6 5
Independents 1 2 3

Councillors by electoral area

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Borders of the DEAs within Mid Ulster
Current council members
District electoral area Name Party
Carntogher Brian McGuigan Sinn Féin
Sean McPeake Sinn Féin
Paddy Kelly Sinn Féin
Córa Corry Sinn Féin
Kyle Black DUP
Clogher Valley Frances Burton DUP
Mark Robinson DUP
Gael Gildernew Sinn Féin
Kevin McElvogue Independent
Eugene McConnell Sinn Féin
Meta Graham UUP
Cookstown Donna Mullin Sinn Féin
John McNamee Sinn Féin
Gavin Bell Sinn Féin
Kerri Martin SDLP
Wilbert Buchanan DUP
Trevor Wilson UUP
Eva Cahoon DUP
Dungannon Clement Cuthbertson DUP
Dominic Molloy Sinn Féin
James Burton DUP
Deirdre Varsani Sinn Féin
Barry Monteith Independent
Karol McQuade SDLP
Magherafelt Darren Totten Sinn Féin
Sean Clarke Sinn Féin
Christine McFlynn SDLP
Paul McLean DUP
Wesley Brown DUP
Moyola Ian Milne Sinn Féin
Jolene Groogan Sinn Féin
Anne Forde DUP
Donal McPeake Sinn Féin
Denise Johnston SDLP
Torrent Eimear Carney Sinn Féin
Niall McAleer Sinn Féin
Dan Kerr Independent
Jonathan Buchanan DUP
Malachy Quinn SDLP
Nuala McLernon Sinn Féin

Population

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The area covered by the Council has a population of 138,590 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Equality Impect Assessment o tha Draft Ullans Leid Policy (in Ulster-Scots)" (PDF). Mid Ulster Council. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Local Government District Electoral Areas: 2013: Index Map of Northern Ireland: Final Recommendations" (PDF). Land and Property Services. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. ^ "NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014" (PDF). NI Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.