2014 Derry City and Strabane District Council election explained

Election Name:	2014 Derry and Strabane District Council election
Flag Image:	Flag placeholder.svg
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	2019 Derry and Strabane District Council election
Next Year:	2019
Seats For Election:	All 40 council seats
Majority Seats:	21
Election Date:	22 May 2014
Leader1:	Paul Fleming
Party1:	Sinn Féin
Seats1:	16
Seat Change1:	0
Leader2:	Gerard Diver
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	8
Seat Change2:	3
Leader3:	Gary Middleton
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	8
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Independent
Seats4:	7
Seat Change4:	3
Leader5:	Derek Hussey
Party5:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	0
Map Size:	300
Mayor of Derry
Before Election:	Martin Reilly
Before Party:	SDLP
After Election:	Martin Reilly
After Party:	SDLP
Last Election1:	16 seats, 35.7%
Last Election2:	13 seats, 29.8%
Last Election3:	8 seats, 17.3%
Last Election4:	1 seat, 4.43%
Last Election5:	2 seats, 6.85%
Popular Vote1:	19,384
Popular Vote2:	13,773
Popular Vote3:	8,273
Popular Vote4:	5,677
Popular Vote5:	4,065
Percentage1:	36.1%
Percentage2:	25.6%
Percentage3:	15.4%
Percentage4:	10.6%
Percentage5:	7.6%
Swing1:	0.4%
Swing2:	4.2%
Swing3:	2.0%
Swing4:	6.1%
Swing5:	0.7%
Leaders Seat1:	Faughan
Leaders Seat2:	Waterside
Leaders Seat3:	Faughan
Leaders Seat5:	Derg

The first election to the new Derry and Strabane District Council took place on 22 May 2014,^[1] as part of the Northern Ireland local elections that year.^{[2] [3]}

Results by party

Because these elections were contested with new electoral boundaries, the results are not directly comparable with those of the last election. However, psephologist Nicholas Whyte has calculated notional results by which to judge the parties' relative performance.^[8] The changes in seats and first preference vote share are relative to these notional results.

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	16	0	19,384	36.06%	0.35%
	10	3	13,773	25.63%	4.19%
	8	0	8,273	15.39%	1.95%
	4	3	5,677	10.56%	6.13%
	2	0	4,065	7.56%	0.71%
	0	0	853	1.59%	0.98%
	0	0	521	0.97%	New
	0	0	274	0.51%	0.16%
	0	0	232	0.43%	1.81%
	0	0	185	0.34%	New
Totals		40	-	53,748	100.00%	-

^[4]

Districts summary

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Others|-|align="left"|Ballyarnett|42.1|3|bgcolor="#99FF66"|42.6|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|0.0|0|0.0|0|15.3|0|6|-|align="left"|Derg|bgcolor="#008800"|42.5|bgcolor="#008800"|3|10.9|0|21.3|1|18.6|1|6.7|0|5|-|align="left"|Faughan|19.8|1|23.4|2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.9|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|8.8|0|16.1|0|5|-|align="left"|Foyleside|36.0|2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|41.4|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|0.0|0|0.0|0|22.6|1|5|-|align="left"|Sperrin|bgcolor="#008800"|40.9|bgcolor="#008800"|3|15.5|1|21.3|2|5.8|0|16.5|1|7|-|align="left"|The Moor|bgcolor="#008800"|51.5|bgcolor="#008800"|3|30.0|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|18.5|1|5|-|align="left"|Waterside|19.4|1|22.2|2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|28.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|17.1|1|13.1|0|7|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|36.1|16|25.6|10|15.4|8|7.6|2|15.3|4|40|-|}

District results

Ballyarnett

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

Derg

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

Faughan

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

Foyleside

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

Sperrin

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

The Moor

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

Waterside

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

• Incumbent

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Co-option date	District Electoral Area	Party		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
13 May 2015	Faughan		Gary Middleton	Graham Warke^[5]	Middleton was co-opted to the Assembly.^[6]
1 Sep 2015	Ballyarnett		Dermot Quigley	Warren Robinson	Quigley resigned.^[7]
21 Jan 2016	Waterside		Gerard Diver	Tina Gardiner	Diver was co-opted to the Assembly.^[8]
29 Mar 2017	Ballyarnett		Elisha McCallion	Caoimhe McKnight^[9]	McCallion was elected to the UK Parliament.
1 Mar 2018	Ballyarnett		Tony Hassan	Conchúr McCauley^[10]	Hassan resigned.^[11]
18 Sep 2018	The Moor		Colly Kelly	Sharon Duddy	Colly resigned.^[12]
13 Nov 2018	Ballyarnett		Conchúr McCauley	Aileen Mellon	McCauley resigned.
23 Nov 2018	Waterside		Tina Gardiner	Sinead McLaughlin	Gardiner resigned.^[13]

‡ Changes of affiliation

Date	District Electoral Area	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
23 Apr 2015	The Moor	Sean Carr			Resigned.^[14]
17 Feb 2016	Faughan	Maurice Devenney			Resigned.^[15]
5 Apr 2016	Sperrin	Patsy Kelly			Resigned.^[16]

Current composition: see Derry and Strabane District Council.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Northern Ireland council results . 23 May 2014 . BBC News.
2. Web site: Local election results, Derry and Strabane. UTV. https://web.archive.org/web/20140526231436/http://www.u.tv/vote14/council.aspx?id=50. 26 May 2014. dead. 23 June 2014. dmy-all.
3. Web site: Derry & Strabane Council Election results. Derry and Strabane. https://web.archive.org/web/20140401075456/http://www.strabanedc.com/council/services/elections/. 1 April 2014. dead. 23 June 2014. dmy-all.
4. Web site: Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage. 24 January 2022.
5. News: Fountain youth worker co-opted. 13 May 2015. Londonderry Sentinel. 12 Mar 2018. en.
6. News: Gary Middleton pays tribute to DUP colleagues. Londonderry Sentinel. 28 February 2018.
7. Web site: Derry gets new independent councillor. Derry Now. en. 2018-02-28.
8. Web site: SDLP select Gardiner to replace Gerry Diver. Derry Journal. en. 2018-02-28.
9. News: Caoimhe ‘honoured’ to replace Elisha as Derry Councillor. 29 Mar 2017. Derry Journal. 12 Mar 2018. en.
10. Web site: The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland - EONI. https://web.archive.org/web/20180604084420/http://www.eoni.org.uk/News/New-Councillor-Derry-City-Strabane-District-Counci. dead. 2018-06-04. 2018-06-04. 2019-03-24.
11. Web site: Councillor Conchúr McCauley to step down from Council. www.derryjournal.com. en. 2019-03-24.
12. Web site: Sharon Duddy selected to replace Colly Kelly. 2018-09-19. Derry Daily. en-US. 2019-03-24.
13. Web site: Former Chamber boss to take SDLP Council seat. www.derryjournal.com. en. 2019-03-24.
14. Web site: Veteran SDLP councillor quits party. The Irish News. en. 2017-11-26.
15. News: Maurice Devenney resigns from DUP. 2016-02-17. BBC News. 2017-11-26. en-GB.
16. News: SDLP: Councillors Patsy Kelly and Josephine Deehan resign from party . 5 April 2016 . BBC . 9 April 2019 .