2014 Mid Ulster District Council election explained

Election Name:	2014 Mid Ulster District Council election
Flag Image:	Flag placeholder.svg
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	2019 Mid Ulster District Council election
Next Year:	2019
Seats For Election:	All 40 council seats
Majority Seats:	21
Election Date:	22 May 2014
Leader1:	Martin McGuinness
Party1:	Sinn Féin
Seats1:	18
Seat Change1:	New council
Leader2:	Peter Robinson
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	8
Seat Change2:	New council
Leader3:	Mike Nesbitt
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:	7
Seat Change3:	New council
Leader4:	Alasdair McDonnell
Party4:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats4:	6
Seat Change4:	New council
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	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.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.^{[2] [3]}

Results by party

Party	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%	valign=top	±%
	18		22,587	40.28%
	8		9,723	17.34%
	7		9,573	17.07%
	6		7,600	13.55%
	1		2,689	4.80%
	0		2,380	4.24%
	0		350	0.62%
	0		195	0.35%
Totals	align=right	40		align=right	56,079	100.00%	—

^[4]

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor=""| Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Carntogher|bgcolor="#008800"|60.9|bgcolor="#008800"|3|9.0|1|8.7|0|14.8|1|6.6|0|5|-|align="left"|Clogher Valley|bgcolor="#008800"|33.1|bgcolor="#008800"|2|28.4|2|25.1|1|13.5|1|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|Cookstown|bgcolor="#008800"|42.3|bgcolor="#008800"|3|12.5|1|23.7|2|12.0|1|9.5|0|7|-|align="left"|Dungannon|20.3|1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|20.8|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|20.3|1|9.1|1|29.5|1|6|-|align="left"|Magherafelt|bgcolor="#008800"|29.6|bgcolor="#008800"|2|24.8|1|11.2|1|15.5|1|18.9|0|5|-|align="left"|Moyola|bgcolor="#008800"|51.0|bgcolor="#008800"|3|18.5|1|17.0|1|13.6|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Torrent|bgcolor="#008800"|50.0|bgcolor="#008800"|4|10.4|0|13.4|1|18.1|1|8.1|0|6|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|41.0|18|17.6|8|17.4|7|13.8|6|3.6|1|40|-|}

District results

Torrent

• Incumbent

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Date	Electoral Area	Party		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
27 May 2016	Torrent		Linda Dillon	Niamh Doris	Dillon was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.^[5]
25 May 2017	Moyola		Caoimhe O'Neill	Niamh Milne	O'Neill resigned.^[6]
1 Dec 2018	Moyola		Peter Bateson	Donal McPeake	Bateson resigned.^[7]
1 Dec 2018	Moyola		Niamh Milne	Ian Milne^[8]
2 Jan 2019	Torrent		Kenneth Reid	Robert Colvin^[9]	Reid resigned for health reasons.^[10]

‡ Changes of affiliation

Last updated 25 March 2019.

Current composition: see Mid Ulster District Council.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Northern Ireland council results . 23 May 2014 . BBC News.
2. Web site: UTV local election results, Mid Ulster. 22 June 2014. UTV.
3. Web site: Mid Ulster Council Results, 2014. 22 June 2014. Mid Ulster. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140609184250/http://www.armagh.gov.uk/your-council/local-election. 9 June 2014. dmy-all.
4. Web site: Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage. 24 January 2022.
5. Web site: Doris takes place on council. Tyrone times. en. 2018-02-27.
6. Web site: McWilliams takes place on council. Twitter page. en. 2018-02-27.
7. Web site: Veteran Republican retires from Council. www.midulstermail.co.uk. en. 2019-03-25.
8. Web site: CMIS > Councillors. mid-ulster.cmis-ni.org. 2019-03-25.
9. Web site: CMIS > Councillors. mid-ulster.cmis-ni.org. 2019-03-25.
10. Web site: Veteran Ulster Unionist councillor steps down due to ill health. www.midulstermail.co.uk. en. 2019-03-25.
11. Web site: SDLP councillor Tony Quinn resigns. Young. Connla. The Irish News. en. 2017-05-12.