2019 Northern Ireland local elections explained

Election Name:	2019 Northern Ireland local elections
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2014 Northern Ireland local elections
Previous Year:	2014
Turnout:	52.7%
Next Election:	2023 Northern Ireland local elections
Next Year:	2023
Seats For Election:	All 11 districts, 462 council seats
Election Date:	2 May 2019
Leader1:	Arlene Foster
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats Before1:	130
Seats1:	122
Seat Change1:	8
Leader2:	Michelle O'Neill
Party2:	Sinn Féin
Seats Before2:	105
Seats2:	105
Leader3:	Robin Swann
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats Before3:	88
Seats3:	75
Seat Change3:	13
Leader4:	Colum Eastwood
Party4:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats Before4:	66
Seats4:	59
Seat Change4:	7
Leader5:	Naomi Long
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats Before5:	32
Seats5:	53
Seat Change5:	21
Leader6:	Clare Bailey
Party6:	Green Party Northern Ireland
Seats Before6:	4
Seats6:	8
Seat Change6:	4
Leader7:	Jim Allister
Party7:	Traditional Unionist Voice
Seats Before7:	13
Seats7:	6
Seat Change7:	7
Leader8:	Eamonn McCann
Party8:	People Before Profit
Seats Before8:	1
Seats8:	5
Seat Change8:	4
Image9:	PUP
Leader9:	Billy Hutchinson
Party9:	Progressive Unionist Party
Seats Before9:	4
Seats9:	3
Seat Change9:	1

Local elections were held in Northern Ireland on Thursday 2 May 2019. The last elections were held in 2014. 819 candidates contested 462 seats across Northern Ireland's 11 local government districts.^[1] 1,305,384 people aged 18 and over were eligible to vote, and 52.7% of the electorate turned out.^[2]

Electoral system

Northern Ireland uses the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system to elect members of local councils and members of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Voters rank candidates in order of preference by marking 1, 2, 3, etc. to the names of candidates on a ballot paper and can rank as many or as few candidates as they like or just vote for one candidate.^[3] These were the second elections held on new boundaries, introduced in 2014.

These were the first Northern Ireland elections at which people have been able to register to vote online.

Background

The Northern Ireland Assembly had been suspended since 2017 with the failure of powersharing between the DUP and Sinn Féin. However, in March 2019, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Karen Bradley stated that, after the local elections, the government wished to revive Assembly talks.^[4] At the 2017 United Kingdom general election, no party won an overall majority in the UK Parliament, so the DUP agreed a deal to support a minority Conservative government. UK politics was dominated by Brexit, which was due to take place before the local elections, however it was delayed until 31 January 2020.

All the parties with elected councillors from the last elections are running again, including the major parties of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Sinn Féin, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. The SDLP and Fianna Fáil held talks about running a joint campaign for the May 2019 local elections, with the possibility of the SDLP merging into Fianna Fáil.^[5] ^[6] There was division within the membership of the SDLP as to what form of relationship to have between the two parties.^[7] The two parties announced a partnership agreement in January 2019 rather than a full merger.^[8] In February 2019, both party leaders criticised the DUP and Sinn Féin over the continuing deadlock over power sharing in the Assembly.^[9] ^[10]

Aontú is a new party, an anti-abortion splinter from Sinn Féin, launched in January 2019. By February 2019, it had two councillors in Northern Ireland, one defecting from the SDLP and a second from Sinn Féin.^[11] ^[12] The party nominated 16 candidates across 7 of the 11 local councils.^[13]

Candidates

819 candidates stood, compared to 905 at the previous elections. The DUP fielded 172, Sinn Féin 155, the UUP 117, the SDLP 85 and Alliance 84.^[14] Others standing include the Green Party Northern Ireland, TUV, People Before Profit Alliance, The Workers Party, Progressive Unionist Party, Cross-Community Labour Alternative, Aontú, NI Conservatives,^[15] UKIP and several independents.

Results

Paralleling results in England, Alliance, some smaller parties and independents made significant gains.^[16] The largest nationalist party, Sinn Féin, returned the same number of councillors as in 2014. The DUP, UUP and SDLP all saw losses. The TUV saw significant losses and UKIP and NI21 lost all of their seats in the region, while Aontú and Cross-Community Labour Alternative won their first seats and there were gains by People Before Profit and the Greens.^[17]

Largest Party by Council

Council	Seats	Turnout	Largest party prior to election
Belfast^[18]	60	51.0	(19)	(18)
Ards & North Down^[19]	40	43.6	(17)	(14)
Antrim & Newtownabbey^[20]	40	49.1	(15)	(14)
Lisburn & Castlereagh^[21]	40	49.7	(20)	(15)
Newry, Mourne & Down^[22]	41	56.1	(14)	(16)
Newry, Mourne & Down^[22]	41	56.1	(14)
Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon^[23]	41	53.6	(13)	(11)
Mid & East Antrim^[24]	40	48.1	(16)	(15)
Causeway Coast & Glens^[25]	40	51.8	(11)	(14)
Mid Ulster^[26]	40	60.1	(18)	(17)
Derry & Strabane^[27]	40	57.2	(16)	(11)
Derry & Strabane^[27]	40	57.2		(11)
Fermanagh & Omagh^[28]	40	62.4	(17)	(15)
Total	462	52.7	(130)	(122)

Results by Council

Name	Northern Ireland Council Seats
													Total
	DUP	SF	UUP	SDLP	APNI	Green	TUV	PBP	PUP	Aontú	CCLA	Ind.	Total
Antrim & Newtownabbey	style:"background;"	14	style:"background;"	5	style:"background;"	9	style:"background;"	4	style:"background;"	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	40
Ards & North Down	style:"background;"	14	–	style:"background;"	8	style:"background;"	1	style:"background;"	10	style:"background;"	3	style:"background;"	1	–	–	–	–	3	40
Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon	style:"background;"	11	style:"background;"	10	style:"background;"	10	style:"background;"	6	style:"background;"	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	41
Belfast City	style:"background;"	15	style:"background;"	18	style:"background;"	2	style:"background;"	6	style:"background;"	10	style:"background;"	4	–	style:"background;"	3	style:"background;"	2	–	–	–	60
Causeway Coast & Glens	style:"background;"	14	style:"background;"	9	style:"background;"	7	style:"background;"	6	style:"background;"	2	–	–	–	style:"background;"	1	–	–	1	40
Derry & Strabane	style:"background;"	7	style:"background;"	11	style:"background;"	2	style:"background;"	11	style:"background;"	2	–	–	style:"background;"	2	–	style:"background;"	1	–	4	40
Fermanagh & Omagh	style:"background;"	5	style:"background;"	15	style:"background;"	9	style:"background;"	5	style:"background;"	1	–	–	–	–	–	style:"background;"	1	4	40
Lisburn & Castlereagh	style:"background;"	15	style:"background;"	2	style:"background;"	11	style:"background;"	2	style:"background;"	9	style:"background;"	1	–	–	–	–	–	0	40
Mid & East Antrim	style:"background;"	15	style:"background;"	2	style:"background;"	7	style:"background;"	1	style:"background;"	7	–	style:"background;"	5	–	–	–	–	3	40
Mid-Ulster	style:"background;"	9	style:"background;"	17	style:"background;"	6	style:"background;"	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	40
Newry, Mourne & Down	style:"background;"	3	style:"background;"	16	style:"background;"	4	style:"background;"	11	style:"background;"	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	41
Total	122	105	75	59	53	8	6	5	3	1	1	24	462

Results by party

Party		Councillors			% of councillors			First preference votes			% of FP votes
Party		2014	2019	+/-	2014	2019	+/-	2014^[29]	2019^[30]	+/-	2014	2019	+/-
	130	122	8	28.1%	26.4%	1.7%	144,928	163,615	18,687	23.1%	24.13%	1.0%
	105	105		22.7%	22.7%		151,137	157,448	6,311	24.1%	23.22%	0.8%
	88	75	13	19.0%	16.2%	2.8%	101,385	95,320	6,065	16.1%	14.06%	2.1%
	66	59	7	14.2%	12.8%	1.4%	85,237	81,419	3,818	13.6%	12.01%	1.6%
	32	53	21	6.9%	11.5%	4.6%	41,769	78,052	36,283	6.7%	11.51%	4.8%
	15	24	9	3.2%	5.2%	2.0%	26,682	29,339	2,657	4.2%	4.33%	0.1%
	4	8	4	0.8%	1.7%	0.9%	5,515	14,284	8,769	0.8%	2.11%	1.3%
	13	6	7	2.8%	1.3%	1.5%	28,310	15,165	13,145	4.5%	2.24%	2.3%
	1	5	4	0.2%	1.2%	1.0%	1,923	9,478	7,555	0.3%	1.40%	1.1%
	4	3	1	0.8%	0.6%	0.2%	12,753	5,338	7,415	2.0%	0.79%	1.2%
	n/a	1	1	n/a	0.2%	0.2%	n/a	7,459	7,459	n/a	1.10%	1.1%
	n/a	1	1	n/a	0.2%	0.2%	n/a	880	880	n/a	0.13%
	3	0	3	1.2%	0.0%	1.2%	9,311	3,026	6,285	1.4%	0.45%	1.0%
	1	0	1	0.0%	0.0%	1.6%	2,527	1,364	1,163	0.4%	0.20%	0.2%
	0	0		0.0%	0.0%		985	868	117	0.2%
	n/a	0		n/a	0.0%		n/a	527	527	n/a
	South Belfast Unionists	n/a	0		n/a	0.0%		n/a	233	233	n/a
	n/a	0		n/a	0.0%		n/a	101	101	n/a
	1	n/a	1	0.2%	n/a	0.2%	11,495	n/a	11,495	1.8%	n/a	1.8%
Total		462	462		100%	100%		628,078	663,916		100%	100%

Councils

Antrim and Newtownabbey

Airport
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Vikki McAuley	1,221
	Matthew Magill	1,164
	Thomas Burns	1,125
	Anne-Marie Logue	1,095
	Paul Michael	893
	Mervyn Rea	568
	Cathy Rooney	505
	Ben Mallon	481
Turnout	7,052
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from UUP

Antrim
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Neil Kelly	1,689
	John Smyth	734
	Roisin Lynch	723
	Leah Smyth	615
	Paul Dunlop	603
	Gerard Magee	583
	Jim Montgomery	416
	Karl McMeekin	363
	Adrian Cochrane-Watson	359
	Richard Cairns	347
Turnout	6,432
No change

Ballyclare
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Danny Kinahan	1,253
	Michael Stewart	1,182
	Mandy Girvan	861
	Gary English	775
	Jeannie Archibald	739
	Vera McWilliam	707
	David Arthurs	457
	Austin Orr	443
	Norrie Ramsey	341
Turnout	6,758
bgcolor=		Independent gain from TUV

Dunsilly
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Henry Cushinan	1,064
	Glenn Finlay	989
	Linda Clarke	965
	Jordan Greer	907
	Ryan Wilson	902
	Roderick Swann	711
	Andrew Maguire	552
	Gareth Thomas	424
Turnout	6,514
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from DUP

Glengormley Urban
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Julian McGrath	1,345
	Phillip Brett	1,099
	Noreen McClelland	992
	Michael Goodman	904
	Mark Cosgrove	891
	Alison Bennington	856
	Rosie Kinnear	801
	Samantha Burns	373
	Paul Veronica	341
	Michael Maguire	337
Turnout	7,939
bgcolor=		Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Macedon
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Billy Webb	1,127
	Paul Hamill	1,043
	Thomas Hogg	999
	Robert Foster	956
	Taylor McGrann	765
	Stafford Ward	343
	Victor Robinson	327
	Dean McCullough	321
	David Hollis	223
	Robert Hill	154
Turnout	6,258
bgcolor=		Sinn Féin gain from TUV

Three Mile Water
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Mark Cooper	1,230
	Stephen Ross	1,103
	Fraser Agnew	1,100
	Tom Campbell	1,075
	Julie Gilmour	749
	Stephen McCarthy	514
	Sam Flanagan	489
	Raymond Stewart	319
	Norman Boyd	234
	Gary Grattan	223
Turnout	7,036
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from UUP

Ards and North Down

Ards Peninsula
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Robert Adair	2,189
	Joe Boyle	1,621
	Angus Carson	832
	Lorna McAlpine	832
	Eddie Thompson	821
	Nigel Edmund	735
	Michele Strong	319
	Matt Davey	234
	Murdock McKibbin	196
	Tim Mullen	58
Turnout	7,837
No change

Bangor Central
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Karen Douglas	1,346
	Stephen Dunlop	1,046
	Wesley Irvine	878
	Alistair Cathcart	787
	Craig Blaney	757
	Ian Henry	542
	Ray McKimm	503
	Noelle Robinson	423
	Maria Lourenço	362
	James Cochrane	255
	John Montgomery	215
	Frank Shivers	210
	Gavan Reynolds	33
Turnout	7,357
bgcolor=		Independent gain from UUP

Bangor East and Donaghadee
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Mark Brooks	1,327
	Gavin Walker	1,303
	David Chambers	963
	Peter Martin	902
	Tom Smith	764
	Bill Keery	764
	Hannah McNamara	735
	Janice MacArthur	702
	Paul Leeman	137
Turnout	7,598
bgcolor=		Tom Smith leaves DUP

Bangor West
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Connie Egan	1,151
	Jennifer Gilmour	990
	Marion Smith	982
	Barry McKee	949
	Alan Graham	749
	Scott Wilson	703
	Ben English	114
	Kieran Maxwell	71
Turnout	5,709
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from DUP

Comber
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Deborah Girvan	1,516
	Philip Smith	1,082
	Robert Gibson	985
	Trevor Cummings	843
	Stephen Cooper	695
	John Montgomery	643
	Ricky Bamford	372
	Michael Palmer	318
	John Sloan	73
Turnout	6,527
No change

Holywood and Clandeboye
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Andrew Muir	1,397
	Rachel Woods	1,311
	Gillian Greer	1,249
	Stephen Dunne	1,139
	Roberta Dunlop	677
	Carl McClean	507
	Tim Lemon	416
	Andrew Turner	141
Turnout	6,837
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from DUP

Newtownards
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Jimmy Menagh	2,138
	Naomi Armstrong	1,232
	Nick Mathison	1,091
	Stephen McIlveen	898
	Richard Smart	736
	Alan McDowell	574
	Colin Kennedy	570
	Ian Dickson	481
	Maurice Macartney	374
	Paul Corry	223
	Ben King	24
Turnout	8,341
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from UUP

Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon

Armagh
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Garath Keating	2,037
	Sam Nicholson	1,697
	Jackie Donnelly	1,677
	Freda Donnelly	1,638
	Thomas O'Hanlon	1,491
	Darren McNally	1,413
	Mealla Campbell	1,246
	Martin Kelly	822
	Jackie Coade	674
	Pol Oh-Again	28
Turnout	12,723
bgcolor=		Sinn Féin gain from DUP

Banbridge
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Glenn Barr	1,764
	Paul Greenfield	1,563
	Brian Pope	1,425
	Jill Macauley	1,350
	Seamus Doyle	1,309
	Ian Burns	1,273
	Junior McCrum	1,232
	Kevin Savage	1,038
	Vincent McAleenan	676
	William Martin	508
Turnout	12,138
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from SDLP

Craigavon
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Margaret Tinsley	1,416
	Catherine Nelson	1,332
	Thomas Larkham	1,244
	Robert Smith	1,105
	Kenneth Twyble	1,037
	Declan McAlinden	1,014
	Kate Evans	871
	Michael Tallon	727
	Sean Hagan	699
	Fergal Lennon	230
Turnout	9,675
bgcolor=		SDLP gain from DUP

Cusher
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Gareth Wilson	2,248
	Paul Berry	2,009
	Jim Speers	1,633
	Brona Haughey	1,519
	Gordon Kennedy	1,229
	Quincey Dougan	1,215
	Seamus Livingstone	901
	Gareth Hay	462
	Paul Bowbanks	241
Turnout	11,457
bgcolor=		Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Lagan River
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Mark Baxter	1,876
	Kyle Savage	1,614
	Paul Rankin	1,444
	Eóin Tennyson	960
	Olive Mercer	871
	Tim McClelland	678
	Samuel Morrison	499
	John O'Hare	369
	Tony Gorrell	227
	Sammy Ogle	217
	Jordan Stewart	129
Turnout	8,884
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from UUP

Lurgan
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Keith Haughian	1,974
	Louise McKinstry	1,524
	Stephen Moutray	1,504
	Peter Lavery	1,321
	Terry McWilliams	1,282
	Liam Mackle	1,190
	Joe Nelson	1,046
	Ciaran Toman	926
	Sorcha McGeown	823
	Noel McGeown	454
Turnout	12,044
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from DUP

Portadown
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Darren Causby	2,077
	Sydney Anderson	1,696
	Paul Duffy	1,675
	Julie Flaherty	1,512
	Eamonn McNeill	967
	Lavelle McIlwrath	866
	Emma Hutchinson	570
	Darrin Foster	547
	Arnold Hatch	506
	Callum O'Dufaigh	392
	David Jones	266
	David Jameson	149
Turnout	11,223
bgcolor=
bgcolor=		SDLP gain from UKIP

Belfast

Balmoral
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Kate Nicholl	1,842
	David Graham	1,442
	Dónal Lyons	1,306
	Geraldine McAteer	1,283
	Sarah Bunting	1,025
	Michael Mulhern	813
	Jeffrey Dudgeon	660
	Caoimhe O'Connell	504
	Pádraigín Mervyn	202
	William Traynor	133
Turnout	9,210
bgcolor=

Black Mountain
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Matt Collins	2,268
	Ciaran Beattie	1,893
	Steven Corr	1,864
	Arder Carson	1,634
	Micheal Donnelly	1,535
	Emma Groves	1,431
	Ronan McLaughlin	1,316
	Paul Doherty	783
	Eoin Geraghty	750
	Liam Norris	213
	Stevie Maginn	206
	Conor Campbell	162
Turnout	14,053
bgcolor=

Botanic
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Áine Groogan	1,401
	Tracy Kelly	1,365
	Deirdre Hargey	1,325
	Emmet McDonough-Brown	1,143
	Gary McKeown	1,009
	Micky Murray	754
	Graham Craig	615
	Declan Boyle	609
	Paul Loughran	383
	Richard Kennedy	333
	Billy Dickson	233
	Caitríona Mullaghan	229
	Ian Shanks	170
	Paddy Lynn	87
	John Hiddleston	82
Turnout	9,758
bgcolor=

Castle
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Nuala McAllister	1,787
	John Finucane	1,650
	Fred Cobain	1,439
	Guy Spence	1,407
	Mary Ellen Campbell	1,103
	David Browne	1,014
	Mal O'Hara	882
	Carl Whyte	651
	Heather Wilson	551
	Patrick Convery	377
	Riley Johnson	204
	Gemma Weir	159
	Cathal Mullaghan	76
Turnout	11,300
bgcolor=

Collin
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Danny Baker	2,196
	Stephen Magennis	1,616
	Michael Collins	1,565
	Seanna Walsh	1,402
	Matt Garrett	1,264
	Charlene O'Hara	1,187
	Brian Heading	970
	Nichola McClean	670
	Donnamarie Higgins	443
	David McKee	309
	Ellen Murray	241
	Fred Rodgers	130
	Paddy Crossan	109
Turnout	12,102
bgcolor=

Court
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Frank McCoubrey	2,227
	Brian Kingston	1,648
	Claire Canavan	1,447
	Tina Black	1,396
	Nicola Verner	1,119
	Billy Hutchinson	929
	Cailín McCaffrey	686
	Dave Anderson	385
	Jolene Bunting	351
	Tiernan Fitzlarkin	298
	Eric Smyth	258
	Ciara Campbell	253
	Joanne Lowry	166
	Sinéad Magner	147
Turnout	11,310
bgcolor=

Lisnasharragh
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Michael Long	1,755
	David Brooks	1,479
	Eric Hanvey	1,429
	Brian Smyth	1,233
	Séamas De Faoite	988
	Tommy Sandford	951
	Aileen Graham	660
	Stevie Jenkins	619
	Chris McGimpsey	508
	Ben Manton	415
	Gwen Ferguson	363
	Kate Mullan	204
	Catherine McComb	169
	Amy Ferguson	160
	Ivanka Antova	133
Turnout	11,066
bgcolor=

Oldpark
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Paul McCusker	2,856
	Dale Pankhurst	1,701
	Ryan Murphy	1,185
	JJ Magee	1,134
	Shauneen Baker	1,107
	Mary Clarke	796
	Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston	575
	Gillian Simpson	573
	Fiona Ferguson	447
	Jack Armstrong	390
	Jason Docherty	239
	Lesley Veronica	231
	Chris Bailie	93
Turnout	11,327
bgcolor=

Ormiston
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Ross McMullan	2,622
	Peter McReynolds	1,764
	Tom Haire	1,462
	Jim Rodgers	1,416
	Anthony Flynn	1,301
	John Hussey	1,269
	Sian O'Neill	1,165
	Gareth Spratt	857
	Peter Johnston	757
	William Ennis	394
	Keith Lonsdale	221
	Laura Misteil	57
Turnout	13,285
bgcolor=

Titanic
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	George Dorrian	1,270
	Mairead O'Donnell	1,102
	Michelle Kelly	1,068
	Carole Howard	1,055
	John Kyle	1,027
	Adam Newton	913
	Sonia Copeland	852
	Ben Smylie	641
	Lee Reynolds	586
	Karl Bennett	448
	Colin Hall-Thompson	278
	Paul Girvan	228
Turnout	9,468
bgcolor=

Causeway Coast and Glens

Ballymoney
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Darryl Wilson	1,420
	John Finlay	1,322
	Leanne Peacock	1,153
	Cathal McLaughlin	906
	Alan McLean	827
	Ivor Wallace	826
	Peter McCully	734
	Tom McKeown	512
	William Blair	497
	Ian Stevenson	220
	John Wilson	217
	David Hanna	117
Turnout	8,751
bgcolor=

Bann
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Sean Bateson	1,403
	Adrian McQuillan	1,047
	Richard Holmes	964
	William King	799
	Michelle Knight-McQuillan	781
	Helena Dallat-O'Driscoll	686
	Sam Cole	639
	Charlie McConaghy	491
	Timmy Reid	251
	Elizabeth Collins	214
Turnout	7,350
bgcolor=

Benbradagh
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Sean McGlinchey	1,574
	Dermot Nicholl	1,002
	Orla Beattie	922
	Edgar Scott	896
	Kathleen McGurk	677
	Prionnsias Brolly	655
	Boyd Douglas	581
	Robert Carmichael	410
	Christine Turner	332
Turnout	7,049
bgcolor=

Causeway
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Mark Fielding	1,276
	Chris McCaw	1,212
	Sharon McKillop	1,010
	John McAuley	831
	Sandra Hunter	774
	Norman Hillis	758
	David Alexander	552
	Angela Mulholland	496
	Mark Coulson	331
	Cyril Quigg	325
	Emma Thompson	267
	Stewart Moore	167
	Rebecca Hanna	132
Turnout	8,131
bgcolor=

Coleraine
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Russell Watton	1,325
	Stephanie Quigley	983
	Philip Anderson	901
	George Duddy	866
	Trevor Clarke	769
	Yvonne Boyle	732
	William McCandless	633
	Ciarán Archibald	417
	John Wisener	292
	David Harding	112
	Amanda Ranaghan	101
Turnout	7,131
bgcolor=

Limavady
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Alan Robinson	1,498
	Brenda Chivers	1,034
	James McCorkell	654
	Kevin Hayward	557
	Ashleen Schenning	519
	Raymond Kennedy	405
	Aaron Callan	385
	Francie Brolly	337
	Colin Cartwright	176
Turnout	5,565
bgcolor=

The Glens
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Ambrose Laverty	1,267
	Cara McShane	1,102
	Oliver McMullan	1,097
	Margaret McKillop	1,080
	Bill Kennedy	843
	Joan Baird	758
	Kieran Mulholland	589
Turnout	6,736
No change

Derry and Strabane

Ballyarnett
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Angela Dobbins	1,392
	Brian Tierney	1,235
	Rory Farrell	1,170
	Anne McCloskey	1,032
	Sandra Duffy	899
	Aileen Mellon	848
	Nuala Crilly	826
	Caoimhe McKnight	656
	Warren Robinson	639
	Neil McLaughlin	538
	Danny McCloskey	340
Turnout	9,575
bgcolor=
bgcolor=		Aontú gain from Independent

Derg
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Derek Hussey	1,267
	Keith Kerrigan	1,090
	Ruairí McHugh	1,086
	Kieran McGuire	1,075
	Cara Hunter	1,032
	Maoliosa McHugh	798
	Thomas Kerrigan	771
	Andy Patton	735
	Anne Murray	150
Turnout	8,004
bgcolor=		SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Faughan
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Graham Warke	1,050
	Ryan McCready	940
	Paul Fleming	854
	Rachael Ferguson	783
	Paul Hughes	733
	William Jamieson	710
	Brenda Stevenson	693
	Jim McKeever	565
	Gus Hastings	491
	Conor Heaney	324
Turnout	7,143
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from SDLP

Foyleside
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Mary Durkan	1,231
	Shauna Cusack	1,129
	Shaun Harkin	977
	Michael Cooper	888
	Sean Carr	822
	Lilian Seenoi-Barr	721
	Eric McGinley	653
	Hayleigh Fleming	632
	John Doherty	305
Turnout	7,358
bgcolor=		People Before Profit gain from Sinn Féin

Sperrin
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Allan Bresland	1,156
	Michaela Boyle	1,153
	Paul Gallagher	1,106
	Raymond Barr	920
	Maurice Devenney	899
	Jason Barr	832
	Steven Edwards	794
	Dan Kelly	756
	Cathal Ó hOisín	740
	Brian McMahon	731
	Patsy Kelly	595
	Andy McKane	560
	Scott Moore	437
	Pauline McHenry	128
	Corey French	104
Turnout	10,911
bgcolor=		Independent gain from Sinn Féin

The Moor
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Gary Donnelly	1,374
	John Boyle	1,082
	Eamonn McCann	1,035
	Patricia Logue	778
	Tina Burke	738
	Kevin Campbell	712
	Cathy Breslin	669
	Sharon Duddy	594
	Emmet Doyle	496
	Niree McMorris	148
	Colm Cavanagh	122
Turnout	7,748
bgcolor=		People Before Profit gain from Sinn Féin

Waterside
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Darren Guy	1,589
	Sinead McLaughlin	1,483
	Hillary McClintock	1,250
	Martin Reilly	939
	David Ramsey	839
	Christopher Jackson	825
	Sharon McLoughlin	784
	Drew Thompson	780
	Maeve O'Neill	752
	Philip McKinney	715
Turnout	9,956
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from DUP

Fermanagh and Omagh

Enniskillen
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Keith Elliot	1,161
	Paul Blake	955
	Tommy Maguire	946
	Debbie Coyle	761
	Robert Irvine	753
	Donal O'Cofaigh	720
	Howard Thornton	651
	Donald Crawford	492
	Simon Wiggins	340
	Matthew Beaumont	310
	Debbie Coleman	136
Turnout	7,225
bgcolor=		Labour Alternative gain from Sinn Féin

Erne East
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Paul Robinson	1,382
	Victor Warrington	1,352
	John McCluskey	1,286
	Sheamus Greene	1,032
	Garbhan McPhillips	839
	Thomas O'Reilly	829
	Noeleen Hayes	738
	Brian McCaffrey	620
	Caroline Wheeler	204
	Gerry McHugh	174
Turnout	8,456
bgcolor=		Independent gain from Sinn Féin

Erne North
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Diana Armstrong	1,186
	Siobhan Currie	1,055
	John Coyle	911
	John Feely	769
	David Mahon	732
	Deborah Armstrong	668
	John McClaughry	630
	Alex Elliott	465
	Diane Little	413
	Lewis Jennings	20
Turnout	6,849
No change

Erne West
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Alex Baird	1,333
	Anthony Feely	1,208
	Bernice Swift	1,159
	Chris McCaffrey	1,136
	Fionnuala Leonard	879
	Adam Gannon	611
	Carol Johnston	547
	Trevor Armstrong	512
Turnout	7,385
No change

Mid Tyrone
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Padraigin Kelly	995
	Bert Wilson	979
	Catherine Kelly	964
	James Managh	931
	Emmet McAleer	897
	Sean Clarke	889
	Sean Donnelly	778
	Bernard McGrath	598
	Rosemarie Shields	464
	Richard Bullick	306
	Kevin McColgan	287
Turnout	8,088
bgcolor=		Independent gain from SDLP

Omagh
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Errol Thompson	970
	Barry McElduff	900
	Josephine Deehan	728
	Chris Smyth	633
	Stephen Donnelly	616
	Anne Marie Fitzgerald	589
	Marty McColgan	509
	Jacinta McKeown	258
	Lee Hawkes	256
	Sorcha McAnespy	194
	Margaret Swift	182
	Susan Glass	141
	Joanne Donnelly	128
	Charles Chittick	115
	Barry Brown	101
	Will Convey	43
Turnout	6,363
bgcolor=		Josephine Deehan leaves SDLP
bgcolor=

West Tyrone
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Mark Buchanan	1,546
	Allan Rainey	1,095
	Mary Garrity	1,047
	Glenn Campbell	983
	Stephen McCann	839
	Ann-Marie Donnelly	752
	Frankie Donnelly	653
	Fia Cowan	390
	Cathal McCrory	242
Turnout	7,547
No change

Lisburn and Castlereagh

Castlereagh East
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Martin Gregg	1,212
	Sharon Skillen	1,174
	Tim Morrow	936
	David Drysdale	849
	John Laverty	813
	Hazel Legge	723
	Tommy Jeffers	638
	Andrew Girvin	637
Turnout	6,982
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from TUV

Castlereagh South
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Sorcha Eastwood	1,629
	Nathan Anderson	1,503
	Michelle Guy	1,236
	Ryan Carlin	1,069
	John Gallen	975
	Simon Lee	648
	Michael Henderson	628
	Rachael McCarthy	463
	Jason Elliott	335
	Geraldine Rice	237
	Vasundhara Kamble	208
	Nicola Girvin	146
Turnout	9,077
bgcolor=		Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
bgcolor=		Green gain from DUP

Downshire East
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Aaron McIntyre	1,318
	Andrew Gowan	1,133
	James Baird	950
	Uel Mackin	905
	Alex Swan	726
	Janet Gray	721
	Owen Beckett	422
Turnout	6,175
bgcolor=		UUP gain from DUP

Downshire West
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Owen Gawith	1,616
	Caleb McCready	1,012
	John Palmer	915
	Allan Ewart	670
	Jim Dillon	667
	Vince Curry	647
	Morgan Crone	308
	Luke Robinson	230
	Neil Johnston	169
Turnout	6,234
bgcolor=		John Palmer leaves DUP
No change

Killultagh
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	David Honeyford	1,524
	Thomas Beckett	1,006
	Gary McCleave	994
	James Tinsley	979
	William Leathem	871
	Ross McLernon	707
	Ally Haydock	695
	Alexander Redpath	632
	Stuart Brown	107
Turnout	7,515
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from DUP
bgcolor=		Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Lisburn North
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Stephen Martin	1,483
	Jonathan Craig	1,187
	Johnny McCarthy	852
	Scott Carson	846
	Nicholas Trimble	719
	Joe Duffy	654
	Stuart Hughes	578
	Lindsay Reynolds	425
	Gary Hynds	423
	Alan Love	156
Turnout	7,323
bgcolor=		Johnny McCarthy leaves NI21
bgcolor=		UUP gain from DUP

Lisburn South
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Amanda Grehan	929
	Jenny Palmer	877
	Andrew Ewing	738
	Alan Givan	735
	Tim Mitchell	715
	Paul Porter	706
	Brendan Corr	649
	Jonny Orr	534
	Alison Chittick	384
	Rhoda Walker	354
	Ricky Taylor	242
	Helen Love	99
Turnout	6,962
bgcolor=		UUP gain from DUP

Mid and East Antrim

Ballymena
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	James Henry	872
	Eugene Reid	848
	Matthew Armstrong	765
	Patricia O'Lynn	578
	John Carson	527
	Patrice Hardy	521
	Reuben Glover	498
	Audrey Wales	491
	Stephen Nicholl	485
	Rodney Quigley	433
	William Logan	402
	Philip Gordon	286
	Rab Picken	143
	Conal Stewart	107
Turnout	6,956
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from UUP
bgcolor=		Independent gain from DUP

Bannside
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Stewart McDonald	1,504
	Timothy Gaston	1,433
	Ian Friary	971
	William McNeilly	783
	Philip Burnside	750
	Andrew Wright	749
	Thomas Gordon	744
	Tommy Nicholl	690
	Jackson Minford	449
Turnout	8,073
No change

Braid
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Robin Cherry	1,084
	Beth Adger	975
	Julie Frew	926
	Christopher Jamieson	902
	Brian Collins	872
	William McCaughey	825
	Keith Turner	800
	Muriel Burnside	703
	Collette McAllister	631
	Sam Hanna	605
	Marian Maguire	371
	Roni Browne	146
Turnout	8,840
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from Sinn Féin
bgcolor=		TUV gain from DUP

Carrick Castle
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Lauren Gray	1,210
	Billy Ashe	1,069
	Cheryl Johnston	953
	Robin Stewart	813
	John McDermott	445
	Noel Jordan	431
	Si Harvey	265
	Nicholas Wady	244
	Jim McCaw	119
	John Kennedy	104
Turnout	5,653
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from UKIP
bgcolor=		UUP gain from Independent

Coast Road
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Gerardine Mulvenna	1,217
	Andrew Clarke	973
	James McKeown	873
	Angela Smyth	764
	Maureen Morrow	728
	Ruth Wilson	601
	Martin Wilson	460
Turnout	5,616
bgcolor=		DUP gain from TUV

Knockagh
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Noel Williams	1,173
	Peter Johnston	967
	Marc Collins	846
	Bobby Hadden	798
	Andrew Wilson	782
	Lindsay Millar	624
	May Beattie	328
	David Barnett	185
Turnout	5,703
bgcolor=		Independent gain from UUP

Larne Lough
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Gregg McKeen	1,166
	Danny Donnelly	1,057
	Mark McKinty	983
	Paul Reid	806
	Robert Logan	719
	Andy Wilson	564
	James Strange	435
	Robert Robinson	256
Turnout	5,986
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from UUP

Mid Ulster

Carntogher
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Brian McGuigan	1,406
	Kyle Black	1,228
	Sean McPeake	1,164
	Martin Kearney	1,071
	Cora Groogan	990
	Paul Henry	763
	Pádraigín Uí Raifeartaigh	632
	Christopher Reid	555
	James Armour	138
Turnout	7,947
No change

Clogher Valley
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Frances Burton	1,891
	Sharon McAleer	1,635
	Sean McGuigan	1,494
	Phelim Gildernew	1,352
	Wills Robinson	1,083
	Meta Graham	990
	Robert Mulligan	650
Turnout	9,095
No change

Cookstown
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Cathal Mallaghan	1,710
	John McNamee	1,369
	Kerri Hughes	1,339
	Wilbert Buchanan	1,225
	Trevor Wilson	1,041
	Gavin Bell	840
	Mark Glasgow	793
	Grace Neville	694
	Alan Day	230
Turnout	9,241
No change

Dungannon
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Clement Cuthbertson	1,833
	Barry Monteith	1,414
	Dominic Molloy	995
	Kim Ashton	807
	Deirdre Varsani	718
	Denise Mullen	710
	Walter Cuddy	607
	Kim McNeill	434
	Mel Boyle	431
	Niall Bowen	345
Turnout	8,294
No change

Magherafelt
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Darren Totten	1,665
	Wesley Brown	1,218
	Christine McFlynn	1,206
	Paul McLean	1,203
	Sean Clarke	1,058
	George Shiels	996
	Kevin Donnelly	214
Turnout	7,560
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Moyola
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Ian Milne	1,710
	Anne Forde	1,619
	Catherine Elattar	1,388
	Derek McKinney	937
	Denise Johnston	920
	Donal McPeake	906
	Aidan Bradley	298
	Hugh Scullion	95
Turnout	7,873
No change

Torrent
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Malachy Quinn	1,631
	Dan Kerr	1,525
	Ronan McGinley	1,173
	Robert Colvin	1,018
	Niamh Doris	1,002
	Joe O'Neill	994
	Ian McCrea	899
	Mickey Gillespie	856
Turnout	9,098
bgcolor=		Independent gain from Sinn Féin

Newry, Mourne and Down

Crotlieve
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Jarlath Tinnelly	1,412
	Gerry O'Hare	1,286
	Mark Gibbons	1,189
	Declan McAteer	1,175
	Karen McKevitt	1,116
	Mickey Ruane	812
	Oksana McMahon	809
	Michael Carr	808
	Jim Boylan	788
	Joshua Lowry	712
	Mary Tinnelly	519
	Lorcán McGreevy	483
	Wilma McCullough	371
Turnout	11,480
bgcolor=		Independent gain from SDLP

Downpatrick
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Gareth Sharvin	1,395
	Cadogan Enright	1,052
	Oonagh Hanlon	1,032
	Dermot Curran	940
	Jordan Madden	833
	John Trainor	664
	Macartán Digney	475
	Tiernan Laird	375
	Alex Burgess	345
	James Savage	149
	Jamie Kennedy	128
Turnout	7,388
No change

Newry
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Gavin Malone	2,296
	Liz Kimmins	1,374
	Michael Savage	1,231
	Charlie Casey	1,230
	Valerie Harte	1,045
	Gary Stokes	878
	Sarah McAllister	784
	Helena Young	721
	Ricky McGaffin	341
Turnout	9,900
No change

Rowallane
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Patrick Brown	1,416
	Harry Harvey	1,265
	Terry Andrews	1,211
	William Walker	985
	Robert Burgess	842
	Walter Lyons	667
	Marianne Cleary	622
	Martyn Todd	477
	Emma Cairns	182
	Liam Mulhern	99
Turnout	7,766
No change

Slieve Croob
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Alan Lewis	1,303
	Cathy Mason	1,069
	Roisin Howell	1,035
	John Rice	884
	Hugh Gallagher	880
	Maynard Hanna	868
	Gregory Bain	863
	Mark Murnin	796
	Tracy Harkin	481
Turnout	8,179
bgcolor=		UUP gain from DUP

Slieve Gullion
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Terry Hearty	1,876
	Mickey Larkin	1,646
	Pete Byrne	1,643
	Oonagh Magennis	1,622
	Roisín Mulgrew	1,362
	Barra O'Muirí	1,351
	David Taylor	1,287
	Kate Loughran	1,059
	Balázs Gazdag	361
	Linda Henry	315
Turnout	12,522
bgcolor=		Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

The Mournes
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st
	Glyn Hanna	1,944
	Sean Doran	1,885
	Laura Devlin	1,572
	Harold McKee	1,455
	Henry Reilly	1,447
	Willie Clarke	1,154
	Leeanne McAvoy	1,097
	Andrew McMurray	943
	Brian Quinn	607
Turnout	12,104
bgcolor=		Henry Reilly leaves UKIP
bgcolor=		Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

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