2023 Mid Ulster District Council election explained

See main article: 2023 Northern Ireland local elections.

Election Name:	2023 Mid Ulster District Council election
Flag Image:	Flag placeholder.svg
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2019 Mid Ulster District Council election
Previous Year:	2019
Next Year:	2027
Seats For Election:	All 40 council seats
Majority Seats:	21
Election Date:	18 May 2023
Leader1:	Michelle O'Neill
Party1:	Sinn Féin
Seats Before1:	17
Seats1:	19
Seat Change1:	2
Popular Vote1:	31,834
Percentage1:	47.2%
Swing1:	7.4%
Leader2:	Jeffrey Donaldson
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats Before2:	9
Seats2:	11
Seat Change2:	2
Popular Vote2:	14,045
Percentage2:	20.8%
Swing2:	2.4%
Leader3:	Colum Eastwood
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats Before3:	6
Seats3:	5
Seat Change3:	1
Popular Vote3:	5,660
Percentage3:	8.4%
Swing3:	6.0%
Party4:	Independent (politician)
Seats Before4:	2
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	1
Popular Vote4:	5,230
Percentage4:	7.8%
Swing4:	2.0%
Leader5:	Doug Beattie
Party5:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats Before5:	6
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	4
Popular Vote5:	4,908
Percentage5:	7.3%
Swing5:	6.3%
Council control
Posttitle:	Council control after election
Before Election:	No overall control
After Election:	TBC

The 2023 election to Mid Ulster District Council was scheduled and held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England.^[1] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.^[2]

They returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Election results

|-| colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:center;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em" | | style="text-align:right;" | 40 || |||| style="text-align:right;" | 67,505|Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

• (a) The three independents identify themselves as Independent Republican.
• The electorate was 105,819, the turnout 68,361 (64.60%) and there was 856 spoilt votes.

Districts summary

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

Independents and others|-|align="left"|Carntogher|bgcolor="#008800"|65.47|bgcolor="#008800"|4 1|13.69|1 |9.39|0 1|0.00|0 |6.00|0 |0.00 |0 |5.45|0 |5|-|align="left"|Clogher Valley|bgcolor="#008800"|35.79|bgcolor="#008800"|2 |30.04|2 |9.74|0 1|11.74|1 |0.00|0 |0.00|0 |12.68|1 1|6|-|align="left"|Cookstown|bgcolor="#008800"|49.99|bgcolor="#008800"|3 |19.61|2 1|7.48|1 |11.94|1 1|6.44|0 |4.12|0 |0.43|0 |7|-|align="left"|Dungannon|28.39|2 1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|28.64|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |6.25|1 |5.48|0 1|3.11|0 |4.90|0 |23.13|1 |6|-|align="left"|Magherafelt|bgcolor="#008800"|43.68|bgcolor="#008800"|2 |25.55|2 |9.74|1 |7.11|0 |8.13|0 |5.79|0 |0.00|0 |5|-|align="left"|Moyola|bgcolor="#008800"|57.21|bgcolor="#008800"|3 |17.07|1 |7.11|1 1|6.47|0 1|5.67|0 |2.70|0 |3.79|0 |5|-|align="left"|Torrent|bgcolor="#008800"|51.61|bgcolor="#008800"|3 |11.00|1 1|9.04|1 |6.72|0 1|0.00|0 |2.67|0 |18.97|1 |6|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|47.16|19 2|20.81|11 2|8.39|5 1|7.27|2 4|3.97|0 |2.82|0 |9.59|3 1|40|-|}

District results

Carntogher

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Clogher Valley

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

2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Ind (Rep)

2019–2023 Change: Ind (Rep) gain from SDLP

Cookstown

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Dungannon

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent (Rep)

2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent (Rep)

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Magherafelt

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

2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: No change

Moyola

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

Torrent

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent (Rep)

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent (Rep)

2019–2023 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Notes and References

1. Web site: Local government elections in Northern Ireland . 2022-05-19 . www.electoralcommission.org.uk . en.
2. News: 21 December 2022 . NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash . BBC News . 21 December 2022.
3. Web site: New Councillor - Cookstown District Electoral Area.