| Faughan | |
| Type: | Derry and Strabane District Council DEA |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Seats: | 5 (2014-) |
| Members Label: | Councillors |
Faughan is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Derry and Strabane, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects five members to Derry and Strabane District Council and contains the wards of Claudy, Eglinton, Enagh, New Buildings and Slievekirk.[2] Faughan forms part of the Foyle constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 2014 local elections, replacing the Rural DEA which had existed since 1985.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 Co-Option | Alex Duffy (Sinn Féin) | Sean Fleming (Sinn Féin) | Declan Norris (SDLP) | Janice Montgomery (UUP) | Julie Middleton (DUP) | |||||
| 2023 | Ryan McCready (UUP)/ (DUP) | |||||||||
| December 2022 Co-Option | Rachael Ferguson (Alliance) | Graham Warke (DUP)/ (Independent) | ||||||||
| October 2022 Co-Option | Paul Fleming (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||
| June 2022 Defection | Jim McKeever (SDLP)/ (Independent) | |||||||||
| July 2021 Defections | ||||||||||
| 2019 | ||||||||||
| February 2016 Defection | Gus Hastings (SDLP) | Maurice Devenney (DUP)/ (Independent) | ||||||||
| May 2015 Co-Option | ||||||||||
| 2014 | Gary Middleton (DUP) | |||||||||
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and UUP gain from DUP and Alliance
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from SDLP
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin