| Torrent | |
| Type: | Mid Ulster District Council DEA |
| Year: | 1985 |
| Seats: | 6 (1985-) |
| Members Label: | Councillors |
Torrent is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects six members to Mid Ulster District Council and contains the wards of Ardboe, Coalisland North, Coalisland South, Donaghmore, Stewartstown and Washing Bay.[2] Torrent forms part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Dungannon Area B which had existed since 1973, where it contained six wards (Altmore, Coalisland North, Coalisland South, Coalisand West and Newmills, Donaghmore and Washing Bay).
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Niall McAleer (Sinn Féin) | Eimear Carney (Sinn Féin) | Nuala McLernon (Sinn Féin) | Dan Kerr (Independent) | Malachy Quinn (SDLP) | Jonathan Buchanan (DUP) | ||||||
| February 2020 Co-Option | Joe O'Neill (Sinn Féin) | Niamh Doris (Sinn Féin) | Robert Colvin (UUP) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Ronan McGinley (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||
| January 2019 Co-Option | Mickey Gillespie (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||
| May 2016 Co-Option | Kenneth Reid (UUP) | |||||||||||
| 2014 | Linda Dillon (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Desmond Donnelly (Sinn Féin) | Pádraig Quinn (Sinn Féin) | Jim Cavanagh (SDLP) | |||||||||
| 2005 | Francie Molloy (Sinn Féin) | Michelle O'Neill (Sinn Féin) | Norman Badger (UUP) | |||||||||
| 2001 | Jim Canning (Independent Nationalist) | |||||||||||
| 1997 | Brendan Doris (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||
| 1993 | Denise Sutton (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||
| 1989 | Martin McCaughey (Sinn Féin) | Angela Donnelly (SDLP) | Thomas Kempton (UUP) | |||||||||
| 1985 | Brian Duffin (Sinn Féin) | Francie Molloy (Sinn Féin) | Patrick McGlinchey (SDLP) | |||||||||
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
2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2014–2019 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin
2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2011-2014 Change: No change
2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: No change
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: Independent Nationalist becomes Independent
1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: No change
1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: No change
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist