2019 Derry City and Strabane District Council election

The 2019 election to the Derry City and Strabane District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

The overall turnout was 56.21% with a total of 60,695 valid votes cast. A total of 1,103 ballots were rejected.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PBP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Ballyarnett |30.7 |2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|39.7 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |8.6 |0 |3.6 |0 |17.5 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|Derg |bgcolor="#008800"|37.0 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |12.9 |1 |23.3 |1 |15.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |1.9 |0 |9.2 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Faughan |16.5 |1 |24.5 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|27.9 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |9.9 |0 |0.0 |0 |11.0 |1 |10.3 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Foyleside |29.5 |1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|41.9 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |11.3 |1 |4.1 |0 |11.2 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Sperrin |bgcolor="#008800"|31.0 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |14.9 |1 |18.8 |2 |5.1 |0 |0.0 |0 |4.0 |0 |26.1 |2 |7 |- |align="left"|The Moor |bgcolor="#008800"|36.4 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |22.6 |1 |1.9 |0 |0.0 |0 |13.4 |1 |1.6 |0 |24.1 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Waterside |16.2 |1 |24.3 |2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|28.8 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |16.0 |1 |7.6 |0 |7.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |7 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |28.1 |11 |25.5 |11 |14.7 |7 |6.8 |2 |5.9 |2 |4.7 |2 |14.3 |5 |40

District results

Ballyarnett

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2019: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Aontú 2014-2019 Change: SDLP and Aontú gain from Sinn Féin and Independent

Derg

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2014-2019 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Faughan

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

Foyleside

2014: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent 2019: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x Independent 2014-2019 Change: People Before Profit gain from Sinn Féin

Sperrin

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP 2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin

The Moor

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x Independent 2014-2019 Change: People Before Profit gain from Sinn Féin

Waterside

2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Changes during the term † Co-options DateElectoral AreaPartyOutgoingCo-opteeReason13 August 2019Derg Derek HusseyAndrew McKaneHussey suspended.28 February 2020Waterside Sinead McLaughlinSean MooneyMcLaughlin was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.1 June 2020Derg Cara HunterSteven EdwardsHunter was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.1 November 2020Derg Andrew McKaneDerek HusseyMcKane resigned.11 November 2020Ballyarnett Anne McCloskeyEmmet DoyleMcCloskey resigned.22 March 2021The Moor Eamonn McCannMaeve O'NeillMcCann resigned.8 April 2021Foyleside Michael CooperConor HeaneyCooper resigned.9 June 2021Foyleside Mary DurkanLilian Seenoi BarrDurkan resigned.19 July 2021Ballyarnett Aileen MellonDamien MullanMellon resigned.3 August 2021The Moor Tina BurkeEmma McGinleyBurke resigned.24 November 2021Ballyarnett Damien MullanJohn McGowanMullan resigned.9 June 2022Waterside Hilary McClintockDrew ThompsonMcClintock resigned.31 October 2022Faughan Jim McKeever (Ind.)Declan NorrisMcKeever resigned after being expelled from the SDLP.1 December 2022Waterside David RamseyNiree McMorrisRamsey resigned.19 December 2022Faughan Paul FlemingAlex DuffyFleming resigned.

‡ Changes in affiliation DateElectoral AreaNamePrevious affiliationNew affiliationCircumstance13 June 2021FaughanRyan McCready Resigned from the DUP over disagreements with the new party leadership. 5 July 2021FaughanRyan McCready Joined the UUP having recently left the DUP.26 January 2022DergDerek Hussey Suspended from the UUP over criticising the party's Assembly candidate selection process in West Tyrone. 15 July 2021FaughanJim McKeever Suspended from the SDLP after being charged with a number of offenses. 6 June 2022FaughanGraham Warke Decided to sit on the council as an Independent.31 October 2022FaughanVacant McKeever's seat returned to SDLP.

– Suspensions Derek Hussey (UUP) was suspended from the council for fifteen months from 16 July 2019. During his suspension he resigned from council and was replaced by Andy McKane who resigned at the end of the fifteen months for Hussey to return.

Last updated 20 December 2022.

Current composition: see Derry City and Strabane District Council

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