2023 Derry City and Strabane District Council election

The 2023 election to Derry City and Strabane District Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.

The election 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" | Total | style="text-align:right;" | 40

| style="text-align:right;" | 63,669 | <noinclude>

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|District Electoral Area (DEA) ! % !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"| Independents and others |- |align="left"|Ballyarnett |bgcolor="#008800"|45.4 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 1 |33.5 |3 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |7.5 |0 |4.5 |0 |9.1 |0 1 |6 |- |align="left"|Derg |bgcolor="#008800"|45.4 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 1 |8.5 |0 1 |19.5 |1 |16.1 |1 |1.3 |0 |2.1 |0 |7.1 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Faughan |bgcolor="#008800"|29.1 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 1 |18.9 |1 |20.3 |1 1 |15.8 |1 1 |3.8 |0 |8.6 |0 1 |3.4 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Foyleside |bgcolor="#008800"|41.3 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 1 |35.4 |2 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |13.7 |1 |3.7 |0 |5.9 |0 1 |5 |- |align="left"|Sperrin |bgcolor="#008800"|40.4 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 1 |11.4 |1 |18.3 |1 1 |4.1 |0 |1.9 |0 |3.2 |0 |20.7 |2 |7 |- |align="left"|The Moor |bgcolor="#008800"|44.6 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 1 |16.3 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |7.8 |0 1 |2.0 |0 |29.3 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Waterside |bgcolor="#008800"|27.2 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 1 |19.0 |2 |22.8 |2 |20.6 |1 |3.6 |0 |6.9 |0 1 |0.0 |0 |7 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |38.73 |18 7 |19.93 |10 1 |12.49 |5 2 |8.47 |3 1 |5.22 |1 1 |4.47 |0 2 |10.69 |3 2 |40

District results

Ballyarnett

2019: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Aontú

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 3 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Aontú

Derg

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

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Faughan

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

Foyleside

2019: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x Independent

2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x People Before Profit

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent

Sperrin

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

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

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP

The Moor

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x Independent

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

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from People Before Profit

Waterside

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

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

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Alliance

Changes during the term † Co-options Date co-optedElectoral AreaPartyOutgoingCo-opteeReason20 October 2023Sperrin Allan BreslandGary WilkinsonBresland retired.29 January 2024Faughan Ryan McCreadyJanice MontgomeryMcCready resigned.19 February 2024Ballyarnett John McGowanAmanda ClarkeMcGowan resigned.3 December 2025Waterside Caitlin DeeneyLiz McGowanDeeney resigned.13 May 2026Faughan Julie MiddletonAmanda LynchMiddleton was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.

‡ Changes in affiliation DateElectoral AreaNamePrevious affiliationNew affiliationCircumstance30 April 2024SperrinJason Barr Left the SDLP following criticisms of the party's process for selecting the next Mayor.1 May 2024FoylesideShauna Cusack Left the SDLP following criticisms of the party's process for selecting the next Mayor.27 January 2025BallyarnettBrian Tierney Suspended over soldier court reference.16 April 2025BallyarnettBrian Tierney Reinstated to the party.

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