Moyola is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 The district elects five members to Mid Ulster District Council and contains the wards of Ballymaguigan, Bellaghy, Castledawson, Draperstown and Tobermore. Moyola forms part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, where it contained five wards (Bellaghy, Castledawson, Gulladuff, Upperlands and Valley). For the 2014 local elections it gained Ballymaguigan from the Magherafelt Town DEA and Draperstown from the abolished Sperrin DEA.
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party)2023 Ian Milne (Sinn Féin) Donal McPeake (Sinn Féin) Jolene Groogan (Sinn Féin) Denise Johnston (SDLP) Anne Forde (DUP)2019 Catherine Elattar (Sinn Féin) Derek McKinney (UUP)December 2018 Co-OptionsMay 2017 Co-Option Niamh Milne (Sinn Féin) Peter Bateson (Sinn Féin)2014 Caoimhe O'Neill (Sinn Féin) 2011 Ian Milne (Sinn Féin) Sean McPeake (Sinn Féin) Caoimhe Scullion (Sinn Féin) John Crawford (UUP) Thomas Catherwood (DUP) 2005 Oliver Hughes (Sinn Féin) James O'Neill (Sinn Féin) 2001 Patrick McErlean (SDLP) John Junkin (UUP) 1997 Paul Henry (Sinn Féin) Margaret McKenna (Sinn Féin) 1993 Thomas Wilson (DUP) 1989 Henry McErlean (SDLP) Pauline Davey-Kennedy (Sinn Féin) Norman Montgomery (UUP) 1985 John Davey (Sinn Féin) Thomas Milligan (DUP)
2023 Election
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
2019 Election
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2014–2019 Change: No change
2014 Election
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2011–2014 Change: No change
2011 Election
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: No change
2005 Election
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
2001 Election
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: No change
1997 Election
1993: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
1993 Election
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
1989 Election
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
1985 Election
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
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