Waterside is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Derry and Strabane, Northern Ireland.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 The district elects seven members to Derry and Strabane District Council and contains the wards of Caw, Clondermot, Drumahoe, Ebrington, Kilfennan, Lisnagelvin and Victoria. Waterside forms part of the Foyle constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Londonderry Area B which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained six wards (Altnagelvin, Caw, Clondermot, Ebrington, Lisnagelvin and Victoria). For the 1993 local elections it gained an additional ward, Kilfennan.
Councillors Election Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party) Councillor (party)December 2025 Co-Option Christopher Jackson (Sinn Féin) Martin Reilly (SDLP) Sean Mooney (SDLP) Darren Guy (UUP) Liz McGowan (Sinn Féin) Chelsea Cooke (DUP) Niree McMorris (DUP)2023 Caitlin Deeney (Sinn Féin)December 2022 co-option Philip McKinney (Alliance) Drew Thompson (DUP)June 2022 co-option David Ramsey (DUP)February 2020 co-option Hilary McClintock (DUP)2019 Sinéad McLaughlin (SDLP)November 2018 co-option Mary Hamilton (UUP) Drew Thompson (DUP)January 2016 co-option Tina Gardiner (SDLP)2014 Gerard Diver (SDLP)2011 Lynn Fleming (Sinn Féin) Joe Miller (DUP) April Garfield-Kidd (DUP)2005 Gregory Campbell (DUP)2001 Anne Marie McDaid (SDLP) Mildred Garfield (DUP)1997 Philip Kelly (SDLP) James Guy (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist) Richard Dallas (UUP)1993 Wilfred White (SDLP) Gerald Toland (SDLP) John Adams (UUP) Bill Irwin (DUP)1989 6 seats1985–1993 George Duddy (UUP) Kenneth Kerr (UDP)1985 Michael Fegan (SDLP) Annette Hamilton (DUP) Margaret Buchanan (DUP)
2023 election
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
2019 election
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
2014 election
2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2011-2014 change: No change
2011 election
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 change: No change
2005 election
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 change: No change
2001 election
1997: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Unionist
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 change: SDLP gain from Independent Unionist
1997 election
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
1993 election
1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989-1993 change: DUP and SDLP gain from UDP and due to the addition of one seat
1989 election
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 change: UDP gain from DUP, Independent Unionist leaves UUP
1985 election
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
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