Faughan (District Electoral Area)

District electoral area in Northern Ireland

Faughan

Derry and Strabane District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created| 2014
Seats| 5 (2014-)
Councillors|

* Alex Duffy (SF)
* Sean Fleming (SF)
* Julie Middleton (DUP)
* Janice Montgomery (UUP)
* Declan Norris (SDLP)

Faughan DEA within Derry City and Strabane

Faughan is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Derry and Strabane, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects five members to Derry and Strabane District Council and contains the wards of Claudy, Eglinton, Enagh, New Buildings and Slievekirk.[2] Faughan forms part of the Foyle constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 2014 local elections, replacing the Rural DEA which had existed since 1985.

## Councillors

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Election  | Councillor
(Party)  | Councillor
(Party)  | Councillor
(Party)  | Councillor
(Party)  | Councillor
(Party)

|
|
|
|
|

January 2024 Co-Option |  | Alex Duffy
(Sinn Féin)  |  | Sean Fleming
(Sinn Féin)  |  | Declan Norris
(SDLP)  |  | Janice Montgomery
(UUP)  |  | Julie Middleton
(DUP)
2023 | Ryan McCready
(UUP)/
(DUP)
December 2022 Co-Option |  | Rachael Ferguson
(Alliance)  |  | Graham Warke
(DUP)/
(Independent)
October 2022 Co-Option | Paul Fleming
(Sinn Féin)
June 2022 Defection |  | Jim McKeever
(SDLP)/
(Independent)
July 2021 Defections |
2019 |  |
February 2016 Defection |  | Gus Hastings
(SDLP)  |  | Maurice Devenney
(DUP)/
(Independent)
May 2015 Co-Option |
2014 | Gary Middleton
(DUP)

## 2023 Election

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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

Faughan - 5 seats[3] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

|
|
|

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| UUP | Ryan McCready* | 15.84%  | 1,282  | 1,414 |  |  |  |
| SDLP | Declan Norris* | 11.35%  | 919  | 984  | 989.22  | 1,396.22 |  |
| DUP | Julie Middleton | 12.21%  | 988  | 1,016  | 1,032.82  | 1,037.82  | 1,659.82 |
| Sinn Féin | Alex Duffy* | 14.74%  | 1,193  | 1,244  | 1,244.58  | 1,325.16  | 1,325.16  | 1,326.16
| Sinn Féin | Sean Fleming | 14.35%  | 1,162  | 1,201  | 1,201.58  | 1,241.58  | 1,242.58  | 1,243.48
| Alliance | Rachael Ferguson*  | 8.59%  | 695  | 813  | 826.34  | 947.50  | 962.88  | 1,054.88
| DUP | Gary Wilkinson  | 8.07%  | 653  | 685  | 708.20  | 712.78  |  |
| SDLP | Hayley Canning  | 7.58%  | 614  | 682  | 685.48  |  |  |
| People Before Profit | Damien Gallagher  | 3.83%  | 310  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Graham Warke*  | 3.45%  | 279  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 14,532  Valid: 8,095 (55.70%)  Spoilt: 93  Quota: 1,350  Turnout: 8,188 (56.34%)

## 2019 Election

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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

Faughan - 5 seats[4] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

|
|
|

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| DUP | Graham Warke* ‡  | 14.70%  | 1,050  | 1,050  | 1,051  | 1,253 |  |  |
| DUP | Ryan McCready ‡  | 13.16%  | 940  | 940  | 942  | 1,225 |  |  |
| SDLP | Jim McKeever* ‡†  | 7.91%  | 565  | 577  | 868  | 905  | 919.3  | 926.43  | 1,410.43
| Sinn Féin | Paul Fleming* †  | 11.96%  | 854  | 1,116  | 1,140  | 1,140  | 1,140.65  | 1,140.88  | 1,200.88
| Alliance | Rachael Ferguson | 10.96%  | 783  | 795  | 859  | 965  | 996.85  | 1,012.49  | 1,148.43
| Independent | Paul Thomas Hughes  | 10.26%  | 733  | 737  | 782  | 807  | 816.75  | 821.12  | 865
| SDLP | Brenda Stevenson  | 9.70%  | 693  | 717  | 767  | 784  | 789.2  | 794.49  |
| UUP | William Jamieson  | 9.94%  | 710  | 710  | 715  |  |  |  |
| SDLP | Gus Hastings*  | 6.87%  | 491  | 498  |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Conor Heaney  | 4.54%  | 324  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 13,601  Valid: 7,143 (52.52%)  Spoilt: 103  Quota: 1,191  Turnout: 7,246 (53.28%)

## 2014 Election

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2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

Faughan - 5 seats[4] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

|
|
|

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| DUP | Gary Middleton* †  | 17.05%  | 1,077 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | Maurice Devenney* ‡  | 14.81%  | 936  | 1,034  | 1,052.72  | 1,090.72 |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Paul Fleming*  | 14.17%  | 895  | 898  | 898.04  | 914.04  | 1,195.04 |  |  |  |
| SDLP | Jim McKeever | 7.80%  | 493  | 496  | 496.14  | 564.14  | 591.16  | 651  | 655  | 914.18  | 985.18
| SDLP | Gus Hastings*  | 7.79%  | 492  | 497  | 497.02  | 542.04  | 561.04  | 602.4  | 605.4  | 796.94  | 952.94
| UUP | Ronnie McKeegan  | 8.78%  | 555  | 605  | 607.16  | 668.2  | 669.2  | 670.08  | 692.08  | 704.1  | 717.1
| Independent | Paul Hughes  | 7.93%  | 501  | 504  | 504  | 541  | 552  | 575.76  | 575.76  | 586.76  |
| SDLP | Brenda Stevenson*  | 7.76%  | 490  | 491  | 491.06  | 522.06  | 533.06  | 548.02  | 550.02  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Michael McCrossan  | 5.67%  | 358  | 358  | 358.02  | 365.02  |  |  |  |  |
| Alliance | David Hawthorne  | 5.32%  | 336  | 345  | 345.16  |  |  |  |  |  |
| UKIP | Geoff Cruickshank  | 2.93%  | 185  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 12,933  Valid: 6,318 (48.85%)  Spoilt: 86  Quota: 1,054  Turnout: 6,404 (49.52%)

## References

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1. ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
2. ^ "Derry and Strabane District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
3. ^ "Faughan". Derry City & Strabane District Council.
4. ^ a b "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

*[FPv%]: First preference votes percentage