Mid Ulster District Council

Local authority in Northern Ireland

Mid Ulster District Council

Comhairle Ceantair Lár Uladh
Mid Ulstèr Airts Cooncil

Type
Type|

District council

of Mid Ulster District

History
Founded| 1 April 2015
Preceded by| Cookstown District Council
Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council
Magherafelt District Council
Leadership

Chair

Councillor Dominic Molloy, Sinn Féin

Deputy Chair

Councillor Meta Graham, Ulster Unionist Party

Structure
Seats| 40

Political groups

| Incoming Council
Sinn Féin (19)
DUP (11)
SDLP (5)
Independents (3)
UUP (2)
Elections

Last election

| 18 May 2023
Website
http://www.midulstercouncil.org/

Mid Ulster District Council (Irish: Comhairle Ceantair Lár Uladh; Ulster-Scots: Mid Ulstèr Airts Cooncil[1]) is a local authority that was established on 1 April 2015. It replaced Cookstown District Council, Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council and Magherafelt District Council. The first elections to the authority took place on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority, prior to the creation of the Mid Ulster district on 1 April 2015.

## Chairpersonship[edit]

### Chair[edit]

From  | To  | Name  |  | Party

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2015  | 2016  | Linda Dillon |  | Sinn Féin
2016  | 2017  | Trevor Wilson  |  | Ulster Unionist
2017  | 2018  | Kim Ashton  |  | DUP
2018  | 2019  | Seán McPeake  |  | Sinn Féin
2019  | 2020  | Martin Kearney  |  | SDLP
2020  | 2021  | Cathal Mallaghan  |  | Sinn Féin
2021  | 2022  | Paul McLean  |  | DUP
2022  | 2023  | Cora Corry  |  | Sinn Féin
2023  | Present  | Dominic Molloy  |  | Sinn Féin

### Vice Chair[edit]

From  | To  | Name  |  | Party

|
|
|
|

2015  | 2016  | Kim Ashton  |  | DUP
2016  | 2017  | Sharon McAleer  |  | SDLP
2017  | 2018  | Mark Glasgow  |  | Ulster Unionist
2018  | 2019  | Frances Burton  |  | DUP
2019  | 2020  | Clement Cuthbertson  |  | DUP
2020  | 2021  | Meta Graham  |  | Ulster Unionist
2021  | 2022  | Christine McFlynn  |  | SDLP
2022  | 2023  | Frances Burton  |  | DUP
2023  | Present  | Meta Graham  |  | Ulster Unionist

## Councillors[edit]

For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):[2]

Area  | Seats

|

Carntogher  | 5
Clogher Valley  | 6
Cookstown  | 7
Dungannon  | 6
Magherafelt  | 5
Moyola  | 5
Torrent  | 6

### Seat summary[edit]

Party  | Elected 2014  | Elected 2019  | Elected 2023

|
|
|

| Sinn Féin | 18  | 17  | 19
| DUP | 8  | 9  | 11
| UUP | 7  | 6  | 2
| SDLP | 6  | 6  | 5
| Independents | 1  | 2  | 3

### Councillors by electoral area[edit]

Current council members

District electoral area  | Name  | Party
Carntogher  | Brian McGuigan  |  |  Sinn Féin
Sean McPeake  |  |  Sinn Féin
Paddy Kelly  |  |  Sinn Féin
Córa Corry  |  |  Sinn Féin
Kyle Black  |  |  DUP
Clogher Valley  | Frances Burton  |  |  DUP
Mark Robinson  |  |  DUP
Gael Gildernew  |  |  Sinn Féin
Kevin McElvogue  |  |  Independent
Eugene McConnell  |  |  Sinn Féin
Meta Graham  |  |  Ulster Unionist
Cookstown  | Cathal Mallaghan  |  |  Sinn Féin
John McNamee  |  |  Sinn Féin
Gavin Bell  |  |  Sinn Féin
Kerri Martin  |  |  SDLP
Wilbert Buchanan  |  |  DUP
Trevor Wilson  |  |  Ulster Unionist
Eva Cahoon  |  |  DUP
Dungannon  | Clement Cuthbertson  |  |  DUP
Dominic Molloy  |  |  Sinn Féin
James Burton  |  |  DUP
Deirdre Varsani  |  |  Sinn Féin
Barry Monteith  |  |  Independent
Karol McQuade  |  |  SDLP
Magherafelt  | Darren Totten  |  |  Sinn Féin
Sean Clarke  |  |  Sinn Féin
Christine McFlynn  |  |  SDLP
Paul McLean  |  |  DUP
Wesley Brown  |  |  DUP
Moyola  | Ian Milne  |  |  Sinn Féin
Jolene Groogan  |  |  Sinn Féin
Anne Forde  |  |  DUP
Donal McPeake  |  |  Sinn Féin
Denise Johnston  |  |  SDLP
Torrent  | Eimear Carney  |  |  Sinn Féin
Niall McAleer  |  |  Sinn Féin
Dan Kerr  |  |  Independent
Jonathan Buchanan  |  |  DUP
Malachy Quinn  |  |  SDLP
Nuala McLernon  |  |  Sinn Féin

For further details see 2023 Mid Ulster District Council election.

## Population[edit]

The area covered by the new Council has a population of 138,590 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Equality Impect Assessment o tha Draft Ullans Leid Policy (in Ulster-Scots)" (PDF). Mid Ulster Council. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
2. ^ "Local Government District Electoral Areas: 2013: Index Map of Northern Ireland: Final Recommendations" (PDF). Land and Property Services. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
3. ^ "NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014" (PDF). NI Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

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