The Moor (District Electoral Area)

District electoral area in Northern Ireland

The Moor

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

* John Boyle (SDLP)
* Gary Donnelly (IND)
* Aisling Hutton (SF)
* Patricia Logue (SF)
* Emma McGinley (SF)

The Moor 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 Brandywell, City Walls, Creggan, Creggan South and Sherriff's Mountain.[2] The Moor forms part of the Foyle constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

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

## Councillors[edit]

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

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2023 |  | Patricia Logue
(Sinn Féin)  |  | Emma McGinley
(Sinn Féin)  |  | Aisling Hutton
(Sinn Féin)  |  | John Boyle
(SDLP)  |  | Gary Donnelly
(Independent)
August 2021 Co-Option |  | Maeve O'Neill
(PBP)
March 2021 Co-Option | Tina Burke
(Sinn Féin)
2019 | Eamonn McCann
(PBP)
September 2018 Co-Option | Kevin Campbell
(Sinn Féin)  |  | Sharon Duddy
(Sinn Féin)  |  | Seán Carr
(SDLP)/
(Independent)
April 2015 Defection | Colly Kelly
(Sinn Féin)
2014 |

## 2023 Election[edit]

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

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| Independent | Gary Donnelly* | 25.25%  | 1,868 |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Aisling Hutton | 17.80%  | 1,317 |  |  |  |  |
| SDLP | John Boyle* | 10.29%  | 761  | 829.46  | 877.72  | 933.00  | 1,280.00 |
| Sinn Féin | Patricia Logue* | 14.45%  | 1,069  | 1,163.92  | 1,173.34  | 1,219.22  | 1,255.22 |
| Sinn Féin | Emma McGinley* | 12.33%  | 912  | 983.40  | 985.40  | 1,013.86  | 1,043.00  | 1,109.18
| People Before Profit | Maeve O'Neill*  | 7.81%  | 578  | 765.74  | 796.94  | 883.74  | 951.96  | 957.90
| SDLP | Dermott Henderson  | 6.02%  | 445  | 505.06  | 543.00  | 584.60  |  |
| Aontú | Darryl Christy  | 4.07%  | 301  | 429.10  | 439.04  |  |  |
| Alliance | Michael Downey  | 1.97%  | 146  | 161.54  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 13,403  Valid: 7,397 (55.19%)  Spoilt: 201  Quota: 1,233  Turnout: 7,598 (56.69%)

## 2019 Election[edit]

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

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

2014-2019 Change: People Before Profit gain from Sinn Féin

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| Independent | Gary Donnelly*  | 17.73%  | 1,374 |  |  |  |  |
| People Before Profit | Eamonn McCann †  | 13.36%  | 1,035  | 1,053.76  | 1,106.04  | 1,271.66  | 1,301.66 |
| Sinn Féin | Tina Burke †  | 9.53%  | 738  | 741.15  | 746.15  | 765.29  | 1,111.5  | 1,581.5
| SDLP | John Boyle | 13.96%  | 1,082  | 1,084.8  | 1,148.8  | 1,224.83  | 1,234.04  | 1,289.32
| Sinn Féin | Patricia Logue*  | 10.04%  | 778  | 780.59  | 782.59  | 812.5  | 969.76  | 1,140.16
| SDLP | Cathy Breslin  | 8.63%  | 669  | 679.71  | 712.78  | 787.47  | 798.61  | 840.31
| Sinn Féin | Kevin Campbell*  | 9.19%  | 712  | 715.78  | 719.78  | 735.34  | 784.48  |
| Sinn Féin | Sharon Duddy*  | 7.67%  | 594  | 595.47  | 601.47  | 614.45  |  |
| Independent | Emmet Doyle  | 6.40%  | 496  | 530.16  | 553.44  |  |  |
| DUP | Niree McMorris  | 1.91%  | 148  | 148  |  |  |  |
| Alliance | Colm Cavanagh  | 1.57%  | 122  | 122.77  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 13,114  Valid: 7,748 (59.08%)  Spoilt: 169  Quota: 1,292  Turnout: 7,917 (60.37%)

## 2014 Election[edit]

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

The Moor - 5 seats[5] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| Independent | Gary Donnelly | 16.83%  | 1,154 |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Kevin Campbell*  | 16.10%  | 1,104  | 1,112  | 1,149 |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Colly Kelly* †  | 11.30%  | 775  | 780  | 789  | 1,314 |  |
| Sinn Féin | Patricia Logue*  | 14.54%  | 997  | 1,006  | 1,020  | 1,097  | 1,261.22 |
| SDLP | Seán Carr* ‡  | 12.27%  | 841  | 852  | 1,061  | 1,079  | 1,080.02  | 1,087.5
| SDLP | Emmet Doyle  | 9.86%  | 676  | 689  | 943  | 961  | 962.36  | 968.14
| Sinn Féin | Liam Friel  | 9.54%  | 654  | 664  | 665  |  |  |
| SDLP | Dermott Henderson  | 7.91%  | 542  | 556  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Patrick Mellon  | 1.65%  | 113  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 12,536  Valid: 6,856 (54.69%)  Spoilt: 174  Quota: 1,143  Turnout: 7,096 (56.60%)

## References[edit]

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. ^ "Moor". Derry City & Strabane District Council.
4. ^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
5. ^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 24 January 2022.

*[FPv%]: First preference votes percentage