# 1920 Londonderry County Council election

The 1920 Londonderry County Council election was held on Thursday, 3 June 1920.

## Council results

| Party | Party | Seats | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | UUP | 11 | 14,154 | 53.89 | |
| | Irish Nationalist | 4 | 7,131 | 27.15 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 4 | 4,423 | 16.84 | |
| | Ind. Unionist | 0 | 557 | 2.12 | |
| Totals | Totals | 19 | 26,266 | 100.00 | — |

## Division results
### Coleraine

Coleraine - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | UUP | D. H. Christie | | 1,149 |
| | Sinn Féin | Eugene McGilligan | | 974 |
| | UUP | H. O'H O'Neill J.P. | | 964 |
| | UUP | William McCollum | | 927 |
| | UUP | Robert Douglas | | 811 | 985 |
| | UUP | Jack Williamson | | 525 | 608 |
| Electorate: 8,662 Valid: 5,350 Spoilt: 240 Quota: 892 Turnout: 5,590 ||||||

### Dungiven

The Dungiven Electoral Area comprised the District Electoral Divisions of Ardmore, Ballykelly, Ballymullins, Banagher, Bondsglen, Claudy, Drum, Dungiven, Eglinton, Faughanvale, Fenny, Foreglen, Glendermott, Glenshane, Lough Enagh, Lower Liberties, Myroe, Owenreagh, Straw, Tamnaherin, The Highlands, Upper Liberties, and Waterside.
Dungiven - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | John Morrison | | 2,483 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick Lynch | | 2,037 |
| | Irish Nationalist | Patrick McLoskey | | 485 |
| | UUP | W. G. Webb | | 471 | - | - | - | 1,094 |
| | Irish Nationalist | Thomas Cunningham | | 423 |
| | UUP | John R. Scott | | 255 | 1,634 |
| | Sinn Féin | John McHenry | | 148 | - | - | - | - | 1,050 |
| | UUP | J. Steele Hanna | | 103 |
| | Sinn Féin | Edward Logue (withdrew post-nomination) | | 60 |
| Electorate: 8,600 Valid: 6,466 Spoilt: 230 Quota: 1,078 Turnout: 6,696 ||||||||||

### Magherafelt

Magherafelt - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Irish Nationalist | Joseph Kelly Inniscarn | 23.18 | 2,004 |
| | UUP | Andrew Brown | 19.49 | 1,685 |
| | UUP | Hugh E. Thompson J.P. | 17.71 | 1,531 |
| | Irish Nationalist | Charles O'Hara | 15.51 | 1,341 | 1,803 |
| | Sinn Féin | John Walsh | 13.92 | 1,204 | 1,302 | 1,303 | 1,304 | 1,665 |
| | UUP | A. L. Clark | 10.20 | 882 | 884 | 1,126 | 1,214 |
| Electorate: - Valid: 8,647 Spoilt: 137 Quota: 1,442 Turnout: 8,784 |||||||||

### Kilrea

Kilrea - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Irish Nationalist | J. E. O'Neill J.P. | 25.47 | 1,478 |
| | Irish Nationalist | James Mellen | 24.13 | 1,400 |
| | UUP | Robert J. Millen | 12.53 | 727 | (+64) = 791 | (+14) = 805 | (+107) = 912 | (+212) = 1,124 |
| | UUP | W. J. Hilton | 17.09 | 992 | (+14) = 1006 | (+11) = 1,017 | (+377) = 1,394 |
| | UUP | H. A. McIlrath | 11.18 | 649 | (+8) = 657 | (+8) = 665 |
| | Ind. Unionist | James Shiels | 9.60 | 557 | (+92) = 649 | (+43) = 692 | (+121) = 813 | (+21) = 834 |
| Electorate: ~8,290 Valid: 5,803 Spoilt: 150 Quota: 1,161 Turnout: 5,953 (77%) ||||

## Rural District Elections
### Derry No.1 Rural

Derry No.1 Rural - 9 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | UUP | James Cochrane | | |
| | Sinn Féin | John Patton | | |
| | Sinn Féin | John McLaughlin | | |
| | UUP | Robert Craig | | |
| | UUP | James Crawford | | |
| | Sinn Féin | William Doherty Junior | | |
| | UUP | Joseph McDermott | | |
| | UUP | Marshall McKay | | |
| | UUP | William Shannon | | |
| Quota: ||||