# 2019 Derry City and Strabane District Council election

The 2019 election to the Derry City and Strabane District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

## Election results

Derry City and Strabane District Council Election Result 2019 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Sinn Féin | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 27.5 | 28.1 | 17,062 | 8.0 |
| SDLP | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 27.5 | 25.5 | 15,458 | 0.1 |
| DUP | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 8,923 | 0.7 |
| Independent | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 12.6 | 7,652 | 2.0 |
| UUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 4,126 | 0.8 |
| People Before Profit | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 3,590 | 5.5 |
| Alliance | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 2,852 | 3.1 |
| Aontú | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1,032 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
The overall turnout was 56.21% with a total of 60,695 valid votes cast. A total of 1,103 ballots were rejected.

## Districts summary

Results of the Derry and Strabane District Council election, 2019 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | PBP | PBP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballyarnett | 30.7 | 2 | 39.7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.6 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 17.5 | 1 | 6 |
| Derg | 37.0 | 2 | 12.9 | 1 | 23.3 | 1 | 15.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 6 |
| Faughan | 16.5 | 1 | 24.5 | 1 | 27.9 | 2 | 9.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.0 | 1 | 10.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Foyleside | 29.5 | 1 | 41.9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.3 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 11.2 | 1 | 5 |
| Sperrin | 31.0 | 2 | 14.9 | 1 | 18.8 | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 26.1 | 2 | 7 |
| The Moor | 36.4 | 2 | 22.6 | 1 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.4 | 1 | 1.6 | 0 | 24.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Waterside | 16.2 | 1 | 24.3 | 2 | 28.8 | 2 | 16.0 | 1 | 7.6 | 0 | 7.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 28.1 | 11 | 25.5 | 11 | 14.7 | 7 | 6.8 | 2 | 5.9 | 2 | 4.7 | 2 | 14.3 | 5 | 40 |

## District results
### Ballyarnett

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2019: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Aontú 2014-2019 Change: SDLP and Aontú gain from Sinn Féin and Independent
Ballyarnett - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SDLP | Angela Dobbins* | 14.54% | 1,392 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Brian Tierney* | 12.90% | 1,235 | 1,282 | 1,299 | 1,410 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Aileen Mellon* †† | 8.86% | 848 | 851 | 953 | 996 | 1,001.1 | 1,505.1 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sandra Duffy* | 9.39% | 899 | 905 | 992 | 1,005 | 1,006.02 | 1,368.02 |
| | SDLP | Rory Farrell | 12.22% | 1,170 | 1,255 | 1,270 | 1,325 | 1,343.36 | 1,366.87 |
| | Aontú | Anne McCloskey † | 10.78% | 1,032 | 1,068 | 1,086 | 1,283 | 1,290.14 | 1,306.14 |
| | People Before Profit | Nuala Crilly | 8.63% | 826 | 919 | 927 | 1,046 | 1,053.65 | 1,068.65 |
| | Sinn Féin | Caoimhe McKnight* | 6.85% | 656 | 664 | 943 | 949 | 951.04 | |
| | Independent | Warren Robinson* | 6.67% | 639 | 662 | 672 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Neil McLaughlin | 5.62% | 538 | 545 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Danny McCloskey | 3.55% | 340 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,425 Valid: 9,575 (54.95%) Spoilt: 199 Quota: 1,368 Turnout: 9,774 (56.09%) ||||||||||

### Derg

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2014-2019 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Derg - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Keith Kerrigan | 13.62% | 1,090 | 1,092 | 1,711 | | |
| | UUP | Derek Hussey* –††‡ | 15.83% | 1,267 | 1,279 | 1,418 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ruairí McHugh* | 13.57% | 1,086 | 1,089 | 1,089 | 1,089 | 1,579 |
| | SDLP | Cara Hunter † | 12.89% | 1,032 | 1,092 | 1,094 | 1,194 | 1,287 |
| | Sinn Féin | Kieran McGuire* | 13.43% | 1,075 | 1,081 | 1,081 | 1,081 | 1,232 |
| | Independent | Andy Patton | 9.18% | 735 | 784 | 791 | 922 | 981 |
| | Sinn Féin | Maolíosa McHugh* | 9.97% | 798 | 806 | 807 | 808 | |
| | DUP | Thomas Kerrigan* | 9.63% | 771 | 773 | | | |
| | Alliance | Anne Murray | 1.87% | 150 | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,996 Valid: 8,004 (61.59%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 1,335 Turnout: 8,120 (62.48%) |||||||||

### Faughan

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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) |||||||||||

### Foyleside

2014: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent 2019: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x Independent 2014-2019 Change: People Before Profit gain from Sinn Féin
Foyleside - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SDLP | Mary Durkan † | 16.73% | 1,231 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Shauna Cusack* | 15.34% | 1,129 | 1,209 | 1,243 | | |
| | People Before Profit | Shaun Harkin | 13.28% | 977 | 1,058 | 1,078 | 1,259 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Cooper* † | 12.07% | 888 | 897 | 1,151 | 1,206 | 1,208.34 |
| | Independent | Sean Carr | 11.17% | 822 | 854 | 870 | 1,014 | 1,038.96 |
| | Sinn Féin | Eric McGinley* | 8.87% | 653 | 661 | 972 | 1,016 | 1,020.29 |
| | SDLP | Lilian Seenoi-Barr | 9.80% | 721 | 775 | 777 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Hayleigh Fleming | 8.60% | 632 | 644 | | | |
| | Alliance | John Doherty | 4.16% | 305 | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,233 Valid: 7,358 (55.60%) Spoilt: 162 Quota: 1,227 Turnout: 7,520 (56.83%) |||||||||

### Sperrin

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP 2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin
Sperrin - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | DUP | Allan Bresland* | 10.59% | 1,156 | 1,158 | 1,173 | 1,415 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Michaela Boyle | 10.57% | 1,153 | 1,165 | 1,187 | 1,188 | 1,188 | 1,238 | 1,320 | 1,864 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Dan Kelly* | 6.93% | 756 | 765 | 777 | 778 | 778 | 862 | 1,347 | 1,395 | |
| | Independent | Paul Gallagher* | 10.14% | 1,106 | 1,123 | 1,148 | 1,151 | 1,151 | 1,225 | 1,230 | 1,278 | 1,340 |
| | Independent | Raymond Barr | 8.43% | 920 | 943 | 983 | 993 | 993 | 1,099 | 1,105 | 1,183 | 1,287 |
| | DUP | Maurice Devenney | 8.24% | 899 | 900 | 909 | 1,129 | 1,177.4 | 1,230.06 | 1,230.06 | 1,230.06 | 1,231.06 |
| | SDLP | Jason Barr | 7.63% | 832 | 862 | 932 | 963 | 963 | 1,059 | 1,079 | 1,130 | 1,171 |
| | SDLP | Steven Edwards | 7.28% | 794 | 822 | 885 | 914 | 914.22 | 1,029.22 | 1,064 | 1,095.22 | 1,112.22 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McMahon* | 6.70% | 731 | 731 | 751 | 751 | 751 | 804 | 951 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathal Ó hOisín | 6.78% | 740 | 772 | 790 | 790 | 790 | 802 | | | |
| | Independent | Patsy Kelly* | 5.45% | 595 | 624 | 692 | 734 | 734.66 | | | | |
| | UUP | Andy McKane | 5.13% | 530 | 562 | 621 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Scott Moore | 4.01% | 437 | 463 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Pauline McHenry | 1.17% | 128 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Corey French | 0.95% | 104 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,048 Valid: 10,911 (60.46%) Spoilt: 176 Quota: 1,364 Turnout: 11,087 (61.43%) |||||||||||||

### The Moor

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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) ||||||||||

### Waterside

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
Waterside - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | UUP | Darren Guy | 15.96% | 1,589 | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Sinead McLaughlin † | 14.90% | 1,483 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Hilary McClintock* † | 12.56% | 1,250 | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Martin Reilly* | 9.43% | 939 | 966.37 | 1,158.69 | 1,158.69 | 1,395.69 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Christopher Jackson* | 8.29% | 825 | 826.15 | 865.43 | 865.43 | 918.07 | 935 | 1,685.07 | |
| | Alliance | Philip McKinney | 7.18% | 715 | 772.5 | 783.7 | 783.7 | 1,046.17 | 1,126.17 | 1,166.76 | 1,275.76 |
| | DUP | David Ramsey* † | 8.43% | 839 | 957.68 | 958.64 | 958.64 | 969.87 | 971.87 | 974.1 | 975.1 |
| | DUP | Drew Thompson* | 7.83% | 780 | 889.02 | 889.18 | 889.18 | 903.71 | 904.71 | 906.71 | 910.71 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sharon McLaughlin | 7.87% | 784 | 784.23 | 792.87 | 792.87 | 843.38 | 871.38 | | |
| | People Before Profit | Maeve O'Neill | 7.55% | 752 | 770.86 | 782.7 | 782.7 | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,558 Valid: 9,956 (50.91%) Spoilt: 178 Quota: 1,245 Turnout: 10,134 (51.82%) ||||||||||||

## Changes during the term
### † Co-options

| Date | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason |
| 13 August 2019 | Derg | UUP | Derek Hussey | Andrew McKane | Hussey suspended. |
| 28 February 2020 | Waterside | SDLP | Sinead McLaughlin | Sean Mooney | McLaughlin was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
| 1 June 2020 | Derg | SDLP | Cara Hunter | Steven Edwards | Hunter was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
| 1 November 2020 | Derg | UUP | Andrew McKane | Derek Hussey | McKane resigned. |
| 11 November 2020 | Ballyarnett | Aontú | Anne McCloskey | Emmet Doyle | McCloskey resigned. |
| 22 March 2021 | The Moor | People Before Profit | Eamonn McCann | Maeve O'Neill | McCann resigned. |
| 8 April 2021 | Foyleside | Sinn Féin | Michael Cooper | Conor Heaney | Cooper resigned. |
| 9 June 2021 | Foyleside | SDLP | Mary Durkan | Lilian Seenoi Barr | Durkan resigned. |
| 19 July 2021 | Ballyarnett | Sinn Féin | Aileen Mellon | Damien Mullan | Mellon resigned. |
| 3 August 2021 | The Moor | Sinn Féin | Tina Burke | Emma McGinley | Burke resigned. |
| 24 November 2021 | Ballyarnett | Sinn Féin | Damien Mullan | John McGowan | Mullan resigned. |
| 9 June 2022 | Waterside | DUP | Hilary McClintock | Drew Thompson | McClintock resigned. |
| 31 October 2022 | Faughan | SDLP | Jim McKeever (Ind.) | Declan Norris | McKeever resigned after being expelled from the SDLP. |
| 1 December 2022 | Waterside | DUP | David Ramsey | Niree McMorris | Ramsey resigned. |
| 19 December 2022 | Faughan | Sinn Féin | Paul Fleming | Alex Duffy | Fleming resigned. |

### ‡ Changes in affiliation

| Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance |
| 13 June 2021 | Faughan | Ryan McCready | DUP | Independent | Resigned from the DUP over disagreements with the new party leadership. |
| 5 July 2021 | Faughan | Ryan McCready | Independent | UUP | Joined the UUP having recently left the DUP. |
| 26 January 2022 | Derg | Derek Hussey | UUP | Independent | Suspended from the UUP over criticising the party's Assembly candidate selection process in West Tyrone. |
| 15 July 2021 | Faughan | Jim McKeever | SDLP | Independent | Suspended from the SDLP after being charged with a number of offenses. |
| 6 June 2022 | Faughan | Graham Warke | DUP | Independent | Decided to sit on the council as an Independent. |
| 31 October 2022 | Faughan | Vacant | Independent | SDLP | McKeever's seat returned to SDLP. |

### – Suspensions

Derek Hussey (UUP) was suspended from the council for fifteen months from 16 July 2019. During his suspension he resigned from council and was replaced by Andy McKane who resigned at the end of the fifteen months for Hussey to return.
Last updated 20 December 2022.
Current composition: see Derry City and Strabane District Council