# The Moor (District Electoral Area)

The Moor is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Derry and Strabane, Northern Ireland. 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. 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

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

## 2023 Election

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

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%) ||||||||||

## 2014 Election

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
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 | 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%) ||||||||||