# Faughan (District Electoral Area)

Faughan 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 Claudy, Eglinton, Enagh, New Buildings and Slievekirk. Faughan forms part of the Foyle constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 2014 local elections, replacing the Rural DEA which had existed since 1985.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| January 2024 Co-Option | Alex Duffy (Sinn Féin) | Sean Fleming (Sinn Féin) | Declan Norris (SDLP) | Janice Montgomery (UUP) | Julie Middleton (DUP) |
| 2023 | Alex Duffy (Sinn Féin) | Sean Fleming (Sinn Féin) | Declan Norris (SDLP) | Ryan McCready (UUP)/ (DUP) | Julie Middleton (DUP) |
| December 2022 Co-Option | Alex Duffy (Sinn Féin) | Rachael Ferguson (Alliance) | Declan Norris (SDLP) | Ryan McCready (UUP)/ (DUP) | Graham Warke (DUP)/ (Independent) |
| October 2022 Co-Option | Paul Fleming (Sinn Féin) | Rachael Ferguson (Alliance) | Declan Norris (SDLP) | Ryan McCready (UUP)/ (DUP) | Graham Warke (DUP)/ (Independent) |
| June 2022 Defection | Paul Fleming (Sinn Féin) | Rachael Ferguson (Alliance) | Jim McKeever (SDLP)/ (Independent) | Ryan McCready (UUP)/ (DUP) | Graham Warke (DUP)/ (Independent) |
| July 2021 Defections | Paul Fleming (Sinn Féin) | Rachael Ferguson (Alliance) | Jim McKeever (SDLP)/ (Independent) | Ryan McCready (UUP)/ (DUP) | Graham Warke (DUP)/ (Independent) |
| 2019 | Paul Fleming (Sinn Féin) | Rachael Ferguson (Alliance) | Jim McKeever (SDLP)/ (Independent) | Ryan McCready (UUP)/ (DUP) | Graham Warke (DUP)/ (Independent) |
| February 2016 Defection | Paul Fleming (Sinn Féin) | Gus Hastings (SDLP) | Jim McKeever (SDLP)/ (Independent) | Maurice Devenney (DUP)/ (Independent) | Graham Warke (DUP)/ (Independent) |
| May 2015 Co-Option | Paul Fleming (Sinn Féin) | Gus Hastings (SDLP) | Jim McKeever (SDLP)/ (Independent) | Maurice Devenney (DUP)/ (Independent) | Graham Warke (DUP)/ (Independent) |
| 2014 | Paul Fleming (Sinn Féin) | Gus Hastings (SDLP) | Jim McKeever (SDLP)/ (Independent) | Maurice Devenney (DUP)/ (Independent) | Gary Middleton (DUP) |

## 2023 Election

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and UUP gain from DUP and Alliance
Faughan - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Ryan McCready* | 15.84% | 1,282 | 1,414 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Declan Norris* | 11.35% | 919 | 984 | 989.22 | 1,396.22 | | |
| | DUP | Julie Middleton | 12.21% | 988 | 1,016 | 1,032.82 | 1,037.82 | 1,659.82 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Alex Duffy* | 14.74% | 1,193 | 1,244 | 1,244.58 | 1,325.16 | 1,325.16 | 1,326.16 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Fleming | 14.35% | 1,162 | 1,201 | 1,201.58 | 1,241.58 | 1,242.58 | 1,243.48 |
| | Alliance | Rachael Ferguson* | 8.59% | 695 | 813 | 826.34 | 947.50 | 962.88 | 1,054.88 |
| | DUP | Gary Wilkinson | 8.07% | 653 | 685 | 708.20 | 712.78 | | |
| | SDLP | Hayley Canning | 7.58% | 614 | 682 | 685.48 | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Damien Gallagher | 3.83% | 310 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Graham Warke* | 3.45% | 279 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,532 Valid: 8,095 (55.70%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,350 Turnout: 8,188 (56.34%) ||||||||||

## 2019 Election

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

## 2014 Election

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
Faughan - 5 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 | Gary Middleton* † | 17.05% | 1,077 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Maurice Devenney* ‡ | 14.81% | 936 | 1,034 | 1,052.72 | 1,090.72 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Fleming* | 14.17% | 895 | 898 | 898.04 | 914.04 | 1,195.04 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Jim McKeever | 7.80% | 493 | 496 | 496.14 | 564.14 | 591.16 | 651 | 655 | 914.18 | 985.18 |
| | SDLP | Gus Hastings* | 7.79% | 492 | 497 | 497.02 | 542.04 | 561.04 | 602.4 | 605.4 | 796.94 | 952.94 |
| | UUP | Ronnie McKeegan | 8.78% | 555 | 605 | 607.16 | 668.2 | 669.2 | 670.08 | 692.08 | 704.1 | 717.1 |
| | Independent | Paul Hughes | 7.93% | 501 | 504 | 504 | 541 | 552 | 575.76 | 575.76 | 586.76 | |
| | SDLP | Brenda Stevenson* | 7.76% | 490 | 491 | 491.06 | 522.06 | 533.06 | 548.02 | 550.02 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael McCrossan | 5.67% | 358 | 358 | 358.02 | 365.02 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | David Hawthorne | 5.32% | 336 | 345 | 345.16 | | | | | | |
| | UKIP | Geoff Cruickshank | 2.93% | 185 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,933 Valid: 6,318 (48.85%) Spoilt: 86 Quota: 1,054 Turnout: 6,404 (49.52%) |||||||||||||