Foyleside 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 Ballymagroaty, Foyle Springs, Madam's Bank, Northland and Springtown.[2] Ballyarnett forms part of the Foyle constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
| Foyleside | |
|---|---|
| Derry and Strabane District Council DEA constituency | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2014 |
| Seats | 5 (2014-) |
| Councillors | |
It was created for the 2014 local elections, replacing the Northland DEA which had existed since 1985.
Councillors
edit| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 Defection | Conor Heaney (Sinn Féin) |
Grace Uí Niallais (Sinn Féin) |
Shaun Harkin (PBP) |
Lilian Seenoi-Barr (SDLP) |
Shauna Cusack (SDLP)/ (Independent) | |||||
| 2023 | ||||||||||
| June 2021 Co-Option | Sean Carr (Independent) | |||||||||
| April 2021 Co-Option | Mary Durkan (SDLP) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Michael Cooper (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Eric McGinley (Sinn Féin) |
Darren O'Reilly (Independent) |
John Boyle (SDLP) | |||||||
2023 Election
edit2019: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x Independent
2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x People Before Profit,
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Conor Heaney* | 25.77% | 1,846 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Grace Uí Niallais | 15.57% | 1,115 | 1,635.80 | ||||
| People Before Profit | Shaun Harkin* | 13.67% | 979 | 999.65 | 1,074.90 | 1,140.15 | 1,239.15 | |
| SDLP | Shauna Cusack* ‡ | 13.23% | 948 | 984.75 | 1,072.25 | 1,131.35 | 1,200.35 | |
| SDLP | Lilian Seenoi-Barr* | 13.40% | 960 | 988.00 | 1,073.40 | 1,130.30 | 1,177.30 | |
| SDLP | Stephen McCallion | 8.74% | 626 | 638.60 | 672.55 | 734.70 | 777.70 | |
| Aontú | Seán Mac Cearáin | 5.91% | 423 | 434.55 | 472.70 | 493.50 | ||
| Alliance | Danny McCloskey | 3.71% | 266 | 275.45 | 307.30 | |||
| Electorate: 13,372 Valid: 7,163 (53.57%) Spoilt: 136 Quota: 1,194 Turnout: 7,299 (54.58%) | ||||||||
2019 Election
edit2014: 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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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%) | ||||||||
2014 Election
edit2014: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SDLP | John Boyle* | 17.78% | 1,132 | |||||
| Independent | Darren O'Reilly | 17.13% | 1,091 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Michael Cooper* | 12.58% | 801 | 843 | 847.74 | 1,154.74 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Eric McGinley* | 12.42% | 791 | 817 | 818.68 | 1,124.68 | ||
| SDLP | Shauna Cusack* | 11.62% | 740 | 842 | 894.14 | 943.62 | 975.62 | |
| SDLP | Rory Farrell | 11.67% | 743 | 804 | 809.4 | 827.52 | 841.52 | |
| Sinn Féin | Barney O'Hagan* | 11.01% | 701 | 722 | 723.14 | |||
| People Before Profit | Sha Gillespie | 3.64% | 232 | |||||
| Alliance | Daniel Comer | 2.15% | 137 | |||||
| Electorate: 12,724 Valid: 6,368 (50.05%) Spoilt: 171 Quota: 1,062 Turnout: 6,539 (51.39%) | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
- ^ "Derry and Strabane District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ "Foyleside". Derry City & Strabane District Council.
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.