Moyola (District Electoral Area)
Moyola is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects five members to Mid Ulster District Council and contains the wards of Ballymaguigan, Bellaghy, Castledawson, Draperstown and Tobermore.[2] Moyola forms part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Moyola | |
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Mid Ulster District Council DEA constituency | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1985 |
Seats | 5 (1985-) |
Councillors |
It was created for the 1985 local elections, where it contained five wards (Bellaghy, Castledawson, Gulladuff, Upperlands and Valley). For the 2014 local elections it gained Ballymaguigan from the Magherafelt Town DEA and Draperstown from the abolished Sperrin DEA.
Councillors
Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | |||||
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2023 | Ian Milne (Sinn Féin) |
Donal McPeake (Sinn Féin) |
Jolene Groogan (Sinn Féin) |
Denise Johnston (SDLP) |
Anne Forde (DUP) | |||||
2019 | Catherine Elattar (Sinn Féin) |
Derek McKinney (UUP) | ||||||||
December 2018 Co-Options | ||||||||||
May 2017 Co-Option | Niamh Milne (Sinn Féin) |
Peter Bateson (Sinn Féin) | ||||||||
2014 | Caoimhe O'Neill (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||
2011 | Ian Milne (Sinn Féin) |
Sean McPeake (Sinn Féin) |
Caoimhe Scullion (Sinn Féin) |
John Crawford (UUP) |
Thomas Catherwood (DUP) | |||||
2005 | Oliver Hughes (Sinn Féin) |
James O'Neill (Sinn Féin) | ||||||||
2001 | Patrick McErlean (SDLP) |
John Junkin (UUP) | ||||||||
1997 | Paul Henry (Sinn Féin) |
Margaret McKenna (Sinn Féin) | ||||||||
1993 | Thomas Wilson (DUP) | |||||||||
1989 | Henry McErlean (SDLP) |
Pauline Davey-Kennedy (Sinn Féin) |
Norman Montgomery (UUP) | |||||||
1985 | John Davey (Sinn Féin) |
Thomas Milligan (DUP) | ||||||||
2023 Election
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Ian Milne* | 24.24% | 2,219 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Jolene Groogan | 20.47% | 1,874 | ||||||||
DUP | Anne Forde* | 17.07% | 1,563 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Donal McPeake* | 12.50% | 1,144 | 1,775.47 | |||||||
SDLP | Denise Johnston | 7.11% | 651 | 676.73 | 888.70 | 1,022.20 | 1,220.96 | 1,221.14 | 1,227.91 | 1,486.61 | |
Ulster Unionist | Derek McKinney* | 6.47% | 592 | 592.93 | 594.98 | 595.88 | 631.30 | 658.68 | 1,108.52 | 1,112.86 | |
Aontú | Sheila Fullerton | 3.79% | 347 | 368.39 | 445.88 | 528.98 | 558.06 | 558.38 | 561.46 | ||
TUV | Glenn Moore | 5.67% | 519 | 519.31 | 519.72 | 519.72 | 523.43 | 536.29 | |||
Alliance | Caleb Ross | 2.70% | 247 | 251.03 | 299.82 | 325.32 | |||||
Electorate: 13,524 Valid: 9,156 (67.70%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 1,527 Turnout: 9,246 (68.37%) |
2019 Election
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2014–2019 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Ian Milne* | 21.72% | 1,710 | ||||
DUP | Anne Forde* | 20.56% | 1,619 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Catherine Elattar* | 17.63% | 1,388 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Donal McPeake* | 11.51% | 906 | 1,269.4 | 1,325.4 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Derek McKinney* | 11.90% | 937 | 937.23 | 981.23 | 1,274.4 | |
SDLP | Denise Johnston | 11.69% | 920 | 936.79 | 1,159.01 | 1,163.76 | |
Alliance | Aidan Bradley | 3.79% | 298 | 301.91 | |||
Workers' Party | Hugh Scullion | 1.21% | 95 | 100.29 | |||
Electorate: 12,727 Valid: 7,873 (61.86%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,313 Turnout: 7,984 (62.73%) |
2014 Election
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2011–2014 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | 2 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Caoimhe O'Neill* †† | 19.32% | 1,431 | ||
DUP | Anne Forde* | 18.50% | 1,370 | ||
Sinn Féin | Catherine Elattar* | 16.96% | 1,256 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Derek McKinney | 16.95% | 1,255 | ||
Sinn Féin | Peter Bateson* † | 14.71% | 1,089 | 1,274.08 | |
SDLP | Austin Kelly | 13.56% | 1,004 | 1,014.64 | |
Electorate: 12,119 Valid: 7,405 (61.10%) Spoilt: 131 Quota: 1,235 Turnout: 7,536 (62.18%) |
2011 Election
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Ian Milne* | 24.28% | 1,496 | |||||
DUP | Thomas Catherwood* | 17.09% | 1,053 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Sean McPeake* | 15.01% | 925 | 975.84 | 1,120.84 | |||
Sinn Féin | Caoimhe Scullion | 8.73% | 538 | 908.14 | 1,055.14 | |||
Ulster Unionist | John Crawford* | 11.17% | 688 | 688.31 | 690.31 | 691.31 | 1,085.31 | |
SDLP | Ann-Marie McErlean | 8.55% | 527 | 539.09 | 610.05 | 643.05 | 664.05 | |
TUV | Alan Millar | 8.02% | 494 | 494.62 | 496.62 | 500.62 | ||
Independent | Oliver Hughes* | 7.14% | 440 | 462.63 | ||||
Electorate: 9,281 Valid: 6,161 (66.38%) Spoilt: 107 Quota: 1,027 Turnout: 6,268 (67.54%) |
2005 Election
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | Thomas Catherwood* | 23.84% | 1,557 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | James O'Neill* | 18.40% | 1,202 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Oliver Hughes* | 17.44% | 1,139 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | John Crawford | 9.45% | 617 | 889.49 | 889.49 | 1,229.49 | |||
Sinn Féin | Ian Milne | 12.72% | 831 | 831.31 | 933.19 | 938.37 | 938.37 | 980.21 | |
SDLP | Elizabeth Foster | 11.64% | 760 | 764.03 | 767.18 | 803.06 | 934.06 | 936.78 | |
Independent | John Junkin* | 6.52% | 426 | 603.94 | 604.84 | ||||
Electorate: 8,754 Valid: 6,532 (74.62%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 1,089 Turnout: 6,619 (75.61%) |
2001 Election
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Oliver Hughes | 22.71% | 1,578 | ||||
Sinn Féin | James O'Neill | 19.79% | 1,375 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | John Junkin* | 17.80% | 1,237 | ||||
SDLP | Patrick McErlean* | 10.26% | 713 | 1,013.84 | 1,184.65 | ||
DUP | Thomas Catherwood* | 14.72% | 1,023 | 1,023.46 | 1,023.46 | 1,159.46 | |
SDLP | Elizabeth Foster | 5.51% | 383 | 488.34 | 529.57 | 549.95 | |
DUP | Anne Forde | 6.19% | 430 | 430.46 | 430.46 | 459.46 | |
Independent | Naaman Hutchinson | 3.02% | 210 | 215.06 | 216.92 | ||
Electorate: 8,583 Valid: 6,949 (80.96%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 1,159 Turnout: 7,104 (82.77%) |
1997 Election
1993: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Margaret McKenna* | 18.91% | 1,180 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Paul Henry | 15.21% | 949 | 1,067.25 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | John Junkin* | 14.13% | 882 | 882 | 922 | 922 | 1,231 | ||||
DUP | Thomas Catherwood* | 13.28% | 829 | 829.11 | 913.11 | 913.11 | 980.11 | 1,106.4 | |||
SDLP | Patrick McErlean* | 11.65% | 727 | 733.49 | 753.49 | 771.73 | 771.73 | 774.65 | 774.65 | 1,218.65 | |
DUP | Thomas Wilson* | 8.67% | 541 | 541 | 592 | 592 | 641 | 699.4 | 762.88 | 763.88 | |
SDLP | Francis Kearney | 7.50% | 468 | 470.2 | 477.42 | 485.28 | 485.28 | 487.47 | 488.39 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Norman Montgomery | 5.80% | 362 | 362 | 431 | 431 | |||||
Ind. Unionist | James Mulholland | 4.01% | 250 | 250 | |||||||
Workers' Party | Patrick Scullion | 0.85% | 53 | 53.66 | |||||||
Electorate: 8,175 Valid: 6,241 (76.34%) Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,041 Turnout: 6,376 (77.99%) |
1993 Election
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SDLP | Patrick McErlean | 22.21% | 1,276 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Margaret McKenna* | 13.61% | 782 | 797.34 | 812.42 | 1,204.84 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | John Junkin* | 14.46% | 831 | 831 | 838 | 838 | 838 | 1,307.26 | ||
DUP | Thomas Catherwood* | 11.68% | 671 | 671 | 674 | 674 | 674 | 780 | 994.05 | |
DUP | Thomas Wilson | 11.70% | 672 | 672 | 672.26 | 672.26 | 672.26 | 745.26 | 834.06 | |
SDLP | Francis Madden | 4.56% | 262 | 529.54 | 610.46 | 642.14 | 720.8 | 720.8 | 723.02 | |
Ulster Unionist | Norman Montgomery* | 11.40% | 655 | 655.26 | 658.26 | 658.26 | 658.26 | |||
Sinn Féin | Paul Henry | 7.90% | 454 | 465.44 | 476 | |||||
Workers' Party | Patrick Scullion | 2.47% | 142 | 164.52 | ||||||
Electorate: 7,935 Valid: 5,745 (72.40%) Spoilt: 179 Quota: 958 Turnout: 5,924 (74.66%) |
1989 Election
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | John Junkin* | 19.03% | 1,109 | ||||||
SDLP | Henry McErlean* | 15.05% | 877 | 940 | 940.48 | 1,290.48 | |||
Sinn Féin | Pauline Davey-Kennedy | 15.98% | 931 | 950 | 950 | 976 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Norman Montgomery | 10.49% | 611 | 620 | 708.32 | 709.68 | 716.68 | 725.68 | |
DUP | Thomas Catherwood* | 11.91% | 694 | 696 | 714 | 715 | 718 | 724 | |
DUP | Thomas Milligan* | 9.59% | 559 | 562 | 586.24 | 587.24 | 588.24 | 588.24 | |
Sinn Féin | Margaret McKenna | 8.22% | 479 | 495 | 495 | 510 | 573 | ||
SDLP | Francis Madden | 6.30% | 367 | 425 | 425.48 | ||||
Workers' Party | Hugh Scullion | 3.43% | 200 | ||||||
Electorate: 7,941 Valid: 5,827 (73.38%) Spoilt: 182 Quota: 972 Turnout: 6,009 (75.67%) |
1985 Election
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SDLP | Henry McErlean* | 15.23% | 904 | 1,200 | ||||
Sinn Féin | John Davey | 15.97% | 948 | 965 | 1,030 | |||
Ulster Unionist | John Junkin* | 16.63% | 987 | 987 | 994 | |||
DUP | Thomas Catherwood | 14.10% | 837 | 837 | 837 | 1,070 | ||
DUP | Thomas Milligan* | 12.15% | 721 | 722 | 722 | 900 | 978.44 | |
Sinn Féin | Francis McElwee | 12.47% | 740 | 752 | 818 | 818 | 818 | |
Ulster Unionist | Alex Montgomery | 7.72% | 458 | 458 | 460 | |||
SDLP | Francis Madden | 5.74% | 341 | |||||
Electorate: 7,604 Valid: 5,936 (78.06%) Spoilt: 160 Quota: 990 Turnout: 6,096 (80.17%) |
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- "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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