The Moor (District Electoral Area)

The Moor 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 Brandywell, City Walls, Creggan, Creggan South and Sherriff's Mountain.[2] The Moor forms part of the Foyle constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

The Moor
Derry and Strabane District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats5 (2014-)
Councillors
  •   John Boyle (SDLP)
  •   Gary Donnelly (IND)
  •   Aisling Hutton (SF)
  •   Patricia Logue (SF)
  •   Emma McGinley (SF)

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 Maeve O'Neill
(PBP)
March 2021 Co-Option Tina Burke
(Sinn Féin)
2019 Eamonn McCann
(PBP)
September 2018 Co-Option Kevin Campbell
(Sinn Féin)		 Sharon Duddy
(Sinn Féin)		 Seán Carr
(SDLP)/
(Independent)
April 2015 Defection Colly Kelly
(Sinn Féin)
2014

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[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
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[4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    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[5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      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%)  

        References
        1. Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
        2. "Derry and Strabane District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
        3. "Moor". Derry City & Strabane District Council.
        4. "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
        5. "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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