Derry City Council
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Derry City Council is a district council
in County Londonderry
in Northern Ireland. The Council is is responsible for the city of Derry
and the immediate environ, providing services to an estimated population of (TXT=Year}}), making it the third largest district council in Northern Ireland by population.
The Council is made up of 30 councillors, elected every four years from five electoral areas and holds its meetings in The Guildhall
. The current Mayor of Derry
is Maurice Devenney of the Democratic Unionist Party
, while Kevin Campbell of Sinn Féin
is the incumbent Deputy Mayor, both of whom were elected in May 2011 for a one year term.
). Between 1969 and 1973 both were administered by the unelected Londonderry Development Commission with the aim of creating a "new town".
: a red cross and sword on white. In the centre of the cross is a gold harp.
The blazon
of the arms is as follows:
Sable, a human skeleton Or seated upon a mossy stone proper and in dexter chief a castle triple towered argent on a chief also argent a cross gules thereon a harp or and in the first quarter a sword erect gules
According to documents in the College of Arms
in London and the Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland
in Dublin, the arms of the city were confirmed in 1613 by Daniel Molyneux, Ulster King of Arms. The College of Arms document states that the original arms of the City of Derry were ye picture of death (or a skeleton) on a moissy stone & in ye dexter point a castle and that upon grant of a charter of incorporation and the renaming of the city as Londonderry in that year the first mayor had requested the addition of a "chief of London".
Theories have been advanced as to the meaning of the "old" arms of Derry, before the addition of the chief bearing the arms of the City of London:
In 1979, Londonderry City Council, as it was then known, commissioned a report into the city's arms and insignia, as part of the design process for an heraldic badge
. The published report found that there was no basis for any of the popular explanations for the skeleton and that it was "purely symbolic and does not refer to any identifiable person".
The 1613 records of the arms depicted a harp in the centre of the cross, but this was omitted from later depictions of the city arms, and in the Letters Patent
confirming the arms to Londonderry Corporation in 1952. In 2002 Derry City Council applied to the College of Arms to have the harp restored to the city arms, and Garter
and Norroy & Ulster
Kings of Arms accepted the 17th century evidence, issuing letters patent to that effect in 2003.
The motto attached to the coat of arms reads in Latin, "Vita, Veritas, Victoria". This translates into English as, "Life, Truth, Victory".
, while Kevin Campbell of Sinn Féin
is the incumbent Deputy Mayor, both of whom were elected in May 2011.
The post has a long history. A provost
was appointed in the initial city charter of 1604. In 1613, this post was replaced with that of mayor, with John Rowley being the first to serve. The City charter of 1665 which provided:
During much of its history, it has been held by Unionists (largely due to the practice of gerrymandering
), but in recent years, the majority of mayors have been nationalists, reflecting the make-up of the city's current population.
From 1921 until 1969, the Mayor was automatically entitled to a seat in the Senate of Northern Ireland
.
system, and are normally held every four years. The last elections to Derry City Council were held on 5 May 2011, with the City's voters electing thirty councillors across five electoral areas. The election resulted in all four parties returning the same number of seats they had won in the 2005 elections, with the SDLP remaining the largest party, only two seats short of overall control of the Council. The results are summarised below:
Notes: † Irish Independence Party
(1985 = 1); ‡ Ulster Democratic Party
(1989 = 1)
Prior to 1969, elections to the Londonderry county borough
council were based on block voting
. The electoral wards had been drawn and redrawn to ensure a unionist majority on the council even though more voters supported nationalist
and republican
parties. With local government reorganisation in 1973, the old county borough was merged with the surrounding Londonderry Rural District to form the new local government district of Londonderry. In addition, a system of STV
was introduced which has resulted in a majority of councillors from nationalist and republican parties being elected, with the SDLP consistently being the largest party. Curiously, in 1973 (although not in later years) this was despite the fact that unionists (who had an electoral pact in that year) and the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
won a majority of votes between them. This was in part because the strong nationalist majority within the old county borough area was diluted by the narrow unionist majority within the surrounding rural district.
The Derry/Londonderry name dispute affected the council, notably in 1984 when it decided to rename itself from 'Londonderry City Council' to 'Derry City Council'; this was purely a name change and its powers remained that of a district council. At the same time it changed the name of the municipally-owned airport from 'Londonderry Eglinton Airport' to 'City of Derry Airport
'. At that time it did not seek to change the name of the city from 'Londonderry' in its charter. The name change led to a temporary unionist boycott of the council which was broken by two UUP councillors, Jim Guy and David Davis. They were expelled from their party for this but successfully contested the subsequent elections as Independent Unionists. Unionists also called for the establishment of a separate "Waterside" council covering the East Bank and rural areas, but this was rejected by the Local Government Boundary Commission in 1991. In 1993, David Davis lost his seat with the result that there were no unionist councillors from the West Bank, and in 2005 for the first time, no unionist stood for election in the West Bank.
The Derry City Council area is largely coterminous with both the Foyle UK Parliament constituency
(first used in 1983) and the Foyle Northern Ireland Assembly Constituency
(first used 1996). The MP is Mark Durkan
, who was first elected in 2005 most recently returned in the 2010 General Election. He is also a former leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party
(SDLP) (2001–10) and was a MLA
for the constituency from 1998 to 2010. In the 2011 election, the constituency's voters returned 3 SDLP, 2 Sinn Féin and 1 DUP members of the Northern Ireland Assembly
.
Boundary changes for future Parliamentary and Assembly elections will transfer two wards in the east of the district from the Foyle
constituency to the East Londonderry
constituency, whose current MP is the DUP's Gregory Campbell
. While these wards have a Catholic majority according to the 2001 Census, they are less Catholic than the rest of the city while being more Catholic than the average for East Londonderry. The net effect of the transfer is likely to be to increase the nationalist percentage of the electorate in both constituencies. This minor transfer is unlikely to have a partisan effect on either constituency in Westminster or Northern Ireland Assembly elections. These changes will not affect the boundaries of the City Council.
Local government in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is divided into 26 districts for local government purposes. In Northern Ireland local councils do not carry out the same range of functions as those in the rest of the United Kingdom, for example they have no responsibility for education, for road building or for housing...
in County Londonderry
County Londonderry
The place name Derry is an anglicisation of the old Irish Daire meaning oak-grove or oak-wood. As with the city, its name is subject to the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, with the form Derry preferred by nationalists and Londonderry preferred by unionists...
in Northern Ireland. The Council is is responsible for the city of Derry
Derry
Derry or Londonderry is the second-biggest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-biggest city on the island of Ireland. The name Derry is an anglicisation of the Irish name Doire or Doire Cholmcille meaning "oak-wood of Colmcille"...
and the immediate environ, providing services to an estimated population of (TXT=Year}}), making it the third largest district council in Northern Ireland by population.
The Council is made up of 30 councillors, elected every four years from five electoral areas and holds its meetings in The Guildhall
Guildhall, Derry
The Guildhall in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a building in which the elected members of Derry City Council meet. It was built in 1890....
. The current Mayor of Derry
Mayor of Derry
The Mayor of Derry, legally the Mayor of Londonderry is an honorary position bestowed upon a Citizen of Derry in Northern Ireland, who is in practice a member of Derry City Council, chosen by his or her peers on the Council to serve a one year term. The Mayor is Chairman of the Council as well as...
is Maurice Devenney of the Democratic Unionist Party
Democratic Unionist Party
The Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the...
, while Kevin Campbell of Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...
is the incumbent Deputy Mayor, both of whom were elected in May 2011 for a one year term.
History
The Council took its present name in 1984. It was known as Londonderry City Council from 1973 until 1984, and before that Londonderry County Borough (covering the city of Derry) and Londonderry Rural District (covering the rural area around Derry, roughly corresponding to the Barony of TirkeeranBarony of Tirkeeran
Tirkeeran is a barony in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It connects to the north-Londonderry coastline, and is bordered by four other baronies: Keenaght to the east; Strabane Lower to the south-east; North West Liberties of Londonderry to the south-west; Strabane Upper to the...
). Between 1969 and 1973 both were administered by the unelected Londonderry Development Commission with the aim of creating a "new town".
Coat of arms and motto
The devices on the city's arms are a skeleton and a three-towered castle on a black field, with the chief or top third of the shield depicting the arms of the City of LondonCity of London
The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...
: a red cross and sword on white. In the centre of the cross is a gold harp.
The blazon
Blazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image...
of the arms is as follows:
Sable, a human skeleton Or seated upon a mossy stone proper and in dexter chief a castle triple towered argent on a chief also argent a cross gules thereon a harp or and in the first quarter a sword erect gules
According to documents in the College of Arms
College of Arms
The College of Arms, or Heralds’ College, is an office regulating heraldry and granting new armorial bearings for England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
in London and the Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland
Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland
The Genealogical Office is an office of the Government of Ireland containing genealogical records. It includes the Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland , the authority in the Republic of Ireland for heraldry. The Chief Herald authorises the granting of arms to Irish bodies and Irish people,...
in Dublin, the arms of the city were confirmed in 1613 by Daniel Molyneux, Ulster King of Arms. The College of Arms document states that the original arms of the City of Derry were ye picture of death (or a skeleton) on a moissy stone & in ye dexter point a castle and that upon grant of a charter of incorporation and the renaming of the city as Londonderry in that year the first mayor had requested the addition of a "chief of London".
Theories have been advanced as to the meaning of the "old" arms of Derry, before the addition of the chief bearing the arms of the City of London:
- A suggestion has been made that the castle is related to an early 14th century castle in nearby GreencastleGreencastle, County DonegalGreencastle, County Donegal , is a commercial fishing port located in the north of the scenic Inishowen Peninsula on the north coast of County Donegal, part of the Province of Ulster, in the northwest of Ireland. Nowadays, given the decline in the fishing industry, it resembles more closely a...
belonging to the Anglo-Norman Earl of UlsterEarl of UlsterThe title of Earl of Ulster has been created several times in the Peerage of Ireland and Peerage of the United Kingdom. Currently, the title is a subsidiary title of the Duke of Gloucester, and is used as a courtesy title by the Duke's son, Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster...
Richard de BurghRichard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of UlsterRichard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster and 3rd Baron of Connaught , called The Red Earl, was one of the most powerful Irish nobles of the late 13th and early 14th centuries.-Early life:...
. - The most popular theory about the skeleton is that it is that of a NormanNormansThe Normans were the people who gave their name to Normandy, a region in northern France. They were descended from Norse Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...
De Burgh knight who was starved to death in the castle dungeons in 1332 on the orders of his cousin the above mentioned Earl of UlsterEarl of UlsterThe title of Earl of Ulster has been created several times in the Peerage of Ireland and Peerage of the United Kingdom. Currently, the title is a subsidiary title of the Duke of Gloucester, and is used as a courtesy title by the Duke's son, Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster...
. Another explanation put forward was that it depicted Cahir O'DohertyCahir O'DohertyCahir O'Doherty was the last Gaelic Lord of Inishowen in north-west Ireland.The son of Shane Og O'Doherty, he was 14 when his father died and had to spend the next few years gaining control of his lordship. He was knighted by Lord Mountjoy...
(Sir Charles O'Dogherty), who was put to death after Derry was invested by the English army in 1608. During the days of GerrymanderingGerrymanderingIn the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating geographic boundaries to create partisan, incumbent-protected districts...
and discrimination against the Catholic population of Derry, Derry's Roman Catholics often used to claim in dark wit that the skeleton was a local waiting for help from the council bureaucracy.
In 1979, Londonderry City Council, as it was then known, commissioned a report into the city's arms and insignia, as part of the design process for an heraldic badge
Heraldic badge
A heraldic badge is an emblem or personal device worn as a badge to indicate allegiance to or the property of an individual or family. Medieval forms are usually called a livery badge, and also a cognizance...
. The published report found that there was no basis for any of the popular explanations for the skeleton and that it was "purely symbolic and does not refer to any identifiable person".
The 1613 records of the arms depicted a harp in the centre of the cross, but this was omitted from later depictions of the city arms, and in the Letters Patent
Letters patent
Letters patent are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch or president, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, title, or status to a person or corporation...
confirming the arms to Londonderry Corporation in 1952. In 2002 Derry City Council applied to the College of Arms to have the harp restored to the city arms, and Garter
Garter Principal King of Arms
The Garter Principal King of Arms is the senior King of Arms, and the senior Officer of Arms of the College of Arms. He is therefore the most powerful herald within the jurisdiction of the College – primarily England, Wales and Northern Ireland – and so arguably the most powerful in the world...
and Norroy & Ulster
Norroy and Ulster King of Arms
Norroy and Ulster King of Arms is one of the senior Officers of Arms of the College of Arms, and the junior of the two provincial Kings of Arms. The current office is the combination of two former appointments...
Kings of Arms accepted the 17th century evidence, issuing letters patent to that effect in 2003.
The motto attached to the coat of arms reads in Latin, "Vita, Veritas, Victoria". This translates into English as, "Life, Truth, Victory".
Mayor
The 'Mayor of Derry', legally the 'Mayor of Londonderry' is an honorary position bestowed upon a Citizen of Derry, who is in practice a member of Derry City Council, chosen by his or her peers on the Council to serve a one year term. The Mayor is Chairman of the Council as well as the City's first citizen. The Mayor is Maurice Devenney of the Democratic Unionist PartyDemocratic Unionist Party
The Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the...
, while Kevin Campbell of Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...
is the incumbent Deputy Mayor, both of whom were elected in May 2011.
The post has a long history. A provost
Provost (civil)
A provost is the ceremonial head of many Scottish local authorities, and under the name prévôt was a governmental position of varying importance in Ancien Regime France.-History:...
was appointed in the initial city charter of 1604. In 1613, this post was replaced with that of mayor, with John Rowley being the first to serve. The City charter of 1665 which provided:
During much of its history, it has been held by Unionists (largely due to the practice of gerrymandering
Gerrymandering
In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating geographic boundaries to create partisan, incumbent-protected districts...
), but in recent years, the majority of mayors have been nationalists, reflecting the make-up of the city's current population.
From 1921 until 1969, the Mayor was automatically entitled to a seat in the Senate of Northern Ireland
Senate of Northern Ireland
The Senate of Northern Ireland was the upper house of the Parliament of Northern Ireland created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920. It was abolished with the passing of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.-Powers:...
.
Political makeup
Since 1973 elections to Derry City Council have been conducted under the single transferable voteSingle transferable vote
The single transferable vote is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through preferential voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or...
system, and are normally held every four years. The last elections to Derry City Council were held on 5 May 2011, with the City's voters electing thirty councillors across five electoral areas. The election resulted in all four parties returning the same number of seats they had won in the 2005 elections, with the SDLP remaining the largest party, only two seats short of overall control of the Council. The results are summarised below:
| Party | 2011 | +/- | 2005 | 2001 | 1997 | 1993 | 1989 | 1985 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic and Labour Party Social Democratic and Labour Party The Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom... |
14 | = | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 14 | |
| Sinn Féin Sinn Féin Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970... |
10 | = | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Democratic Unionist Party Democratic Unionist Party The Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the... |
5 | = | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |
| Ulster Unionist Party Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland... |
1 | = | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Other | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 ‡ | 1 † | |
Notes: † Irish Independence Party
Irish Independence Party
The Irish Independence Party was an nationalist political party in Northern Ireland, founded in October 1977 by Frank McManus and Fergus McAteer...
(1985 = 1); ‡ Ulster Democratic Party
Ulster Democratic Party
The Ulster Democratic Party was a small loyalist political party in Northern Ireland. It was established in June 1981 as the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party by the Ulster Defence Association to replace their New Ulster Political Research Group...
(1989 = 1)
Local politics
County borough
County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control. They were abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 in England and Wales, but continue in use for lieutenancy and shrievalty in...
council were based on block voting
Plurality-at-large voting
Plurality-at-large voting is a non-proportional voting system for electing several representatives from a single multimember electoral district using a series of check boxes and tallying votes similar to a plurality election...
. The electoral wards had been drawn and redrawn to ensure a unionist majority on the council even though more voters supported nationalist
Irish nationalism
Irish nationalism manifests itself in political and social movements and in sentiment inspired by a love for Irish culture, language and history, and as a sense of pride in Ireland and in the Irish people...
and republican
Irish Republicanism
Irish republicanism is an ideology based on the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic.In 1801, under the Act of Union, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merged to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
parties. With local government reorganisation in 1973, the old county borough was merged with the surrounding Londonderry Rural District to form the new local government district of Londonderry. In addition, a system of STV
Single transferable vote
The single transferable vote is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through preferential voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or...
was introduced which has resulted in a majority of councillors from nationalist and republican parties being elected, with the SDLP consistently being the largest party. Curiously, in 1973 (although not in later years) this was despite the fact that unionists (who had an electoral pact in that year) and the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland is a liberal and nonsectarian political party in Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's fifth-largest party overall, with eight seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly and one in the House of Commons....
won a majority of votes between them. This was in part because the strong nationalist majority within the old county borough area was diluted by the narrow unionist majority within the surrounding rural district.
The Derry/Londonderry name dispute affected the council, notably in 1984 when it decided to rename itself from 'Londonderry City Council' to 'Derry City Council'; this was purely a name change and its powers remained that of a district council. At the same time it changed the name of the municipally-owned airport from 'Londonderry Eglinton Airport' to 'City of Derry Airport
City of Derry Airport
City of Derry Airport is an airport located northeast of Derry, Northern Ireland. It is located on the south bank of Lough Foyle, a short distance from the village of Eglinton and from the city centre...
'. At that time it did not seek to change the name of the city from 'Londonderry' in its charter. The name change led to a temporary unionist boycott of the council which was broken by two UUP councillors, Jim Guy and David Davis. They were expelled from their party for this but successfully contested the subsequent elections as Independent Unionists. Unionists also called for the establishment of a separate "Waterside" council covering the East Bank and rural areas, but this was rejected by the Local Government Boundary Commission in 1991. In 1993, David Davis lost his seat with the result that there were no unionist councillors from the West Bank, and in 2005 for the first time, no unionist stood for election in the West Bank.
The Derry City Council area is largely coterminous with both the Foyle UK Parliament constituency
Foyle (UK Parliament constituency)
Foyle is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.-Boundaries:The seat was created in boundary changes in 1983, as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17, and was predominantly made up from the old Londonderry constituency...
(first used in 1983) and the Foyle Northern Ireland Assembly Constituency
Foyle (Assembly constituency)
Foyle is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996. Since 1998, it has elected members to the current Assembly....
(first used 1996). The MP is Mark Durkan
Mark Durkan
Mark Durkan is an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who was leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 2001 to 2010.-Early life:...
, who was first elected in 2005 most recently returned in the 2010 General Election. He is also a former leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party
Social Democratic and Labour Party
The Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom...
(SDLP) (2001–10) and was a MLA
MLA
- Organizations :* Modern Language Association, United States of America** The MLA Style Manual, its works cited page guidelines* Massachusetts Library Association* Medical Library Association, United States...
for the constituency from 1998 to 2010. In the 2011 election, the constituency's voters returned 3 SDLP, 2 Sinn Féin and 1 DUP members of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Northern Ireland Assembly
The Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive...
.
Boundary changes for future Parliamentary and Assembly elections will transfer two wards in the east of the district from the Foyle
Foyle (UK Parliament constituency)
Foyle is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.-Boundaries:The seat was created in boundary changes in 1983, as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17, and was predominantly made up from the old Londonderry constituency...
constituency to the East Londonderry
East Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)
East Londonderry is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.-Boundaries:The seat was created in boundary changes in 1983, as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17, and was predominantly made up from the old Londonderry constituency...
constituency, whose current MP is the DUP's Gregory Campbell
Gregory Campbell (politician)
Gregory Lloyd Campbell is a Northern Irish unionist politician, and the Democratic Unionist Party Member of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, representing the East Londonderry constituency of Northern Ireland....
. While these wards have a Catholic majority according to the 2001 Census, they are less Catholic than the rest of the city while being more Catholic than the average for East Londonderry. The net effect of the transfer is likely to be to increase the nationalist percentage of the electorate in both constituencies. This minor transfer is unlikely to have a partisan effect on either constituency in Westminster or Northern Ireland Assembly elections. These changes will not affect the boundaries of the City Council.
Shadow Council
Derry/Londonderry also has a Shadow Council. This is made up from 16–22 year olds elected from geographical areas in the city, as well as interest, political groups and also GLBT community groups. The Shadow Council work in unison with DCC (Derry City Council) to lend a voice to the young generation of Foyle, who make up a large percentage of the population. The Shadow Council elect a Junior Mayor as their representative to the media and public. The current Junior Mayor is Shadow Councillor Emmet Doyle, with Kerri Anderson as deputy. Derry City Shadow Council has been copied throughout Northern Ireland with other areas taking up the idea following their example .Cityside
| Cityside | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Peter Anderson | 997 | ||
| Pat Ramsey Pat Ramsey Pat Ramsey MLA is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician from Derry, Northern Ireland.He is a former Mayor of Derry and was elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.... |
980 | ||
| Patricia Logue | 801 | ||
| Barney O'Hagan | 763 | ||
| Jim Clifford | 722 | ||
| Kevin Campbell | 696 | ||
| Gary Donnelly | 493 | ||
| Liam Boyle | 488 | ||
| Liam Friel | 182 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
6,344 | ||
| No change | |||
Northland
| Northland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Mark H. Durkan Mark H. Durkan Mark H. Durkan is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician in Northern Ireland who was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011.He was elected to Derry City Council in 2005 and also sits on the Western Health & Social Care Board.... |
2,369 | ||
| Gerry MacLochlainn | 1,124 | ||
| Helen Quigley Helen Quigley Helen Quigley was a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician from Derry in Northern Ireland.She had been a member of Derry City Council since 2001 and the Mayor of Derry in 2006-2007... |
1,079 | ||
| Billy Page | 1,001 | ||
| Maeve McLaughlin | 849 | ||
| Seana Hume | 788 | ||
| John Kerr | 653 | ||
| Sean Carr | 637 | ||
| Joanne McDaid | 630 | ||
| Sharon Duddy | 486 | ||
| Colm Bryce | 353 | ||
| Oisín Kehoe | 221 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
10,470 | ||
| No change | |||
Rural
| Rural | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| William Hay William Hay Captain William Hay CB was the second and last junior Joint Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, one of two heads of the London Metropolitan Police.... |
1,413 | ||
| Thomas Conway | 1,368 | ||
| Maurice Devenney | 1,275 | ||
| Paul Fleming | 1,137 | ||
| Liam Boyle | 1,015 | ||
| James McKeever | 675 | ||
| Thomas McGlinchey | 623 | ||
| Ernest Hamilton | 533 | ||
| Earl Storey | 450 | ||
| Thomas Harty | 381 | ||
| Eamonn McCann Eamonn McCann Eamonn McCann is an Irish journalist, author and political activist.-Life:McCann was born and has lived most of his life in Derry. He was educated at St. Columb's College in the city. He is prominently featured in the documentary film The Boys of St... |
371 | ||
| Annie Courtney Annie Courtney Annie Courtney is a former nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.After studying in Derry and Edinburgh, Courtney became a nurse back in Derry. She also joined the Social Democratic and Labour Party , was elected to Derry City Council in 1985, and served as Mayor of Derry in 1993... |
369 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
9,817 | ||
| Democratic Unionist Democratic Unionist Party The Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the... gain from Ulster Unionist Ulster Unionist Party The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland... |
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Shantallow
| Shantallow | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Mary Bradley Mary Bradley Mary Bradley is a politician from Northern Ireland.In 1985, she was elected to Derry City Council, representing the Social Democratic and Labour Party , and from 1991-92 she served as the Mayor of Derry... |
2,180 | ||
| Colum Eastwood Colum Eastwood Colum Eastwood is a Social Democratic and Labour Party politician in Northern Ireland who was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011.... |
1,311 | ||
| Elisha McLaughlin | 1,264 | ||
| Gearóid Ó hEára | 1,119 | ||
| Shaun Gallagher | 1,119 | ||
| Tony Hassan | 925 | ||
| Oliver Green | 798 | ||
| Helena Kearney | 627 | ||
| Tommy Mullan | 340 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
9,910 | ||
| No change | |||
Waterside
| Waterside | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Gregory Campbell Gregory Campbell Gregory Campbell may refer to:*Gregory Campbell , Northern Ireland*Gregory Campbell , Canadian*Greg Campbell , Australian cricketer*Greg Campbell , American non-fiction author... |
1,521 | ||
| Gerard Diver | 1,508 | ||
| Joe Miller | 1,187 | ||
| Lynn Fleming | 1,084 | ||
| Mary Hamilton | 1,017 | ||
| Drew Thompson | 986 | ||
| Mildred Garfield | 883 | ||
| Martin Reilly | 567 | ||
| Jim Logue | 447 | ||
| David McAuley | 194 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
9,602 | ||
| No change | |||
See also
- DerryDerryDerry or Londonderry is the second-biggest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-biggest city on the island of Ireland. The name Derry is an anglicisation of the Irish name Doire or Doire Cholmcille meaning "oak-wood of Colmcille"...
- Mayor of DerryMayor of DerryThe Mayor of Derry, legally the Mayor of Londonderry is an honorary position bestowed upon a Citizen of Derry in Northern Ireland, who is in practice a member of Derry City Council, chosen by his or her peers on the Council to serve a one year term. The Mayor is Chairman of the Council as well as...
- Derry Urban AreaDerry Urban AreaThe Derry Urban Area is the urban area that includes and surrounds the city of Derry in Northern Ireland, and is part of the Derry City Council area. It had a population of 93,512 in the 2001 census...
- Local Councils in Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland AssemblyNorthern Ireland AssemblyThe Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive...