2019 Mid Ulster District Council election

The 2019 Mid Ulster District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Mid Ulster District Council in Northern Ireland.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.^[2][3]

2019 Mid Ulster District Council election

← 2014 2 May 2019 2023 →
All 40 council seats 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Michelle O'Neill Arlene Foster Robin Swann Party Sinn Féin DUP UUP Seats won 17 9 6 Seat change 1 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Colum Eastwood Party SDLP Independent Seats won 6 2 Seat change 0 1
Mid Ulster 2019 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)

Election results

Mid Ulster District Council Election Result 2019^[4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Sinn Féin	17	0	1	1	42.5	39.8	23,553	1.2
	DUP	9	1	0	1	22.5	23.2	13,700	5.6
	SDLP	6	0	0	0	15.0	14.4	8,512	0.6
	UUP	6	0	1	1	15.0	13.6	8,021	3.8
	Independent	2	1	0	1	5.0	5.8	3,422	0.9
	Aontú	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.4	846	New
	Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	729	0.6
	TUV	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	230	3.9
	Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	95	0.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

The overall turnout was 58.97% with a total of 59,108 valid votes cast. A total of 1,072 ballots were rejected.

Districts summary

Results of the Mid Ulster District Council election, 2019
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	Sinn Féin		DUP		SDLP		UUP		Alliance		Others
Carntogher	54.4	3	15.5	1	13.5	1	7.0	0	0.0	0	9.7	0	5
Clogher Valley	31.3	2	32.7	2	18.0	1	18.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	6
Cookstown	42.4	3	20.8	1	14.5	1	19.8	2	0.0	0	2.5	0	7
Dungannon	20.7	1	31.8	2	8.6	1	12.6	1	5.2	0	21.2	1	6
Magherafelt	36.0	2	32.0	2	16.0	1	13.2	0	0.0	0	2.8	0	5
Moyola	50.9	3	20.6	1	11.7	0	11.9	1	3.8	0	1.2	0	5
Torrent	44.2	3	9.9	0	17.9	1	11.2	1	0.0	0	16.8	1	6
Total	39.8	17	23.2	9	14.4	6	13.6	6	1.2	0	7.8	2	40

District results

Carntogher

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2014–2019 Change: No change

Carntogher – 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Brian McGuigan*	17.69%	1,406
	DUP	Kyle Black	15.45%	1,228	1,244	1,244.1	1,741.1
	SDLP	Martin Kearney*	13.48%	1,071	1,111	1,112.2	1,158.4	1,360.4
	Sinn Féin	Sean McPeake*	14.65%	1,164	1,168	1,174.15	1,175.15	1,176.15	1,273.45
	Sinn Féin	Cora Groogan	12.46%	990	998	1,053.9	1,053.9	1,053.9	1,199.25
	Sinn Féin	Paul Henry	9.60%	763	770	775.3	776.3	779.3	856.5
	Aontú	Pádraigin Uí Raifeartaigh	7.95%	632	654	. 655.15	657.15	668.15
	UUP	Christopher Reid	6.98%	555	580	580
	Independent	James Armour	1.74%	138
Electorate: 12,322   Valid: 7,942 (64.45%)   Spoilt: 82   Quota: 1,325   Turnout: 8,029 (65.16%)

Clogher Valley

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2014–2019 Change: No change

Clogher Valley – 6 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	DUP	Frances Burton*	20.79%	1,891
	SDLP	Sharon McAleer*	17.98%	1,635
	Sinn Féin	Sean McGuigan*	16.43%	1,494
	Sinn Féin	Phelim Gildernew*	14.87%	1,352
	DUP	Wills Robinson* †	11.91%	1,083	1,512.97
	UUP	Meta Graham	10.89%	990	1,103.77	1,255.77	1,398.33
	UUP	Robert Mulligan*	7.15%	650	682.86	854.86	919.34
Electorate: 14,781   Valid: 9,095 (61.53%)   Spoilt: 167   Quota: 1,300   Turnout: 9,262 (62.66%)

Cookstown

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2014–2019 Change: No change

Cookstown – 7 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Mulligan*	18.50%	1,710
	Sinn Féin	John McNamee*	14.81%	1,369
	SDLP	Kerri Hughes	14.49%	1,339
	DUP	Wilbert Buchanan*	13.26%	1,225
	Sinn Féin	Gavin Bell*	9.09%	840	1,385.7
	UUP	Trevor Wilson*	11.27%	1,041	1,042.02	1,047.46	1,103.46	1,163.46
	UUP	Mark Glasgow*	8.58%	793	795.04	804.9	821.9	904.6	1,063.43
	DUP	Grace Neville	7.51%	694	695.36	696.72	707.72	796.74	819.65
	TUV	Alan Day	2.49%	230	230.34	237.48	249.48
Electorate: 16,472   Valid: 9,241 (56.10%)   Spoilt: 153   Quota: 1,156   Turnout: 9,394 (57.03%)

Dungannon

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2014–2019 Change: No change

Dungannon – 6 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Clement Cuthbertson*	22.10%	1,833
	Independent	Barry Monteith*	17.05%	1,414
	DUP	Kim Ashton*	9.73%	807	1,362.1
	Sinn Féin	Dominic Molloy*	12.00%	995	996.75	1,016.47	1,016.59	1,053.93	1,207.93
	UUP	Walter Cuddy*	7.32%	607	650.75	652.11	751.47	816.47	830.29	1,239.29
	SDLP	Denise Mullen* ‡	8.56%	710	711.75	730.11	731.19	920.04	1,016.49	1,062.14
	Sinn Féin	Deirdre Varsani	8.66%	718	718.7	746.41	746.41	762.43	841.12	843.46
	UUP	Kim McNeill	5.23%	434	464.8	465.31	537.07	576.37	581.12
	Independent	Niall Bowen	4.16%	345	345.35	496.48	496.96	544.85
	Alliance	Mel Boyle	5.20%	431	433.1	439.73	441.05
Electorate: 15,366   Valid: 8,294 (53.98%)   Spoilt: 335   Quota: 1,185   Turnout: 8,629 (56.16%)

Magherafelt

2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2014–2019 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Magherafelt – 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Sinn Féin	Darren Totten*	22.02%	1,665
	SDLP	Christine McFlynn*	15.95%	1,206	1,320
	Sinn Féin	Sean Clarke*	13.99%	1,058	1,107	1,500.75
	DUP	Wesley Brown	16.11%	1,218	1,220	1,221	1,224
	DUP	Paul McLean*	15.91%	1,203	1,208	1,209.25	1,214.75
	UUP	George Shiels*	13.17%	996	1,001	1,001.75	1,022.25
	Aontú	Kevin Donnelly	2.83%	214
Electorate: 13,112   Valid: 7,560 (57.66%)   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 1,261   Turnout: 7,646 (58.31%)

Moyola

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

Moyola – 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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
	UUP	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%)

Torrent

2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2014–2019 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin

Torrent – 6 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Malachy Quinn*	17.93%	1,631
	Independent	Dan Kerr	16.76%	1,525
	UUP	Robert Colvin*	11.19%	1,018	1,052.41	1,055.91	1,914.91
	Sinn Féin	Ronan McGinley* †	12.89%	1,173	1,254.84	1,282.59	1,283.84	1,286.84
	Sinn Féin	Joe O'Neill*	10.93%	994	1,099.09	1,162.59	1,164.9	1,175.9
	Sinn Féin	Niamh Doris*	11.01%	1,002	1,066.48	1,175.73	1,157.04	1,170.04
	Sinn Féin	Mickey Gillespie*	9.41%	856	894.75	931.25	933.25	937.25
	DUP	Ian McCrea	9.88%	899	903.96	905.21
Electorate: 15,458   Valid: 9,098 (58.86%)   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,300   Turnout: 9,236 (59.75%)

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Date	Electoral Area	Party		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
7 February 2020	Torrent		Sinn Féin	Ronan McGinley	Niall McAleer	McGinley resigned.
23 December 2022	Clogher Valley		DUP	Wills Robinson	Mark Robinson	Wills Robinson resigned.

‡ Changes in affiliation

Date	Electoral Area	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
27 July 2019	Dungannon	Denise Mullen		SDLP		Aontú	Resigned from the SDLP over disagreements on same-sex marriage and abortion.[5]

– Suspensions

None

Last updated 7 January 2023.

Current composition: see Mid Ulster District Council

References

1. "Northern Ireland local elections 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
2. "Council elections 2019: full results". The Irish News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
3. "Local Government Elections 2019: Mid Ulster". Mid Ulster Council. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
4. "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
5. Young, Connla. "Former SDLP councillor Denise Mullen joins Aontú". The Irish News. Retrieved 7 May 2020.