Derg (District Electoral Area)

Derg 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 Castlederg, Finn, Glenderg, Newtownstewart and Sion Mills.^[2] Derg forms part of the West Tyrone constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Derg
Derry and Strabane District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	5 (1985-)
Councillors	Caroline Devine (SF)   Derek Hussey (UUP)   Keith Kerrigan (DUP)   Ruairí McHugh (SF)   Antaine Ó Fearghail (SF)

Derg DEA within Derry City and Strabane

Derg DEA (1993-2014) within Strabane

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Strabane Area A which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained five wards (Castlederg, Clare, Finn, Glenderg and Newtownstewart). For the 2014 local elections it remained at five wards but gained Sion Mills from the abolished Mourne DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2023		Ruairí McHugh (Sinn Féin)		Caroline Devine (Sinn Féin)		Antaine Ó Fearghail (Sinn Féin)		Derek Hussey (UUP)/ (Independent)		Keith Kerrigan (DUP)
January 2022 Defection				Kieran McGuire (Sinn Féin)		Steven Edwards (SDLP)
November 2020 Co-Option
June 2020 Co-Option								Andy McKane (UUP)
August 2019 Co-Option						Cara Hunter (SDLP)
2019								Derek Hussey (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist)		Thomas Kerrigan (DUP)
2014						Maolíosa McHugh (Sinn Féin)
2011
2005		Charles McHugh (Sinn Féin)				Gerard Foley (Sinn Féin)
2001				Bernadette McNamee (SDLP)		Eamonn McGarvey (Sinn Féin)
1997				Tomás Murtagh (SDLP)		Edward Turner (UUP)
1993				Laurence McNamee (SDLP)
1989
1985				Denis McCrory (Independent Nationalist)				David Baird (DUP)

2023 Election

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Derg - 5 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Keith Kerrigan*	19.52%	1,669
	Sinn Féin	Ruairí McHugh*	16.87%	1,442
	UUP	Derek Hussey*	16.11%	1,377	1,592.88
	Sinn Féin	Antaine Ó Fearghail	14.00%	1,197	1,197.00	1,197.28	1,255.28	1,371.56
	Sinn Féin	Caroline Devine	14.57%	1,246	1,246.14	1,246.28	1,306.28	1,342.56
	SDLP	Steven Edwards*	8.46%	723	726.78	748.20	888.74	1,151.34
	Independent	Andy Patton	5.93%	507	514.42	586.94	689.24
	Alliance	Anne Murray	2.07%	177	178.26	207.24
	People Before Profit	Adam McGinley	1.31%	112	112.56	120.68
	Aontú	Leza Houston	1.16%	99	99.00	102.78
Electorate: 13,672   Valid: 8,549 (62.53%)   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,425   Turnout: 8,660 (63.33%)

2019 Election

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2014-2019 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Derg - 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Keith Kerrigan	13.62%	1,090	1,092	1,711
	UUP	Derek Hussey* –††‡	15.83%	1,267	1,279	1,418
	Sinn Féin	Ruairí McHugh*	13.57%	1,086	1,089	1,089	1,089	1,579
	SDLP	Cara Hunter †	12.89%	1,032	1,092	1,094	1,194	1,287
	Sinn Féin	Kieran McGuire*	13.43%	1,075	1,081	1,081	1,081	1,232
	Independent	Andy Patton	9.18%	735	784	791	922	981
	Sinn Féin	Maolíosa McHugh*	9.97%	798	806	807	808
	DUP	Thomas Kerrigan*	9.63%	771	773
	Alliance	Anne Murray	1.87%	150
Electorate: 12,996   Valid: 8,004 (61.59%)   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 1,335   Turnout: 8,120 (62.48%)

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

Derg - 5 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Derek Hussey*	18.56%	1,411
	DUP	Thomas Kerrigan*	12.15%	924	1,007.1	1,020	1,313
	Sinn Féin	Maolíosa McHugh*	13.87%	1,055	1,055.1	1,101.1	1,101.1	1,254.4
	Sinn Féin	Kieran McGuire*	14.10%	1,072	1,072.4	1,148.4	1,148.6	1,237.6
	Sinn Féin	Ruairí McHugh*	14.49%	1,102	1,102.1	1,136.1	1,138.1	1,229.1
	DUP	Sharon Smyth	9.11%	693	713	714.1	934.7	971.7
	SDLP	Jim McIntyre	5.47%	416	417.7	630.6	642.2
	TUV	Robert Oliver	6.85%	521	550.8	557
	SDLP	Marie Ash	5.39%	410	412.7
Electorate: 12,526   Valid: 7,604 (60.71%)   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,268   Turnout: 7,715 (61.59%)

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

Derg - 5 seats^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Kieran McGuire*	15.40%	912	937	999
	Sinn Féin	Ruairí McHugh	14.89%	882	928	993
	DUP	Thomas Kerrigan*	15.72%	931	935	940	940	1,356
	UUP	Derek Hussey*	13.72%	813	829	836	836	919	919	1,146
	Sinn Féin	Maolíosa McHugh	9.93%	588	634	833	844	846	848	849
	UUP	Ryan Moses	8.96%	531	540	545	545	567	567	658
	DUP	Kathleen Craig	8.88%	526	532	535	535
	Independent	Gerard Foley*	7.88%	467	527
	SDLP	Charlie McNamee	4.63%	274
Electorate: 8,788   Valid: 5,924 (67.41%)   Spoilt: 124   Quota: 988   Turnout: 6,048 (68.82%)

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

Derg - 5 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Thomas Kerrigan*	18.63%	1,125
	UUP	Derek Hussey*	18.32%	1,106
	Sinn Féin	Charles McHugh*	17.87%	1,079
	Sinn Féin	Kieran McGuire	13.60%	821	822	822.1	962.2	962.4	979.92
	Sinn Féin	Gerard Foley	12.07%	729	730	730.2	835.2	835.5	879.72
	DUP	Kathleen Craig	9.74%	588	631	737.7	755.1	845.5	845.5
	SDLP	Bernadette McNamee	8.71%	526	528	529
	PUP	Roy Reid	1.06%	64
Electorate: 8,282   Valid: 6,038 (72.91%)   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,007   Turnout: 6,151 (74.27%)

2001 Election

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Derg - 5 seats^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Charles McHugh*	19.57%	1,331
	UUP	Derek Hussey*	16.32%	1,110	1,110.3	1,572.3
	Sinn Féin	Eamonn McGarvey	13.38%	910	962.5	962.5	962.5	1,513.5
	DUP	Thomas Kerrigan*	11.66%	793	793.3	839.45	1,075.45	1,084.05	1,084.05
	SDLP	Bernadette McNamee	11.29%	768	785.85	797.85	814.85	903.4	984.4
	DUP	Kathleen Allison	9.88%	672	672	709.15	866.15	866.15	866.15
	Sinn Féin	Gerard Foley	9.57%	651	773.1	773.1	773.1
	UUP	Edward Turner*	8.31%	565	565.3
Electorate: 8,455   Valid: 6,800 (80.43%)   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 1,134   Turnout: 6,932 (81.99%)

1997 Election

1993: 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP

Derg - 5 seats^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Charles McHugh*	23.32%	1,440
	UUP	Derek Hussey*	20.19%	1,247
	UUP	Edward Turner*	13.57%	838	838.58	988.35	1,047.73
	DUP	Thomas Kerrigan*	9.65%	596	596.29	647.8	1,034.7
	SDLP	Tomás Murtagh	8.91%	550	583.06	584.08	584.08	1,022.08
	Sinn Féin	Sean Elliott	8.82%	545	886.62	886.79	887.96	944.53
	SDLP	Bernadette McNamee	8.31%	513	543.16	543.84	544.84
	DUP	Sarah Anderson	7.24%	447	447.29	454.94
Electorate: 8,241   Valid: 6,176 (74.94%)   Spoilt: 128   Quota: 1,030   Turnout: 6,304 (76.50%)

1993 Election

1989: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1993: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1989-1993 Change: No change

Derg - 5 seats^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Laurence McNamee*	19.95%	1,131
	UUP	Edward Turner*	18.97%	1,075
	Sinn Féin	Charles McHugh*	17.52%	993
	DUP	Thomas Kerrigan*	15.98%	906	909.74	917.44	965.56
	Ind. Unionist	Derek Hussey*	9.72%	551	556.44	569.54	626.42	636.16	649.16
	DUP	Samuel Allison	10.18%	577	579.72	580.4	601.16	610.92	616.92
	Sinn Féin	Sean Elliott	6.81%	386	488.68	506.24	506.36
	Ind. Nationalist	Denis McCrory	0.86%	49	117
Electorate: 7,995   Valid: 5,668 (70.89%)   Spoilt: 166   Quota: 945   Turnout: 5,834 (72.97%)

1989 Election

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1989: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1985-1989 Change: SDLP and Independent Unionist gain from DUP and Independent Nationalist

Derg - 5 seats^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Edward Turner*	18.97%	1,050
	DUP	Thomas Kerrigan*	17.52%	970
	Sinn Féin	Charles McHugh*	16.76%	928
	Ind. Unionist	Derek Hussey	14.94%	827	890.48	915.24	915.24	924.8
	SDLP	Laurence McNamee	10.64%	589	589.12	608.24	663.36	663.56	932.56
	DUP	Desmond Monteith	7.70%	426	478.8	485.6	486.6	514.72	519.72
	Ind. Nationalist	Denis McCrory*	8.00%	443	444.56	454.68	496.68	497
	Sinn Féin	Thomas McNamee*	4.34%	240	240.12	241.12
	Alliance	James Smyth	1.14%	63	69
Electorate: 7,611   Valid: 5,536 (72.74%)   Spoilt: 175   Quota: 923   Turnout: 5,711 (75.04%)

1985 Election

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Derg - 5 seats^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Charles McHugh	26.25%	1,534
	UUP	Edward Turner	23.22%	1,357
	DUP	Thomas Kerrigan*	21.74%	1,270
	Ind. Nationalist	Denis McCrory*	8.21%	480	901.88	927.98	930.74	992.35
	DUP	David Baird	4.38%	256	256	441.1	669.95	670.87	680.12
	DUP	Noel Finlayson	7.03%	411	411	564	617.36	618.79	630.74
	SDLP	James Fitzsimons	5.61%	328	392.13	400.23	402.07	568.99
	SDLP	William Flanagan	3.54%	207	275.9	278.6	280.44
Electorate: 7,333   Valid: 5,843 (79.68%)   Spoilt: 95   Quota: 974   Turnout: 5,938 (80.98%)

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