2014 Mid Ulster District Council election

The 2014 Mid Ulster District Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Mid Ulster District Council in Northern Ireland.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.[2][3]

2014 Mid Ulster District Council election

22 May 2014
All 40 council seats 21 seats needed for a majority
Leader Martin McGuinness Peter Robinson Mike Nesbitt Party Sinn Féin DUP UUP Seats won 18 8 7 Seat change New council New council New council   Leader Alasdair McDonnell Party SDLP Independent Seats won 6 1 Seat change New council New council

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Sinn Féin	18		22,587	41%
	DUP	8		9,723	17.65%
	UUP	7		9,573	17.37%
	SDLP	6		7,600	13.79%
	Independent	1		2,689	4.88%
Totals		40		55,097	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Carntogher

Carntogher - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	James Shiels	8.98%	675	927	1,514
	SDLP	Martin Kearney*	14.84%	1,116	1,121	1,212	1,399
	Sinn Féin	Seán McPeake*	16.57%	1,246	1,246	1,247	1,248	1,256
	Sinn Féin	Kate McEldowney*	15.96%	1,200	1,200	1,201	1,202	1,218
	Sinn Féin	Brian McGuigan*	14.27%	1,073	1,073	1,074	1,076	1,079
	Sinn Féin	Gabhán McFalone*	14.10%	1,060	1,060	1,061	1,061	1,064
	UUP	Jackie Crawford*	8.66%	651	869
	TUV	Noel Stewart	6.62%	498
Electorate: 11,673   Valid: 7,520 (64.42%)   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 1,254   Turnout: 7,660 (65.62%)

Clogher Valley

Clogher Valley - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Frances Burton*	18.57%	1,584
	Sinn Féin	Phelim Gildernew*	17.92%	1,528
	Sinn Féin	Seán McGuigan*	15.13%	1,290
	SDLP	Sharon McAleer	13.50%	1,151	1,153.07	1,453.29
	UUP	Robert Mulligan*	13.09%	1,116	1,163.84	1,166.90	1,182.54	1,210.54
	DUP	Wills Robinson*	9.81%	837	1,117.14	1,118.50	1,123.60	1,135.60
	UUP	Neil Somerville*	11.98%	1,022	1,052.36	1,053.38	1,056.78	1,068.78
Electorate: 14,030   Valid: 8,528 (60.78%)   Spoilt: 137   Quota: 1,219   Turnout: 8,665 (61.76%)

Cookstown

Cookstown - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Mallaghan*	16.41%	1,481
	UUP	Trevor Wilson*	14.61%	1,319
	Sinn Féin	John Fitzgerald McNamee*	13.89%	1,254
	Sinn Féin	Gavin Bell	11.03%	996	1,307.76
	SDLP	Tony Quinn* ‡	8.90%	803	823.88	830.32	860.56	956.51	1,007.18	1,015.32	1,240.32
	DUP	Wilbert Buchanan*	7.94%	717	717.24	734.60	734.84	735.41	739.55	774.83	776.16	1,090.97
	UUP	Mark Glasgow*	9.05%	817	817.72	919.36	919.60	919.98	931.54	980.52	986.95	1,032.88
	TUV	Walter Millar	7.05%	636	636.24	670.96	671.20	672.91	676.29	733.85	738.52	813.90
	DUP	Maureen Lees*	4.60%	415	415.00	433.20	433.44	433.44	435.82	465.24	468.43
	SDLP	Maria Cleary-McGuffin	3.06%	276	283.92	284.34	307.38	322.77	342.96	349.86
	UKIP	Alan Day	2.16%	195	195.00	197.52	198.00	199.90	205.04
	Alliance	Mickey McDonald	1.30%	117	119.16	120.42	123.06	128.57
Electorate: 16,135   Valid: 9,026 (55.94%)   Spoilt: 141   Quota: 1,129   Turnout: 9,167 (56.81%)

Dungannon

Dungannon - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Barry Monteith*	19.67%	1,458
	UUP	Walter Cuddy*	14.61%	1,083
	Sinn Féin	Dominic Molloy*	14.10%	1,045	1,223.60
	DUP	Kim Ashton*	11.44%	848	849.14	849.90	859.90	1,029.28	1,289.28
	DUP	Clement Cuthbertson*	9.35%	693	695.66	696.80	704.18	821.18	1,017.18
	SDLP	Denise Mullen	9.14%	677	779.60	824.44	933.62	958.00	968.38
	Sinn Féin	Dee Varsani*	6.17%	457	550.48	652.70	673.02	673.40	674.40
	TUV	Kenny Loughrin	6.69%	496	496.76	497.52	501.90	578.90
	UUP	Winston Duff	5.68%	421	422.14	422.52	460.90
	Alliance	Hannah Su	53.14%	233	251.62	256.94
Electorate: 14,067   Valid: 7,411 (52.68%)   Spoilt: 175   Quota: 1,059   Turnout: 7,586 (53.93%)

Magherafelt

Magherafelt - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Paul McLean*	15.84%	1,106	1,135	1,144	1,163	1,167
	UUP	George Shiels*	11.24%	785	803	809	834	841	1,225
	Sinn Féin	Seán Clarke*	15.68%	1,095	1,095	1,101	1,132	1,147	1,147
	SDLP	Christine McFlynn*	10.30%	719	724	756	822	1,116	1,119
	Sinn Féin	Darren Totten*	13.96%	975	976	1,008	1,041	1,110	1,110
	TUV	Gareth Ferguson	10.74%	750	786	791	806	808	1,001
	DUP	Ross Mitchell	8.98%	627	635	635	641	642
	SDLP	Ben Niblock	5.18%	362	364	391	436
	Independent	Hugh McCloy	3.31%	231	240	310
	Independent	Michael Kelly	3.08%	215	220
	Independent	Robert Kelly*	1.69%	118
Electorate: 12,483   Valid: 6,983 (55.94%)   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 1,164   Turnout: 7,102 (56.89%)

Moyola

Moyola - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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
	UUP	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%)

Torrent

Torrent - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Linda Dillon †	14.81%	1,218
	Sinn Féin	Joe O'Neill*	13.95%	1,147	1,310.00
	SDLP	Malachy Quinn	8.91%	733	822.00	846.00	847.89	1,361.89
	Sinn Féin	Ronan McGinley	11.02%	906	958.00	982.00	985.36	1,139.51
	UUP	Kenneth Reid* †	13.42%	1,104	1,106.00	1,109.00	1,109.09	1,117.12
	Sinn Féin	Mickey Gillespie*	10.21%	840	936.00	1,003.00	1,031.47	1,069.47
	DUP	Keith Buchanan	10.35%	851	852.00	852.00	852.00	856.00
	SDLP	Deirdre Mayo*	9.23%	759	800.00	804.00	805.05
	Independent	Feargal O'Donnell	8.11%	667
Electorate: 14,672   Valid: 8,225 (56.06%)   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,176   Turnout: 8,363 (57.0%)

* Incumbent

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Date	Electoral Area	Party		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
27 May 2016	Torrent		Sinn Féin	Linda Dillon	Niamh Doris	Dillon was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.[4]
25 May 2017	Moyola		Sinn Féin	Caoimhe O'Neill	Niamh Milne	O'Neill resigned.[5]
1 Dec 2018	Moyola		Sinn Féin	Peter Bateson	Donal McPeake	Bateson resigned.[6]
1 Dec 2018	Moyola		Sinn Féin	Niamh Milne	Ian Milne[7]
2 Jan 2019	Torrent		UUP	Kenneth Reid	Robert Colvin[8]	Reid resigned for health reasons.[9]

‡ Changes of affiliation

Date	Electoral Area	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
1 May 2017	Cookstown	Tony Quinn		SDLP		Independent	Resigned.[10]

Last updated 25 March 2019.

Current composition: see Mid Ulster District Council.

References

1. "Northern Ireland council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
2. "UTV local election results, Mid Ulster". UTV. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
3. "Mid Ulster Council Results, 2014". Mid Ulster. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
4. "Doris takes place on council". Tyrone times. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
5. "McWilliams takes place on council". Twitter page. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
6. "Veteran Republican retires from Council". www.midulstermail.co.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
7. "CMIS > Councillors". mid-ulster.cmis-ni.org. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
8. "CMIS > Councillors". mid-ulster.cmis-ni.org. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
9. "Veteran Ulster Unionist councillor steps down due to ill health". www.midulstermail.co.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
10. Young, Connla. "SDLP councillor Tony Quinn resigns". The Irish News. Retrieved 12 May 2017.