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2023 Northern Ireland local elections

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2023 Northern Ireland local elections
← 2019 18 May 2023

All 11 districts, 462 council seats
Turnout54.7%
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Michelle O'Neill[n 1] Jeffrey Donaldson Naomi Long
Party Sinn Féin DUP Alliance
Last election 105 122 53
Seats won 144 122 67
Seat change Increase 39 Steady Increase 14
Popular vote 230,793 173,033 99,251
Percentage 30.9% 23.3% 13.3%
Swing Increase 7.7% Decrease 0.8% Increase 1.8%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Colum Eastwood SDLP Conference 2023.jpg
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Leader Doug Beattie Colum Eastwood Jim Allister
Party UUP SDLP TUV
Last election 75 59 6
Seats won 54 39 9
Seat change Decrease 21 Decrease 20 Increase 3
Popular vote 81,282 64,996 29,202
Percentage 10.9% 8.7% 3.9%
Swing Decrease 3.2% Decrease 3.3% Increase 1.7%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
  Eamonn McCann
PUP
Leader Mal O'Hara Eamonn McCann[n 2] Billy Hutchinson
Party Green (NI) People Before Profit PUP
Last election 8 5 3
Seats won 5 2 1
Seat change Decrease 3 Decrease 3 Decrease 2
Popular vote 12,692 8,059 2,103
Percentage 1.7% 1.0% 0.3
Swing Decrease 0.4% Decrease 0.4% Decrease0.5

Results by DEA (District Electoral Area)

Local elections were held in Northern Ireland on 18 May 2023.[2] The elections were delayed by two weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.[3] Following the elections, Sinn Féin became the largest party in local government for the first time.[4] It also marked the first time that nationalist parties had garnered a greater share of the vote than unionist parties, however, despite this, there were more unionist councillors elected than nationalists.[5]

Electoral system

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Northern Ireland uses the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system to elect members of local councils and members of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Voters rank candidates in order of preference by marking 1, 2, 3, etc. to the names of candidates on a ballot paper and can rank as many or as few candidates as they like or just vote for one candidate.[6]

These were the second Northern Irish elections and the first local election at which people were able to register to vote online.[7]

Background

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In previous local elections, a unionist party had always won the most seats. In the 2019 Northern Ireland local elections, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) had come first.

At the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election, Sinn Féin became the biggest political party in the Assembly for the first time. It was also the first time that the DUP didn't assume the position of First Minister-designate since 2007. Due to the terms outlined in the Good Friday Agreement, the largest nationalist party and the largest unionist party must be in government together. The Executive, Northern Ireland's government, is not currently sitting as the DUP has refused to enter government due to the Northern Ireland Protocol, an agreement between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) that governs the unique customs and immigration issues at the border between Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. This move has proved controversial, with the Vice President of Sinn Féin and First Minister-designate, Michelle O'Neill saying that it's "totally unacceptable" for the DUP to refuse to enter the Executive amid a crisis. The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) has accused the DUP of treating voters with contempt and "making our electoral process look like a bad joke"[8] and Naomi Long, leader of the Alliance Party, said DUP Assembly Members should not be allowed to claim their salary while they prevented the Assembly from functioning.[9]

Number of candidates

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The full list of candidates was revealed on 18 May 2023.[10]

Council SF DUP APNI UUP SDLP Ind. TUV GRN AON PBP WP NIC PUP CCLA IRSP SP Total
Antrim & Newtownabbey 11 16 10 10 4 3 5 6 1 1 1 68
Ards & North Down 17 16 9 3 11 6 7 3 73
Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon 16 15 7 12 9 1 4 1 65
Belfast 26 18 18 7 11 4 6 10 2 8 6 1 1 2 1 121
Causeway Coast & Glens 13 16 8 10 7 8 4 2 4 1 1 74
Derry & Strabane 18 7 7 5 15 6 5 7 70
Fermanagh & Omagh 22 9 7 9 7 6 2 1 1 64
Lisburn & Castlereagh 6 18 14 12 6 3 3 3 65
Mid & East Antrim 4 17 10 12 2 2 10 3 1 61
Mid-Ulster 21 11 5 7 7 6 5 3 1 66
Newry, Mourne & Down 24 8 8 8 15 6 1 6 3 1 80
Total 162 152 110 101 86 56 46 37 19 16 7 5 4 2 2 2 807

Opinion polling

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Date(s)
conducted
Pollster Client Sample
size
DUP U SF N APNI O UUP U SDLP N TUV U Green O Other Lead
18 May 2023 2023 local elections N/A 23.3% 30.9% 13.3% 10.9% 8.7% 3.9% 1.7% 7.2% 7.6%
11–21 Apr 2023 Institute of Irish Studies University of Liverpool/Irish News 1,013 23% 29.8% 14.5% 12.8% 8.3% 5.0% 2.7% 4.9% 6.8%
3 May 2019 2019 local elections N/A 24.1% 23.2% 11.5% 14.1% 12.0% 2.2% 2.1% 8.2% 0.9%

In the table above, U signifies unionist, N nationalist and O other.

Results

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The counting of votes began on 19 May 2023 and finished on 21 May 2023.[11][12] Preliminary results showed Sinn Féin overtaking the DUP as the largest party in local government.[13] In one DEA, Waterside in Derry and Strabane, the result was incorrectly declared prematurely and the counting of votes was not completed; the counting of votes there resumed on 9 August 2023.[14][15]

As is common in Northern Ireland under the single transferable vote electoral system, ten of the eleven councils were under no overall control. The exception was Fermanagh and Omagh District Council where Sinn Féin won 21 seats to take a majority of two, becoming the only single party with control of a district council.

Results were published by BBC News.[16]

Results by council

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Council SF
(N)
DUP
(U)
APNI
(O)
UUP
(U)
SDLP
(N)
TUV
(U)
Green
(O)
PBP
(O)
PUP
(U)
Ind. Total U N O Control
Antrim & Newtownabbey 9 Increase4 13 Decrease1 8 Increase1 7 Decrease2 1 Decrease3 2 Increase1 40 20 Decrease3 10 Increase1 10 Increase2 NOC
Ards & North Down 14 Steady 12 Increase2 8 Steady 1 Steady 0 Decrease1 2 Decrease1 3 Steady 40 24 Decrease1 1 Steady 15 Increase1 Un.
Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon 15 Increase5 13 Increase2 4 Increase1 6 Decrease4 1 Decrease5 1 Increase1 1 Steady 41 21 Decrease1 16 Steady 4 Increase1 Un.
Belfast 22 Increase4 14 Decrease1 11 Increase1 2 Steady 5 Decrease1 1 Increase1 3 Decrease1 1 Decrease2 0 Decrease2 1 Increase1 60 17 Decrease2 28 Increase4 15 Decrease2 NOC
Causeway Coast & Glens 12 Increase3 13 Decrease1 5 Increase3 4 Decrease3 3 Decrease3 2 Increase2 1 Steady Decrease1 40 20 Decrease2 15 Steady 5 Increase3 NOC
Derry & Strabane 18 Increase7 5 Decrease2 0 Decrease2 3 Increase1 10 Decrease1 1 Decrease1 3 Decrease1 40 8 Decrease1 31 Increase4 1 Decrease3 Nat.
Fermanagh & Omagh 21 Increase6 6 Increase1 2 Increase1 7 Decrease2 3 Decrease2 1 Decrease3 40 13 Decrease1 25 Increase1 2 Steady Nat.
Lisburn & Castlereagh 4 Increase2 14 Decrease1 13 Increase4 6 Decrease5 2 Steady 0 Decrease1 1 Increase1 40 21 Decrease5 6 Increase2 13 Increase3 Un.
Mid & East Antrim 4 Increase2 14 Decrease1 7 Steady 8 Increase1 0 Decrease1 5 Steady 2 Decrease1 40 29 Decrease1 4 Increase1 7 Steady Un.
Mid-Ulster 19 Increase2 11 Increase2 2 Decrease4 5 Steady 3 Increase1 40 13 Decrease2 27 Increase2 0 Steady Nat.
Newry, Mourne & Down 20 Increase4 5 Increase2 5 Increase3 1 Decrease3 8 Decrease3 2 Decrease3 41 6 Decrease2 30 Steady 5 Increase2 Nat.
Total 144 Increase39 122 Steady 67 Increase14 54 Decrease21 39 Decrease20 9 Increase3 5 Decrease3 2 Decrease3 1 Decrease2 19 Decrease5 462 192 Decrease21 193 Increase15 77 Increase7


The 11 council areas across Northern Ireland.

Largest party by council

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Map
key
Council Seats Largest party (no. of seats) Details
2019 2023
1 Belfast 60 Sinn Féin (18) Sinn Féin (22) Details[17]
2 Ards & North Down 40 DUP (14)[a] DUP (14) Details[18]
3 Antrim & Newtownabbey 40 DUP (14) DUP (13) Details[19]
4 Lisburn & Castlereagh 40 DUP (15)[b] DUP (14) Details[20]
5 Newry, Mourne & Down 41 Sinn Féin (16) Sinn Féin (20) Details[21]
6 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon 41 DUP (11) Sinn Féin (15) Details[22]
7 Mid & East Antrim 40 DUP (15)[c] DUP (14) Details[23]
8 Causeway Coast & Glens 40 DUP (14)[d] DUP (13) Details[24]
9 Mid Ulster 40 Sinn Féin (17) Sinn Féin (19) Details[25]
10 Derry City & Strabane 40 Sinn Féin (11) Sinn Féin (18) Details[26]
SDLP (11)
11 Fermanagh & Omagh 40 Sinn Féin (15) Sinn Féin (21*) Details[27]
All Councils in Northern Ireland 462 DUP (122) Sinn Féin (144)
  • *Absolute Majority

Results by party

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Party Councillors % of councillors First preference votes % of FP votes
2019 2023 +/- 2019 2023 +/- 2019 2023 +/- 2019 2023 +/-
Sinn Féin 105 144 Increase 39 22.7% 31.2% Increase 8.5% 157,448 230,793 Increase 73,345 23.2% 30.9% Increase 7.7%
DUP 122 122 Steady 0 26.4% 26.4% Steady 0.0% 163,615 173,033 Increase 9,418 24.1% 23.3% Decrease 0.8%
Alliance 53 67 Increase 14 11.5% 14.5% Increase 3.0% 78,052 99,251 Increase 21,199 11.5% 13.3% Increase 1.8%
UUP 75 54 Decrease 21 16.2% 11.7% Decrease 4.5% 95,320 81,282 Decrease 14,038 14.1% 10.9% Decrease 3.2%
SDLP 59 39 Decrease 20 12.8% 8.4% Decrease 4.4% 81,419 64,996 Decrease 16,423 12.0% 8.7% Decrease 3.3%
Independent 24 19 Decrease 5 5.2% 4.1% Decrease 1.1% 29,339 34,396 Increase 5,057 4.3% 4.6% Increase 0.3%
TUV 6 9 Increase 3 1.3% 1.9% Increase 0.6% 15,165 29,202 Increase 14,037 2.2% 3.9% Increase 1.7%
Green (NI) 8 5 Decrease 3 1.7% 1.1% Decrease 0.6% 14,284 12,692 Decrease 1,592 2.1% 1.7% Decrease 0.4%
People Before Profit 5 2 Decrease 3 1.1% 0.4% Decrease 0.7% 9,478 8,059 Decrease 1,419 1.4% 1.0% Decrease 0.4%
PUP 3 1 Decrease 2 0.6% 0.2% Decrease 0.4% 5,338 2,103 Decrease 3,235 0.8% 0.3% Decrease 0.5%
Aontú 1 0 Decrease 1 0.2% 0.0% Decrease 0.2% 7,459 6,771 Decrease 688 1.1% 0.9% Decrease 0.2%
Labour Alternative 1 0 Decrease 1 0.2% 0.0% Decrease 0.2% 880 772 Decrease 108 0.1% 0.1% Steady 0.0%
Irish Republican Socialist 0 0 Steady 0.0% 0.0% Steady N/A 825 Increase 825 N/A 0.1% N/A
NI Conservatives 0 0 Steady 0.0% 0.0% Steady 1,364 438 Decrease 926 0.2% 0.1% Decrease 0.1%
Workers' Party 0 0 Steady 0.0% 0.0% Steady N/A 678 Increase 678 N/A 0.1% N/A
Socialist Party 0 0 Steady 0.0% 0.0% Steady N/A 224 Increase 224 N/A 0.0% N/A
Total 462 462 Steady 100% 100% Steady 663,916 745,515

Councils

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Antrim and Newtownabbey

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Airport
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Matthew Magill 1,827
Sinn Féin Anne-Marie Logue 1,574
Sinn Féin Maighréad Ní Chonghaile 1,335
Alliance Andrew McAuley 1,209
UUP Paul Michael 1,075
SDLP Thomas Burns 862
Green (NI) Terri Johnston 134
Turnout 8,016
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Antrim
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Lucille O'Hagan 1,270
Alliance Neil Kelly 1,091
DUP Paul Dunlop 986
UUP Leah Smyth 744
DUP John Smyth 721
SDLP Roisin Lynch 678
TUV Richard Shields 453
UUP Jim Montgomery 442
Alliance Tommy Monahan 396
DUP Karl McMeekin 257
Green (NI) Eleanor Bailey 88
Turnout 7,126
Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Ballyclare
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Jeannie Archibald 1,655
UUP Vera McWilliam 1,131
Alliance Lewis Boyle 977
DUP Helen Magill 947
Independent Michael Stewart 928
TUV Mel Lucas 747
UUP Norrie Ramsey 604
Green (NI) Robert Robinson 109
Sinn Féin Gerard Magee 86
Turnout 7,184
Alliance gain from UUP
Dunsilly
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Henry Cushinan 1,390
Sinn Féin Annie O'Lone 1,214
DUP Linda Clarke 977
Alliance Jay Burbank 913
UUP Stewart Wilson 843
SDLP Ryan Wilson 724
DUP Tom Cunningham 705
TUV Jonathan Campbell 445
Aontú Siobhán McErlean 243
Turnout 7,454
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Glengormley Urban
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Alison Bennington 1,432
Sinn Féin Eamonn McLaughlin 1,280
Alliance Julian McGrath 994
Sinn Féin Rosie Kinnear 972
UUP Mark Cosgrove 952
DUP Paula Bradley 852
Sinn Féin Michael Goodman 841
SDLP Noreen McClelland 565
Alliance Anita Piatek 413
Green (NI) Paul Veronica 313
Independent Michael Maguire 102
NI Conservatives Jason Reid 49
Turnout 8,765
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Macedon
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Taylor McGrann 1,326
DUP Matthew Brady 1,220
UUP Robert Foster 1,138
Alliance Billy Webb 1,085
DUP Ben Mallon 574
DUP Victor Robinson 553
Independent Stafford Ward 487
TUV Norman Boyd 333
PUP Rosemary Bell-McCracken 244
Green (NI) Ellie Byrne 158
Turnout 7,118
Independent gain from DUP
Three Mile Water
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Mark Cooper 1,575
Alliance Tom Campbell 1,390
DUP Stephen Ross 1,211
UUP Stephen Cosgrove 899
Alliance Julie Gilmour 711
DUP Sam Flanagan 574
UUP Brian Kerr 530
TUV Trevor Mawhinney 425
Sinn Féin Emmanuel Mullen 325
Green (NI) Dylan Loughlin 162
Turnout 7,802
No change

Ards and North Down

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Ards Peninsula
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Robert Adair 1,959
SDLP Joe Boyle 1,279
Alliance Lorna McAlpine 1,266
Sinn Féin Noel Sands 945
DUP Davy Kerr 827
UUP Pete Wray 739
DUP Eddie Thompson 687
DUP Nigel Edmund 633
TUV Tom Thompson 592
Green (NI) Gillian McNaull 149
Independent Boyd Ireland 108
Turnout 9,184
No change
Bangor Central
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Karen Douglas 1,378
Independent Wesley Irvine 1,369
DUP Alistair Cathcart 1,053
UUP Craig Blaney 917
Independent Ray McKimm 885
Alliance Chris McCracken 666
Green (NI) Stephen Dunlop 583
TUV Peter Wilson 454
Alliance Alex Harbinson 385
DUP Dean McSorley 361
UUP Rachel McCord 313
NI Conservatives Tim Mullen 86
Turnout 8,450
Wesley Irvine leaves DUP
Alliance gain from Green
Bangor East and Donaghadee
Party Candidate 1st pref.
UUP Mark Brooks 1,972
Alliance Hannah Irwin 1,445
DUP James Cochrane 1,275
UUP David Chambers 932
DUP Janice MacArthur 712
Independent Bill Keery 641
Alliance Gillian McCollum 585
Independent Tom Smith 460
Green (NI) Ciara Henry 355
NI Conservatives Paul Leeman 119
Turnout 8,496
Alliance gain from Independent
Bangor West
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Christine Chrighton 1,175
DUP Jennifer Gilmour 1,033
UUP Stephen Hollywood 867
Green (NI) Barry McKee 737
DUP Peter Martin 640
Independent Susan Prentice 510
Alliance Huw Stacy 395
Alliance Alison McWhinney 388
TUV John Gordon 331
SDLP Tony McCann 297
NI Conservatives Colin Breen 132
Turnout 6,505
DUP gain from Alliance
Comber
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Libby Douglas 1,501
UUP Philip Smith 1,407
DUP Trevor Cummings 1,303
Alliance Patricia Morgan 1,081
Alliance Rachel Ashe 1,019
TUV Sam Patterson 409
Independent Stephen Cooper 322
Green (NI) Cory Quinn 197
Independent John Sloan 47
Turnout 7,286
Alliance gain from TUV
Holywood and Clandeboye
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Martin McRandal 1,222
Green (NI) Rachel Woods 1,134
DUP Alan Graham 1,112
Alliance David Rossiter 1,074
UUP Linzi McLaren 989
Alliance Helen Corbett 875
SDLP Déirdre Vaughan 539
DUP Carl McClean 419
TUV Diane Adams 364
Turnout 7,728
No change
Newtownards
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Independent Steven Irvine 1,463
DUP Naomi Armstrong 1,370
UUP Richard Smart 1,257
Alliance Alan McDowell 1,236
DUP Stephen McIlveen 1,057
Alliance Vicky Moore 947
TUV Eddie Allen 598
DUP Colin Kennedy 580
Independent Ian Cox 527
Green (NI) Maurice Macartney 226
Independent Ben King 24
Turnout 9,285
No change

Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon

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Armagh
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Fergal Donnelly 2,158
DUP Scott Armstrong 1,924
Sinn Féin Ashley Mallon 1,661
SDLP Thomas O'Hanlon 1,654
Sinn Féin John Óg O'Kane 1,508
Sinn Féin Sarah Duffy 1,409
UUP Sam Nicholson 1,328
SDLP Gráinne O'Neill 966
Alliance Hanagh Winter 619
Aontú Daniel Connolly 357
Turnout 13,584
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
DUP gain from UUP
Banbridge
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Joy Ferguson 1,961
UUP Glenn Barr 1,903
Sinn Féin Chris McCartan 1,750
DUP Paul Greenfield 1,747
Sinn Féin Kevin Savage 1,595
DUP Ian Wilson 1,296
UUP Jill Macauley 1,055
UUP Ian Burns 984
SDLP Seamus Doyle 787
TUV Brian Moorhead 593
Turnout 13,671
Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Craigavon
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Jude Mallon 1,964
Sinn Féin Catherine Nelson 1,897
DUP Margaret Tinsley 1,811
Alliance Robbie Alexander 1,392
DUP Ian Patterson 1,360
UUP Kate Evans 1,305
SDLP Declan McAlinden 762
SDLP Jackie Coade 196
Turnout 10,757
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Alliance gain from SDLP
Cusher
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Brona Haughey 2,177
Independent Paul Berry 2,059
TUV Keith Ratcliffe 2,037
DUP Gareth Wilson 1,912
DUP Philip Weir 1,380
UUP Gordon Kennedy 1,099
Alliance Mark Skillen 594
SDLP Emma Jayne McKernan 578
UUP Ewan McNeill 442
Turnout 12,278
TUV gain from UUP
Lagan River
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Mark Baxter 2,261
Alliance Jessica Johnston 1,762
DUP Paul Rankin 1,505
UUP Kyle Savage 1,393
DUP Tim McClelland 1,137
TUV Samuel Morrison 627
UUP Sammy Ogle 593
Sinn Féin Vincent McAleenan 502
SDLP Oisín Edwards 220
Turnout 10,000
No change
Lurgan
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Keith Haughian 2,153
Alliance Peter Lavery 1,877
DUP Peter Haire 1,849
Sinn Féin Liam Mackle 1,835
Sinn Féin Mary O'Dowd 1,554
DUP Stephen Moutray 1,416
Sinn Féin Sorchá McGeown 1,299
UUP Louise McKinstry 1,104
SDLP Ciaran Toman 991
Turnout 14,078
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
DUP gain from UUP
Portadown
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Paul Duffy 1,986
DUP Lavelle McIlwrath 1,826
DUP Kyle Moutray 1,816
DUP Alan Mulholland 1,432
UUP Julie Flaherty 1,355
Alliance Emma Hutchinson 921
Sinn Féin Clare McConville-Walker 907
SDLP Eamonn McNeill 842
TUV Robert Oliver 795
UUP Zöe McCullough 322
Turnout 12,202
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Belfast

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Balmoral
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Geraldine McAteer 2,037
SDLP Dónal Lyons 1,616
Alliance Tara Brooks 1,522
DUP Sarah Bunting 1,513
Alliance Micky Murray 1,090
DUP Gareth Spratt 817
UUP Joshua Lowry 551
Sinn Féin Séan Napier 427
Green (NI) Lauren Kendall 333
SDLP Sarah Mulgrew 323
Turnout 10,229
Alliance gain from DUP
Black Mountain
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Ciarán Beattie 2,336
Sinn Féin Micheal Donnelly 2,158
Sinn Féin Arder Carson 2,073
Sinn Féin Áine McCabe 1,838
SDLP Paul Doherty 1,685
Sinn Féin Ronan McLaughlin 1,641
Sinn Féin Róis-Máire Donnelly 1,536
People Before Profit Matt Collins 1,316
Aontú Gerard Herdman 543
Irish Republican Socialist Dan Murphy 426
Workers' Party Ursula Meighan 185
Alliance Ryan Brown 166
Green (NI) Stevie Maginn 68
Turnout 15,971
SDLP gain from People Before Profit
Botanic
Party Candidate 1st pref.
SDLP Gary McKeown 1,881
Sinn Féin John Gormley 1,533
DUP Tracy Kelly 1,372
Alliance Emmet McDonough-Brown 1,086
Sinn Féin Emma-Jane Faulkner 1,048
Green (NI) Áine Groogan 1,006
Alliance Chris Ogle 728
DUP Darren Leighton 649
UUP Jeffrey Dudgeon 380
TUV Billy Dickson 312
People Before Profit Sipho Sibanda 308
Socialist Party Neil Moore 149
Workers' Party Paddy Lynn 89
NI Conservatives Idris Maiga 52
Turnout 10,593
No change
Castle
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Brónach Anglin 2,479
Sinn Féin Conor Maskey 2,068
DUP Fred Cobain 1,775
DUP Dean McCullough 1,671
Alliance Sam Nelson 1,392
SDLP Carl Whyte 1,047
Green (NI) Mal O'Hara 979
UUP Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston 553
People Before Profit Barney Doherty 250
Workers' Party Lily Kerr 86
Turnout 12,479
Sinn Féin gain from Green
Collin
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Joe Duffy 2,559
Sinn Féin Caoimhín McCann 2,350
Sinn Féin Matt Garrett 1,924
Sinn Féin Clíodhna Nic Bhranair 1,649
Sinn Féin Seanna Walsh 1,521
People Before Profit Michael Collins 1,193
SDLP Gerard McDonald 903
Aontú Luke McCann 526
Alliance Eoin Millar 492
Independent Julieann McNally 368
Green (NI) Ash Jones 228
Independent Tony Mallon 166
Workers' Party Paddy Crossan 83
Turnout 13,962
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Court
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Frank McCoubrey 2,645
Sinn Féin Tina Black 1,822
DUP Nicola Verner 1,783
Sinn Féin Claire Canavan 1,616
DUP Ian McLaughlin 993
TUV Ron McDowell 963
PUP Billy Hutchinson 679
People Before Profit Cailín McCaffrey 408
Irish Republican Socialist Michael Kelly 399
Alliance Ally Haydock 329
SDLP Olcan McSparron 175
Green (NI) Sara Haller 108
Workers' Party Tony Walls 85
Independent Geoffrey Wilson 18
Turnout 12,023
TUV gain from PUP
Lisnasharragh
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Davy Douglas 2,083
SDLP Séamas De Faoite 1,580
Alliance Michael Long 1,437
Sinn Féin Stevie Jenkins 1,231
Green (NI) Brian Smyth 1,157
Alliance Eric Hanvey 1,078
DUP Bradley Ferguson 1,060
Alliance Anna McErlean 961
UUP Bill Manwaring 820
TUV Stephen Ferguson 368
People Before Profit Nick Cropper 200
Turnout 11,975
No change
Oldpark
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Nichola Bradley 1,870
Independent Paul McCusker 1,747
Sinn Féin JJ Magee 1,619
Sinn Féin Ryan Murphy 1,430
Sinn Féin Tomás Ó Neill 1,330
DUP Jordan Doran 1,263
DUP Gillian Simpson 919
People Before Profit Fiona Ferguson 700
TUV Ann McClure 595
Alliance Chris Shannon 453
SDLP Charlotte Carson 245
Green (NI) Ange Cruz 149
Workers' Party Fiona McCarthy 46
Turnout 12,366
Paul McCusker leaves SDLP
Sinn Féin gain from People Before Profit
Ormiston
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Christine Bower 2,661
DUP James Lawlor 2,394
DUP Andrew McCormick 1,642
Alliance Ross McMullan 1,480
Alliance Jenna Maghie 1,299
UUP Jim Rodgers 1,004
Green (NI) Anthony Flynn 999
Alliance Caitlin Sullivan 889
UUP Carole Howard 847
TUV John Hiddleston 680
Sinn Féin Caitríona Mallaghan 174
People Before Profit Fiona Doran 117
SDLP Lorcan McGuirk 106
Turnout 14,295
No change
Titanic
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Ruth Brooks 1,690
Alliance David Bell 1,360
Sinn Féin Padraig Donnelly 1,284
DUP Sammy Douglas 1,214
Alliance Fiona McAteer 1,149
UUP Sonia Copeland 968
Green (NI) Gillian Hamilton 938
DUP George Dorrian 658
TUV Anne Smyth 564
SDLP Elly Odhiambo 129
Turnout 9,954
Sinn Féin gain from PUP

Causeway Coast and Glens

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Ballymoney
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Mervyn Storey 1,779
Sinn Féin Ciarán McQuillan 1,320
UUP Darryl Wilson 1,255
Sinn Féin Leanne Peacock 1,194
TUV Jonathan McAuley 995
Alliance Lee Kane 880
DUP Alan McLean 861
DUP Ivor Wallace 808
UUP Tom McKeown 438
SDLP Caitlin Bond 286
Independent Cathal McLaughlin 220
Turnout 9,971
Alliance gain from UUP
TUV gain from DUP
Bann
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Sean Bateson 1,277
DUP Michelle Knight-McQuillan 1,054
Sinn Féin Ciarán Archibald 862
DUP Dawn Huggins 851
UUP Richard Holmes 782
UUP Andrew Kerr 760
Independent Adrian McQuillan 701
Alliance Joe Hutchinson 573
TUV William Craig 456
Aontú Gemma Brolly 336
SDLP Ryan Barkley 173
Green (NI) Jen McCahon 92
Turnout 7,917
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Benbradagh
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Sean McGlinchey 1,888
Sinn Féin Dermot Nicholl 1,558
DUP Edgar Scott 1,231
Sinn Féin Kathleen McGurk 1,172
UUP Robert Carmichael 600
Aontú Liam McElhinney 494
SDLP Michael Coyle 441
Alliance Christine Turner 353
Independent Niall Murphy 116
Turnout 7,853
No change
Causeway
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Mark Fielding 1,305
Alliance Peter McCully 924
DUP John McAuley 878
TUV Allister Kyle 867
DUP Sharon McKillop 860
UUP Sandra Hunter 793
Sinn Féin Emma Thompson 715
UUP Barry Torrens 608
Alliance Richard Stewart 468
SDLP Paul Shevlin 450
Independent David Alexander 354
Independent Angela Mulholland 327
Green (NI) Mark Coulson 262
Turnout 8,811
Alliance gain from SDLP
TUV gain from UUP
Coleraine
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Philip Anderson 1,389
PUP Russell Watton 1,016
Alliance Yvonne Boyle 947
Sinn Féin Niamh Archibald 858
UUP John Wisener 721
DUP Adele Tomb 655
Independent George Duddy 450
DUP Tanya Stirling 441
TUV Michael Sweeney 339
SDLP Helen Maher 329
People Before Profit Amy Merron 247
Turnout 7,392
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Limavady
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Brenda Chivers 1,800
DUP Steven Callaghan 1,010
Independent James McCorkell 562
Alliance Amy Mairs 547
UUP Barry Crawford 511
DUP Aaron Callan 496
DUP Jordan Wallace 478
SDLP Ashleen Schenning 443
Aontú John Boyle 153
Independent Billy Stewart 31
Turnout 6,031
Alliance gain from DUP
The Glens
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Cara McShane 1,913
Sinn Féin Oliver McMullan 1,462
Sinn Féin Maighréad Watson 1,142
DUP Bill Kennedy 945
Alliance Glenise Morgan 733
SDLP Margaret McKillop 652
UUP Wesley Craig 587
Aontú John Robbin 265
Turnout 7,699
Sinn Féin gain from Independent
DUP gain from UUP

Derry and Strabane

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Ballyarnett
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Sandra Duffy 2,164
SDLP Rory Farrell 1,405
Sinn Féin John McGowan 1,299
SDLP Brian Tierney 1,006
Sinn Féin Pat Murphy 960
Aontú Emmet Doyle 887
SDLP Catherine McDaid 856
People Before Profit Damien Doherty 727
Alliance Colm Cavanagh 436
Turnout 9,740
Sinn Féin gain from Aontú
Derg
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Keith Kerrigan 1,669
Sinn Féin Ruairí McHugh 1,442
UUP Derek Hussey 1,377
Sinn Féin Caroline Devine 1,246
Sinn Féin Antaine Ó Fearghail 1,197
SDLP Steven Edwards 732
Independent Andy Patton 507
Alliance Anne Murray 177
People Before Profit Adam McGinley 112
Aontú Leza Houston 99
Turnout 8,549
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Faughan
Party Candidate 1st pref.
UUP Ryan McCready 1,282
Sinn Féin Alex Duffy 1,193
Sinn Féin Sean Fleming 1,162
DUP Julie Middleton 988
SDLP Declan Norris 919
Alliance Rachael Ferguson 695
DUP Gary Wilkinson 653
SDLP Hayley Canning 616
People Before Profit Damien Gallagher 310
Independent Graham Warke 279
Turnout 8,095
Ryan McCready leaves DUP
Sinn Féin gain from Alliance
Foyleside
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Conor Heaney 1,846
Sinn Féin Grace Uí Niallais 1,111
People Before Profit Shaun Harkin 979
SDLP Lilian Seenoi-Barr 960
SDLP Shauna Cusack 948
SDLP Stephen McCallion 626
Aontú Seán Mac Cearáin 423
Alliance Danny McCloskey 266
Turnout 7,163
Sinn Féin gain from Independent
Sperrin
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Paul Boggs 1,993
Sinn Féin Fergal Leonard 1,650
DUP Allan Bresland 1,194
Sinn Féin Brian Harte 1,125
Independent Paul Gallagher 1,042
Independent Raymond Barr 985
DUP Maurice Devenney 964
SDLP Jason Barr 811
SDLP Tommy Forbes 538
UUP Glen Miller 489
Alliance Mel Boyle 381
Independent Patsy Kelly 246
People Before Profit Carol Gallagher 226
Aontú Darán Mac Meanman 168
Turnout 11,812
Sinn Féin gain from DUP
The Moor
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Independent Gary Donnelly 1,868
Sinn Féin Aisling Hutton 1,317
Sinn Féin Patricia Logue 1,069
Sinn Féin Emma McGinley 912
SDLP John Boyle 761
People Before Profit Maeve O'Neill 578
SDLP Dermott Henderson 445
Aontú Darryl Christy 301
Alliance Michael Downey 146
Turnout 7,397
Sinn Féin gain from People Before Profit
Waterside
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Caitlin Deeney 1,949
UUP Darren Guy 1,797
DUP Chelsea Cooke 1,262
DUP Niree McMorris 1,225
SDLP Sean Mooney 1,071
Sinn Féin Christopher Jackson 1,019
SDLP Martin Reilly 1,006
Alliance Philip McKinney 748
UUP Janice Montgomery 448
People Before Profit Davina Pulis 388
Turnout 10,913
Sinn Féin gain from Alliance

Fermanagh and Omagh

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Enniskillen
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Keith Elliott 1,029
Sinn Féin Tommy Maguire 1,024
Sinn Féin Dermot Browne 846
Sinn Féin Andrea McManus 780
Alliance Eddie Roofe 779
UUP Roy Crawford 667
UUP Robert Irvine 562
SDLP Paul Blake 539
TUV Donald Crawford 509
Labour Alternative Donal O'Cofaigh 504
DUP Jill Mahon 437
Turnout 7,676
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Alliance gain from Labour Alternative
Erne East
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Sheamus Greene 1,753
DUP Paul Robinson 1,410
Sinn Féin Thomas O'Reilly 1,387
Sinn Féin Noeleen Hayes 1,296
UUP Victor Warrington 1,115
Independent Eamon Keenan 560
SDLP Garbhan McPhillips 498
Independent Tina McDermott 238
Alliance Richard Bullick 221
Turnout 8,478
Sinn Féin gain from Independent
Erne North
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Debbie Coyle 1,561
UUP Diana Armstrong 1,392
DUP David Mahon 984
Sinn Féin John Feely 852
SDLP John Coyle 783
UUP John McClaughry 529
TUV Alex Elliott 422
Alliance Eric Bullick 358
DUP David Stevenson 219
Turnout 7,100
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Erne West
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Anthony Feely 1,493
Sinn Féin Elaine Brough 1,362
Sinn Féin Declan McArdle 1,256
UUP Mark Ovens 1,197
SDLP Adam Gannon 835
DUP Aaron Elliott 687
Independent Paul McGoldrick 506
Alliance Gerard McCusker 250
Turnout 7,586
Sinn Féin gain from Independent
Mid Tyrone
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Pádraigín Kelly 1,621
Sinn Féin Roisin Devine Gallagher 1,464
Sinn Féin Anne Marie Fitzgerald 1,204
Sinn Féin Patrick Withers 1,072
DUP Shirley Hawkes 1,057
UUP Rosemary Barton 687
Independent Emmet McAleer 629
SDLP Bernard McGrath 497
Alliance Matthew Beaumont 311
Turnout 8,542
SDLP gain from Independent
Omagh
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Barry McElduff 1,342
DUP Errol Thompson 1,138
Sinn Féin Catherine Kelly 1,013
Alliance Stephen Donnelly 872
Sinn Féin Marty McColgan 773
UUP Matthew Bell 489
Independent Josephine Deehan 469
SDLP Brenda Mellon 385
Independent Kathy Dunphy 80
Socialist Party Amy Ferguson 75
Turnout 6,636
Sinn Féin gain from UUP
West Tyrone
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Mark Buchanan 1,619
Sinn Féin Glenn Campbell 1,279
Sinn Féin Colette McNulty 1,149
Sinn Féin Ann-Marie Donnelly 1,129
Sinn Féin Stephen McCann 1,093
UUP Allan Rainey 829
SDLP Mary Garrity 746
Alliance Joyce Donnelly 457
Turnout 8,301
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Lisburn and Castlereagh

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Castlereagh East
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Sharon Skillen 1,655
Alliance Martin Gregg 1,377
Alliance Sharon Lowry 1,045
DUP John Laverty 890
DUP Samantha Burns 879
UUP Hazel Legge 710
DUP David Drysdale 582
TUV Andrew Girvin 534
Green (NI) Terry Winchcombe 195
Turnout 7,867
No change
Castlereagh South
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Michelle Guy 1,452
Sinn Féin Ryan Carlin 1,204
Alliance Nancy Eaton 1,116
SDLP John Gallen 1,035
DUP Brian Higginson 1,006
Sinn Féin Daniel Bassett 997
UUP Michael Henderson 760
Alliance Martin McKeever 727
SDLP Simon Lee 656
Green (NI) Jacinta Hamley 656
DUP William Traynor 527
Independent Andrew Miller 49
Turnout 10,185
Alliance gain from Green
Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Downshire East
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Andrew Gowan 1,798
Alliance Aaron McIntyre 1,102
DUP Uel Mackin 1,060
Alliance Kurtis Dickson 976
UUP James Baird 726
UUP Alex Swan 482
TUV Stewart Ferris 396
SDLP John Drake 312
Turnout 6,914
Alliance gain from UUP
Downshire West
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Owen Gawith 1,693
DUP Caleb McCready 996
DUP Allan Ewart 971
Alliance Gretta Thompson 936
DUP William Leathem 918
UUP Alan Martin 624
UUP Liz McCord 615
Sinn Féin Siobhán Murphy 308
Green (NI) Luke Robinson 124
Turnout 7,179
Alliance gain from UUP
Killultagh
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Gary McCleave 1,958
Alliance Claire Kemp 1,862
DUP Thomas Beckett 1,509
DUP James Tinsley 1,297
UUP Laura Turner 659
UUP Ross McLernon 654
SDLP Jack Patton 364
Independent Stuart Brown 78
Turnout 8,381
No change
Lisburn North
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Paul Burke 1,239
DUP Jonathan Craig 1,220
Alliance Nicola Parker 1,137
DUP Scott Carson 1,015
SDLP Pat Catney 935
Independent Gary Hynds 890
Alliance Stephen Martin 856
UUP Nicholas Trimble 627
UUP Linsey Gibson 525
Turnout 8,444
Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Independent gain from DUP
Lisburn South
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Andrew Ewing 1,139
Alliance Amanda Grehan 1,111
DUP Alan Givan 1,038
UUP Tim Mitchell 870
DUP Paul Porter 687
Alliance Peter Kennedy 674
UUP Jenny Palmer 625
Sinn Féin Aisling Flynn 493
SDLP Dee French 472
TUV Stewart McEvoy 387
Turnout 7,496
Alliance gain from UUP

Mid and East Antrim

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Ballymena
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Independent Rodney Quigley 1,023
TUV Matthew Armstrong 991
UUP Colin Crawford 969
Sinn Féin Bréanainn Lyness 926
DUP Reuben Glover 913
Alliance John Hyland 897
SDLP Eugene Reid 805
DUP Lawrie Philpott 462
DUP Andrew Wright 310
Turnout 7,296
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
UUP gain from Independent
Bannside
Party Candidate 1st pref.
TUV Timothy Gaston 1,468
TUV Stewart McDonald 1,422
Sinn Féin Ian Friary 1,292
DUP Thomas Gordon 1,256
UUP Jackson Minford 943
DUP Tyler Hoey 838
Alliance Jack Gibson 768
TUV Anna Henry 562
SDLP Morgan Murphy 211
Turnout 8,780
No change
Braid
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Archie Rae 1,302
UUP Alan Barr 1,058
DUP Beth Adger 1,246
DUP William McCaughey 1,224
TUV Christopher Jamieson 1,195
Alliance Chelsea Harwood 1,016
DUP Julie Philpott 872
TUV Matthew Warwick 840
UUP Keith Turner 710
Turnout 9,463
Sinn Féin gain from DUP
Carrick Castle
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Lauren Gray 1,607
DUP Cheryl Brownlee 1,154
DUP Billy Ashe 1,030
UUP Robin Stewart 751
UUP Bethany Ferris 706
TUV Frances Henderson 437
DUP John McDermott 269
PUP Jim McCaw 164
Green (NI) Jenny Hutchinson 136
Turnout 6,254
No change
Coast Road
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin James McKeown 1,180
DUP Andrew Clarke 1,111
Alliance Gerardine Mulvenna 1,094
DUP Angela Smyth 808
UUP Maureen Morrow 457
Alliance Niamh Spurle 448
TUV Wesley Stevenson 340
UUP Olivia Swan 328
Green (NI) Eddie Alcorn 113
Turnout 5,877
No change
Knockagh
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Independent Bobby Hadden 1,182
DUP Peter Johnston 1,144
DUP Marc Collins 931
Alliance Aaron Skinner 903
UUP Andrew Wilson 792
Alliance Noel Williams 753
UUP Gary McCabe 433
TUV James Strange 348
Turnout 6,486
No change
Larne Lough
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Alliance Maeve Donnelly 1,389
DUP Gregg McKeen 1,197
UUP Roy Beggs Jr 1,139
DUP Paul Reid 862
Alliance Robert Logan 696
UUP James Carson 480
TUV Ronnie Donnell 427
Green (NI) Philip Randle 215
Turnout 6,405
No change

Mid Ulster

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Carntogher
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Brian McGuigan 1,909
Sinn Féin Sean McPeake 1,540
Sinn Féin Cora Corry 1,283
DUP Kyle Black 1,209
Sinn Féin Paddy Kelly 1,049
SDLP Martin Kearney 829
TUV James Artt 530
Aontú Noreen McEldowney 481
Turnout 8,830
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Clogher Valley
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Frances Burton 1,656
DUP Mark Robinson 1,568
Sinn Féin Gael Gildernew 1,475
Independent Kevin McElvogue 1,361
UUP Meta Graham 1,260
Sinn Féin Eugene McConnell 1,212
Sinn Féin Sean McGuigan 1,154
SDLP Sharon McAleer 1,045
Turnout 10,731
Independent gain from SDLP
Cookstown
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Cathal Mallaghan 2,157
Sinn Féin John McNamee 1,771
DUP Wilbert Buchanan 1,249
Sinn Féin Gavin Bell 1,215
SDLP Kerri Martin 769
DUP Eva Cahoon 768
UUP Trevor Wilson 702
TUV Timothy Hagan 663
UUP Mark Glasgow 526
Alliance Chris Hillcox 424
Independent Louise Taylor 44
Turnout 10,288
DUP gain from UUP
Dungannon
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Clement Cuthbertson 2,096
Sinn Féin Dominic Molloy 1,519
Sinn Féin Deirdre Varsani 1,219
Independent Barry Monteith 1,180
DUP James Burton 656
Independent Marian Vincent 628
SDLP Karol McQuade 601
UUP Ian Irwin 527
Alliance Claire Hackett 471
TUV Kinley Tener 299
Labour Alternative Gerry Cullen 268
Aontú Denise Mullen 146
Turnout 9,610
Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Magherafelt
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Darren Totten 2,077
Sinn Féin Sean Clarke 1,530
DUP Paul McLean 1,143
DUP Wesley Brown 967
SDLP Christine McFlynn 804
TUV Raymond Love 671
UUP Ian Brown 587
Alliance Padraic Farrell 478
Turnout 8,257
No change
Moyola
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Ian Milne 2,219
Sinn Féin Jolene Groogan 1,874
DUP Anne Forde 1,563
Sinn Féin Donal McPeake 1,144
SDLP Denise Johnston 651
UUP Derek McKinney 592
TUV Glenn Moore 519
Aontú Sheila Fullerton 347
Alliance Caleb Ross 247
Turnout 9,156
SDLP gain from UUP
Torrent
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Eimear Carney 1,678
Sinn Féin Niall McAleer 1,666
Independent Dan Kerr 1,395
Sinn Féin Nuala McLernon 1,174
DUP Jonathan Buchanan 1,170
Sinn Féin Paul Kelly 996
SDLP Malachy Quinn 961
UUP Robert Colvin 714
Independent Teresa Quinn 622
Alliance Simon Graham 284
Turnout 10,633
DUP gain from UUP

Newry, Mourne and Down

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Crotlieve
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Selina Murphy 1,863
Sinn Féin Mickey Ruane 1,387
Sinn Féin Kate Murphy 1,397
Sinn Féin Gerry O'Hare 1,345
SDLP Declan McAteer 1,233
Independent Mark Gibbons 1,111
Independent Jarlath Tinnelly 1,043
SDLP Karen McKevitt 911
Independent Jim Boylan 818
Alliance Daniel Neary 660
DUP Keith Parke 600
UUP Ricky McGaffin 448
SDLP Anne Sheridan 183
Green (NI) Hugh O'Reilly 96
Independent Finbarr Lambe 23
Turnout 11,480
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Downpatrick
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Oonagh Hanlon 1,579
SDLP Gareth Sharvin 1,307
Sinn Féin Philip Campbell 1,160
Alliance Cadogan Enright 1,124
Sinn Féin Louise Rooney 812
SDLP Aurla King 613
SDLP Conor Galbraith 590
Independent Éamon Mac Con Eidhe 404
DUP Sharon Harvey 267
UUP Alexander Burgess 200
Green (NI) Declan Walsh 117
Turnout 8,173
Cadogan Enright joins Alliance
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Newry
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Valerie Harte 2,085
Sinn Féin Cathal King 1,982
Sinn Féin Aidan Mathers 1,483
Sinn Féin Geraldine Kearns 1,259
SDLP Doire Finn 961
SDLP Michael Savage 935
Alliance Helena Young 830
Aontú Sharon Loughran 318
UUP Andrew McCracken 285
Independent Mariya Krupska 209
Workers' Party Nicola Grant 104
Turnout 10,451
Sinn Féin gain from Independent
Rowallane
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Jonny Jackson 1,414
DUP Callum Bowsie 1,331
SDLP Terry Andrews 1,319
Alliance David Lee-Surginor 1,011
Alliance Tierna Kelly 965
UUP Robert Burgess 937
Sinn Féin Dermot Kennedy 866
UUP Rachel Gracey 101
Green (NI) Ali McColl 90
Turnout 8,034
Alliance gain from UUP
Slieve Croob
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Alan Lewis 1,723
Sinn Féin Jim Brennan 1,569
Sinn Féin Róisín Howell 1,443
Sinn Féin Siobhan O'Hare 1,226
Alliance Andrew McMurray 1,183
SDLP Hugh Gallagher 756
UUP Walter Lyons 383
SDLP Will Polland 285
Aontú Rosemary McGlone 245
Green (NI) Seana Pitt 98
Turnout 8,911
Alan Lewis leaves UUP
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Slieve Gullion
Party Candidate 1st pref.
Sinn Féin Aoife Finnegan 1,934
Sinn Féin Áine Quinn 1,932
Sinn Féin Declan Murphy 1,907
Sinn Féin Mickey Larkin 1,558
SDLP Pete Byrne 1,447
Sinn Féin Barra O'Muirí 1,331
Sinn Féin Oonagh Magennis 1,316
UUP David Taylor 1,197
SDLP Killian Feehan 903
Aontú Liam Reichenberg 439
DUP Linda Henry 360
Alliance Caolán Gregory 298
Green (NI) Molly Ní Mhánais 69
Turnout 14,691
No change
The Mournes
Party Candidate 1st pref.
DUP Glyn Hanna 2,340
Sinn Féin Michael Rice 2,040
Sinn Féin Willie Clarke 1,915
Sinn Féin Leeanne McAvoy 1,643
SDLP Laura Devlin 1,370
Alliance Jill Truesdale 1,105
DUP Henry Reilly 1,089
TUV Harold McKee 880
UUP Lloyd Douglas 511
SDLP Dominic O'Reilly 357
Green (NI) Sean O Baoill 119
Turnout 13,369
Henry Reilly joins DUP
Alliance gain from UUP

Aftermath

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According to journalist Jonathan McCambridge, Sinn Féin's victory was mainly helped by appealing to voters regarding the DUP's reluctance to get Stormont back into a functioning state, although the DUP's vote share itself was largely unchanged.[28]

An editorial in the Orange Standard, the official newspaper of the loyalist Orange Order, said the results of the election, and low voter turnout in several unionist areas, had presented serious challenges for the DUP, the UUP and other unionist parties. "The need to significantly reduce apathy amongst the unionist voter base was one of the issues that came to the fore. In some areas with a unionist majority the turnout of eligible voters was as low as 40%," it said. "A significant piece of work must be carried out to enhance unionist engagement with the political process – and in particular when it comes to elections. As a unionist community we must stand up and be counted when it really matters."[29]

Notes

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  1. ^ The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.
  2. ^ People Before Profit has a collective leadership but for the purposes of registration to the UK Electoral Commission Eamonn McCann is registered as the party's leader in Northern Ireland.[1]
  1. ^ Reduced to 12 due to defections.
  2. ^ Reduced to 14 due to defections.
  3. ^ Increased to 16 due to defections
  4. ^ Reduced to 13 due to defections.

References

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  1. ^ "Registration Summary". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Local government elections in Northern Ireland". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  3. ^ "NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  4. ^ "NI council elections 2023: Sinn Féin largest party in NI local government". BBC News. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  5. ^ Lowry, Ben (22 May 2023). "Nationalists win the most votes, even when smaller independent unionist candidates are included". Belfast Newsletter. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  6. ^ "The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland - EONI". www.eoni.org.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Party leaders vote as polling in local government election enters final hours". 18 May 2023 – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  8. ^ Breen, Suzanne (13 May 2022). "DUP leader accused of treating voters with 'contempt' as Emma Little-Pengelly returns to fill Donaldson's seat at Stormont". Belfast Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  9. ^ Carroll, Rory (13 May 2022). "DUP condemned for paralysing Stormont as protocol row deepens". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Northern Ireland council election candidates – Full list (Local Council Elections 2023)". Belfast Telegraph. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  11. ^ McClements, Freya (19 May 2023). "Northern Ireland council elections: Sinn Féin bidding to overtake DUP". The Irish Times.
  12. ^ PA Media (19 May 2023). "'Strong showing' for SF in NI local election - McDonald" – via www.rte.ie.
  13. ^ Gibbons, Amy; Crisp, James (19 May 2023). "Sinn Fein on course for victory in Northern Ireland local elections". The Dailt Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  14. ^ Tunney, Liam (7 August 2023). "Derry council election recount to take place on Wednesday, court rules". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  15. ^ Deeney, Niall (9 August 2023). "SDLP retain seat after recount following Alliance legal challenge". BelfastLive. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Northern Ireland local election results 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  17. ^ "Belfast result - Northern Ireland Council Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  18. ^ "Ards and North Down result - Northern Ireland Council Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  19. ^ "Antrim and Newtownabbey result - Northern Ireland Council Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  20. ^ "Lisburn and Castlereagh result - Northern Ireland Council Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  21. ^ "Newry, Mourne and Down result - Northern Ireland Council Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  22. ^ "Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon result - Northern Ireland Council Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  23. ^ "Mid and East Antrim result - Northern Ireland Council Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  24. ^ "Causeway Coast and Glens result - Northern Ireland Council Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  25. ^ "Mid Ulster result - Northern Ireland Council Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  26. ^ "Derry and Strabane result - Northern Ireland Council Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  27. ^ "Fermanagh and Omagh result - Northern Ireland Council Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  28. ^ McCambridge, Jonathan (20 May 2023). "Council election results overshadowed by question of when Stormont will return". BreakingNews.ie. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  29. ^ Hargan, Garrett (1 June 2023). "Orange Order decries 'unacceptably low' election turnout as it vows 'no surrender' over border poll". Belfast Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 27 August 2023.