Dungannon (District Electoral Area)

Dungannon
Dungannon
Mid Ulster District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	5 (1985-)
Councillors	James Burton (DUP); Clement Cuthbertson (DUP); Karol McQuade (SDLP); Dominic Molloy (SF); Barry Monteith (IND); Deirdre Varsani (SF);

Dungannon is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects six members to Mid Ulster District Council and contains the wards of Ballysaggart, Killyman, Killymeal, Moy, Moygashel and Mullaghmore.^[2] Dungannon forms part of the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Dungannon Area D which had existed since 1973. It was called Dungannon Town until 2014, and originally contained six wards (Ballysaggart, Coolhill, Drumglass, Killymeal, Moygashel and Mullaghmore). For the 2014 local elections it gained Killyman and Moy from the abolished Blackwater DEA.

Councillors

Election
2023	Clement Cuthbertson (DUP)	James Burton (DUP)	Deirdre Varsani (Sinn Féin)	Karol McQuade (SDLP)	Dominic Molloy (Sinn Féin)	Barry Monteith (Independent)/ (Sinn Féin)
July 2019 Defection		Kim Ashton (DUP)	Walter Cuddy (UUP)	Denise Mullen (Aontú)/ (SDLP)
2019
2014
2011	Maurice Morrow (DUP)			Bronwyn McGahan (Sinn Féin)	John McLarnon (Sinn Féin)
2005		Gilbert Greenaway (DUP)		Vincent Currie (SDLP)
2001		Ken Maginnis (UUP)
1997		Joan Carson (UUP)	John Reilly (UUP)		Vincent Kelly (Sinn Féin)	Gerry Cullen (Democratic Left)/ (Workers' Party)
1993		Leslie Holmes (UUP)	William Brown (UUP)		Vincent Kelly (Sinn Féin)
1989		Ken Maginnis (UUP)			Michael McLoughlin (Independent Nationalist)
1985		Ken Maginnis (UUP)			Michael McLoughlin (Independent Nationalist)	Anita Cavlan (Sinn Féin)

2023 Election

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent (Rep)

2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent (Rep)

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Dungannon - 6 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Clement Cuthbertson*	21.81%	2,096
	Sinn Féin	Dominic Molloy*	15.81%	1,519
	DUP	James Burton	6.83%	656	1,198.30	1,198.57	1,200.57	1,218.57	1,407.57
	Sinn Féin	Deirdre Varsani	12.58%	1,219	1,219.00	1,325.65	1,347.37	1,363.37	1,366.37	1,414.37
	Independent	Barry Monteith*	12.28%	1,180	1,181.02	1,185.70	1,211.79	1,274.79	1,275.79	1,310.88	1,868.88
	SDLP	Karol McQuade	6.25%	601	604.06	615.67	636.12	684.21	687.89	913.92	979.17	1,139.17
	Ulster Unionist	Ian Irwin	5.48%	527	588.54	588.72	589.72	617.46	781.69	907.47	911.47	913.47
	Independent	Marian Vincent	6.54%	628	628.00	632.59	654.68	673.77	675.86	699.86
	Alliance	Claire Hackett	4.90%	471	478.14	480.21	489.30	549.98	556.02
	TUV	Kinley Tenner	3.11%	299	385.70	385.88	396.22	398.90
	Labour Alternative	Gerry Cullen	2.79%	268	273.78	274.05	285.39
	Aontú	Denise Mullen*	1.52%	146	147.36	148.98
Electorate: 16,325 Valid: 9,610 (58.87%) Spoilt: 201 Quota: 1,373 Turnout: 9,811 (60.10%)

2019 Election

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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%)

2014 Election

2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2011-2014 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Dungannon - 6 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Barry Monteith*	19.67%	1,458
	Ulster Unionist	Walter Cuddy*	14.61%	1,083
	Sinn Féin	Dominic Molloy*	14.10%	1,045	1,223.6
	DUP	Kim Ashton*	11.44%	848	849.14	849.9	859.9	1,029.28	1,289.28
	DUP	Clement Cuthbertson*	9.35%	693	695.66	696.8	704.18	821.18	1,017.18
	SDLP	Denise Mullen	9.14%	677	779.6	824.44	933.62	958	968.38
	Sinn Féin	Dee Varsani*	6.17%	457	550.48	652.7	673.02	673.4	674.4
	TUV	Kenny Loughrin	6.69%	496	496.76	497.52	501.9	578.9
	Ulster Unionist	Winston Duff	5.68%	421	422.14	422.52	460.9
	Alliance	Hannah Su	3.14%	233	251.62	256.94
Electorate: 14,067 Valid: 7,411 (52.68%) Spoilt: 175 Quota: 1,059 Turnout: 7,586 (53.93%)

2011 Election

2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP, Independent leaves Sinn Féin

Dungannon Town - 6 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	Barry Monteith*	19.86%	1,046
	DUP	Maurice Morrow*	16.40%	864
	Sinn Féin	John McLarnon*	13.16%	693	885.28
	Ulster Unionist	Walter Cuddy*	13.69%	721	722.9	725.14	740.09	796.09
	DUP	Kim Ashton	7.35%	387	387	387.32	471.04	524.73	533.1	554.27	717.78	721.78
	Sinn Féin	Bronwyn McGahan	8.96%	472	519.5	626.7	627.09	628.09	628.09	632.51	633.51	674.5
	SDLP	Vincent Currie*	5.90%	311	329.62	343.06	343.06	345.06	346.92	394.62	423.18	647.44
	SDLP	Malachy Quinn	4.50%	237	254.48	260.24	260.63	260.63	260.63	309.29	321.42
	Ulster Unionist	Sammy Stewart	3.23%	170	170	170.32	176.82	210.34	236.38	305.3
	Alliance	Hannah Su	3.91%	206	214.74	216.98	219.06	227.51	234.02
	TUV	Denis Boyd	3.04%	160	160	160.32	162.92
Electorate: 8,814 Valid: 5,267 (59.76%) Spoilt: 102 Quota: 753 Turnout: 5,369 (60.91%)

2005 Election

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

2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Dungannon Town - 6 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Maurice Morrow*	18.98%	1,029
	SDLP	Vincent Currie*	16.06%	871
	Ulster Unionist	Walter Cuddy*	15.40%	835
	Sinn Féin	John McLarnon*	15.07%	817
	DUP	Gilbert Greenaway	9.17%	497	727	728.02	739.15	935.15
	Sinn Féin	Barry Monteith*	13.15%	713	713	766.55	767.04	771.44
	Sinn Féin	Tony Slevin	6.95%	377	377.5	403.85	404.06	408.54
	Ulster Unionist	Victor McNickle	5.22%	283	305.75	316.63	360.73
Electorate: 8,281 Valid: 5,422 (65.48%) Spoilt: 80 Quota: 775 Turnout: 5,502 (66.44%)

2001 Election

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

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

1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Democratic Left

Dungannon Town - 6 seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	John McLarnon	17.67%	1,138
	SDLP	Vincent Currie*	17.24%	1,110
	Sinn Féin	Barry Monteith	12.63%	813	1,010.8
	DUP	Maurice Morrow*	13.56%	873	873.2	874.35	1,123.35
	Ulster Unionist	Walter Cuddy	13.25%	853	854.2	862.25	919.25	1,033.33
	Ulster Unionist	Ken Maginnis	11.49%	740	741.2	760.06	785.06	826.46	895.46	899.06
	Independent	Gerry Cullen*	8.53%	549	565	719.79	743.02	789.02	820.3	888.1
	DUP	Derek Greenaway	5.64%	363	363.2	363.89
Electorate: 8,742 Valid: 6,439 (73.66%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 920 Turnout: 6,530 (74.70%)

1997 Election

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Democratic Left

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

1993-1997 Change: No change

Dungannon Town - 6 seats^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Vincent Kelly*	19.26%	1,065
	Ulster Unionist	Joan Carson	17.00%	940
	DUP	Maurice Morrow*	17.27%	955
	Ulster Unionist	John Reilly	14.05%	777	777	909.94
	SDLP	Vincent Currie*	11.77%	651	661.92	663.11	678.06	802.06
	Democratic Left	Gerry Cullen*	7.45%	412	420.32	437.83	500.85	518.23	696.77	753.89
	Sinn Féin	Edward Devlin	5.26%	291	524.74	524.74	524.97	540.35	582.74	583.25
	Alliance	Ephrem Bogues	4.86%	269	276.02	279.93	343.87	359.44
	SDLP	Peggy Devlin	3.07%	170	180.14	180.14	186.81
Electorate: 8,715 Valid: 5,530 (63.45%) Spoilt: 79 Quota: 791 Turnout: 5,609 (64.36%)

1993 Election

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Democratic Left

1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent Nationalist, Workers' Party joins Democratic Left

Dungannon Town - 6 seats^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Vincent Kelly	20.35%	1,180
	DUP	Maurice Morrow*	15.61%	905
	Ulster Unionist	Leslie Holmes	13.82%	801	801.65	876.65
	Ulster Unionist	William Brown*	11.54%	669	669	691.65	714.87	725.79	1,129.79
	SDLP	Vincent Currie*	10.16%	589	641	746.7	747.06	748.88	771.43	834.43
	Democratic Left	Gerry Cullen*	7.88%	457	524.6	566.8	579.76	589.77	642.03	708.03
	Independent Nationalist	Michael McLoughlin*	7.17%	416	613.6	631.55	632.09	632.09	644.03	670.03
	Ulster Unionist	Ken Maginnis*	8.31%	482	489.15	529.15	564.25	588.82
	Ind. Unionist	Simon Dilworth	3.00%	174	174.65
	SDLP	Peggy Devlin	2.16%	125	148.4
Electorate: 8,451 Valid: 5,798 (68.61%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 829 Turnout: 5,873 (69.49%)

1989 Election

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

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1985-1989 Change: Workers' Party gain from Sinn Féin

Dungannon Town - 6 seats^[11]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ulster Unionist	Ken Maginnis*	26.86%	1,479
	Ulster Unionist	William Brown*	15.87%	874
	DUP	Maurice Morrow*	14.44%	795
	SDLP	Vincent Currie*	10.35%	570	747	880
	Independent Nationalist	Michael McLoughlin*	10.90%	600	738	750	827.6
	Workers' Party	Gerry Cullen	5.01%	276	595	626	640.4	725.52	765.84	771.16
	Sinn Féin	Peter Corrigan	13.75%	757	759	760	760.8	761.94	761.94	762
	SDLP	Peggy Devlin	2.83%	156	197
Electorate: 8,169 Valid: 5,507 (67.41%) Spoilt: 120 Quota: 787 Turnout: 5,627 (68.88%)

1985 Election

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

Dungannon Town - 6 seats^[12]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulster Unionist	Ken Maginnis*	21.99%	1,329
	DUP	Maurice Morrow*	17.97%	1,086
	Independent Nationalist	Michael McLoughlin*	15.87%	959
	Ulster Unionist	William Brown*	14.97%	905
	SDLP	Vincent Currie	7.02%	424	813	984
	Sinn Féin	Anita Cavlan	10.62%	642	644	646	648.79	663.79	737.28
	Sinn Féin	Martin McNulty	8.17%	494	494	495	495.93	510.63	570.07
	SDLP	Terence Foley	3.39%	205	259	286	402.25	459.65
Electorate: 8,157 Valid: 6,044 (74.10%) Spoilt: 124 Quota: 864 Turnout: 6,168 (75.62%)

References

↑ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
↑ "Mid Ulster District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
↑ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
↑ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
↑ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 24 January 2022.
↑ "Dungannon Town Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
↑ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

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