2023 Derry City and Strabane District Council election

Main article: 2023 Northern Ireland local elections
2023 Derry City and Strabane District Council election
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All 40 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Michelle O'Neill[n 1] Colum Eastwood Jeffrey Donaldson
Party Sinn Féin SDLP DUP
Last election 11 11 7
Seats won 18 10 5
Seat change Increase 7 Decrease 1 Decrease 2
Popular vote 24,658 12,689 7,955
Percentage 38.7% 19.9% 12.5%
Swing Increase10.6% Decrease5.5% Decrease2.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Eamonn McCann (cropped).jpg
Leader Doug Beattie Eamonn McCann[n 2]
Party UUP Independent People Before Profit
Last election 2 4 2
Seats won 3 3 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 5,393 4,927 3,320
Percentage 8.5% 7.7% 5.2%
Swing Increase1.7% Decrease4.9% Decrease 0.7%
Derry and Strabane 2019 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

Sinn Fein Largest Party

The 2023 election to Derry City and Strabane District Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England.[2] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.[3]

The election returned 40 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.


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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 2022-05-19.
  3. ^ "NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.