Magherafelt (District Electoral Area)

Magherafelt
Mid Ulster District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created1985
Seats5 (1985-)
Councillors
  •   Wesley Brown (DUP)
  •   Sean Clarke (SF)
  •   Christine McFlynn (SDLP)
  •   Paul McLean (DUP)
  •   Darren Totten (SF)
Magherafelt DEA within Mid Ulster
Magherafelt Town DEA (1993-2014) within Magherafelt

Magherafelt is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects five members to Mid Ulster District Council and contains the wards of Coolshinny, Glebe, Lissan, The Loup and Town Parks East.[2] Magherafelt forms part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Magherafelt Area C which had existed since 1973. It was called Magherafelt Town until 2014, and originally contained five wards (Ballymaguigan, Knockclogrim, Lecumpter, Town Parks East and Town Parks West). For the 1993 local elections it gained an additional ward, Glebe. For the 2014 local elections it was reduced to five wards.

  1. ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
  2. ^ "Mid Ulster District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.