Ballyarnett (District Electoral Area)

Ballyarnett
Ballyarnett
Derry and Strabane District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	2014
Seats	6 (2014-)
Councillors	Amanda Clarke (SF); Sandra Duffy (SF); Rory Farrell (SDLP); Catherine McDaid (SDLP); Pat Murphy (SF); Brian Tierney (SDLP);

Created2014

Seats6 (2014-)

Councillors

Ballyarnett is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Derry and Strabane, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects six members to Derry and Strabane District Council and contains the wards of Carn Hill, Culmore, Galliagh, Shantallow, Shantallow East and Skeoge.^[2] Ballyarnett forms part of the Foyle constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 2014 local elections, replacing the Shantallow DEA which had existed since 1985.

Election
February 2024 Co-Option	Sandra Duffy (Sinn Féin)	Amanda Clarke (Sinn Féin)	Pat Murphy (Sinn Féin)	Rory Farrell (SDLP)	Brian Tierney (SDLP)	Catherine McDaid (SDLP)
2023		John McGowan (Sinn Féin)	Pat Murphy (Sinn Féin)			Catherine McDaid (SDLP)
November 2021 Co-Option		John McGowan (Sinn Féin)	Emmet Doyle (Aontú)			Angela Dobbins (SDLP)
July 2021 Co-Option		Damien Mullan (Sinn Féin)
November 2020 Co-Option		Aileen Mellon (Sinn Féin)
2019			Anne McCloskey (Aontú)
November 2018 Co-Option			Caoimhe McKnight (Sinn Féin)	Warren Robinson (Independent)
March 2018 Co-Option		Conchúr McCauley (Sinn Féin)
March 2017 Co-Option		Tony Hassan (Sinn Féin)
September 2015 Co-Option			Elisha McCallion (Sinn Féin)
2014			Elisha McCallion (Sinn Féin)	Dermot Quigley (Independent)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Sandra Duffy*	22.22%	2,164
	SDLP	Rory Farrell*	14.43%	1,405
	Sinn Féin	John McGowan* †	13.34%	1,299	1,601.05
	Sinn Féin	Pat Murphy	9.86%	960	1,256.10	1,289.65	1,474.93
	SDLP	Brian Tierney*	10.33%	1,006	1,057.80	1,128.50	1,136.42	1,165.70	1,338.70
	SDLP	Catherine McDaid	8.79%	856	896.25	1,052.80	1,059.04	1,086.40	1,318.40
	Aontú	Emmet Doyle*	9.11%	887	909.40	944.45	945.89	955.73	1,147.73
	People Before Profit	Damien Doherty	7.46%	727	745.20	852.45	855.33	869.25
	Alliance	Colm Cavanagh	4.48%	436	457.35
Electorate: 19,139 Valid: 9,740 (50.89%) Spoilt: 189 Quota: 1,392 Turnout: 9.929 (51.88%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Angela Dobbins*	14.54%	1,392
	SDLP	Brian Tierney*	12.90%	1,235	1,282	1,299	1,410
	Sinn Féin	Aileen Mellon* ††	8.86%	848	851	953	996	1,001.1	1,505.1
	Sinn Féin	Sandra Duffy*	9.39%	899	905	992	1,005	1,006.02	1,368.02
	SDLP	Rory Farrell	12.22%	1,170	1,255	1,270	1,325	1,343.36	1,366.87
	Aontú	Anne McCloskey †	10.78%	1,032	1,068	1,086	1,283	1,290.14	1,306.14
	People Before Profit	Nuala Crilly	8.63%	826	919	927	1,046	1,053.65	1,068.65
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhe McKnight*	6.85%	656	664	943	949	951.04
	Independent	Warren Robinson*	6.67%	639	662	672
	Sinn Féin	Neil McLaughlin	5.62%	538	545
	Alliance	Danny McCloskey	3.55%	340
Electorate: 17,425 Valid: 9,575 (54.95%) Spoilt: 199 Quota: 1,368 Turnout: 9,774 (56.09%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Sandra Duffy	15.12%	1,163
	SDLP	Angela Dobbins*	15.02%	1,155	1,155
	Sinn Féin	Tony Hassan* †	14.20%	1,092	1,101	1,101
	SDLP	Brian Tierney*	12.52%	963	975	976	983.9	1,423.9
	Independent	Dermot Quigley †	13.49%	1,037	1,069	1,070.45	1,072.65	1,105.65
	Sinn Féin	Elisha McCallion* †	12.81%	985	992	1,044.15	1,046.45	1,062.45
	SDLP	Jimmy Carr*	7.87%	605	621	622.35	633.05	690.05
	SDLP	Colm O'Connor	7.17%	551	586	586.7	617.15
	Alliance	Danny McCloskey	1.81%	139
Electorate: 15,987 Valid: 7,690 (48.10%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 1,099 Turnout: 7,864 (49.19%)

2023 Election