Waterside (District Electoral Area)

Created2014

Seats6 (1985-1993)
7 (1993-)

Councillors

Chelsea Cooke (DUP)
Darren Guy (UUP)
Christopher Jackson (SF)
Liz McGowan (SF)
Niree McMorris (DUP)
Sean Mooney (SDLP)
Martin Reilly (SDLP)

Waterside
Derry and Strabane District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	2014
Seats	6 (1985-1993) 7 (1993-)
Councillors	Chelsea Cooke (DUP) Darren Guy (UUP) Christopher Jackson (SF) Liz McGowan (SF) Niree McMorris (DUP) Sean Mooney (SDLP) Martin Reilly (SDLP)

Waterside is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Derry and Strabane, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects seven members to Derry and Strabane District Council and contains the wards of Caw, Clondermot, Drumahoe, Ebrington, Kilfennan, Lisnagelvin and Victoria.^[2] Waterside forms part of the Foyle constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Londonderry Area B which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained six wards (Altnagelvin, Caw, Clondermot, Ebrington, Lisnagelvin and Victoria). For the 1993 local elections it gained an additional ward, Kilfennan.

Election	Councillor (party)
December 2025 Co-Option		Christopher Jackson (Sinn Féin)	Martin Reilly (SDLP)	Sean Mooney (SDLP)	Darren Guy (UUP)	Liz McGowan (Sinn Féin)	Chelsea Cooke (DUP)	Niree McMorris (DUP)
2023						Caitlin Deeney (Sinn Féin)	Chelsea Cooke (DUP)
December 2022 co-option						Philip McKinney (Alliance)	Drew Thompson (DUP)
June 2022 co-option							Drew Thompson (DUP)	David Ramsey (DUP)
February 2020 co-option							Hilary McClintock (DUP)
2019				Sinéad McLaughlin (SDLP)
November 2018 co-option				Sinéad McLaughlin (SDLP)	Mary Hamilton (UUP)	Drew Thompson (DUP)
January 2016 co-option				Tina Gardiner (SDLP)
2014				Gerard Diver (SDLP)
2011		Lynn Fleming (Sinn Féin)					Joe Miller (DUP)	April Garfield-Kidd (DUP)
2005								Gregory Campbell (DUP)
2001			Anne Marie McDaid (SDLP)			Mildred Garfield (DUP)
1997			Philip Kelly (SDLP)	James Guy (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist)	Richard Dallas (UUP)	Mildred Garfield (DUP)
1993		Wilfred White (SDLP)	Gerald Toland (SDLP)		John Adams (UUP)	Bill Irwin (DUP)
1989	6 seats 1985–1993		Gerald Toland (SDLP)		George Duddy (UUP)	Kenneth Kerr (UDP)
1985	6 seats 1985–1993		Michael Fegan (SDLP)		George Duddy (UUP)	Annette Hamilton (DUP)	Margaret Buchanan (DUP)

2023 election

Waterside - 7 seats^[3]
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Caitlin Deeney †	17.86%	1,949
	UUP	Darren Guy*	16.47%	1,797
	Sinn Féin	Christopher Jackson*	9.34%	1,019	1,540.10
	DUP	Chelsea Cooke	11.56%	1,262	1,262.30	1,316.54	1,319.54	1,320.05	1,526.05
	DUP	Niree McMorris*	11.23%	1,225	1,225	1,279.72	1,281.72	1,282.06	1,368.06
	SDLP	Sean Mooney*	9.81%	1,071	1,105.20	1,109.76	1,213.90	1,323.55	1,355.11	1,361.11
	SDLP	Martin Reilly*	9.22%	1,006	1,013.80	1,020.28	1,092.26	1,120.65	1,154.21	1,163.21
	Alliance	Philip McKinney*	6.85%	748	758.50	773.62	916.54	945.10	1,105.05	1,153.05
	UUP	Janice Montgomery	4.11%	448	448.30	737.50	743.46	744.82
	People Before Profit	Davina Pulvis	3.56%	388	393.70	396.34
Electorate: 21,240 Valid: 10,913 (51.38%) Spoilt: 202 Quota: 1,365 Turnout: 11,115 (52.33%)

2019 election

Waterside - 7 seats^[4]
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	UUP	Darren Guy	15.96%	1,589
	SDLP	Sinead McLaughlin †	14.90%	1,483
	DUP	Hilary McClintock* †	12.56%	1,250
	SDLP	Martin Reilly*	9.43%	939	966.37	1,158.69	1,158.69	1,395.69
	Sinn Féin	Christopher Jackson*	8.29%	825	826.15	865.43	865.43	918.07	935	1,685.07
	Alliance	Philip McKinney	7.18%	715	772.5	783.7	783.7	1,046.17	1,126.17	1,166.76	1,275.76
	DUP	David Ramsey* †	8.43%	839	957.68	958.64	958.64	969.87	971.87	974.1	975.1
	DUP	Drew Thompson*	7.83%	780	889.02	889.18	889.18	903.71	904.71	906.71	910.71
	Sinn Féin	Sharon McLaughlin	7.87%	784	784.23	792.87	792.87	843.38	871.38
	People Before Profit	Maeve O'Neill	7.55%	752	770.86	782.7	782.7
Electorate: 19,558 Valid: 9,956 (50.91%) Spoilt: 178 Quota: 1,245 Turnout: 10,134 (51.82%)

2014 election

Waterside - 7 seats^[5]
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	SDLP	Gerard Diver* ††	12.20%	1,080	1,121
	UUP	Mary Hamilton*	11.82%	1,046	1,047	1,058	1,079	1,166
	Sinn Féin	Christopher Jackson	12.01%	1,063	1,075	1,075	1,084	1,086	1,086	1,089	1,092.42	1,092.42	1,671.42
	SDLP	Martin Reilly*	10.00%	884	899	900	1,014	1,020	1,020.76	1,034.76	1,044.45	1,046.45	1,106.21
	DUP	David Ramsey	6.25%	553	553	561	562	588	591.8	662.56	662.56	1,083.32	1,085.32	1,088.32
	DUP	Hilary McClintock	9.16%	811	812	826	837	861	864.8	915.8	916.37	1,013.89	1,015.89	1,017.89
	DUP	Drew Thompson*	6.86%	607	607	613	620	642	645.04	728.8	728.8	762.32	763.32	767.32
	UUP	Julia Kee	5.26%	465	466	472	484	508	547.52	703.28	704.42	727.18	729.18	735.18
	Sinn Féin	Bridget Meehan	7.41%	656	662	663	673	674	674	677	677.57	679.33
	DUP	Niree McMorris	5.96%	528	528	530	531	557	563.08	594.08	594.65
	UKIP	Kyle Thompson	3.25%	287	287	450	456	514	517.8
	PUP	Nigel Gardiner	3.10%	274	277	285	288
	Alliance	Asta Kereviciene	2.73%	241	245	246
	UKIP	David Malcolm	2.54%	224	225
	Independent	Michael Carlin	1.28%	113
Electorate: 18,549 Valid: 8,832 (47.61%) Spoilt: 166 Quota: 1,105 Turnout: 8,998 (48.51%)

2011 election

Waterside - 7 seats^[6]
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Joe Miller*	19.29%	1,564
	SDLP	Gerard Diver*	14.78%	1,198
	Sinn Féin	Lynn Fleming*	14.02%	1,137
	DUP	April Garfield-Kidd	12.41%	1,006	1,312.6
	DUP	Drew Thompson*	10.59%	859	1,010.9	1,277.12
	UUP	Mary Hamilton*	11.64%	944	997.55	1,012.51	1,110.09
	SDLP	Martin Reilly*	5.90%	478	483.95	485.31	492.45	645.73	656.77	663.57	729.21	823.28	858.28
	Sinn Féin	Geraldine O'Donnell	4.37%	354	355.05	355.05	355.05	366.57	473.73	473.73	478.17	503.03	507.03
	PUP	Nigel Gardiner	2.52%	204	216.25	226.11	253.31	254.91	254.91	296.39	304.28	325.47
	People Before Profit	David McAuley	2.74%	222	223.75	224.77	226.47	230.63	232.91	234.27	253.57
	Alliance	Karen Scrivens	1.75%	142	144.45	144.79	148.19	154.11	155.31	161.77
Electorate: 15,252 Valid: 8,108 (53.16%) Spoilt: 251 Quota: 1,014 Turnout: 8,359 (54.81%)

2005 election

Waterside - 7 seats^[7]
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Gregory Campbell*	16.19%	1,521
	SDLP	Gerard Diver*	16.05%	1,508
	DUP	Joe Miller*	12.64%	1,187
	Sinn Féin	Lynn Fleming*	11.54%	1,084	1,085.84	1,107.62	1,126.84	1,524.71
	SDLP	Martin Reilly	6.04%	567	568.15	833.69	910.17	958.45	1,123.15
	DUP	Drew Thompson	10.50%	986	1,091.34	1,092	1,107.92	1,109.92	1,109.92
	UUP	Mary Hamilton*	10.83%	1,017	1,070.13	1,079.37	1,101.6	1,101.82	1,101.82
	DUP	Mildred Garfield*	9.40%	883	1,061.94	1,066.56	1,086.25	1,087.25	1,087.25
	Sinn Féin	Jim Logue	4.76%	447	447.23	457.35	472.13
	Socialist Environmental	David McAuley	2.74%	194	196.07	204.65
Electorate: 14,884 Valid: 9,394 (63.11%) Spoilt: 208 Quota: 1,175 Turnout: 9,602 (64.51%)

2001 election

Waterside - 7 seats^[8]
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	DUP	Gregory Campbell*	18.22%	1,887
	SDLP	Gerard Diver	12.85%	1,330
	DUP	Joe Miller*	11.76%	1,218	1,382.16
	Sinn Féin	Lynn Fleming*	9.41%	974	974	974	983	983	985.32	1,003.96	1,307.96
	UUP	Mary Hamilton	9.48%	982	1,028.08	1,034.96	1,036.96	1,089.68	1,124.96	1,165.2	1,165.2	1,515.72
	DUP	Mildred Garfield*	6.86%	710	985.84	1,011.44	1,013.44	1,015.08	1,060.24	1,070.48	1,070.48	1,083.92	1,129.51	1,263.11
	SDLP	Anne Marie McDaid	7.89%	817	817	817.16	828.16	828.48	830.48	915.64	945.64	948.64	970.95	1,108.71
	DUP	Drew Thompson	6.46%	669	697.16	741	743.32	747.12	770.88	772.52	772.84	784.88	844.05	1,019.67
	Independent	James Guy*	4.67%	484	514.4	516.96	522.96	527.28	541.16	631.48	634.48	685.88	778.03
	UUP	James McCorkell	3.49%	361	373.16	375.88	377.88	410.8	430.12	454.12	454.12
	Sinn Féin	Francis O'Deorain	3.26%	338	338.64	338.64	342.64	342.64	342.64	342.64
	Alliance	Colm Cavanagh	2.61%	270	278	278.32	289.32	289.96	301.6
	PUP	Catherine Cooke	1.48%	153	170.6	171.08	176.08	177.08
	UUP	Gordon Hill	0.95%	98	104.4	105.36	106.36
	Independent	William Webster	0.61%	63	63.32	63.32
Electorate: 15,882 Valid: 10,354 (65.19%) Spoilt: 226 Quota: 1,295 Turnout: 10,580 (66.62%)

1997 election

Waterside - 7 seats^[9]
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	UUP	Richard Dallas*	16.77%	1,535
	DUP	Gregory Campbell*	16.36%	1,497
	SDLP	Philip Kelly	11.48%	1,051	1,051.25	1,051.73	1,124.73	1,127.73	1,128.21	1,815.21
	Sinn Féin	Lynn Fleming	9.87%	903	903.25	904.21	925.21	925.21	926.45	967.45	1,120.45
	DUP	Joe Miller*	8.18%	749	789.75	851.91	862.13	946.17	1,098.86	1,100.86	1,106.86
	Ind. Unionist	James Guy*	7.33%	671	717.25	762.37	815.35	850.26	877.66	905.66	1,082.66
	DUP	Mildred Garfield	5.65%	517	544.5	680.1	691.54	736.97	1,056.75	1,060.75	1,061.75
	UUP	Mary Hamilton	5.43%	497	722	757.04	770.03	821.72	850.56	850.56	850.56
	SDLP	Wilfred White*	8.29%	759	759	759	795	798	799
	DUP	Bill Irwin*	4.84%	443	464.5	517.06	519.06	560.99
	Ulster Democratic	David Nicholl	3.02%	276	290	304.88	318.87
	NI Women's Coalition	Helena Schlindwein	1.60%	146	146.5	147.22
	Labour Coalition	Kenneth Adams	0.94%	86	89.75	93.11
	Ind. Nationalist	Gerald Toland*	0.24%	22	22	22
Electorate: 15,408 Valid: 9,152 (59.40%) Spoilt: 186 Quota: 1,145 Turnout: 9,338 (60.60%)

1993 election

1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1989-1993 change: DUP and SDLP gain from UDP and due to the addition of one seat

Waterside - 7 seats^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	DUP	Gregory Campbell*	16.12%	1,469
	DUP	Joe Miller*	12.70%	1,157
	DUP	Bill Irwin	8.15%	743	916.8	925.63	928.63	942.74	948.64	980.25	987.26	1,004.24	1,216.24
	UUP	John Adams*	9.11%	830	862.78	863.44	866.44	916.89	952.87	975.44	1,000.88	1,110.91	1,154.91
	Ind. Unionist	James Guy*	6.77%	617	643.18	643.69	652.69	659.91	668.35	677.15	776.18	792.64	813.13	838.33	1,190.33
	SDLP	Gerald Toland*	9.54%	869	869.44	869.44	897.44	898.44	898.44	899.44	952.67	953.67	953.67	953.67	965.78
	SDLP	Wilfred White	9.25%	843	843.66	843.66	856.66	859.66	860.66	860.66	887.66	888.66	888.66	888.66	893.41
	Sinn Féin	Gary Fleming	8.56%	780	780.22	780.22	788.22	789.44	789.44	789.44	790.44	791.66	791.66	791.66	793.49
	UUP	Derry Burgess	4.33%	395	413.26	413.54	422.76	426.98	463.76	474.01	499.02	671.83	720.47	770.27
	Ulster Democratic	James Millar	2.61%	238	255.16	255.32	256.32	268.34	271.78	429.46	430.46	444.22
	UUP	Jacqueline Colhoun	2.35%	214	229.84	230.06	232.06	236.51	343.4	350.74	363.96
	Alliance	Snoo Sinclair	2.78%	253	253.88	253.95	286.95	289.95	289.95	292.95
	Ulster Democratic	Kenneth Kerr*	2.54%	231	248.6	248.98	253.98	270.98	270.99
	UUP	William Houston	2.12%	193	200.92	201.01	203.01	206.01
	Independent	David Nicholl	1.55%	141	145.4	145.45	148.45
	Independent Labour	William Anderson	1.53%	139	139.44	139.44
Electorate: 14,760 Valid: 9,112 (61.73%) Spoilt: 226 Quota: 1,140 Turnout: 9,338 (63.27%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Gregory Campbell*	22.07%	1,737
	UUP	George Duddy*	5.70%	449	500.45	511.15	519.5	656.5	1,153.45
	DUP	Joe Miller	9.88%	778	875.65	881.35	900.75	925.25	945.15	949.74	949.74	1,245.74
	Ind. Unionist	James Guy*	9.95%	783	815.9	913.95	922.3	966.15	1,002.45	1,014.6	1,033	1,112.42	1,155.89
	SDLP	Gerald Toland	10.41%	819	819	862	863	863	863	863	1,034.62	1,034.62	1,034.62
	Ulster Democratic	Kenneth Kerr	4.94%	389	429.95	433.95	656.8	674.9	687.3	687.84	687.84	810	885.9
	SDLP	Wilfred White	9.30%	732	732	753	753	753	754	754	791	791	791
	DUP	Robert Hall	4.00%	315	594.65	602	610.4	619.9	636.15	646.68	646.68
	Sinn Féin	John Carlin	8.12%	639	639.35	642.35	642.35	642.35	644.75	645.02
	UUP	Gladys Carey	4.61%	363	422.15	432.85	436.2	602.4
	UUP	Albert McCartney	4.66%	367	391.5	404.85	407.2
	Ulster Democratic	Ronnie O'Brien	3.33%	262	270.4	276.75
	Alliance	Snoo Sinclair	3.02%	238	243.6
Electorate: 12,405 Valid: 7,871 (63.45%) Spoilt: 159 Quota: 1,125 Turnout: 8,030 (64.73%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Gregory Campbell*	30.05%	2,374
	DUP	Margaret Buchanan*	10.27%	811	1,402.76
	UUP	James Guy*	10.35%	818	920.96	937.04	999.92	1,001.92	1,159.96
	SDLP	Michael Fegan*	11.06%	874	875.56	875.56	875.56	985.56	1,071.56	1,201.56
	UUP	George Duddy	5.90%	466	532.56	556.56	637.68	638.92	690.48	691.48	693.48	1,136.44
	DUP	Annette Hamilton	2.10%	166	560.16	777.84	786.08	786.08	803.16	803.16	803.16	894.12
	SDLP	Paul O'Donnell	7.44%	588	588.52	588.52	589.52	640.52	674.52	762.52	817.52	820.52
	UUP	Robert Ferris*	5.84%	461	508.84	517.48	543.52	544.52	594.52	597.52	597.52
	Sinn Féin	Michael Roddy	6.11%	483	483	483	484	535	535
	Alliance	Robert McCullough	5.43%	429	434.2	434.92	439.92	446.92
	Irish Independence	Robert Concannon	3.30%	261	262.04	263	263.52
	UUP	Andrew McManus	2.14%	169	185.64	187.56
Electorate: 11,705 Valid: 7,900 (67.49%) Spoilt: 144 Quota: 1,129 Turnout: 8,044 (68.72%)

Waterside (District Electoral Area)

2023 election

2019 election

2014 election

2011 election

2005 election

2001 election

1997 election

1993 election

1989 election

1985 election

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