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Connor Lynch

Northern Ireland Local Election results in full - every councillor elected across 11 councils

All of the votes have finally been counted and the 2023 Local Elections have come to an end in Northern Ireland.

After weeks of campaigning and two day of tense vote counting this year's local elections have come to an end with 462 councillors being elected in the eleven council areas.

The Northern Ireland Electoral Office said that the voter turnout was 54.71%, with 755,263 votes being cast out of 1,380,372, eligible voters.

Read more: Recap as full results are declared in NI council elections

Sinn Fein have recorded their best ever result in a local election with , now becoming the largest party in local government in Northern Ireland after making significant gains from 2019.

They also gained the largest number of seats of any party since the 11 councils were formed in 2014.

Find out who the newly elected councillors for you area are below:

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

Armagh

Scott Armstrong (DUP)

Fergal Donnelly (Sinn Féin)

Sarah Duffy (Sinn Féin)

Ashley Mallon (Sinn Féin)

Thomas O'Hanlon (SDLP)

John Óg O'Kane (Sinn Féin)

Banbridge

Glenn Barr (UUP)

Ian Burns (UUP)

Joy Ferguson (Alliance)

Paul Greenfield (DUP)

Chris McCartan (Sinn Féin)

Kevin Savage (Sinn Féin)

Ian Wilson (DUP)

Craigavon

Robbie Alexander (Alliance)

Kate Evans (UUP)

Jude Mallon (Sinn Féin)

Catherine Nelson (Sinn Féin)

Margaret Tinsley (DUP)

Cusher

Paul Berry (Independent)

Bróna Haughey (Sinn Féin)

Gordon Kennedy (UUP)

Keith Ratcliffe (TUV)

Gareth Wilson (DUP)

Lagan River

Mark Baxter (DUP)

Jessica Johnston (Alliance)

Tim McClelland (DUP)

Paul Rankin (DUP)

Kyle Savage (UUP)

Lurgan

Peter Haire (DUP)

Keith Haughian (Sinn Féin)

Peter Lavery (Alliance)

Liam Mackle (Sinn Féin)

Sorchá McGeown (Sinn Féin)

Stephen Moutray (DUP)

Mary O'Dowd (Sinn Féin)

Portadown

Paul Duffy (Sinn Féin)

Julie Flaherty (UUP)

Claire McConville-Walker (Sinn Féin)

Lavelle McIlwrath (DUP)

Kyle Moutray (DUP)

Alan Mulholland (DUP)

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council

Castlereagh East

Elected

Sharon Skillen (DUP)

Martin Gregg (Alliance)

Samantha Burns (DUP)

Sharon Lowry (Alliance)

John Laverty BEM (DUP)

Hazel Legge (UUP)

Downshire West

Elected

Owen Gawith (Alliance)

Gretta Thompson (Alliance)

Alan Martin (UUP)

Caleb McCready (DUP)

Allan Ewart MBE (DUP)

Castlereagh South

Elected

Michelle Guy (Alliance)

Brian Higginson (DUP)

Nancy Eaton (Alliance)

John Gallen (SDLP)

Ryan Carlin (SF)

Martin McKeever (Alliance)

Daniel Bassett (SF)

Downshire East

Elected

Andrew Gowan (DUP)

Uel Mackin (DUP)

Kurtis Dickson (Alliance)

Aaron McIntyre (Alliance)

James Baird (UUP)

Lisburn South

Elected

Andrew Ewing (DUP)

Amanda Grehan (Alliance)

Alan Givan (DUP)

Peter Kennedy (Alliance)

Tim Mitchell (UUP)

Paul Porter (DUP)

Killultagh

Elected

Gary McCleave (SF)

Claire Kemp (Alliance)

Thomas Beckett (DUP)

James Tinsley (DUP)

Ross McLernon (UUP)

Lisburn North

Elected

Paul Burke (SF)

Jonathan Craig (DUP)

Nicola Parker (Alliance)

Pat Catney (SDLP)

Nicholas Trimble (UUP)

Gary Hynds (Ind)

Mid and East Antrim Borough Council

Ballymena

Seven seats

Rodney Quigley - Independent

Matthew Armstrong - TUV

Colin Crawford - UUP

Bréanainn Lyness - Sinn Féin

Reuben Glover - DUP

John Hyland - Alliance

Lawrie Philpott - DUP

Bannside

Six seats

Timothy Gaston - TUV

Stewart McDonald - TUV

Ian Friary - SF

Thomas John Gordon - DUP

Tyler Marcus Anthony Hoey - DUP

Jackson Minford - UUP

Braid

Seven seats

Archie Rae - SF

Beth Adger - DUP

William McCaughey - DUP

Christopher Jamieson - TUV

Alan Barr - UUP

Chelsea Harwood - Alliance

Matthew Warwick - TUV

Carrick Castle

Five seats

Lauren Gray - Alliance

Cheryl Brownlee - DUP

Billy Ashe - DUP

Robin Stewart - UUP

Bethany Ferris - UUP

Coast Road

Five seats

James McKeown - SF

Andrew Clarke - DUP

Gerardine Mulvenna - Alliance

Angela Smyth - DUP

Maureen Morrow - UUP

Knockagh

Five seats

Bobby Hadden - IND

Peter Johnston - DUP

Marc Neill Collins - DUP

Andrew Wilson - UUP

Aaron Skinner - APNI

Larne Lough

Five seats

Maeve Donnelly - Alliance

Gregg McKeen - DUP

Roy Beggs - UUP

Robert Logan - Alliance

Paul Reid - DUP

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council

Enniskillen

Keith Elliott DUP

Tommy Maguire SF

Eddie Roofe Alliance

Roy Crawford UUP

Dermot Browne SF

Robert Irvine UUP

Erne East

Sheamus Greene SF

Victor Warrington UUP

Paul Robinson DUP

Thomas O'Reilly SF

Noeleen Hayes SF

Garbhan McPhillips SDLP

Erne North

Diana Armstrong UUP

Debbie Coyle SF

David Mahon DUP

John Feely SF

John McClaughry UUP

Erne West

Mark Ovens UUP

Declan McArdle SF

Adam Gannon SDLP

Anthony Feely SF

Elaine Brough SF

Omagh

Marty McColgan SF

Errol Thompson DUP

Barry McElduff SF

Stephen Donnelly Alliance

Catherine Kelly SF

Josephine Deehan IND

West Tyrone

Mark Buchanan DUP

Glenn Campbell SF

Ann-Marie Donnelly SF

Collette McNulty SDLP

Stephen McCann SF

Allan Rainey UUP

Mid Tyrone

Shirley Hawkes DUP

Anne Marie Fitzgerald SF

Padraigin Kelly SF

Patrick Withers SF

Bernard McGrath SDLP

Roisin Devine Gallagher SF

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

Airport

Matthew Magill (DUP)

Anne-Maire Logue (SF)

Maighréad Ní Chonghaile (SF)

Paul Michael (UUP)

Andrew McAuley (Alliance)

Antrim

Lucille O'Hagan (Sinn Féin)

Neil Kelly (Alliance)

Paul Dunlop (DUP)

John Smyth (DUP)

Roisin Lynch (SDLP)

Leah Smyth (UUP)

Ballyclare

Jeannie Archibald (DUP)

Helen Magill (DUP)

Vera McWilliam (UUP)

Lewis Boyle (Alliance)

Michael Stewart (Independent)

Dunsilly

Henry Cushinan (Sinn Féin)

Annie O'Loan (Sinn Féin)

Linda Clarke (DUP)

Stewart Wilson (UUP)

Jay Burbank (Alliance)

Glengormley Urban

Alison Bennington (DUP)

Eamonn McLaughlin (Sinn Féin)

Paula Bradley (DUP)

Julian McGrath (Alliance)

Mark Cosgrove (UUP)

Rosie Kinnear (Sinn Fein)

Michael Goodman (Sinn Fein)

Macedon

Taylor McGrann (Sinn Féin)

Matthew Brady (DUP)

Robert Foster (UUP)

Billy Webb (Alliance)

Ben Mallon (DUP)

Stafford Ward (Independent)

Three Mile Water

Mark Cooper (DUP)

Tom Campbell (Alliance)

Stephen Ross (DUP)

Julie Gilmore (Alliance)

Sam Flanagan (DUP)

Stephen Cosgrove (UUP)

Derry City and Strabane District Council

Waterside

Caitlin Deeney (Sinn Fein)

Christopher Jackson (Sinn Fein)

Darren Guy (UUP)

Chelsea Cooke (DUP)

Sean Mooney (SDLP)

Martin Reilly (SDLP)

Sperrin

Jason Barr (SDLP)

Raymond Barr (Independent)]

Alan Bresland (DUP)

Paul Gallagher (Independent)

Paul Boggs (Sinn Fein)

Brian Harte (Sinn Fein)

Fearghal Leonard (Sinn Fein)

Faughan

Ryan McCready (UUP)

Declan Norris (SDLP)

Julie Middleton (DUP)

Alex Duffy (Sinn Fein)

Sean Fleming (Sinn Fein)

Derg

Ruairi McHugh (Sinn Fein)

Antaine O Ferghail (Sinn Fein)

Caroline Devine (Sinn Fein)

Derek Hussey (UUP)

Keith Kerrigan (DUP)

Foyleside

Grace Ui Niallais (Sinn Fein)

Conor Heaney (Sinn Fein)

Lilian Seenoi-Barr (SDLP)

Shauna Cusack (SDLP)

Shaun Harkin (People Before Profit)

Ballyarnett

Pat Murphy (Sinn Fein)

Sandra Duffy (Sinn Fein)

John McGowan (Sinn Fein)

Rory Farrell (SDLP)

Catherine McDaid (SDLP)

Brian Tierney (SDLP)

The Moor

Gary Donnelly (Independent)

Aisling Hutton (Sinn Fein)

Patricia Logue (Sinn Fein)

Emma McGinley (Sinn Fein)

John Boyle (SDLP)

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Crotlieve

Mark Gibbons - Independent

Declan McAteer - SDLP

Selina Murphy - Sinn Féin

Mickey Ruane - Sinn Féin

Jarlath Tinnelly - Independent

Downpatrick

Philip Campbell - Sinn Féin

Cadogan Enright - Alliance

Conor Galbraith - SDLP

Oonagh Hanlon - Sinn Féin

Gareth Sharvin - SDLP

Newry

Valerie Harte - Sinn Féin

Cathal King - Sinn Féin

Geraldine Kearns - Sinn Féin

Aidan Mathers - Sinn Féin

Michael Savage - SDLP

Doire Finn - SDLP

Rowallane

Jonny Jackson - DUP

Callum Bowsie - DUP

Terry Andrews - SDLP

Tierna Kelly - Alliance

David Lee-Surginor - Alliance

Slieve Croob

Alan Lewis - DUP

Jim Brennan - Sinn Féin

Roisin Howell - Sinn Féin

Andrew McMurray - Alliance

Siobhán O'Hare - Sinn Fein

Slieve Gullion

Pete Byrne - SDLP

Aoife Finnegan - Sinn Féin

Mickey Larkin - Sinn Féin

Oonagh Magennis - Sinn Féin

Declan Murphy - Sinn Féin

Aine Quinn - Sinn Féin

David Taylor - UUP

The Mournes

Glyn Hanna - DUP

Michael Rice - Sinn Féin

Willie Clarke - Sinn Féin

Laura Devlin - SDLP

Leeanne McEvory - Sinn Féin

Henry Reilly - DUP

Jill Truesdale - Alliance

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council

Limavady

1. Brenda Chivers - Sinn Fein

2. Steven Callaghan - DUP

3. Ashleen Schenning - SDLP

4. Aaron Callan - DUP

5. Amy Mairs - Alliance

Benbradagh

1. Sean McGlinchey - Sinn Fein

2. Dermot Nicholl - Sinn Fein

3. Kathleen McGurk - Sinn Fein

4. Edgar Scott - DUP

5. Michael Coyle - SDLP

Bann

1. Sean Bateson - Sinn Fein

2. Michelle Knight-McQuillan - DUP

3. Ciaran Archibald - Sinn Fein

4. Richard John Holmes - UUP

5. Dawn Huggins - DUP

The Glens

1. Cara McShane - Sinn Fein

2. Oliver McMullan - Sinn Fein

3. Maighread Watson - Sinn Fein

4. Bill Kennedy - DUP

5. Margaret Anne McKillop - SDLP

Causeway

1. Mark Fielding - DUP

2. Peter McCully - Alliance

3. Sandra Hunter - UUP

4. John McAuley - DUP

5. Richard Stewart - Alliance

6. Allister Kyle - TUV

7. Sharon McKillop - DUP

Ballymoney

1. Mervyn Story - DUP

2. Ciaran McQuillan - SF

3. Darryl Wilson - UUP

4. Leanne Peacock - Sinn Fein

5. Ivor Wallace - UUP

6. Lee Kane - Alliance

7. Jonathan McAuley - TUV

Coleraine

1. Philip Anderson - DUP

2. Russell Watton - PUP

3. Yvonne Boyle - Alliance

4. Niamh Archibald - Sinn Fein

5. John Wisener - UUP

6. Tanya Stirling - DUP

Ards and North Down Borough Council

Ards Peninsula

Name Party

1st Preference Votes
Robert Adair DUP

1,959
Lorna McAlpine Alliance

1,266
Joe Boyle SDLP

1,279
Nigel Edmund DUP

633
David Kerr DUP

827
Pete Wray UUP

739

Bangor Central

Karen Douglas Alliance

1,378
Wesley Irvine Independent

1,369
Alistair Cathcart DUP

1,053
Craig Blaney UUP

917
Chris McCracken Alliance

666
Ray McKimm Independent

885

Bangor East and Donaghadee

Mark Brooks UUP

1,972
Hannah Irwin Alliance

1,445
James Cochrane DUP

1,275
David Chambers UUP

932
Gillian McCollum Alliance

585
Janice MacArthur DUP

712
North Down DUP Stephen Dunne with party colleague Alan Graham who was elected for Holywood and Clandeboye DEA (Stephen Dunne MLA/Twitter)

Bangor West

Christine Creighton Alliance

1,175
Jennifer Gilmour DUP

1,033
Stephen Hollywood UUP

867
Peter Martin DUP

640
Barry McKee Green

737

Comber

Libby Douglas DUP

1,501
Philip Smith UUP

1,407
Trevor Cummings DUP

1,303
Patrica Morgan Alliance

1,081
Rachel Ashe Alliance

1,019

Holywood and Clandeboye

Alan Graham DUP

1,112
Linzi McLaren UUP

989
Martin McRandal Alliance

1,222
Rachel Woods Green Party

1,134
David Rossiter Alliance

1,074

Newtownards

Steven Irvine Independent

1,463
Naomi Armstrong-Cotter DUP

1,370
Richard Smart UUP

1,257
Alan McDowell Alliance

1,236
Stephen McIlveen DUP

1,057
Vicky Moore Alliance

947
Colin Kennedy DUP

580

Mid Ulster District Council

Carntogher - 5 seats, 8 candidates (69.92% turnout)

James Artt (TUV)

Kyle Black (DUP)

Córa Corry (Sinn Féin)

Martin Kearney (SDLP)

Paddy Kelly (Sinn Féin)

Noreen McEldowney (Aontú)

Brian McGuigan (Sinn Féin)

Sean McPeake (Sinn Féin)

Elected - 4 SF, 1 DUP

Brian McGuigan

Sean McPeake

Paddy Kelly

Cora Corry

Kyle Black

Clogher Valley - 6 seats, 8 candidates (68.4% turnout)

Frances Burton (DUP)

Gael Gildernew (Sinn Féin)

Meta Graham (UUP)

Sharon McAleer (SDLP)

Eugene McConnell (Sinn Féin)

Kevin McElvogue (Independent)

Seán McGuigan (Sinn Féin)

Mark Robinson (DUP)

Elected - 2 DUP, 2 SF, 1 IND, 1 UUP

Frances Burton

Mark Robinson

Gael Gildernew

Kevin McElvogue

Eugene McConnell

Meta Graham

Cookstown - 7 seats, 11 candidates (60.75% turnout)

Gavin Bell (Sinn Féin)

Wilbert Buchanan (DUP)

Eva Cahoon (DUP)

Mark Glasgow (UUP)

Timmy Hagan (TUV)

Chris Hilcox (Alliance)

Cathal Mallaghan (Sinn Féin)

Kerri Martin (SDLP)

John McNamee (Sinn Féin)

Louise Taylor (Independent)

Trevor Wilson (UUP)

Elected - 3 SF, 2 DUP, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP

Cathal Mallaghan

John McNamee

Gavin Bell

Kerri Martin

Wilbert Buchanan

Trevor Wilson

Eva Cahoon

Dungannon - 6 seats, 12 candidates (60.1% turnout)

James Burton (DUP)

Gerry Cullen (Cross-Community Labour Alternative)

Clement Cuthbertson (DUP)

Claire Hackett (Alliance)

Ian Irwin (UUP)

Karol McQuade (SDLP)

Dominic Molloy (Sinn Féin)

Barry Monteith (Independent)

Denise Mullen (Aontú)

Kinley Tener (TUV)

Deirdre Varsani (Sinn Féin)

Marian Vincent (Independent)

Elected - 2 DUP, 2 SF, 1 IND, 1 SDLP

Clement Cuthbertson

Dominic Molloy

James Burton

Deirdre Varsani

Barry Monteith

Karol McQuade

Magherafelt - 5 seats, 8 candidates (60.51% turnout)

Ian Brown (UUP)

Wesley Brown (DUP)

Sean Clarke (Sinn Féin)

Padraic Farrell (Alliance)

Raymond Love (TUV)

Christine McFlynn (SDLP)

Paul McLean (DUP)

Darren Totten (Sinn Féin)

Elected - 2 SF, 1 SDLP, 2 DUP

Darren Totten

Sean Clarke

Christine McFlynn

Paul McLean

Wesley Brown

Moyola - 5 seats, 9 candidates (69.37% turnout)

Anne Forde (DUP)

Sheila Fullerton (Aontú)

Jolene Groogan (Sinn Féin)

Denise Johnston (SDLP)

Derek McKinney (UUP)

Donal McPeake (Sinn Féin)

Ian Milne (Sinn Féin)

Glenn Moore (TUV)

Caleb Ross (Alliance)

Elected - 3 SF, 1 DUP, 1 SDLP

Ian Milne

Jolene Groogan

Anne Forde

Donal McPeake

Denise Johnston

Torrent - 6 seats, 10 candidates (65.63% turnout)

Jonathan Buchanan (DUP)

Eimear Carney (Sinn Féin)

Robert Colvin (UUP)

Simon Graham (Alliance)

Paul Kelly (Sinn Féin)

Dan Kerr (Independent)

Niall McAleer (Sinn Féin)

Nuala McLernon (Sinn Féin)

Malachy Quinn (SDLP)

Teresa Quinn (Independent)

Elected - 3 SF, 1 IND, 1 DUP, 1 SDLP

Eimear Carney

Niall McAleer

Dan Kerr

Jonathan Buchanan

Malachy Quinn

Nuala McLernon

Belfast City Council

Sinn Féin’s Caoimhín McCann, Joe Duffy, Clíodhna Nic Bhranair, Séanna Walsh and Matt Garrett celebrate winning five seats in Collin at Belfast City Hall during the Northern Ireland council elections (Liam McBurney/PA Wire)

Balmoral

Tara Brooks (Alliance)

Sarah Bunting (DUP)

Dónal Lyons (SDLP)

Geraldine McAteer (Sinn Féin)

Micky Murray (Alliance)

Black Mountain

Ciaran Beattie (Sinn Féin)

Arder Carson (Sinn Féin)

Paul Doherty (SDLP)

Michael Donnelly (Sinn Féin)

Róis-Máire Donnelly (Sinn Féin)

Áine McCabe (Sinn Féin)

Ronan McLaughlin (Sinn Féin)

Botanic

John Gormley (Sinn Féin)

Áine Groogan (Green Party)

Tracy Kelly (DUP)

Emmet McDonough-Brown (Alliance)

Gary McKeown (SDLP)

Castle

Brónach Anglin (Sinn Féin)

Fred Cobain (DUP)

Conor Maskey (Sinn Féin)

Dean McCullough (DUP)

Sam Nelson (Alliance)

Carl Whyte (SDLP)

Collin

Michael Collins (People Before Profit)

Joe Duffy (Sinn Féin)

Matt Garrett (Sinn Féin)

Caoimhín McCann (Sinn Féin)

Clíodhna Nic Bhranair (Sinn Féin)

Séanna Walsh (Sinn Féin)

Court

Tina Black (Sinn Féin)

Claire Canavan (Sinn Féin)

Frank McCoubrey (DUP)

Ron McDowell (TUV)

Ian McLaughlin (DUP)

Nicola Verner (DUP)

Lisnasharragh

Séamus de Faoite (SDLP)

Davy Douglas (DUP)

Bradley Ferguson (DUP)

Eric Hanvey (Alliance)

Michael Long (Alliance)

Brian Smyth (Green Party)

Oldpark

Nichola Bradley (Sinn Féin)

Jordan Doran (DUP)

JJ Magee (Sinn Féin)

Ryan Murphy (Sinn Féin)

Paul McCusker (Independent)

Tomás Ó Néill (Sinn Féin)

Ormiston

Christine Bower (Alliance)

Anthony Flynn (Green Party)

James Lawlor (DUP)

Jenna Maghie (Alliance)

Andrew McCormick (DUP)

Ross McMullan (Alliance)

Jim Rodgers (UUP)

Titanic

David Bell (Alliance)

Ruth Brooks (DUP)

Sonia Copeland (UUP)

Pádraig Donnelly (Sinn Féin)

Sammy Douglas (DUP)

Fiona McAteer (Alliance)

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