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{{Short description|Local authority in Northern Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name               = Mid Ulster District Council
| native_name        = Comhairle Ceantair Lár Uladh<br />Mid Ulstèr Airts Cooncil
| transcription_name =
| legislature        =
| coa_pic            = Mid Ulster District Council logo.svg
| coa_res            = 200px
| foundation         = 1 April 2015
| house_type         = [[Local government in Northern Ireland#Districts|District council]] 
| jurisdiction       = Mid Ulster District
| body               =
| preceded_by        = [[Cookstown District Council]]<br />[[Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council]]<br />[[Magherafelt District Council]]
| leader1_type       = Chair
| leader1            = Councillor Frances Burton
| party1             = [[Democratic Unionist Party]]
| election1          =
| leader2_type       = Deputy Chair
| leader2            = Councillor Denise Johnson
| party2             =[[Social Democratic and Labour Party]]
| members            = 40
| structure1        = File:Mid Ulster District Council (May 2023).svg
| structure1_res    = 260px
| political_groups1  = {{Color box|{{party color|Sinn Féin}}|border=darkgray}} [[Sinn Féin]] (19)<br/> {{Color box|{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]] (11)<br/>{{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Social Democratic and Labour Party|SDLP]] (5)<br/>{{Color box|{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}|border=darkgray}} [[Ulster Unionist Party|UUP]] (2)<br/>{{Color box|{{party color|Independent politician}}|border=darkgray}} [[Independent politician|Independents]] (3)
| last_election1     = [[2023 Mid Ulster District Council election|18 May 2023]]
| session_room       =
| session_res        =
| meeting_place      = 
| website            = http://www.midulstercouncil.org/
| footnotes          =
}}
'''Mid Ulster District Council''' ({{langx|ga|Comhairle Ceantair Lár Uladh}}; [[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster-Scots]]: ''Mid Ulstèr Airts Cooncil''<ref name="EQIA">{{cite web|title=Equality Impect Assessment o tha Draft Ullans Leid Policy (in Ulster-Scots)|url=http://www.midulstercouncil.org/getmedia/2b7b485c-7c42-46be-9a67-39543320f1bd/Equality-Impact-Assessment-in-Ulster-Scots_3.pdf?ext=.pdf|publisher=Mid Ulster Council|accessdate=24 January 2017}}</ref>) is a local authority that was established on 1 April 2015. It replaced [[Cookstown District Council]], [[Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council]] and [[Magherafelt District Council]]. The first elections to the authority took place on [[2014 Northern Ireland local elections|22 May 2014]] and it acted as a shadow authority, prior to the creation of the [[Mid Ulster District|Mid Ulster]] district on 1 April 2015.

==Chairpersonship==

===Chair===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!From
!To
!scope="col" width="200" | Name
!scope="col" width="150"  colspan=2| Party
|-
|2015
|2016
|[[Linda Dillon]]
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
|-
|2016
|2017
|Trevor Wilson
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}
|-
|2017
|2018
|Kim Ashton
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}
|-
|2018
|2019
|Seán McPeake 
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
|-
|2019
|2020
|Martin Kearney 
| {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}
|-
|2020
|2021
|Cathal Mallaghan
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
|-
|2021
|2022
|Paul McLean
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}
|-
|2022
|2023
|Cora Corry
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

|-
|2023
|2024
|Dominic Molloy
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
|-
|2024
|2025
|Eugene McConnell
| {{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
|-
|2025
|Present 
|Frances Burton
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}
|}

===Vice Chair===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!From
!To
!scope="col" width="200" | Name
!scope="col" width="150" colspan=2| Party
|-
|2015
|2016
|Kim Ashton
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}
|-
|2016
|2017
|Sharon McAleer
| {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}
|-
|2017
|2018
|Mark Glasgow
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}
|-
|2018
|2019
|Frances Burton
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}
|-
|2019
|2020
|Clement Cuthbertson
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}
|-
|2020
|2021
|Meta Graham
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}
|-
|2021
|2022
|Christine McFlynn
| {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}
|-
|2022
|2023
|Frances Burton
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}
|-
|2023
|2024 
|Meta Graham
| {{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}
|-
|2024
|2025 
|Wesley Brown
| {{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}
|-
|2025
|Present 
|Denise Johnson 
| {{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}
|}

==Councillors==
For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deac-ni.org/index/current-review-of-district-electoral-areas/final_ni_overview__300dpi_a1_.pdf |title=Local Government District Electoral Areas: 2013: Index Map of Northern Ireland: Final Recommendations |publisher=Land and Property Services |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929020745/http://www.deac-ni.org/index/current-review-of-district-electoral-areas/final_ni_overview__300dpi_a1_.pdf |archive-date=29 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Area
!Seats
|-
|Carntogher
|5
|-
|Clogher Valley
|6
|-
|Cookstown
|7
|-
|Dungannon
|6
|-
|Magherafelt
|5
|-
|Moyola
|5
|-
|Torrent
|6
|}

===Seat summary===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|- 
!colspan=2|Party
!Elected 2014
!Elected 2019
!Elected 2023
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
|[[Sinn Féin]]
|align="right"|18
|align="right"|17
|align="right"|19
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |
|[[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]]
|align="right"|8
|align="right"|9
|align="right"|11
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|[[Ulster Unionist Party|UUP]]
|align="right"|7
|align="right"|6
|align="right"|2
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |
|[[Social Democratic and Labour Party|SDLP]]
|align="right"|6
|align="right"|6
|align="right"|5
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|align="right"|1
|align="right"|2
|align="right"|3
|}

===Councillors by electoral area===
{{further|2023 Mid Ulster District Council election}}
[[File:Mid Ulster blank.svg|thumb|Borders of the DEAs within Mid Ulster]]
{{Multi seat members begin
|constituency = District electoral area
|title        = Current council members
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name    = [[Carntogher (District Electoral Area)|Carntogher]]
|seats   = 5
|member1 = {{sortname|Brian|McGuigan|nolink=1}}
|party1  = Sinn Féin
|member2 = {{sortname|Sean|McPeake|nolink=1}}
|party2  = Sinn Féin
|member3 = {{sortname|Paddy|Kelly|nolink=1}}
|party3  = Sinn Féin
|member4 = {{sortname|Córa|Corry|nolink=1}}
|party4  = Sinn Féin
|member5 = {{sortname|Kyle|Black|nolink=1}}
|party5  = Democratic Unionist Party
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name    = [[Clogher Valley (District Electoral Area)|Clogher Valley]]
|seats   = 6
|member1 = {{sortname|Frances|Burton|nolink=1}}
|party1  = Democratic Unionist Party
|member2 = {{sortname|Mark|Robinson|nolink=1}}
|party2  = Democratic Unionist Party
|member3 = {{sortname|Gael|Gildernew|nolink=1}}
|party3  = Sinn Féin
|member4 = {{sortname|Kevin|McElvogue|nolink=1}}
|party4  = Independent politician
|member5 = {{sortname|Eugene|McConnell|nolink=1}}
|party5  = Sinn Féin
|member6 = {{sortname|Meta|Graham|nolink=1}}
|party6  = Ulster Unionist Party
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name    = [[Cookstown (District Electoral Area)|Cookstown]]
|seats   = 7
|member1 = {{sortname|Donna|Mullin|nolink=1}} 
|party1  = Sinn Féin
|member2 = {{sortname|John|McNamee|nolink=1}}
|party2  = Sinn Féin
|member3 = {{sortname|Gavin|Bell|nolink=1}}
|party3  = Sinn Féin
|member4 = {{sortname|Kerri|Martin|nolink=1}}
|party4  = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|member5 = {{sortname|Wilbert|Buchanan|nolink=1}}
|party5  = Democratic Unionist Party
|member6 = {{sortname|Trevor|Wilson|nolink=1}}
|party6  = Ulster Unionist Party
|member7 = {{sortname|Eva|Cahoon|nolink=1}}
|party7  = Democratic Unionist Party
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name    = [[Dungannon (District Electoral Area)|Dungannon]]
|seats   = 6
|member1 = {{sortname|Clement|Cuthbertson|nolink=1}}
|party1  = Democratic Unionist Party 
|member2 = {{sortname|Dominic|Molloy|nolink=1}}
|party2  = Sinn Féin
|member3 = {{sortname|James|Burton|nolink=1}}
|party3  = Democratic Unionist Party
|member4 = {{sortname|Deirdre|Varsani|nolink=1}}
|party4  = Sinn Féin
|member5 = {{sortname|Barry|Monteith|nolink=1}}
|party5  = Independent politician
|member6 = {{sortname|Karol|McQuade|nolink=1}}
|party6  = Social Democratic and Labour Party
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name    = [[Magherafelt (District Electoral Area)|Magherafelt]]
|seats   = 5
|member1 = {{sortname|Darren| Totten|nolink=1}}
|party1  = Sinn Féin
|member2 = {{sortname|Sean|Clarke|nolink=1}}
|party2  = Sinn Féin
|member3 = {{sortname|Christine|McFlynn|nolink=1}}
|party3  = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|member4 = {{sortname|Paul|McLean|nolink=1}}
|party4  = Democratic Unionist Party
|member5 = {{sortname|Wesley|Brown|nolink=1}}
|party5  = Democratic Unionist Party
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name    = [[Moyola (District Electoral Area)|Moyola]]
|seats   = 5
|member1 = {{sortname|Ian|Milne|nolink=1}}
|party1  = Sinn Féin
|member2 = {{sortname|Jolene|Groogan|nolink=1}}
|party2  = Sinn Féin
|member3 = {{sortname|Anne|Forde|nolink=1}}
|party3  = Democratic Unionist Party
|member4 = {{sortname|Donal|McPeake|nolink=1}}
|party4  = Sinn Féin
|member5 = {{sortname|Denise|Johnston|nolink=1}}
|party5  = Social Democratic and Labour Party
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name    = [[Torrent (District Electoral Area)|Torrent]] 
|seats   = 6
|member1 = {{sortname|Eimear|Carney|nolink=1}}
|party1  = Sinn Féin
|member2 = {{sortname|Niall|McAleer|nolink=1}}
|party2  = Sinn Féin
|member3 = {{sortname|Dan|Kerr|nolink=1}}
|party3  = Independent politician
|member4 = {{sortname|Jonathan|Buchanan|nolink=1}}
|party4  = Democratic Unionist Party
|member5 = {{sortname|Malachy|Quinn|nolink=1}}
|party5  = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|member6 = {{sortname|Nuala|McLernon|nolink=1}}
|party6  = Sinn Féin
}}
{{end}}

==Population==
The area covered by the Council has a population of 138,590 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.<ref>{{cite web|title=NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014 |url=http://www.nisra.gov.uk/archive/census/2011/results/key-statistics/summary-report.pdf |website=NI Statistics and Research Agency |accessdate=28 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215081312/http://www.nisra.gov.uk/archive/census/2011/results/key-statistics/summary-report.pdf |archivedate=15 December 2014 }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{NI districts}}

[[Category:District councils of Northern Ireland]]
[[Category:Politics of County Londonderry]]
[[Category:Politics of County Tyrone]]
[[Category:Mid-Ulster District|*]]