Torrent (District Electoral Area)

Torrent
Torrent
Mid Ulster District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	6 (1985-)
Councillors	Jonathan Buchanan (DUP); Eimear Carney (SF); Dan Kerr (IND); Niall McAleer (SF); Nuala McLernon (SF); Malachy Quinn (SDLP);

Torrent is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects six members to Mid Ulster District Council and contains the wards of Ardboe, Coalisland North, Coalisland South, Donaghmore, Stewartstown and Washing Bay.^[2] Torrent forms part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Dungannon Area B which had existed since 1973, where it contained six wards (Altmore, Coalisland North, Coalisland South, Coalisand West and Newmills, Donaghmore and Washing Bay).

Councillors

Election
2023	Niall McAleer (Sinn Féin)	Eimear Carney (Sinn Féin)	Nuala McLernon (Sinn Féin)	Dan Kerr (Independent)	Malachy Quinn (SDLP)	Jonathan Buchanan (DUP)
February 2020 Co-Option	Niall McAleer (Sinn Féin)	Joe O'Neill (Sinn Féin)	Niamh Doris (Sinn Féin)			Robert Colvin (UUP)
2019	Ronan McGinley (Sinn Féin)
January 2019 Co-Option				Mickey Gillespie (Sinn Féin)
May 2016 Co-Option						Kenneth Reid (UUP)
2014			Linda Dillon (Sinn Féin)
2011	Desmond Donnelly (Sinn Féin)		Pádraig Quinn (Sinn Féin)		Jim Cavanagh (SDLP)
2005		Francie Molloy (Sinn Féin)	Michelle O'Neill (Sinn Féin)			Norman Badger (UUP)
2001			Jim Canning (Independent Nationalist)
1997	Brendan Doris (Sinn Féin)
1993				Denise Sutton (Sinn Féin)
1989		Martin McCaughey (Sinn Féin)		Angela Donnelly (SDLP)		Thomas Kempton (UUP)
1985	Brian Duffin (Sinn Féin)	Francie Molloy (Sinn Féin)		Patrick McGlinchey (SDLP)		Thomas Kempton (UUP)

2023 Election

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent (Rep)

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent (Rep)

2019–2023 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Torrent - 6 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Eimear Carney	15.78%	1,678
	Sinn Féin	Niall McAleer*	15.67%	1,666
	Independent	Dan Kerr*	13.12%	1,395	1,431.00	1,443.69	1,994.96
	DUP	Jonathan Buchanan	11.00%	1,170	1,181.00	1,181.09	1,182.09	1,186.09	1,823.09
	SDLP	Malachy Quinn*	9.04%	961	1,084.00	1,093.63	1,113.90	1,170.90	1,244.90	1,434.90	1,448.42
	Sinn Féin	Nuala McLernon	10.79%	1,147	1,161.00	1,182.87	1,195.05	1,243.05	1,243.05	1,245.05	1,349.13
	Sinn Féin	Paul Kelly	9.37%	996	1,012.00	1,117.30	1,155.57	1,288.57	1,291.66	1,296.66	1,310.34
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Colvin*	6.72%	714	777.00	777.09	777.09	777.09
	Independent	Teresa Quinn	5.85%	622	628.00	628.90
	Alliance	Simon Graham	2.67%	284
Electorate: 16,464 Valid: 10,633 (64.58%) Spoilt: 173 Quota: 1,520 Turnout: 10,806 (65.63%)

2019 Election

2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2014–2019 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin

Torrent – 6 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Malachy Quinn*	17.93%	1,631
	Independent	Dan Kerr	16.76%	1,525
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Colvin*	11.19%	1,018	1,052.41	1,055.91	1,914.91
	Sinn Féin	Ronan McGinley* †	12.89%	1,173	1,254.84	1,282.59	1,283.84	1,286.84
	Sinn Féin	Joe O'Neill*	10.93%	994	1,099.09	1,162.59	1,164.9	1,175.9
	Sinn Féin	Niamh Doris*	11.01%	1,002	1,066.48	1,175.73	1,157.04	1,170.04
	Sinn Féin	Mickey Gillespie*	9.41%	856	894.75	931.25	933.25	937.25
	DUP	Ian McCrea	9.88%	899	903.96	905.21
Electorate: 15,458 Valid: 9,098 (58.86%) Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,300 Turnout: 9,236 (59.75%)

2014 Election

2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2011-2014 Change: No change

Torrent - 6 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Linda Dillon †	14.81%	1,218
	Sinn Féin	Joe O'Neill*	13.95%	1,147	1,310
	SDLP	Malachy Quinn	8.91%	733	822	846	847.89	1,361.89
	Sinn Féin	Ronan McGinley	11.02%	906	958	982	985.36	1,139.51
	Ulster Unionist	Kenneth Reid* †	13.42%	1,104	1,106	1,109	1,109.09	1,117.12
	Sinn Féin	Mickey Gillespie*	10.21%	840	936	1,003	1,031.47	1,069.47
	DUP	Keith Buchanan	10.35%	851	852	852	852	856
	SDLP	Deirdre Mayo*	9.23%	759	800	804	805.05
	Independent	Feargal O'Donnell	8.11%	667
Electorate: 14,672 Valid: 8,225 (56.06%) Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,176 Turnout: 8,363 (57.0%)

2011 Election

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2005-2011 Change: No change

Torrent - 6 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Michael Gillespie*	16.53%	1,152
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh*	16.10%	1,122
	Sinn Féin	Joe O'Neill*	15.07%	1,050
	Ulster Unionist	Kenneth Reid	11.74%	818	818.42	820.76	1,131.76
	Sinn Féin	Desmond Donnelly*	11.69%	815	838.38	871.14	872.4	874.4	908.95	1,032.95
	Sinn Féin	Pádraig Quinn	9.69%	675	800.44	812.92	813.92	813.92	825.97	971.93
	Independent	Patricia Campbell	7.32%	510	514.34	535.4	540.53	577.53	578.93	722.97
	Independent	James Walshe	6.93%	483	484.68	532.13	539.26	575.26	578.11
	DUP	Johnny Chartres	4.94%	344	344	345.04
Electorate: 11,130 Valid: 6,969 (62.61%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 996 Turnout: 7,073 (63.55%)

2005 Election

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent

Torrent - 6 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Michael Gillespie*	18.24%	1,392
	Sinn Féin	Michelle O'Neill	16.64%	1,270
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy*	15.37%	1,173
	Sinn Féin	Desmond Donnelly*	10.68%	815	1,090.44	1,090.66	1,247.74
	Ulster Unionist	Norman Badger*	9.59%	732	732.22	1,076.22	1,076.5	1,076.5	1,077.88
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh*	12.53%	956	968.32	972.32	978.2	990.1	1,025.29
	Independent	Jim Canning*	12.10%	923	927.84	932.84	941.94	958.88	1,002.81
	DUP	Robert McFarland	4.84%	369	369.44
Electorate: 10,410 Valid: 7,630 (73.29%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 1,091 Turnout: 7,720 (74.16%)

2001 Election

1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

1997-2001 Change: Independent Nationalist becomes Independent

Torrent - 6 seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy*	16.60%	1,393
	Sinn Féin	Michael Gillespie*	15.92%	1,336
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh*	15.18%	1,274
	Independent	Jim Canning*	14.83%	1,244
	Ulster Unionist	Norman Badger*	10.85%	910	1,198	1,198.6	1,198.7	1,207.94
	Sinn Féin	Desmond Donnelly	11.25%	944	944	1,076.6	1,098.9	1,155.99	1,176.44	1,177.76
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Doris*	11.74%	985	985	1,043.8	1,146.6	1,152.65	1,170.05	1,170.6
	DUP	Robert McFarland	3.62%	304
Electorate: 10,314 Valid: 8,390 (81.35%) Spoilt: 172 Quota: 1,199 Turnout: 8,562 (83.01%)

1997 Election

1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993-1997 Change: No change

Torrent - 6 seats^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy*	19.41%	1,407
	Ulster Unionist	Norman Badger*	16.72%	1,212
	Independent Nationalist	Jim Canning*	16.32%	1,183
	Sinn Féin	Michael Gillespie	14.03%	1,017	1,045.6
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh*	11.48%	832	844.48	1,078.48
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Doris*	11.34%	822	955.64	970.98	990.98
	Sinn Féin	Jim O'Donnell	6.80%	493	670.58	687.88	695.88
	SDLP	Joseph Gervin	3.90%	283	288.46
Electorate: 9,730 Valid: 7,249 (74.50%) Spoilt: 159 Quota: 1,036 Turnout: 7,408 (76.14%)

1993 Election

1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Torrent - 6 seats^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	21.52%	1,482
	Ulster Unionist	Norman Badger	19.17%	1,320
	Independent Nationalist	Jim Canning*	15.90%	1,095
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Doris*	10.33%	711	1,138.32
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh*	11.98%	825	835.44	982.8	985.14
	Sinn Féin	Denise Sutton	11.20%	771	810.6	811.56	955.99	962.49	978.88
	SDLP	Angela Donnelly*	4.65%	320	323.6	471.92	472.05	516.25	817.95
	SDLP	Joe Gervin	5.26%	362	368.12	403.16	404.85	462.44
Electorate: 9,047 Valid: 6,886 (76.11%) Spoilt: 166 Quota: 984 Turnout: 7,052 (77.95%)

1989 Election

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1985-1989 Change: No change

Torrent - 6 seats^[11]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent Nationalist	Jim Canning*	26.02%	1,626
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Kempton*	21.33%	1,333
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh*	10.93%	683	1,148.01
	SDLP	Angela Donnelly	5.71%	357	383.95	733.11	835.48	984.48
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Doris	12.13%	758	835.91	836.77	848.66	878.44	884.44
	Sinn Féin	Martin McCaughey	11.66%	729	737.33	740.77	743.09	752.53	753.53
	Sinn Féin	John Corr	8.80%	550	617.62	624.5	656.4	688.57	697.57
	SDLP	Bridie O'Donnell	3.42%	214	294.85	373.11	476.64
Electorate: 8,643 Valid: 6,250 (72.31%) Spoilt: 222 Quota: 893 Turnout: 6,472 (74.88%)

1985 Election

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Torrent - 6 seats^[12]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Kempton*	17.27%	1,120
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	16.64%	1,079
	Independent Nationalist	Jim Canning*	13.14%	852	853.44	923.44	935.2
	Sinn Féin	Brian Duffin	10.07%	653	653	668	785.6	786.6	821.3
	SDLP	Patrick McGlinchey*	8.80%	571	572.26	590.26	594.04	628.6	789.4
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh	9.07%	588	588.36	609.36	610.48	648	773.92
	Sinn Féin	Frances Donaghy	9.88%	641	641	644	653.38	653.38	763.08
	Independent Nationalist	Owen Nugent*	8.51%	552	553.08	561.08	564.16	596.38
	DUP	Edith White	4.47%	290	478.64	479.64	479.64
	Independent Republican	John Corr*	2.16%	140	140
Electorate: 8,203 Valid: 6,486 (79.07%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 927 Turnout: 6,660 (81.19%)

References

^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
^ "Mid Ulster District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
^ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "Torrent Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[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.

[3] "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

[4] "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[5] "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[6] "Torrent Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[7] "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

[8] "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

[9] "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[10] "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[11] "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[12] "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.