Torrent is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 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. 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 Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party)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 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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1985 Election
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
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