Mid-Ulster District Council
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Mid-Ulster District Council Comhairle Ceantair Lár Uladh Mid Ulstèr Airts Cooncil |
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| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 2015 |
| Preceded by |
Cookstown District Council Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council Magherafelt District Council |
| Leadership | |
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Chair
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Thomas Wilson, Ulster Unionist Party
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 40 |
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Political groups
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Sinn Féin (18) DUP (8) UUP (7) SDLP (6) Independents (1) |
| Elections | |
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Last election
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22 May 2014 |
| Website | |
| http://www.midulstercouncil.org/ | |
Mid-Ulster District Council (Irish: Comhairle Ceantair Lár Uladh; Ulster-Scots: Mid Ulstèr Airts Cooncil) 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 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority, prior to the creation of the Mid-Ulster district on 1 April 2015.
For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):
The area covered by the new Council has a population of 138,590 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.
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