Derry City

Geography
Area - Total - % Water	Ranked 18th 387 km² ? %
Admin HQ	Derry
ISO 3166-2	GB-DRY
ONS code	95A
Demographics
Population - Total (2004) - Density	Ranked 3rd 106,889 276 / km²
Community	Protestant: 23.2% Catholic: 75.4%
Politics
Derry City Council http://www.derrycity.gov.uk
MPs	Mark Durkan

Derry City Council (Londonderry County Borough Council until 1984) is a district council in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. The headquarters of the council is in the city of Derry on Lough Foyle. The Council employs about 550 people providing services to a population of about 105,000. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... This is a list of Local Councils in Northern Ireland by area. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Derry or Londonderry (in Irish, Doire or Doire Cholm Chille), often called the Maiden City, is a city in Northern Ireland. ... The ISO 3166-2 codes for the United Kingdom correspond to the nations administrative divisions. ... The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... This is a list of Local Councils in Northern Ireland by population. ... This is a list of Local Councils in Northern Ireland by Protestant / Catholic community make-up In the 2001 decennial census, the Census Office for Northern Ireland (CONI) asked a new question to attempt to achieve a more accurate depiction of the balance of the mainly Unionist Protestant and mainly... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... John Mark Durkan (born 1960) is a Roman Catholic nationalist politician in Northern Ireland and the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... County Londonderry or County Derry (Contae Dhoire or Doire in Irish) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, in the province of Ulster. ... Royal motto: Quis separabit (Latin: Who will separate?) Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267 122/km² NUTS 1... Derry or Londonderry (in Irish, Doire or Doire Cholm Chille), often called the Maiden City, is a city in Northern Ireland. ... Lough Foyle (Loch Feabhail in Irish) is the name given to the estuary of the River Foyle. ...

Council elections, since 1973 conducted by a system of Single Transferable Vote, are held every four years. Each year, in June, at the Council's Annual Meeting, the Councillors elect a Mayor and a Deputy Mayor. 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... This STV ballot for the Australian Senate illustrates group voting tickets. ...

The Derry City Council area consists of 5 electoral areas: Cityside, Northland, Rural, Shantallow and Waterside. In 2005, the voters of Derry elected 30 members as follows: 14 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 10 Sinn Féin, 5 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 1 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). The current Mayor is Sinn Féin Councillor Lynn Fleming, the third Sinn Féin Derry Mayor in a row. 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... It has been suggested that Sinn Féin (Kevin Street) be merged into this article or section. ... The Democratic Unionist Party is a hardline unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ...

Local politics

Council Headquarters, Strand Road, Derry

Prior to 1973, elections to the borough council were based on block voting. The electoral wards had been drawn and redrawn to ensure a unionist majority on the council even though more voters supported nationalist and republican parties. With local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland in 1973, a system of STV was introduced which has resulted in a majority of councillors from nationalist and republican parties being elected, with the SDLP consistently being the largest party. Curiously, in 1973 (although not in later years) this was despite the fact that unionists, loyalists and the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland won a majority of votes between them. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1440x1746, 483 KB) Summary Derry City Council headquarters, Strand Road, Derry. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1440x1746, 483 KB) Summary Derry City Council headquarters, Strand Road, Derry. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Bloc voting (or block voting) (also called Plurality-at-large) refers to a class of voting systems which can be used to elect several representatives from a single constituency. ... In the context of Irish politics, Unionists are people in Northern Ireland, who wish to see the continuation of the Act of Union 1800, as amended by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, under which Northern Ireland, created in that latter Act, remains part of the United Kingdom of Great... The Irish Nationalist movement began in the 18th century when Theobald Wolfe Tone attempted two uprisings in the 1790s. ... Irish Republicanism is the nationalist belief that all of Ireland should be a united independent republic. ... In general, a loyalist is an individual who is loyal to the powers that be. ... The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), is a political party operating in Northern Ireland. ...

The Derry/Londonderry name dispute affected the council, notably in 1984 when it decided to rename itself from Londonderry County Borough Council to Derry City Council; this was purely a name change and its powers remained that of a district council. At the same time it changed the name of the municipally owned airport to City of Derry Airport. At that time it did not seek to change the name of the city from Londonderry in its charter, possibly because to do so would require approval from London. The true name of the city of Derry or Londonderry in Northern Ireland is a subject of dispute between nationalists (mostly Catholic) and unionists (most of whom are Protestant), with nationalists calling it Derry, and unionists, Londonderry. ... City of Derry Airport Entrance. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,500,000 and a metropolitan area population of between 12 and 14 million. ...

In order to avoid controversy, the parliamentary constituency for the district (which currently has coterminous boundaries, though this has not always been the case) is called Foyle. The Foyle MP is the current SDLP (the moderate Nationalist party in Northern Ireland) leader, Mark Durkan. In 2003, the constituency's voters elected 1 DUP, 3 SDLP and 2 Sinn Fein members of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Foyle is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... Royal motto: Quis separabit (Latin: Who will separate?) Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267 122/km² NUTS 1... John Mark Durkan (born 1960) is a Roman Catholic nationalist politician in Northern Ireland and the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly is a six flowered linen or flax plant, chosen for the plants historical economic importance to the region. ...

Proposed boundary changes for future parliamentary/assembly elections would transfer two Protestant wards (the Waterside and the Fountain Estate) from the Catholic nationalist Foyle to the Protestant and Unionist East Londonderry, whose current MP is the DUP's Gregory Campbell. However, the proposed revisions will be subject to review and many are likely to argue that having co-terminous boundaries for the districts and parliamentary/assembly seats is a desirable and achievable aim. It remains to be seen if these changes will be enacted. Foyle can refer to: The River Foyle in Northern Ireland Lough Foyle, the rivers estuary Several organisations and divisions that take their name from the river including: The parliamentary constituency of Foyle Foyle and Londonderry College, a grammar school in Derry Foyles, a bookshop in London Kitty Foyle, a... East Londonderry is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... The Democratic Unionist Party is a hardline Unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ... Gregory Lloyd Campbell (born February 15, 1953) a Northern Ireland unionist politician, and the Democratic Unionist Party member of Parliament for East Londonderry. ...

Derry/Londonderry also has a Shadow Council. This is made up from 16-22 year olds elected from geographical areas in the city, as well as interest, political groups and also GLBT community groups. The Shadow Council work in unison with DCC (Derry City Council) to lend a voice to the young generation of Foyle, who make up a large percentage of the population.The Shadow Council elect a Junior Mayor as their representative to the media and public. The current junior mayor is Kevin Burns with deputy Ellen Diver.Derry City Shadow Council is hailed as being a model throughout Northern Ireland with other areas taking up the idea following their example.

See also

• Local Councils in Northern Ireland

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External links

• Derry City Council
• Local government election results