Carntogher is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to

Mid Ulster District Council Mid Ulster District Council (; Ulster Scots dialects, 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 ...

and contains the wards of Lower Glenshane, Maghera, Swatragh, Tamlaght O'Crilly and Valley. Carntogher forms part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the

Northern Ireland Assembly The Northern Ireland Assembly (; ), often referred to by the metonym ''Stormont'', is the devolved unicameral legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliam ...

and

UK Parliament The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of ...

. It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Sperrin DEA which had existed since 1985.

Councillors

2023 Election

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP 2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

2019 Election

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2014–2019 Change: No change

2014 Election

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

References

{{reflist 2014 establishments in Northern Ireland