Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council (,

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: ''Rathgannon an Sooth Owenslanngh Cooncil'') was a local council in

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from 1973 until 2015. It was originally named Dungannon District Council, gaining

borough status Borough status is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the council or inhabitants of the district. In Scotland, si ...

and adding "South Tyrone" to its name on 25 November 1999, after petitioning the

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. In May 2015, under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland it merged with

Cookstown District Council Cookstown District Council (; Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster Scots: ''Districk Cooncil o Cookestoun'') was a district council covering an area largely in County Tyrone and partly in County Londonderry. It merged with Dungannon and South Tyrone B ...

and

Magherafelt District Council Magherafelt District Council was a district council in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. It was merged with Cookstown District Council and Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council on 1 April 2015 under local government reorganisation i ...

to become

Mid-Ulster District Council Mid Ulster District Council (; 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 C ...

Subdivisions

The main town in the district was

Dungannon Dungannon (, ) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the second-largest town in the county (after Omagh) and had a population of 16,282 at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2021 Census. The Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Counci ...

, where the council was headquartered. The council area covered the southern part of

County Tyrone County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. Its county town is Omagh. Adjoined to the south-west shore of Lough Neagh, the cou ...

(along with a small area of

County Armagh County Armagh ( ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It is located in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and adjoins the southern shore of Lough Neagh. It borders t ...

) and had a population of nearly 58,000. Its smaller towns included:

Augher Augher (from meaning "edge/border") is a small village in south County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies just 6 miles to the border with County Monaghan and is 16 miles south of Dungannon. It is situated in the historic barony of Clogher and ...

Clogher Clogher (; , ) is a village and civil parish in the border area of south County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Blackwater, 5.8 miles from the border crossing to County Monaghan. It stands on the townlands of Clogher Demesne ...

Fivemiletown Fivemiletown is a village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is 16 miles (26 km) east of Enniskillen and 26 miles (43 km) west-south-west of Dungannon, on the A4 road (Northern Ireland), A4 Enniskillen-to-Dungannon r ...

, Ballygawley, Caledon, Aughnacloy,

Benburb Benburb ()) is a village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies 7.5 miles from Armagh and 8 miles from Dungannon. The River Blackwater runs alongside the village as does the Ulster Canal. History It is best known, in hi ...

, Moy and

Coalisland Coalisland () is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, with a population of 5,682 in the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census. Four miles from Lough Neagh, it was formerly a centre for coal mining. History Origins In the late 1 ...

. The council area was divided into four electoral areas: Blackwater, Clogher Valley, Dungannon Town and Torrent. In the 2005 elections, 22 members were elected from the following political parties: 8

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, 5

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(DUP), 4

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(UUP) 4

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(SDLP) and 1

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(EIR). The Council adopted the d'Hondt system in 2001 which allows the position of Mayor and Deputy Mayor to be allocated according to party size. The last mayor was Councillor

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(SF) and the Deputy Mayor was Councillor Norman Badger (UUP). In elections for the

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it was split between the Mid-Ulster and Fermanagh & South Tyrone constituencies.

Review of Public Administration

Under the Review of Public Administration (RPA) the council was due to merge with

and

in 2011 to form a single council for the enlarged area totalling 1714 km² and a population of 120, 096. The next election was due to take place in May 2009, but on 25 April 2008,

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announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until the introduction of the eleven new councils in 2011.

Population

The area covered by Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council has a population of 57,852 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.

References

External links

Council WebsiteDungannon LifeA Flavour of Tyrone
{{Coord, 54.425, -7.096, region:GB_scale:50000, display=title Politics of County Tyrone Dungannon District councils of Northern Ireland, 1973–2015 Mid-Ulster District

Subdivisions

Review of Public Administration

Population

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