Mid Ulster District Council

Mid Ulster District Council

Comhairle Ceantair Lár Uladh
Mid Ulstèr Airts Cooncil
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 2015
Preceded byCookstown District Council
Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council
Magherafelt District Council
Leadership
Chair
Councillor Frances Burton, Democratic Unionist Party
Deputy Chair
Councillor Denise Johnson, Social Democratic and Labour Party
Structure
Seats40
Political groups
  Sinn Féin (19)
  DUP (11)
  SDLP (5)
  UUP (2)
  Independents (3)
Elections
Last election
18 May 2023
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.