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Derry City and Strabane: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Derry City and Strabane District Council: NI district (ni district), Northern Ireland. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code N09000005.

Council website

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website

Transport

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Council tax

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Environment

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Education

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Derry City and Strabane in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population
152,383 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age
39 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head
£20,375 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay
£582 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs
23.0% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count
4.8% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price
£189,474 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Female healthy life expectancy
54.2 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy
54.9 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions
10.6 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband
94.9% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers
44.0 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses
5,005 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

40 seats in 2026. Run by: NULL, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Sinn Féin 18, SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party) 8, Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P. 5, Independent / Other 5, Ulster Unionist Party 3, People Before Profit Alliance 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 40 councillors, by ward
  • Amanda Clarke (Sinn Féin) — Ballyarnett
  • Brian Tierney (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Ballyarnett
  • Catherine McDaid (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Ballyarnett
  • Pat Murphy (Sinn Féin) — Ballyarnett
  • Rory Farrell (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Ballyarnett
  • Sandra Duffy (Sinn Féin) — Ballyarnett
  • Antaine O Fearghail (Sinn Féin) — Derg
  • Caroline Devine (Sinn Féin) — Derg
  • Derek Hussey (Ulster Unionist Party) — Derg
  • Keith Kerrigan (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Derg
  • Ruairi McHugh (Sinn Féin) — Derg
  • Alex Duffy (Sinn Féin) — Faughan
  • Declan Norris (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Faughan
  • Janice Montgomery (Ulster Unionist Party) — Faughan
  • Julie Middleton (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Faughan
  • Sean Fleming (Sinn Féin) — Faughan
  • Conor Heaney (Sinn Féin) — Foyleside
  • Grace Ui Niallais (Sinn Féin) — Foyleside
  • Lilian Barr (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Foyleside
  • Shaun Harkin (People Before Profit Alliance) — Foyleside
  • Shauna Cusack (Independent / Other) — Foyleside
  • Brian Harte (Sinn Féin) — Sperrin
  • Fergal Leonard (Sinn Féin) — Sperrin
  • Gary Wilkinson (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Sperrin
  • Jason Barr (Independent / Other) — Sperrin
  • Paul Boggs (Sinn Féin) — Sperrin
  • Paul Gallagher (Independent / Other) — Sperrin
  • Raymond Barr (Independent / Other) — Sperrin
  • Aisling Hutton (Sinn Féin) — The Moor
  • Emma McGinley (Sinn Féin) — The Moor
  • Gary Donnelly (Independent / Other) — The Moor
  • John Boyle (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — The Moor
  • Patricia Logue (Sinn Féin) — The Moor
  • Chelsea Cooke (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Waterside
  • Christopher Jackson (Sinn Féin) — Waterside
  • Darren Guy (Ulster Unionist Party) — Waterside
  • Elizabeth McGowan (Sinn Féin) — Waterside
  • Martin Reilly (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Waterside
  • Niree McMorris (Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P.) — Waterside
  • Sean Mooney (SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party)) — Waterside

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

Write to your councillors → WriteToThem (mySociety) finds them from your postcode; nothing is sent through this site.

Cite this page

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Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Council list: mySociety, UK Local Authorities (CC BY 4.0) and WhatDoTheyKnow authorities (CC BY-SA 4.0); council websites, tiers and service links: GOV.UK (Open Government Licence); codes: ONS Code History Database (Open Government Licence). Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.