Torrent (District Electoral Area)

Torrent is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland.

[1] The district elects six members to Mid Ulster District Council and contains the wards of Ardboe, Coalisland North, Coalisland South, Donaghmore, Stewartstown and Washing Bay.

[2] Torrent forms part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Dungannon Area B which had existed since 1973, where it contained six wards (Altmore, Coalisland North, Coalisland South, Coalisand West and Newmills, Donaghmore and Washing Bay).

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent (Rep) 2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent (Rep) 2019–2023 Change: DUP gain from UUP 2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2014–2019 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin 2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2011-2014 Change: No change 2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2005-2011 Change: No change 2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent 1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: Independent Nationalist becomes Independent 1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993-1997 Change: No change 1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP 1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1985-1989 Change: No change 1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist