Waterside (District Electoral Area)

Waterside is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Derry and Strabane, Northern Ireland. The district elects seven members to Derry and Strabane District Council and contains the wards of Caw, Clondermot, Drumahoe, Ebrington, Kilfennan, Lisnagelvin and Victoria. Waterside forms part of the Foyle constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Londonderry Area B which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained six wards (Altnagelvin, Caw, Clondermot, Ebrington, Lisnagelvin and Victoria). For the 1993 local elections it gained an additional ward, Kilfennan.

2023 Election
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Alliance

2019 Election
2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

2014 Election
2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2014: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2011-2014 Change: No change

2011 Election
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2005-2011 Change: No change

2005 Election
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: No change

2001 Election
1997: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Unionist

2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Independent Unionist

1997 Election
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1997: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Unionist

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

1993 Election
1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1989-1993 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UDP and due to the addition of one seat

1989 Election
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1985-1989 Change: UDP gain from DUP, Independent Unionist leaves UUP

1985 Election
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP