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The last mayor of Derry City Council was Brenda Stevenson of the SDLP, while Gary Middleton of the DUP was the last deputy mayor of Derry City Council. The post has a long history. A provost was appointed in the initial city charter of 1604. In 1613, this post was replaced with that of mayor, with John Rowley being the first to serve. [10]
Derry City and Strabane District Council replaced Derry City Council and Strabane District Council.The first election for the new district was originally due to take place in May 2009, but in April 2008, Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until 2011. [14]
Lilian Seenoi-Barr (born October 1981) [1] is a Kenyan-born politician and councillor for Derry City and Strabane District Council, where she represents the Social Democratic and Labour Party. On 29 April 2024, Seenoi-Barr made history after being selected as the next First Citizen of Derry City and Strabane , and consequently as Northern ...
The Guildhall, which had been the meeting place of the county borough of Londonderry for much of the 20th century, continued to be the local seat of government after the formation of Londonderry City Council in 1972; the council was renamed Derry City Council in 1984. [8]
It was created as part of the 2014 Northern Ireland local government reform, replacing Derry City Council and Strabane District Council. The first elections to the authority were on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority to its two predecessors until the new district formally came into being on 1 April 2015.
In 1973 a new district council with boundaries extending to the rural south-west was established under the name Londonderry City Council, renamed in 1984 to Derry City Council, consisting of five electoral areas: Cityside, Northland, Rural, Shantallow and Waterside. The council of 30 members was re-elected every four years.
He was elected to Londonderry City Council. In 1974-75, he served as Mayor of Derry. [1] Allen was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1982, representing Londonderry. [2] The following year, he became the Honorary Treasurer of the UUP. [3]
Derry City or City of Derry may refer to: Derry, officially Londonderry, a city in Northern Ireland; Derry City Council, the local authority 1973–2015 for a district including the city; City of Derry Airport, in Eglinton, County Londonderry; Derry City F.C., an association football club; City of Derry R.F.C., a rugby union club