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Niall Deeney

Full list of candidates for NI council elections in Derry City and Strabane

A total of 70 candidates will contest the council elections in Derry city and Strabane district on May 18.

With 40 seats available, spread across seven electoral areas, at least 30 candidates will fail to make it across the line when the votes are counted on May 19.

Sinn Fein are standing the most candidates with 18 in total, followed by the SDLP's 15 candidates and Alliance, People Before Profit and the DUP with seven each.

Read more: Northern Ireland council election 2023: Dates, candidates, where to vote and more you need to know

Aontu and the UUP have put forward five candidates each, while Derry and Strabane will see six independents hoping to make it across the line.

Last time around, in 2019, Sinn Fein and the SDLP emerged neck-and-neck with 11 councillors each.

The DUP won seven, while the UUP, Alliance Party, and People Before Profit each returned two councillors each. Aontu won a single seat with four independents elected to the council.

The Waterside ward will see seven councillors elected, Faughan five, Derg five, Sperrin seven, The Moor five, Foyleside five, and Ballyarnett six.

Take at look here at our full coverage as the election campaign unfolds.

Here is the full list of candidates for the 2023 council election in Derry City and Strabane District:

Ballyarnett

Colm Cavanagh (Alliance)

Damien Doherty (People Before Profit)

Emmet Doyle (Aontú)

Sandra Duffy (Sinn Féin)

Rory Farrell (SDLP)

Catherine McDaid (SDLP)

John McGowan (Sinn Féin)

Patrick Murphy (Sinn Féin)

Brian Tierney (SDLP)

Derg

Caroline Devine (Sinn Féin)

Steven Edwards (SDLP)

Leza Marie Houston (Aontú)

Derek Hussey (UUP)

Keith Kerrigan (DUP)

Adam McGinley (People Before Profit)

Ruairí McHugh (Sinn Féin)

Anne Murray (Alliance)

Antaine Ó Fearghail (Sinn Féin)

Andy Patton (Independent)

Faughan

Hayley Canning (SDLP)

Alex Duffy (Sinn Féin)

Rachael Ferguson (Alliance)

Sean Fleming (Sinn Féin)

Damian Gallagher (People Before Profit)

Ryan McCready (UUP)

Julie Middleton (DUP)

Declan Norris (SDLP)

Graham Warke (Independent)

Gary Wilkinson (DUP)

Foyleside

Lilian Seenoi Barr (SDLP)

Shauna Cusack (SDLP)

Shaun Harkin (People Before Profit)

Conor Heaney (Sinn Féin)

Seán Mac Cearáin (Aontú)

Stephen McCallion (SDLP)

Danny McCloskey (Alliance)

Grace Uí Niallais (Sinn Féin)

Sperrin

Jason Barr (SDLP)

Raymond Barr (Independent)

Paul Boggs (Sinn Féin)

Mel Boyle (Alliance)

Allan Bresland (DUP)

Maurice Devenney (DUP)

Tommy Forbes (SDLP)

Carol Gallagher (People Before Profit)

Paul Gallagher (Independent)

Brian Harte (Sinn Féin)

Patsy Kelly (Independent)

Fergal Leonard (Sinn Féin)

Darán Mac Meanman (Aontú)

Glen Miller (UUP)

The Moor

John Boyle (SDLP)

Darryl Christy (Aontú)

Gary Donnelly (Independent)

Michael Downey (Alliance)

Dermott Henderson (SDLP)

Aisling Hutton (Sinn Féin)

Patricia Logue (Sinn Féin)

Emma McGinley (Sinn Féin)

Maeve O'Neill (People Before Profit)

Waterside

Chelsea Cooke (DUP)

Caitlin Deeney (Sinn Féin)

Darren Guy (UUP)

Christopher Jackson (Sinn Féin)

Philip McKinney (Alliance)

Niree McMorris (DUP)

Janice Montgomery (UUP)

Sean Mooney (SDLP)

Davina Pulis (People Before Profit)

Martin Reilly (SDLP)

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