Magherafelt District Council

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Magherafelt District Council is a Local Council in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. Council headquarters are in Magherafelt (Machaire Fíolta in Irish) . The Council area stretches from Lough Neagh and the River Bann in the east and into the Sperrin Mountains in the west and is divided by the Moyola River. It covers an area of 214 square miles and has a current population of over 39,500. Local towns in the area include Bellaghy, birthplace of poet Seamus Heaney in 1939.

The Council is comprised of 16 elected representatives. Local elections are held every four years on a Proportional Representation system. At the last election in May 2005 those elected were from the following political parties: 8 Sinn Féin, 4 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and 2 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). The Chairman and Vice Chairman are elected on an annual basis at the Annual General Meeting in June. The current Chairman is Councillor Sean Kerr (Sinn Fein) and the Vice Chairman is Councillor Paul McLean (DUP).

The next election is due to take place in May 2009.

In elections for the Westminster Parliament it is part of the Mid Ulster constituency.

Districts of Northern Ireland
Subdivisions created by the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971
Antrim \| Ards \| Armagh \| Ballymena \| Ballymoney \| Banbridge \| Belfast \| Carrickfergus \| Castlereagh \| Coleraine \| Cookstown \| Craigavon \| Derry \| Down \| Dungannon and South Tyrone \| Fermanagh \| Larne \| Limavady \| Lisburn \| Magherafelt \| Moyle \| Newry and Mourne \| Newtownabbey \| North Down \| Omagh \| Strabane

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