Derry is to be without a unionist Mayor throughout the current council term for the first time in decades, it has been confirmed.
The D'Hondt system used at both Stormont and council level for allocating places means all four Mayors will be from a natonalist party between now and the next election.
Sinn Fein were the big winners in the recent elections with 18 seats and have opted to nominate a Mayor in three of the four rotating year-long Mayoral terms, with the SDLP as the next-largest party set to take the remaining position.
