All of the votes have finally been counted and the 2023 Local Elections have come to an end in Northern Ireland.
After weeks of campaigning and two day of tense vote counting this year's local elections have come to an end with 462 councillors being elected in the eleven council areas.
The Northern Ireland Electoral Office said that the voter turnout was 54.71%, with 755,263 votes being cast out of 1,380,372, eligible voters.
Read more: Recap as full results are declared in NI council elections
Sinn Fein have recorded their best ever result in a local election with , now becoming the largest party in local government in Northern Ireland after making significant gains from 2019.
They also gained the largest number of seats of any party since the 11 councils were formed in 2014.
Find out who the newly elected councillors for you area are below:
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
Armagh
Scott Armstrong (DUP)
Fergal Donnelly (Sinn Féin)
Sarah Duffy (Sinn Féin)
Ashley Mallon (Sinn Féin)
Thomas O'Hanlon (SDLP)
John Óg O'Kane (Sinn Féin)
Banbridge
Glenn Barr (UUP)
Ian Burns (UUP)
Joy Ferguson (Alliance)
Paul Greenfield (DUP)
Chris McCartan (Sinn Féin)
Kevin Savage (Sinn Féin)
Ian Wilson (DUP)
Craigavon
Robbie Alexander (Alliance)
Kate Evans (UUP)
Jude Mallon (Sinn Féin)
Catherine Nelson (Sinn Féin)
Margaret Tinsley (DUP)
Cusher
Paul Berry (Independent)
Bróna Haughey (Sinn Féin)
Gordon Kennedy (UUP)
Keith Ratcliffe (TUV)
Gareth Wilson (DUP)
Lagan River
Mark Baxter (DUP)
Jessica Johnston (Alliance)
Tim McClelland (DUP)
Paul Rankin (DUP)
Kyle Savage (UUP)
Lurgan
Peter Haire (DUP)
Keith Haughian (Sinn Féin)
Peter Lavery (Alliance)
Liam Mackle (Sinn Féin)
Sorchá McGeown (Sinn Féin)
Stephen Moutray (DUP)
Mary O'Dowd (Sinn Féin)
Portadown
Paul Duffy (Sinn Féin)
Julie Flaherty (UUP)
Claire McConville-Walker (Sinn Féin)
Lavelle McIlwrath (DUP)
Kyle Moutray (DUP)
Alan Mulholland (DUP)
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Castlereagh East
Elected
Sharon Skillen (DUP)
Martin Gregg (Alliance)
Samantha Burns (DUP)
Sharon Lowry (Alliance)
John Laverty BEM (DUP)
Hazel Legge (UUP)
Downshire West
Elected
Owen Gawith (Alliance)
Gretta Thompson (Alliance)
Alan Martin (UUP)
Caleb McCready (DUP)
Allan Ewart MBE (DUP)
Castlereagh South
Elected
Michelle Guy (Alliance)
Brian Higginson (DUP)
Nancy Eaton (Alliance)
John Gallen (SDLP)
Ryan Carlin (SF)
Martin McKeever (Alliance)
Daniel Bassett (SF)
Downshire East
Elected
Andrew Gowan (DUP)
Uel Mackin (DUP)
Kurtis Dickson (Alliance)
Aaron McIntyre (Alliance)
James Baird (UUP)
Lisburn South
Elected
Andrew Ewing (DUP)
Amanda Grehan (Alliance)
Alan Givan (DUP)
Peter Kennedy (Alliance)
Tim Mitchell (UUP)
Paul Porter (DUP)
Killultagh
Elected
Gary McCleave (SF)
Claire Kemp (Alliance)
Thomas Beckett (DUP)
James Tinsley (DUP)
Ross McLernon (UUP)
Lisburn North
Elected
Paul Burke (SF)
Jonathan Craig (DUP)
Nicola Parker (Alliance)
Pat Catney (SDLP)
Nicholas Trimble (UUP)
Gary Hynds (Ind)
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
Ballymena
Seven seats
Rodney Quigley - Independent
Matthew Armstrong - TUV
Colin Crawford - UUP
Bréanainn Lyness - Sinn Féin
Reuben Glover - DUP
John Hyland - Alliance
Lawrie Philpott - DUP
Bannside
Six seats
Timothy Gaston - TUV
Stewart McDonald - TUV
Ian Friary - SF
Thomas John Gordon - DUP
Tyler Marcus Anthony Hoey - DUP
Jackson Minford - UUP
Braid
Seven seats
Archie Rae - SF
Beth Adger - DUP
William McCaughey - DUP
Christopher Jamieson - TUV
Alan Barr - UUP
Chelsea Harwood - Alliance
Matthew Warwick - TUV
Carrick Castle
Five seats
Lauren Gray - Alliance
Cheryl Brownlee - DUP
Billy Ashe - DUP
Robin Stewart - UUP
Bethany Ferris - UUP
Coast Road
Five seats
James McKeown - SF
Andrew Clarke - DUP
Gerardine Mulvenna - Alliance
Angela Smyth - DUP
Maureen Morrow - UUP
Knockagh
Five seats
Bobby Hadden - IND
Peter Johnston - DUP
Marc Neill Collins - DUP
Andrew Wilson - UUP
Aaron Skinner - APNI
Larne Lough
Five seats
Maeve Donnelly - Alliance
Gregg McKeen - DUP
Roy Beggs - UUP
Robert Logan - Alliance
Paul Reid - DUP
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
Enniskillen
Keith Elliott DUP
Tommy Maguire SF
Eddie Roofe Alliance
Roy Crawford UUP
Dermot Browne SF
Robert Irvine UUP
Erne East
Sheamus Greene SF
Victor Warrington UUP
Paul Robinson DUP
Thomas O'Reilly SF
Noeleen Hayes SF
Garbhan McPhillips SDLP
Erne North
Diana Armstrong UUP
Debbie Coyle SF
David Mahon DUP
John Feely SF
John McClaughry UUP
Erne West
Mark Ovens UUP
Declan McArdle SF
Adam Gannon SDLP
Anthony Feely SF
Elaine Brough SF
Omagh
Marty McColgan SF
Errol Thompson DUP
Barry McElduff SF
Stephen Donnelly Alliance
Catherine Kelly SF
Josephine Deehan IND
West Tyrone
Mark Buchanan DUP
Glenn Campbell SF
Ann-Marie Donnelly SF
Collette McNulty SDLP
Stephen McCann SF
Allan Rainey UUP
Mid Tyrone
Shirley Hawkes DUP
Anne Marie Fitzgerald SF
Padraigin Kelly SF
Patrick Withers SF
Bernard McGrath SDLP
Roisin Devine Gallagher SF
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Airport
Matthew Magill (DUP)
Anne-Maire Logue (SF)
Maighréad Ní Chonghaile (SF)
Paul Michael (UUP)
Andrew McAuley (Alliance)
Antrim
Lucille O'Hagan (Sinn Féin)
Neil Kelly (Alliance)
Paul Dunlop (DUP)
John Smyth (DUP)
Roisin Lynch (SDLP)
Leah Smyth (UUP)
Ballyclare
Jeannie Archibald (DUP)
Helen Magill (DUP)
Vera McWilliam (UUP)
Lewis Boyle (Alliance)
Michael Stewart (Independent)
Dunsilly
Henry Cushinan (Sinn Féin)
Annie O'Loan (Sinn Féin)
Linda Clarke (DUP)
Stewart Wilson (UUP)
Jay Burbank (Alliance)
Glengormley Urban
Alison Bennington (DUP)
Eamonn McLaughlin (Sinn Féin)
Paula Bradley (DUP)
Julian McGrath (Alliance)
Mark Cosgrove (UUP)
Rosie Kinnear (Sinn Fein)
Michael Goodman (Sinn Fein)
Macedon
Taylor McGrann (Sinn Féin)
Matthew Brady (DUP)
Robert Foster (UUP)
Billy Webb (Alliance)
Ben Mallon (DUP)
Stafford Ward (Independent)
Three Mile Water
Mark Cooper (DUP)
Tom Campbell (Alliance)
Stephen Ross (DUP)
Julie Gilmore (Alliance)
Sam Flanagan (DUP)
Stephen Cosgrove (UUP)
Derry City and Strabane District Council
Waterside
Caitlin Deeney (Sinn Fein)
Christopher Jackson (Sinn Fein)
Darren Guy (UUP)
Chelsea Cooke (DUP)
Sean Mooney (SDLP)
Martin Reilly (SDLP)
Sperrin
Jason Barr (SDLP)
Raymond Barr (Independent)]
Alan Bresland (DUP)
Paul Gallagher (Independent)
Paul Boggs (Sinn Fein)
Brian Harte (Sinn Fein)
Fearghal Leonard (Sinn Fein)
Faughan
Ryan McCready (UUP)
Declan Norris (SDLP)
Julie Middleton (DUP)
Alex Duffy (Sinn Fein)
Sean Fleming (Sinn Fein)
Derg
Ruairi McHugh (Sinn Fein)
Antaine O Ferghail (Sinn Fein)
Caroline Devine (Sinn Fein)
Derek Hussey (UUP)
Keith Kerrigan (DUP)
Foyleside
Grace Ui Niallais (Sinn Fein)
Conor Heaney (Sinn Fein)
Lilian Seenoi-Barr (SDLP)
Shauna Cusack (SDLP)
Shaun Harkin (People Before Profit)
Ballyarnett
Pat Murphy (Sinn Fein)
Sandra Duffy (Sinn Fein)
John McGowan (Sinn Fein)
Rory Farrell (SDLP)
Catherine McDaid (SDLP)
Brian Tierney (SDLP)
The Moor
Gary Donnelly (Independent)
Aisling Hutton (Sinn Fein)
Patricia Logue (Sinn Fein)
Emma McGinley (Sinn Fein)
John Boyle (SDLP)
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Crotlieve
Mark Gibbons - Independent
Declan McAteer - SDLP
Selina Murphy - Sinn Féin
Mickey Ruane - Sinn Féin
Jarlath Tinnelly - Independent
Downpatrick
Philip Campbell - Sinn Féin
Cadogan Enright - Alliance
Conor Galbraith - SDLP
Oonagh Hanlon - Sinn Féin
Gareth Sharvin - SDLP
Newry
Valerie Harte - Sinn Féin
Cathal King - Sinn Féin
Geraldine Kearns - Sinn Féin
Aidan Mathers - Sinn Féin
Michael Savage - SDLP
Doire Finn - SDLP
Rowallane
Jonny Jackson - DUP
Callum Bowsie - DUP
Terry Andrews - SDLP
Tierna Kelly - Alliance
David Lee-Surginor - Alliance
Slieve Croob
Alan Lewis - DUP
Jim Brennan - Sinn Féin
Roisin Howell - Sinn Féin
Andrew McMurray - Alliance
Siobhán O'Hare - Sinn Fein
Slieve Gullion
Pete Byrne - SDLP
Aoife Finnegan - Sinn Féin
Mickey Larkin - Sinn Féin
Oonagh Magennis - Sinn Féin
Declan Murphy - Sinn Féin
Aine Quinn - Sinn Féin
David Taylor - UUP
The Mournes
Glyn Hanna - DUP
Michael Rice - Sinn Féin
Willie Clarke - Sinn Féin
Laura Devlin - SDLP
Leeanne McEvory - Sinn Féin
Henry Reilly - DUP
Jill Truesdale - Alliance
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Limavady
1. Brenda Chivers - Sinn Fein
2. Steven Callaghan - DUP
3. Ashleen Schenning - SDLP
4. Aaron Callan - DUP
5. Amy Mairs - Alliance
Benbradagh
1. Sean McGlinchey - Sinn Fein
2. Dermot Nicholl - Sinn Fein
3. Kathleen McGurk - Sinn Fein
4. Edgar Scott - DUP
5. Michael Coyle - SDLP
Bann
1. Sean Bateson - Sinn Fein
2. Michelle Knight-McQuillan - DUP
3. Ciaran Archibald - Sinn Fein
4. Richard John Holmes - UUP
5. Dawn Huggins - DUP
The Glens
1. Cara McShane - Sinn Fein
2. Oliver McMullan - Sinn Fein
3. Maighread Watson - Sinn Fein
4. Bill Kennedy - DUP
5. Margaret Anne McKillop - SDLP
Causeway
1. Mark Fielding - DUP
2. Peter McCully - Alliance
3. Sandra Hunter - UUP
4. John McAuley - DUP
5. Richard Stewart - Alliance
6. Allister Kyle - TUV
7. Sharon McKillop - DUP
Ballymoney
1. Mervyn Story - DUP
2. Ciaran McQuillan - SF
3. Darryl Wilson - UUP
4. Leanne Peacock - Sinn Fein
5. Ivor Wallace - UUP
6. Lee Kane - Alliance
7. Jonathan McAuley - TUV
Coleraine
1. Philip Anderson - DUP
2. Russell Watton - PUP
3. Yvonne Boyle - Alliance
4. Niamh Archibald - Sinn Fein
5. John Wisener - UUP
6. Tanya Stirling - DUP
Ards and North Down Borough Council
Ards Peninsula
| Name | Party | |
1st Preference Votes | |
| Robert Adair | DUP | |
1,959 | |
| Lorna McAlpine | Alliance | 1,266 | ||
| Joe Boyle | SDLP | 1,279 | ||
| Nigel Edmund | DUP | |
633 | |
| David Kerr | DUP | |
827 | |
| Pete Wray | UUP | 739 |
Bangor Central
| Karen Douglas | Alliance | 1,378 | ||
| Wesley Irvine | Independent | |
1,369 | |
| Alistair Cathcart | DUP | 1,053 | ||
| Craig Blaney | UUP | 917 | ||
| Chris McCracken | Alliance | |
666 | |
| Ray McKimm | Independent | |
885 |
Bangor East and Donaghadee
| Mark Brooks | UUP | |
1,972 | |
| Hannah Irwin | Alliance | 1,445 | ||
| James Cochrane | DUP | |
1,275 | |
| David Chambers | UUP | |
932 | |
| Gillian McCollum | Alliance | |
585 | |
| Janice MacArthur | DUP | |
712 |
Bangor West
| Christine Creighton | Alliance | |
1,175 | |
| Jennifer Gilmour | DUP | 1,033 | ||
| Stephen Hollywood | UUP | 867 | ||
| Peter Martin | DUP | |
640 | |
| Barry McKee | Green | |
737 |
Comber
| Libby Douglas | DUP | |
1,501 | |
| Philip Smith | UUP | 1,407 | ||
| Trevor Cummings | DUP | |
1,303 | |
| Patrica Morgan | Alliance | |
1,081 | |
| Rachel Ashe | Alliance | |
1,019 |
Holywood and Clandeboye
| Alan Graham | DUP | |
1,112 | |
| Linzi McLaren | UUP | 989 | ||
| Martin McRandal | Alliance | 1,222 | ||
| Rachel Woods | Green Party | |
1,134 | |
| David Rossiter | Alliance | |
1,074 |
Newtownards
| Steven Irvine | Independent | 1,463 | ||
| Naomi Armstrong-Cotter | DUP | 1,370 | ||
| Richard Smart | UUP | |
1,257 | |
| Alan McDowell | Alliance | |
1,236 | |
| Stephen McIlveen | DUP | |
1,057 | |
| Vicky Moore | Alliance | |
947 | |
| Colin Kennedy | DUP | |
580 |
Mid Ulster District Council
Carntogher - 5 seats, 8 candidates (69.92% turnout)
James Artt (TUV)
Kyle Black (DUP)
Córa Corry (Sinn Féin)
Martin Kearney (SDLP)
Paddy Kelly (Sinn Féin)
Noreen McEldowney (Aontú)
Brian McGuigan (Sinn Féin)
Sean McPeake (Sinn Féin)
Elected - 4 SF, 1 DUP
Brian McGuigan
Sean McPeake
Paddy Kelly
Cora Corry
Kyle Black
Clogher Valley - 6 seats, 8 candidates (68.4% turnout)
Frances Burton (DUP)
Gael Gildernew (Sinn Féin)
Meta Graham (UUP)
Sharon McAleer (SDLP)
Eugene McConnell (Sinn Féin)
Kevin McElvogue (Independent)
Seán McGuigan (Sinn Féin)
Mark Robinson (DUP)
Elected - 2 DUP, 2 SF, 1 IND, 1 UUP
Frances Burton
Mark Robinson
Gael Gildernew
Kevin McElvogue
Eugene McConnell
Meta Graham
Cookstown - 7 seats, 11 candidates (60.75% turnout)
Gavin Bell (Sinn Féin)
Wilbert Buchanan (DUP)
Eva Cahoon (DUP)
Mark Glasgow (UUP)
Timmy Hagan (TUV)
Chris Hilcox (Alliance)
Cathal Mallaghan (Sinn Féin)
Kerri Martin (SDLP)
John McNamee (Sinn Féin)
Louise Taylor (Independent)
Trevor Wilson (UUP)
Elected - 3 SF, 2 DUP, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP
Cathal Mallaghan
John McNamee
Gavin Bell
Kerri Martin
Wilbert Buchanan
Trevor Wilson
Eva Cahoon
Dungannon - 6 seats, 12 candidates (60.1% turnout)
James Burton (DUP)
Gerry Cullen (Cross-Community Labour Alternative)
Clement Cuthbertson (DUP)
Claire Hackett (Alliance)
Ian Irwin (UUP)
Karol McQuade (SDLP)
Dominic Molloy (Sinn Féin)
Barry Monteith (Independent)
Denise Mullen (Aontú)
Kinley Tener (TUV)
Deirdre Varsani (Sinn Féin)
Marian Vincent (Independent)
Elected - 2 DUP, 2 SF, 1 IND, 1 SDLP
Clement Cuthbertson
Dominic Molloy
James Burton
Deirdre Varsani
Barry Monteith
Karol McQuade
Magherafelt - 5 seats, 8 candidates (60.51% turnout)
Ian Brown (UUP)
Wesley Brown (DUP)
Sean Clarke (Sinn Féin)
Padraic Farrell (Alliance)
Raymond Love (TUV)
Christine McFlynn (SDLP)
Paul McLean (DUP)
Darren Totten (Sinn Féin)
Elected - 2 SF, 1 SDLP, 2 DUP
Darren Totten
Sean Clarke
Christine McFlynn
Paul McLean
Wesley Brown
Moyola - 5 seats, 9 candidates (69.37% turnout)
Anne Forde (DUP)
Sheila Fullerton (Aontú)
Jolene Groogan (Sinn Féin)
Denise Johnston (SDLP)
Derek McKinney (UUP)
Donal McPeake (Sinn Féin)
Ian Milne (Sinn Féin)
Glenn Moore (TUV)
Caleb Ross (Alliance)
Elected - 3 SF, 1 DUP, 1 SDLP
Ian Milne
Jolene Groogan
Anne Forde
Donal McPeake
Denise Johnston
Torrent - 6 seats, 10 candidates (65.63% turnout)
Jonathan Buchanan (DUP)
Eimear Carney (Sinn Féin)
Robert Colvin (UUP)
Simon Graham (Alliance)
Paul Kelly (Sinn Féin)
Dan Kerr (Independent)
Niall McAleer (Sinn Féin)
Nuala McLernon (Sinn Féin)
Malachy Quinn (SDLP)
Teresa Quinn (Independent)
Elected - 3 SF, 1 IND, 1 DUP, 1 SDLP
Eimear Carney
Niall McAleer
Dan Kerr
Jonathan Buchanan
Malachy Quinn
Nuala McLernon
Belfast City Council
Balmoral
Tara Brooks (Alliance)
Sarah Bunting (DUP)
Dónal Lyons (SDLP)
Geraldine McAteer (Sinn Féin)
Micky Murray (Alliance)
Black Mountain
Ciaran Beattie (Sinn Féin)
Arder Carson (Sinn Féin)
Paul Doherty (SDLP)
Michael Donnelly (Sinn Féin)
Róis-Máire Donnelly (Sinn Féin)
Áine McCabe (Sinn Féin)
Ronan McLaughlin (Sinn Féin)
Botanic
John Gormley (Sinn Féin)
Áine Groogan (Green Party)
Tracy Kelly (DUP)
Emmet McDonough-Brown (Alliance)
Gary McKeown (SDLP)
Castle
Brónach Anglin (Sinn Féin)
Fred Cobain (DUP)
Conor Maskey (Sinn Féin)
Dean McCullough (DUP)
Sam Nelson (Alliance)
Carl Whyte (SDLP)
Collin
Michael Collins (People Before Profit)
Joe Duffy (Sinn Féin)
Matt Garrett (Sinn Féin)
Caoimhín McCann (Sinn Féin)
Clíodhna Nic Bhranair (Sinn Féin)
Séanna Walsh (Sinn Féin)
Court
Tina Black (Sinn Féin)
Claire Canavan (Sinn Féin)
Frank McCoubrey (DUP)
Ron McDowell (TUV)
Ian McLaughlin (DUP)
Nicola Verner (DUP)
Lisnasharragh
Séamus de Faoite (SDLP)
Davy Douglas (DUP)
Bradley Ferguson (DUP)
Eric Hanvey (Alliance)
Michael Long (Alliance)
Brian Smyth (Green Party)
Oldpark
Nichola Bradley (Sinn Féin)
Jordan Doran (DUP)
JJ Magee (Sinn Féin)
Ryan Murphy (Sinn Féin)
Paul McCusker (Independent)
Tomás Ó Néill (Sinn Féin)
Ormiston
Christine Bower (Alliance)
Anthony Flynn (Green Party)
James Lawlor (DUP)
Jenna Maghie (Alliance)
Andrew McCormick (DUP)
Ross McMullan (Alliance)
Jim Rodgers (UUP)
Titanic
David Bell (Alliance)
Ruth Brooks (DUP)
Sonia Copeland (UUP)
Pádraig Donnelly (Sinn Féin)
Sammy Douglas (DUP)
Fiona McAteer (Alliance)
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