Torrent (District Electoral Area)

Torrent
Torrent
Mid Ulster District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	6 (1985-)
Councillors	Jonathan Buchanan (DUP); Eimear Carney (SF); Dan Kerr (IND); Niall McAleer (SF); Nuala McLernon (SF); Malachy Quinn (SDLP);

Torrent is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects six members to Mid Ulster District Council and contains the wards of Ardboe, Coalisland North, Coalisland South, Donaghmore, Stewartstown and Washing Bay.^[2] Torrent forms part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Dungannon Area B which had existed since 1973, where it contained six wards (Altmore, Coalisland North, Coalisland South, Coalisand West and Newmills, Donaghmore and Washing Bay).

^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
^ "Mid Ulster District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.

[1] Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014

[2] "Mid Ulster District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.

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