Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council

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**Dungannon & South Tyrone Borough**
Image:NorthernIrelandDungannon.png
Geography
Area - Total - % Water	Ranked 5th 784 km² ? %
Admin HQ	Dungannon
ISO 3166-2	GB-DGN
ONS code	95M
Demographics
Population - Total (April 29, 2001) - Density	Ranked 17th 47,735 61 / km²
Community	Protestant: 38.2% Catholic: 60.8%
Politics
Dungannon & South Tyrone Borough Council http://www.dungannon.gov.uk
MPs	Michelle Gildernew Martin McGuinness

Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council is a Local Council in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. Its main town is Dungannon, where the Council is headquartered. The Council area covers the southern part of County Tyrone and a population of nearly 48,000. Apart from Dungannon there are many smaller towns including: Augher, Clogher, Fivemiletown, Ballygawley, Caledon, Aughnacloy, Benburb, Moy and Coalisland.

The district was originally named just Dungannon, and took its present name on November 25, 1999, after petitioning the Secretary of State.

The Dungannon and South Tyrone Council area consists of 4 electoral areas: Blackwater, Clogher Valley, Dungannon Town and Torrent. In the 2005 elections 22 members were elected from the following political parties: 9 Sinn Fein, 5 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 4 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and 4 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). The Council adopted the D'Hondt system in 2001 which allows the position of Mayor and Deputy Mayor to be allocated according to party size. The current Mayor is Councillor Robert Mulligan (UUP) and the Deputy Mayor is Councillor Johnston McIlwrath (DUP).

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

In elections for the Westminster Parliament it is split between the Mid Ulster constituency and the Fermanagh & South Tyrone constituency.