Strabane District Council

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Strabane District
Comhairle Ceantair an tSratha Báin
Stràbane Destrick Cooncil
Image:NorthernIrelandStrabane.png
Geography
Area
- Total
- % Water		 Ranked 4th
862 km²
? %
Admin HQ Strabane
ISO 3166-2 GB-STB
ONS code 95J
Demographics
Population
- Total (2006)
- Density		 Ranked 21st
39,100
45 / km²
Community Protestant: 33.3%
Catholic: 66.2%
Politics
Strabane District Council
http://www.strabanedc.org.uk
MPs Pat Doherty

Strabane District Council is a Local Council in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. The headquarters of the Council is in the town of Strabane. Apart from Strabane the other smaller towns in the area include Plumbridge, Newtownstewart, Donemana, Sion Mills and Castlederg. Also included in the Strabane District Council area are the following rural areas: Glenmornan, Evish, Glebe, Artigarvan, Ballymagorry.

The Strabane District Council area consists of three electoral areas: Derg, Glenelly and Mourne from which 16 members are elected. At the last elections in 2005 members were elected from the following political parties: 8 Sinn Féin, 3 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 2 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and 1 Independent Nationalist. The current Council Chairman is Councillor Brian McMahon (Sinn Féin) and the Vice Chair is Councillor Eugene McMenamin (SDLP).

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[edit] 2005 Election results

Party seats change +/-
• Sinn Féin 8 +1
• Democratic Unionist Party 3 =
• Ulster Unionist Party 2 =
• Social Democratic and Labour Party 2 -2
• Independent 1 +1

[edit] Rates

On 12 February 2008, Strabane District Council stuck the district rate for 2008-09. The new domestic district rate became £3.1274 per thousand capital value, an increase of 6.47%. The new non-domestic district rate became 21.282p in the pound, an increase of 6.47%.[1]

[edit] Review of Public Administration

Under the Review of Public Administration (RPA) the Council is due to merge with Derry City Council in 2011 to form a single council for the enlarged area totalling 1303 Sq Km and a population of 143,314.[2] The next election was due to take place in May 2009, but on April 25, 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until the introduction of the eleven new councils in 2011.[3]

[edit] Twinning

Strabane is twinned with Zeulenroda in Thuringia in Germany.[4]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rates. Strabane District Council. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
  2. ^ Minister Foster announces decisions on Local Government Reform. DoE. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
  3. ^ Northern Ireland elections are postponed, BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008
  4. ^ Town Twinning. Strabane District Council. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.

[edit] External links

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