Your councillors

Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office.

They have regular contact with the general public through council meetings, telephone calls or surgeries. Surgeries provide an opportunity for any ward resident to go and talk their councillor face to face and these take place on a regular basis.

Councillors are not paid a salary for their work, but they do receive allowances. By law, all members of the Council are required to complete a declaration of interest form, the details of which are published annually.

Party Group Leaders

The leaders of each of the Party Groups on the Council are:

Councillor Ciaran Beattie - Sinn Féin
Councillor Sarah Bunting - Democratic Unionist Party
Councillor Michael Long - Alliance Party
Councillor Séamas de Faoite - Social Democratic and Labour Party
Councillor Brian Smyth - Green Party
Alderman Sonia Copeland - Ulster Unionist Party

To find your councillor please use the below links: