District HQ Strabane Sovereign state United Kingdom Website www.strabanedc.org.uk Catholic population 64.9% Capital Strabane | Country Northern Ireland EU Parliament Northern Ireland Area 862 km² Protestant population 33.7% Province Ulster | |
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Councillors MLAs
West Tyrone
Sinn Féin: 3
DUP: 1
SDLP: 1
UUP: 1
MPs
Pat Doherty (Sinn Féin) Points of interest National Trust ‑ Gray's Pri, Sion Stables, Stewart Castle, Harry Avery's Castle, Davies Bawn | ||
Strabane District Council (Irish: Comhairle Ceantair an tSratha Báin; Ulster-Scots: Stràbane Destrìck Cooncil) is a local council in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is set to merge with Derry City Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Derry and Strabane District Council.
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Map of Strabane, UK
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, and 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 2011 members were elected from the following political parties: 8 Sinn Féin, 4 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 1 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and 2 Independent Nationalist. The current council chairperson is Councillor Dan Kelly (SF) and the vice chairperson is Councillor Allan Bresland (DUP)
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%.
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 km² and a population of 143,314. The next election was due to take place in May 2009, but on 25 April 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. These were then further postponed. Strabane Council will now merge with Derry City council to form the new Derry City and Strabane District Council on 1 April 2015. The first elections for the new council took place in May, 2014.
Population
The area covered by Strabane District Council has a population of 39,843 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.
Twinning
Strabane is twinned with Zeulenroda in Thuringia in Germany.