Editing Derry (section)

===Protestant minority===
[[File:Nosurrender mural derry.jpg|thumb|right|"No Surrender" [[mural]] outside city wall, taken in 2004]]
Concerns have been raised by both communities over the increasingly divided nature of the city. There were about 17,000 Protestants on the west bank of the River Foyle in 1971.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/proni/1979/proni_CENT-1-8-11A_1979-01-11.pdf |title=Londonderry population movement from West bank to East bank |date=11 January 1979 |access-date=19 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504021135/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/proni/1979/proni_CENT-1-8-11A_1979-01-11.pdf |archive-date=4 May 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> The proportion rapidly declined during the 1970s;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/proni/1978/proni_CENT-1-8-11A_1978-11-06.pdf |title=Note of a meeting between Secretary of State and William Ross Unionist MP |date=6 November 1978 |publisher=[[Public Record Office of Northern Ireland]] |access-date=18 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504021033/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/proni/1978/proni_CENT-1-8-11A_1978-11-06.pdf |archive-date=4 May 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> the 2011 census recorded 3,169 Protestants on the west bank, compared to 54,976 Catholics,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/catholics-outnumber-protestants-on-both-banks-of-the-foyle-1-4737478 |title=Catholics outnumber Protestants on both banks of the Foyle |work=Londonderry Sentinel |date=31 January 2013 |first=Kevin |last=Mullen |access-date=18 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209134057/http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/catholics-outnumber-protestants-on-both-banks-of-the-foyle-1-4737478 |archive-date=9 February 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and it is feared that the city could become permanently divided.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6060810.stm |title=Catholics urged to support neighbours |publisher=BBC News |date=18 October 2006 |access-date=28 August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ofmdfmni.gov.uk/derryreport.pdf |title=Population Change and Social Inclusion Study: Derry/Londonderry |first1=Peter |last1=Shirlow |first2=Brian |last2=Graham |first3=Amanda |last3=McMullan |first4=Brendan |last4=Murtagh |first5=Gillian |last5=Robinson |first6=Neil |last6=Southern |publisher=[[Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister]] |date=2005 |access-date=27 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409084749/http://www.ofmdfmni.gov.uk/derryreport.pdf |archive-date=9 April 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>

However, concerted efforts have been made by the local community, church and political leaders from both traditions to redress the problem. A conference to bring together key actors and promote tolerance was held in October 2006.<ref name="Alienation conference">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6060810.stm |title=Catholics urged to support neighbours |date=18 October 2006 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=28 August 2008}}</ref> [[Ken Good]], the [[Church of Ireland]] Bishop of [[Diocese of Derry and Raphoe|Derry and Raphoe]], said he was happy living on the cityside. "I feel part of it. It is my city and I want to encourage other Protestants to feel exactly the same", he said.<ref name="Alienation conference" />

Support for Protestants in the district has been strong from the SDLP politician [[Helen Quigley]], who formerly served as the mayor of Derry. She made inclusion and tolerance key themes of her mayoralty. Cllr. Quigley said it was time for "everyone to take a stand to stop the scourge of sectarian and other assaults in the city."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.derryjournal.com/editorial/Taking-a-stand.1620934.jp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728125236/http://www.derryjournal.com/editorial/Taking-a-stand.1620934.jp |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2012 |title=Taking a Stand Derry Journal Editorial |date=11 July 2006 |work=Derry Journal |access-date=28 August 2008}}</ref>