Coleraine Borough Council

Coleraine Borough Council was a local council mainly in County Londonderry and partly in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It merged with Ballymoney Borough Council, Limavady Borough Council and Moyle District Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Causeway Coast and Glens District Council.

Coleraine Borough Comhairle Baile Chúil Rathain
Area	486 km2 (188 sq mi)  Ranked 13th of 26
District HQ	Coleraine
Catholic	28%
Protestant	65.3%
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Councillors	MLAs East Londonderry DUP: 2 Independent: 1 Sinn Féin: 1 SDLP: 1 MPs Gregory Campbell (DUP)
Website	www.colerainebc.gov.uk
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Map of the borough's DEAs from 1993 to 2014

Its headquarters were in the town of Coleraine. Small towns in the area include Garvagh, Portrush, Portstewart and Kilrea.

Coleraine Borough Council consisted of four electoral areas: Coleraine East, Coleraine Central, The Skerries and Bann. The council last had 22 members from the following political parties: 8 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 6 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 3 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 2 Alliance Party 1 Sinn Féin and 2 Independent. Unionist-controlled Coleraine Borough Council operated a rotation for positions of Mayor and Deputy Mayor between the UUP, DUP and the Irish nationalist SDLP. The last 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.^[1] The proposed reforms were abandoned in 2010, and the most recent district council elections took place in 2011^[2]

The borough council area, together with the neighbouring district of Limavady and part of Derry City Council, formed the East Londonderry constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.

Mayor of Coleraine

Source: Freedom of Information request to Coleraine Borough Council

Year	Name	Political affiliation		Deputy	Deputy's affiliation
1973–77	A. N. Clarke		UUP	John White		UUP
1977–1980	John White		UUP	G. A. McIlrath		UUP
1980–83	G A McIlrath		UUP	C. R. Crawford		Independent
				James McClure		DUP
1983–84	James McClure		DUP	C. R. Crawford		Independent
1984–86	William King		UUP	A. N. Clarke		UUP
				James McClure		DUP
1986–88	Dr Gladys Black		UUP	James McClure		DUP
1988–1990	Jim Watt		UUP	James McClure		DUP
1990–92	Elizabeth Black		UUP	James McClure		DUP
1992–93	William King		UUP	James McClure		DUP
1993–1995	David McClarty		UUP	William Matthews		Alliance
1995–97	Pauline Armitage		UUP	John Dallat		SDLP
1997–99	James McClure		DUP	William Matthews		Alliance
				Elizabeth Johnston		UUP
1999–2000	Norman Hillis		UUP	Olive Church		UUP
2000–01	Elizabeth Johnston		UUP	Barbara Dempsey		Alliance
2001–02	John Dallat		SDLP	Desmond Stewart		DUP
2002–03	Olive Church		UUP	Gerry McLaughlin		SDLP
2003–04	Desmond Stewart		DUP	Eamon Mullan		SDLP
2004–2005	Robert McPhearson		UUP	James McClure		DUP
2005–06	Timothy Deans		DUP	Maura Hickey		SDLP
2006–07	William King		UUP	Ellen Fielding		DUP
2007–08	Maurice Bradley		DUP	Elizabeth Johnston		UUP
2008–09	David Barbour		UUP	William Creelman		DUP
2009–10	Sandy Gilkinson		DUP	William King		UUP
2010–11	Norman Hillis		UUP	Sam Cole		DUP
2011–12	Maurice Bradley		DUP	William King		UUP
2012–13	Sam Cole		DUP	Maura Hickey		SDLP
2013–14	David Harding		UUP	Mark Fielding		DUP
2014–15	George Duddy		DUP	Yvonne Boyle		Alliance

* For 2015 onwards, see Causeway Coast and Glens District Council

Population

The area covered by Coleraine Borough Council had a population of 79,067 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.^[3]

See also

• Local government in Northern Ireland

References

1. Northern Ireland elections are postponed, BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008
2. "The executive fails to agree a deal on council reform". BBC News. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
3. "NI Census 2011 – Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014" (PDF). NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

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