Coleraine Borough Council

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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
Area486 km2 (188 sq mi) 
Ranked 13th of 26
District HQColeraine
Catholic28%
Protestant65.3%
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Councillors
Websitewww.colerainebc.gov.uk
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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

YearNamePolitical affiliationDeputyDeputy's affiliation
1973–77A. N. ClarkeUUPJohn WhiteUUP
1977–1980John WhiteUUPG. A. McIlrathUUP
1980–83G A McIlrathUUPC. R. CrawfordIndependent
James McClureDUP
1983–84James McClureDUPC. R. CrawfordIndependent
1984–86William KingUUPA. N. ClarkeUUP
James McClureDUP
1986–88Dr Gladys BlackUUPJames McClureDUP
1988–1990Jim WattUUPJames McClureDUP
1990–92Elizabeth BlackUUPJames McClureDUP
1992–93William KingUUPJames McClureDUP
1993–1995David McClartyUUPWilliam MatthewsAlliance
1995–97Pauline ArmitageUUPJohn DallatSDLP
1997–99James McClureDUPWilliam MatthewsAlliance
Elizabeth JohnstonUUP
1999–2000Norman HillisUUPOlive ChurchUUP
2000–01Elizabeth JohnstonUUPBarbara DempseyAlliance
2001–02John DallatSDLPDesmond StewartDUP
2002–03Olive ChurchUUPGerry McLaughlinSDLP
2003–04Desmond StewartDUPEamon MullanSDLP
2004–2005Robert McPhearsonUUPJames McClureDUP
2005–06Timothy DeansDUPMaura HickeySDLP
2006–07William KingUUPEllen FieldingDUP
2007–08Maurice BradleyDUPElizabeth JohnstonUUP
2008–09David BarbourUUPWilliam CreelmanDUP
2009–10Sandy GilkinsonDUPWilliam KingUUP
2010–11Norman HillisUUPSam ColeDUP
2011–12Maurice BradleyDUPWilliam KingUUP
2012–13Sam ColeDUPMaura HickeySDLP
2013–14David HardingUUPMark FieldingDUP
2014–15George DuddyDUPYvonne BoyleAlliance

* 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]

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References

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