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55°07′55″N 6°40′05″W / 55.132°N 6.668°W / 55.132; -6.668 Template:NI district Coleraine Borough Council is a local council mainly in County Londonderry and partly in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. Its headquarters are in the town of Coleraine. Small towns in the area include Garvagh, Portrush, Portstewart and Kilrea. The population of the area is just over 59,067 according to the 2011 census.

The Coleraine Borough Council consists of four electoral areas: Coleraine East, Coleraine Central, The Skerries and Bann. The council has 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 operates a rotation for positions of Mayor and Deputy Mayor between the Ulster Unionist Party(UUP), Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). The last election was due to take place in May 2009, but on April 25, 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 Mayor for the 2013/2014 term is Councillor David Harding of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP).

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

Mayor of Coleraine

Year	Name	Political affiliation		Deputy	Deputy's affiliation
1973 - 77	A. N. Clarke style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	John White style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP
1977 - 1980	John White style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	G. A. McIlrath style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP
1980 - 83	G A McIlrath	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color\|	[[Ulster Unionist Party\|Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/shortname]]	C. R. Crawford style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
1980 - 83	G A McIlrath	James McClure style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|		DUP
1983 - 84	James McClure style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP	C. R. Crawford style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
1984 - 86	William King	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color\|	[[Ulster Unionist Party\|Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/shortname]]	A. N. Clarke style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP
1984 - 86	William King	James McClure style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|		DUP
1986 - 88	Dr Gladys Black style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	James McClure style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP
1988 - 1990	William Watt style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	James McClure style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP
1990 - 92	Elizabeth Black style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	James McClure style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP
1992 - 93	William King style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	James McClure style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP
1993 - 1995	David McClarty style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	William Matthews style="width: 2px; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" \|	Alliance
1995 - 97	Pauline Armitage style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	John Dallat style="width: 2px; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" \|	SDLP
1997 - 99	James McClure	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color\|	[[Democratic Unionist Party\|Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/shortname]]	William Matthews style="width: 2px; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" \|	Alliance
1997 - 99	James McClure	Elizabeth Johnston style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|		UUP
1999 - 2000	Norman Hillis style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	Olive Church style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP
2000 - 01	Elizabeth Johnston style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	Barbara Dempsey style="width: 2px; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" \|	Alliance
2001 - 02	John Dallat style="width: 2px; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" \|	SDLP	Desmond Stewart style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP
2002 - 03	Olive Church style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	Gerry McLaughlin style="width: 2px; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" \|	SDLP
2003 - 04	Desmond Stewart style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP	Eamon Mullan style="width: 2px; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" \|	SDLP
2004 - 2005	Robert McPhearson style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	James McClure style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP
2005 - 06	Timothy Deans style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP	Maura Hickey style="width: 2px; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" \|	SDLP
2006 - 07	William King style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	Ellen Fielding style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP
2007 - 08	Maurice Bradley style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP	Elizabeth Johnston style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP
2008 - 09	David Barbour style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	William Creelman style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP
2009 - 10	Sandy Gilkinson style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP	William King style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP
2010 - 11	Norman Hillis style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	Sam Cole style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP
2011 - 12	Maurice Bradley style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP	William King style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP
2012 - 13	Sam Cole style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP	Maura Hickey style="width: 2px; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" \|	SDLP
2013 - 14	David Harding style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	Mark Fielding style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP

Source: Freedom of Information request to Coleraine Borough Council

References

^ Northern Ireland elections are postponed, BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008
^ "The executive fails to agree a deal on council reform". BBC News. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

[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.

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 '''Coleraine Borough Council''' is a local council mainly in [[County Londonderry]] and partly in [[County Antrim]] in [[Northern Ireland]]. Its headquarters are in the [[town]] of [[Coleraine]]. Small towns in the area include [[Garvagh]], [[Portrush]], [[Portstewart]] and [[Kilrea]]. The population of the area is just over 59,067 according to the 2011 census.
-The Coleraine Borough Council consists of four electoral areas: Coleraine East, Coleraine Central, The Skerries and Bann. The council has 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 of Northern Ireland|Alliance Party]] pooed in obamas hands 1 [[Sinn Féin]] and 2 Independent. Unionist-controlled Coleraine Borough Council operates a rotation for positions of Mayor and Deputy Mayor between the [[Ulster Unionist Party]](UUP), [[Democratic Unionist Party]] (DUP) and the nationalist [[Social Democratic and Labour Party]] (SDLP). The last election was due to take place in May 2009, but on April 25, 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.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7367253.stm ''Northern Ireland elections are postponed'', BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008]</ref> The proposed reforms were abandoned in 2010, and the [[Northern Ireland local elections, 2011|most recent district council elections took place in 2011]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/10314865.stm |title=The executive fails to agree a deal on council reform |author= |date=15 June 2010 |work= |publisher=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=8 July 2010}}</ref> The Mayor for the 2013/2014 term is Councillor David Harding of the [[Ulster Unionist Party]] (UUP).
+The Coleraine Borough Council consists of four electoral areas: Coleraine East, Coleraine Central, The Skerries and Bann. The council has 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 of Northern Ireland|Alliance Party]] 1 [[Sinn Féin]] and 2 Independent. Unionist-controlled Coleraine Borough Council operates a rotation for positions of Mayor and Deputy Mayor between the [[Ulster Unionist Party]](UUP), [[Democratic Unionist Party]] (DUP) and the nationalist [[Social Democratic and Labour Party]] (SDLP). The last election was due to take place in May 2009, but on April 25, 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.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7367253.stm ''Northern Ireland elections are postponed'', BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008]</ref> The proposed reforms were abandoned in 2010, and the [[Northern Ireland local elections, 2011|most recent district council elections took place in 2011]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/10314865.stm |title=The executive fails to agree a deal on council reform |author= |date=15 June 2010 |work= |publisher=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=8 July 2010}}</ref> The Mayor for the 2013/2014 term is Councillor David Harding of the [[Ulster Unionist Party]] (UUP).
 The borough council area, together with the neighbouring district of [[Limavady]] and part of [[Derry City Council]], forms the [[East Londonderry (constituency)|East Londonderry constituency]] for elections to the [[Westminster Parliament]] and [[Northern Ireland Assembly]].

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Mayor of Coleraine

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