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'''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]] |
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Its headquarters |
Its headquarters were in the town of [[Coleraine]]. Small towns in the area include [[Garvagh]], [[Portrush]], [[Portstewart]] and [[Kilrea]]. |
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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 of Northern Ireland|Alliance Party]] 1 [[Sinn Féin]] and 2 Independent. [[Unionism in Ireland|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.<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 |date=15 June 2010 |work= |publisher=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=8 July 2010}}</ref> |
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The borough council area, together with the neighbouring district of [[Limavady]] and part of [[Derry City Council]], |
The borough council area, together with the neighbouring district of [[Limavady]] and part of [[Derry City Council]], formed the [[East Londonderry (constituency)|East Londonderry constituency]] for elections to the [[Westminster Parliament]] and [[Northern Ireland Assembly]]. |
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==Mayor of Coleraine== |
==Mayor of Coleraine== |
Revision as of 13:59, 29 June 2015
55°07′55″N 6°40′05″W / 55.132°N 6.668°W Template:NI district 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
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
Year | Name | Political affiliation | Deputy | Deputy's affiliation | ||
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1973–77 | A. N. Clarke
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UUP | John White
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UUP | ||
1977–1980 | John White
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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
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Independent | |
James McClure
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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
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UUP | |
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 | Jim 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 | |
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 | ||
2014–15 | George Duddy
style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | |
DUP | Yvonne Boyle
style="width: 2px; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | |
Alliance |
Source: Freedom of Information request to Coleraine Borough Council
Population
The area covered by Coleraine Borough Council has a population of 59,067 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.[3]
See also
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.
- ^ "NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014" (PDF). NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 28 September 2014.