Coleraine Borough Council

Coleraine Borough
Comhairle Baile Chúil Rathain
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: 3 ; Independent: 1 ; Sinn Féin: 1 ; SDLP: 1; MPs; Gregory Campbell (DUP);
Website	www.colerainebc.gov.uk
	List of places UK Northern Ireland

55°07′55″N 6°40′05″W / 55.132°N 6.668°W / 55.132; -6.668

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

Source: Freedom of Information request to Coleraine Borough Council

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	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
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
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

* 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]

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.

[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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v t e Districts of Northern Ireland, 1972–2015
Councils	Antrim Ards Armagh Ballymena Ballymoney Banbridge Belfast Carrickfergus Castlereagh Coleraine Cookstown Craigavon Derry Down Dungannon and South Tyrone Fermanagh Larne Limavady Lisburn Magherafelt Moyle Newry and Mourne Newtownabbey North Down Omagh Strabane
Districts	Antrim Ards Armagh Ballymena Ballymoney Banbridge Belfast Carrickfergus Castlereagh Coleraine Cookstown Craigavon Derry Down Dungannon and South Tyrone Fermanagh Larne Limavady Lisburn Magherafelt Moyle Newry and Mourne Newtownabbey North Down Omagh Strabane

Mayor of Coleraine

Population

See also

References