Coleraine Borough Council

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Coleraine Borough

Geography
Area - Total - % Water	Ranked 13th 486 km² ? %
Admin HQ	Coleraine
ISO 3166-2	GB-CLR
ONS code	95C
Demographics
Population - Total (2005) - Density	Ranked 13th 56,565 117 / km²
Community	Protestant: 69.4% Catholic: 27.2%
Politics
Coleraine Borough Council http://www.colerainebc.gov.uk
MPs	Gregory Campbell

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 56,000.

The Coleraine Borough Council consists of 4 electoral areas: Coleraine East, Coleraine Central, The Skerries and Bann. In the last elections in 2005 22 members were elected from the following political parties: 9 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 8 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 3 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 1 Sinn Féin and 1 Independent. Following the resignation of a DUP Councillor, Alliance candidate Barney Fitzpatrick was elected to serve on the Council from 14th December 2006. Unionist-controlled Coleraine Borough Council operates a rotation for position of Mayor/Deputy Mayor between the Ulster Unionist Party(UUP), Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). The Mayor is currently Councillor William Alexander King of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP).

The next election is due to take place in May 2009.

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