Coleraine Borough Council
Coordinates: 55°07′55″N 6°40′05″W / 55.132°N 6.668°W
| Coleraine Borough Comhairle Baile Chúil Rathain | |
| Geography | |
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| Area - Total |
Ranked 13th of 26 486 km² |
|---|---|
| Admin HQ | Coleraine |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-CLR |
| ONS code | 95C |
| Demographics | |
| Population - Total (2010) - Density |
Ranked 15th 56,800 117 / km² |
| Community | Catholic: 28% Protestant: 65.3% |
| Politics | |
| Control | No overall control DUP: 8 UUP: 6 SDLP: 3 Alliance Party: 2 Sinn Féin: 1 Independents: 2 |
| MLAs | East Londonderry DUP: 3 Independent: 1 Sinn Féin: 1 SDLP: 1 |
| MPs | Gregory Campbell (DUP) |
| Meeting place | |
| Website | |
| http://www.colerainebc.gov.uk | |
Coleraine Borough Council is a local council mainly in County Londonderry and partly in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It is set to merge 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 are in the town of Coleraine. Small towns in the area include Garvagh, Portrush, Portstewart and Kilrea.
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 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, 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 | UUP | John White | UUP | ||
| 1977–1980 | John White | UUP | G. A. McIlrath | UUP | ||
| 1980–83 | G A McIlrath | UUP | C. R. Crawford | Independent | ||
| James McClure | DUP | |||||
| 1983–84 | James McClure | DUP | C. R. Crawford | Independent | ||
| 1984–86 | William King | UUP | A. N. Clarke | UUP | ||
| James McClure | DUP | |||||
| 1986–88 | Dr Gladys Black | UUP | James McClure | DUP | ||
| 1988–1990 | William Watt | UUP | James McClure | DUP | ||
| 1990–92 | Elizabeth Black | UUP | James McClure | DUP | ||
| 1992–93 | William King | UUP | James McClure | DUP | ||
| 1993–1995 | David McClarty | UUP | William Matthews | Alliance | ||
| 1995–97 | Pauline Armitage | UUP | John Dallat | SDLP | ||
| 1997–99 | James McClure | DUP | William Matthews | Alliance | ||
| Elizabeth Johnston | UUP | |||||
| 1999–2000 | Norman Hillis | UUP | Olive Church | UUP | ||
| 2000–01 | Elizabeth Johnston | UUP | Barbara Dempsey | Alliance | ||
| 2001–02 | John Dallat | SDLP | Desmond Stewart | DUP | ||
| 2002–03 | Olive Church | UUP | Gerry McLaughlin | SDLP | ||
| 2003–04 | Desmond Stewart | DUP | Eamon Mullan | SDLP | ||
| 2004–2005 | Robert McPhearson | UUP | James McClure | DUP | ||
| 2005–06 | Timothy Deans | DUP | Maura Hickey | SDLP | ||
| 2006–07 | William King | UUP | Ellen Fielding | DUP | ||
| 2007–08 | Maurice Bradley | DUP | Elizabeth Johnston | UUP | ||
| 2008–09 | David Barbour | UUP | William Creelman | DUP | ||
| 2009–10 | Sandy Gilkinson | DUP | William King | UUP | ||
| 2010–11 | Norman Hillis | UUP | Sam Cole | DUP | ||
| 2011–12 | Maurice Bradley | DUP | William King | UUP | ||
| 2012–13 | Sam Cole | DUP | Maura Hickey | SDLP | ||
| 2013–14 | David Harding | UUP | Mark Fielding | DUP | ||
| 2014–15 | George Duddy | DUP | Yvonne Boyle | 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
- Local Councils in Northern Ireland
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.
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