Coleraine Town (District Electoral Area)

Coleraine Town was one of the three district electoral areas in Coleraine, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 1993. The district elected seven members to Coleraine Borough Council, and formed part of the East Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Coleraine Area C which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Ballysally, Central, Churchland, Cross Glebe, Mount Sandel, university and Waterside. It was abolished for the 1993 local elections, with Central, Churchland, Mount Sandel and Waterside moving to the new Coleraine Central DEA and Ballysally, Cross Glebe and University moving to the new Coleraine East DEA.

Councillors

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Election Councillor
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(Party)
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(Party)
1989 Patrick McFeely
(Independent)
William Mathews
(Alliance)
Robert White
(UUP)
Gladys Black
(UUP)
David McClarty
(UUP)
Marie McAllister
(DUP)
James McClure
(DUP)
1985 Robert Bolton
(DUP)

1989 Election

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1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Coleraine Town - 7 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP James McClure* 28.97% 1,790            
UUP Robert White* 18.27% 1,129            
UUP Gladys Black* 13.24% 818            
UUP David McClarty 9.83% 607 743.4 1,006.9        
DUP Marie McAllister* 3.03% 187 759.88 788.78        
Independent Patrick McFeely* 6.56% 405 424.22 431.36 434.88 452.56 499.9 765.9
Alliance William Mathews* 6.44% 398 419.08 446.96 456.16 489.14 631 720
DUP William Thompson 1.91% 118 372.2 392.94 418.46 516.38 538.88 540.88
SDLP Gerry McLaughlin 7.01% 433 434.86 436.22 436.54 437.22 468.38  
Labour Party NI Timothy Blackman 1.62% 100 103.72 105.42 106.62 109.34    
Alliance Yvonne Boyle 1.59% 98 98.62 99.98 101.1 105.18    
Green (NI) David Garland 0.91% 56 56.62 57.98 58.54 60.92    
Workers' Party Rosemary McBride 0.63% 39 40.86 42.22 42.7 44.06    
Electorate: 12,216   Valid: 6,178 (50.57%)   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 773   Turnout: 6,329 (51.81%)  

1985 Election

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1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

Coleraine Town - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
DUP James McClure* 38.12% 2,444                      
UUP Robert White* 16.06% 1,030                      
Independent Patrick McFeely 9.11% 584 613.24 617.64 633.86 654.54 655.44 864.44          
UUP Gladys Black 5.74% 368 456.4 549.46 550.68 552.36 559.92 560.92 561.84 610.86 845.86    
DUP Robert Bolton* 0.92% 59 674.4 678.58 679.58 683.84 751.4 751.4 751.4 785.62 827.82    
Alliance William Mathews 6.53% 419 440.08 451.74 514.42 536.42 537.78 584.46 617.12 658.42 712.6 723.62 723.62
DUP Marie McAllister 2.14% 137 470.2 475.04 475.72 480.4 581.86 581.86 581.86 606.76 676.88 696.6 712.92
Independent William McNabb* 4.37% 280 408.52 425.9 428.58 440.26 443.2 452.2 469.68 611.62 676.94 689.7 693.1
UUP Stephen Smyth 5.15% 330 445.6 511.16 515.16 519.84 539.46 539.46 540.38 577.42      
Independent Randall Crawford* 3.76% 241 338.24 355.84 359.84 379.52 385.36 397.36 407.48        
SDLP Deirdre Busby 4.46% 286 286.68 286.68 289.68 307.68 307.68            
DUP Geoffrey Whitehead 0.44% 28 212.96 216.92 216.92 217.6              
Labour Party NI Timothy Blackman 1.72% 110 118.16 118.6 119.6                
Alliance Colm McCloskey 1.50% 96 98.04 98.7                  
Electorate: 11,221   Valid: 6,412 (57.14%)   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 802   Turnout: 6,542 (58.30%)  

References

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  1. ^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 15 July 2021.