Coleraine Borough Council
Coleraine Borough
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Coleraine Borough Council was a local council mainly in
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
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
Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly
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Mayor of Coleraine
Source: Freedom of Information request to Coleraine Borough Council
| Year | Name | Political affiliation | Deputy | Deputy's affiliation | ||
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| 1973–77 | A. N. Clarke | Ulster Unionist | John White | Ulster Unionist | ||
| 1977–1980 | John White | Ulster Unionist | G. A. McIlrath | Ulster Unionist | ||
| 1980–83 | G A McIlrath | Ulster Unionist | C. R. Crawford | Independent
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James McClure
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DUP | |||||
| 1983–84 | James McClure
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DUP | C. R. Crawford | Independent
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| 1984–86 | William King | Ulster Unionist | A. N. Clarke | Ulster Unionist | ||
James McClure
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DUP | |||||
| 1986–88 | Dr Gladys Black | Ulster Unionist | James McClure
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DUP | ||
| 1988–1990 | Jim Watt | Ulster Unionist | James McClure
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DUP | ||
| 1990–92 | Elizabeth Black | Ulster Unionist | James McClure
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DUP | ||
| 1992–93 | William King | Ulster Unionist | James McClure
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DUP | ||
| 1993–1995 | David McClarty | Ulster Unionist | William Matthews | Alliance | ||
| 1995–97 | Pauline Armitage | Ulster Unionist | John Dallat | SDLP | ||
| 1997–99 | James McClure
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DUP | William Matthews | Alliance | ||
| Elizabeth Johnston | Ulster Unionist | |||||
| 1999–2000 | Norman Hillis | Ulster Unionist | Olive Church | Ulster Unionist | ||
| 2000–01 | Elizabeth Johnston | Ulster Unionist | Barbara Dempsey | Alliance | ||
| 2001–02 | John Dallat | SDLP | Desmond Stewart | DUP | ||
| 2002–03 | Olive Church | Ulster Unionist | Gerry McLaughlin | SDLP | ||
| 2003–04 | Desmond Stewart | DUP | Eamon Mullan | SDLP | ||
| 2004–2005 | Robert McPhearson | Ulster Unionist | James McClure
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DUP | ||
| 2005–06 | Timothy Deans | DUP | Maura Hickey | SDLP | ||
| 2006–07 | William King | Ulster Unionist | Ellen Fielding | DUP | ||
| 2007–08 | Maurice Bradley | DUP | Elizabeth Johnston | Ulster Unionist | ||
| 2008–09 | David Barbour | Ulster Unionist | William Creelman | DUP | ||
| 2009–10 | Sandy Gilkinson | DUP | William King | Ulster Unionist | ||
| 2010–11 | Norman Hillis | Ulster Unionist | Sam Cole | DUP | ||
| 2011–12 | Maurice Bradley | DUP | William King | Ulster Unionist | ||
| 2012–13 | Sam Cole | DUP | Maura Hickey | SDLP | ||
| 2013–14 | David Harding | Ulster Unionist | Mark Fielding | DUP | ||
| 2014–15 | George Duddy | DUP | Yvonne Boyle | 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]
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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