Bellarena (District Electoral Area)

Bellarena DEA (1993-2014) within Limavady

Bellarena was one of the three district electoral areas in Limavady, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected five members to Limavady 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 Limavady Area A which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Aghanloo, Ballykelly, Black, Greysteel and Magilligan. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and divided between the Limavady DEA and the Benbradagh DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2011		Dermot Nicholl (Sinn Féin)		Cathal McLaughlin (Sinn Féin)		Orla Beattie (SDLP)		Edwin Stevenson (UUP)		George Robinson (DUP)
2005		Gerard Butcher (Sinn Féin)		John McElhinney (Sinn Féin)		Michael Carten (SDLP)				Leslie Cubitt (DUP)
2001		Martin McGuigan (Sinn Féin)		Gerry Mullan (SDLP)
1997		John McKinney (SDLP)		Arthur Doherty (SDLP)				Stanley Gault (UUP)		Robert Grant (UUP)
1993						Thomas Mullan (SDLP)
1989
1985		Ernest Murray (DUP)

2011 Election

2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2005-2011 Change: No change

Bellarena - 5 seats[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	George Robinson*	22.04%	1,016
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Nicholl	19.87%	944
	SDLP	Orla Beattie	11.85%	563	565.2	584.56	816.56
	Sinn Féin	Cathal McLaughlin	14.19%	674	674.44	786.44	814.44
	UUP	Edwin Stevenson*	12.12%	576	615.6	615.6	620.14	793.14
	DUP	Jonathan Holmes	7.81%	371	529.4	529.72	531.94	612.94
	Independent	Leslie Cubitt*	6.55%	311	326.84	326.84	333
	SDLP	Oonagh McNickle	6.23%	296	296.44	308.92
Electorate: 8,808   Valid: 4,751 (53.94%)   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 792   Turnout: 4,850 (55.06%)

2005 Election

2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Bellarena - 5 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	DUP	Leslie Cubitt*	23.65%	1,189
	SDLP	Michael Carten*	12.53%	630	631.8	883.8
	UUP	Edwin Stevenson*	15.10%	759	833.7	839
	Sinn Féin	Gerard Butcher	13.27%	667	667	708	770
	Sinn Féin	John McElhinney	11.99%	603	603.3	612.3	743.3
	DUP	Arnold Shannon	6.36%	320	586.4	589.7	602.6
	SDLP	John McKinney	9.96%	501	502.8	541.4
	SDLP	Deborah Crewe	7.14%	359	360.5
Electorate: 8,050   Valid: 5,028 (62.46%)   Spoilt: 77   Quota: 839   Turnout: 5,105 (63.42%)

2001 Election

1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP

2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1997-2001 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and SDLP

Bellarena - 5 seats[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	DUP	Leslie Cubitt	18.81%	1,027
	SDLP	Michael Carten*	15.48%	845	846.44	1,200.44
	SDLP	Gerry Mullan	13.21%	721	721	918
	Sinn Féin	Martin McGuigan	15.26%	833	833	917
	UUP	Edwin Stevenson	12.95%	707	759.44	760.44	765.44
	UUP	William Smyth	11.74%	641	703.88	709	724
	SDLP	John McKinney*	12.55%	685	685.24
Electorate: 7,656   Valid: 5,459 (71.30%)   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 910   Turnout: 5,527 (72.19%)

1997 Election

1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP

1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP

1993-1997 Change: No change

Bellarena - 5 seats[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	UUP	Stanley Gault*	19.14%	839
	SDLP	Michael Carten	18.57%	814
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty*	18.21%	798
	UUP	Robert Grant*	17.45%	765
	SDLP	John McKinney*	16.29%	714	714.7	793.1
	DUP	Robert Glass	10.34%	453	556.18	556.48
Electorate: 6,868   Valid: 4,383 (63.82%)   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 731   Turnout: 4,425 (64.43%)

1993 Election

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP

1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP

1989–1993 Change: No change

Bellarena - 5 seats[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	UUP	Stanley Gault*	21.42%	880
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty*	20.84%	856
	SDLP	Thomas Mullan*	16.77%	689
	UUP	Robert Grant*	15.43%	634	809.34
	SDLP	John McKinney*	16.09%	661	661	826.48
	DUP	Ernest Murray	9.44%	388	402.74	405.26
Electorate: 6,221   Valid: 4,108 (66.03%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 685   Turnout: 4,183 (67.24%)

1989 Election

1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP

1985–1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP

Bellarena - 5 seats[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	UUP	Stanley Gault*	19.71%	797
	SDLP	John McKinney	19.42%	785
	UUP	Robert Grant*	17.21%	696
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty*	16.72%	676
	SDLP	Thomas Mullan*	15.29%	618	620.88	725.32
	DUP	Ernest Murray*	11.65%	471	585.4	589.18
Electorate: 6,002   Valid: 4,043 (67.36%)   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 674   Turnout: 4,116 (68.58%)

1985 Election

1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

Bellarena - 5 seats[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	UUP	Robert Grant*	20.07%	793
	UUP	Stanley Gault*	18.85%	745
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty*	17.84%	705
	DUP	Ernest Murray*	13.66%	540	663.69
	SDLP	Thomas Mullan*	14.93%	590	594.18
	SDLP	Roy King*	14.65%	579	582.23
Electorate: 5,691   Valid: 3,952 (69.44%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 659   Turnout: 4,027 (70.76%)

References

1. "Bellarena Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
2. "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
3. "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
4. "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
5. "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
6. "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
7. "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 17 July 2021.