Coleraine (District Electoral Area)

Coleraine
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats6 (2014-)
Councillors
  •   Philip Anderson (DUP)
  •   Niamh Archibald (SF)
  •   Yvonne Boyle (APNI)
  •   Tanya Stirling (DUP)
  •   Russell Watton (PUP)
  •   John Wisener (UUP)
Coleraine DEA within Causeway Coast and Glens

Coleraine is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects six members to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and contains the wards of Churchland, Mountsandel, Quarry, University, Waterside and Windy Hall.[2] Causeway forms part of the East Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Coleraine Central DEA and the Coleraine East DEA which had existed since 1993.

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party)
2023 Niamh Archibald
(Sinn Féin) 		Yvonne Boyle
(Alliance) 		John Wisener
(UUP) 		Russell Watton
(PUP) 		Philip Anderson
(DUP) 		Tanya Stirling
(DUP)
July 2020 Defection Stephanie Quigley
(SDLP)/
(Independent) 		William McCandless
(UUP)/
(Independent) 		George Duddy
(DUP)
April 2020 Defection
2019
April 2016 Defection David Harding
(Conservative)/
(Independent)/
(UUP) 		Trevor Clarke
(DUP)
February 2015 Defection
2014

2023 Election

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Coleraine - 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DUP Philip Anderson* 18.79% 1,389                  
PUP Russell Watton* 13.74% 1,016 1,055.12 1,066.12              
Alliance Yvonne Boyle* 12.81% 947 952.04 1,041.04 1,049.04 1,220.04          
Sinn Féin Niamh Archibald 11.61% 858 858.72 892.96 894.96 1,023.96 1,035.68 1,117.68      
UUP John Wisener 9.75% 721 730.84 739.84 799.00 815.00 1,019.32 1,046.32 1,067.32    
DUP Tanya Stirling 5.97% 441 623.40 629.64 747.40 757.64 907.80 908.80 910.80 913.80 913.80
DUP Adele Tomb 8.86% 655 714.04 721.04 805.40 809.64 901.08 901.08 904.08 907.08 910.08
Independent George Duddy* 6.09% 450 470.40 487.64 553.08 566.32          
SDLP Helen Maher 4.45% 329 330.20 380.20 383.20            
TUV Michael Sweeney 4.59% 339 351.72 358.44              
People Before Profit Amy Merron 3.34% 247 248.44                
Electorate: 16,874   Valid: 7,392 (43.81%)   Spoilt: 97   Quota: 1,057   Turnout: 7,489 (44.38%)  

2019 Election

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x SDLP

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Coleraine - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
PUP Russell Watton* 18.58% 1,325        
DUP Philip Anderson 12.63% 901 987.48 1,013.85 1,031.85  
SDLP Stephanie Quigley* ‡ 13.78% 983 989.67 1,009.13 1,031.13  
Alliance Yvonne Boyle 10.27% 732 734.99 765.91 780.83 1,057.83
DUP George Duddy* 12.14% 866 942.36 972.35 992.11 992.43
UUP William McCandless* ‡ 8.88% 633 699.8 716.33 958.05 963.05
DUP Trevor Clarke* 10.78% 769 817.07 835.60 857.35 861.35
Sinn Féin Ciarán Archibald 5.85% 417 417.23 419.23 420.23  
UUP John Wisener 4.09% 292 315.92 354.14    
NI Conservatives David Harding* 1.57% 112 155.22      
UKIP Amanda Ranaghan 1.42% 101 116.18      
Electorate: 15,879   Valid: 7,131 (44.90%)   Spoilt: 77   Quota: 1,019   Turnout: 7,208 (45.39%)  

2014 Election

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x SDLP

Coleraine - 6 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
PUP Russell Watton 11.84% 777 779 812 938            
SDLP Stephanie Quigley* 10.99% 721 734 745 755 758 1,016        
DUP George Duddy* 10.82% 710 712 728 752 813 815 1,041      
UUP William McCandless* 9.77% 641 654 674 698 756 758 772 773.84 837.84 847.84
DUP Trevor Clarke* 9.56% 627 629 645 664 727 728 783 847.86 878.32 881.32
UUP David Harding ‡‡ 8.22% 539 546 557 571 634 637 661 662.38 747.38 760.38
DUP Tracy Craig 7.36% 483 483 490 505 553 557 621 653.66 674.66 677.66
Alliance Yvonne Boyle* 6.22% 408 450 460 474 482 520 527 527.46    
DUP Phyllis Fielding* 5.49% 360 363 368 384 409 410        
Sinn Féin Margaret Fleming 5.84% 383 384 387 389 389          
TUV Tommy Collins 4.98% 327 328 360 378            
Independent Billy Ellis 4.33% 284 288 300              
UKIP William Ogilby 2.85% 187 200                
NI21 Chris McCaw 1.72% 113                  
Electorate: 15,443   Valid: 6,560 (42.48%)   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 938   Turnout: 6,639 (42.99%)  

References

  1. ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
  2. ^ "Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 23 January 2022.