Coleraine East (District Electoral Area)

Coleraine East DEA (1993-2014) within Coleraine

Coleraine East was one of the four district electoral areas in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, which existed from 1993 to 2014. This district elected five members to Coleraine Borough Council, and formed part of the East Londonderry constituencies for both the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was established for the 1993 local elections, and comprised the wards of Ballysally, Cross Glebe, Dundoonan, Dunluce, and University. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and replaced by the Coleraine DEA.

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party)
2011 Yvonne Boyle
(Alliance) 		David Harding
(UUP) 		Phyllis Fielding
(DUP) 		William Creelman
(DUP) 		Maurice Bradley
(DUP)
2005 Robert McPherson
(UUP) 		Elizabeth Black
(UUP)
2001
1997 William Mathews
(Alliance)
1993 David Gilmour
(UUP) 		William Glenn
(UUP) 		Marie McAllister
(DUP)

2011 Election

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Coleraine East - 6 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Maurice Bradley* 44.01% 1,507        
DUP William Creelman* 10.98% 376 1,120.25      
DUP Phyllis Fielding* 4.88% 167 251.5 768.46    
UUP David Harding 15.10% 517 568.35 579.39    
Alliance Yvonne Boyle 10.22% 350 261.7 362.66 370.86 539.06
UUP Robert McPherson* 8.03% 275 308.8 318.88 505.43 518.9
SDLP Teresa Young 6.78% 232 241.1 243.02 245.48  
Electorate: 7,678   Valid: 3,424 (44.59%)   Spoilt: 95   Quota: 571   Turnout: 3,519 (45.83%)  

2005 Election

2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: No change

Coleraine East - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP Maurice Bradley* 34.99% 1,395            
DUP William Creelman* 15.78% 629 1,217.3          
DUP Phyllis Fielding* 6.70% 267 338.55 862.05        
UUP Elizabeth Black* 10.46% 417 437.14 443.14 506.04 507.04 560.02 623.29
UUP Robert McPherson* 10.43% 416 441.44 451.44 494.73 495.73 523.1 573
UUP David Harding 8.28% 330 342.19 350.69 431.72 432.72 464.83 507.26
SDLP John Montgomery 5.69% 227 229.12 229.12 232.82 333.82 396.72  
Alliance Yvonne Boyle 4.64% 185 186.06 188.06 193.24 199.24    
Sinn Féin Maria O'Neill 3.03% 121 121 121.5 121.5      
Electorate: 7,735   Valid: 3,987 (51.54%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 65   Turnout: 4,076 (52.70%)  

2001 Election

1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance

Coleraine East - 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DUP Maurice Bradley* 29.22% 1,389                
UUP Elizabeth Black* 17.00% 808                
DUP William Creelman* 12.54% 596 1,025.57              
UUP Robert McPherson* 9.68% 460 481.93 486.97 514.98 564.25 593.13 647.14 827.14  
DUP Phyllis Fielding 2.48% 118 164.87 377.51 400.05 436.69 530.48 543.91 601.56 625.94
SDLP John Montgomery 7.74% 368 368 368.48 370.91 377.91 379.77 507.63 569.3 578.84
Independent Thomas Houston 6.71% 319 330.18 332.82 340.68 362.11 375.55 436.98    
Alliance Patrick McGowan 5.76% 274 277.87 278.11 290.11 298.02 304.45      
Independent Alistair Crawford 3.13% 149 188.13 191.25 221.07 238.32        
PUP David Gilmour 3.07% 146 161.91 166.71 188.34          
Independent Robert Hunter 2.65% 126 143.2 145.6            
Electorate: 8,415   Valid: 4,753 (56.48%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 793   Turnout: 4,862 (57.78%)  

1997 Election

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1993-1997 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Coleraine East - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP Maurice Bradley 24.21% 833            
UUP Elizabeth Black* 17.61% 606            
DUP William Creelman* 13.48% 464 658.06          
UUP Robert McPherson 10.32% 355 366.16 389.74 413.1 513.38 554.12 572.32
Alliance William Mathews* 12.00% 413 416.72 419.42 456.42 462.42 497.02 499.47
Ind. Unionist David Gilmour* 8.22% 283 303.77 329.87 360.59 391.64 474.71 480.81
Ind. Unionist Martin Hunter 5.84% 201 214.33 229.81 234.99 259.69    
UUP Gary Wolfe 4.68% 161 168.44 179.06 191.37      
Independent Trevor Cooke 3.63% 125 126.55 128.17        
Electorate: 8,639   Valid: 3,441 (39.83%)   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 574   Turnout: 3,510 (40.63%)  

1993 Election

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

Coleraine East - 6 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
UUP Elizabeth Black* 22.85% 825        
DUP William Creelman* 21.16% 764        
UUP William Glenn 12.05% 435 528.8 541.34 555.86 589.38
UUP David Gilmour 12.07% 436 511.6 523.92 543.06 584.96
DUP Marie McAllister* 8.53% 308 321.16 450.52 463.52 491.64
UUP William Johnston 10.88% 393 412.04 416.88 425.56 465.46
Alliance Hilary McCartney 6.95% 251 258 258.66 388.28  
Alliance Amyan MacFayden 3.27% 118 119.96 120.18    
Independent Trevor Cooke 2.24% 81 90.52 91.84    
Electorate: 8,017   Valid: 3,611 (45.04%)   Spoilt: 125   Quota: 602   Turnout: 3,736 (46.60%)  

References

  1. ^ "Coleraine East Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 15 July 2021.