# Coleraine Borough Council

Coleraine Borough Council was a local council mainly in County Londonderry and partly in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It merged with Ballymoney Borough Council, Limavady Borough Council and Moyle District Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become 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 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 6 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 3 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 2 Alliance Party 1 Sinn Féin and 2 Independent. Unionist-controlled Coleraine Borough Council operated a rotation for positions of Mayor and Deputy Mayor between the UUP, DUP and the 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. The proposed reforms were abandoned in 2010, and the most recent district council elections took place in 2011
The borough council area, together with the neighbouring district of Limavady and part of Derry City Council, formed the East Londonderry constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.

## Mayor of Coleraine

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