# Coleraine East (District Electoral Area)

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) | Phyllis Fielding (DUP) | William Creelman (DUP) | Maurice Bradley (DUP) |
| 2001 | Robert McPherson (UUP) | Elizabeth Black (UUP) | Phyllis Fielding (DUP) | William Creelman (DUP) | Maurice Bradley (DUP) |
| 1997 | Robert McPherson (UUP) | Elizabeth Black (UUP) | William Mathews (Alliance) | William Creelman (DUP) | Maurice Bradley (DUP) |
| 1993 | David Gilmour (UUP) | Elizabeth Black (UUP) | William Glenn (UUP) | William Creelman (DUP) | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) |||||||||