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
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
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^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
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^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
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^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
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^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
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%)

References

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

[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.

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