Benbradagh (District Electoral Area)

Benbradagh is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects five members to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and contains the wards of Altahullion, Ballykelly, Dungiven, Feeny and Greysteel.^[2] Benbradagh forms part of the East Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Benbradagh
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	5 (1985-)
Councillors	Michael Coyle (SDLP)   Seán McGlinchey (SF)   Kathleen McGurk (SF)   Dermot Nicholl (SF)   Edgar Scott (DUP)

Benbradagh DEA within Causeway Coast and Glens

Benbradagh DEA (1993-2014) within Limavady

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Limavady Area B which had existed since 1973, where it contained five wards (Dungiven, Feeny, Forest, The Highlands and Upper Glenshane). For the 2014 local elections it gained part of the abolished Bellarena DEA around Ballykelly.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2023		Seán McGlinchey (Sinn Féin)		Dermot Nicholl (Sinn Féin)		Kathleen McGurk (Sinn Féin)		Michael Coyle (SDLP)		Edgar Scott (DUP)
2019								Orla Beattie (SDLP)
May 2018 Co-Option										Boyd Douglas (TUV)/ (UUC)/ (UUP)
2014						Tony McCaul (Sinn Féin)
2011				Brenda Chivers (Sinn Féin)				Michael Coyle (SDLP)
2005		Marion Donaghy (Sinn Féin)				Cathal Hasson (Sinn Féin)
2001				Anne Brolly (Sinn Féin)		Francis Brolly (Sinn Féin)
1997		Malachy O'Kane (Sinn Féin)		Max Gault (UUP)		Gerard Lynch (SDLP)
1993		Thomas Donaghy (Sinn Féin)								David Robinson (UUP)
1989								Lawrence Hegarty (SDLP)
1985		Michael McGonigle (Sinn Féin)				Michael Hasson (Sinn Féin)

2023 Election

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: No change

Benbradagh - 5 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Sean McGlinchey*	24.04%	1,888
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Nicholl*	19.84%	1,558
	Sinn Féin	Kathleen McGurk*	14.92%	1,172	1,640.00
	DUP	Edgar Scott*	15.68%	1,231	1,231.00	1,231.30	1,231.57	1,256.38	1,755.38
	SDLP	Michael Coyle	5.62%	441	461.70	549.60	710.52	991.86	1,067.60	1,187.60
	Aontú	Liam McElhinney	6.29%	494	546.20	645.80	690.08	805.25	812.25	825.25
	UUP	Robert Carmichael	7.64%	600	600.00	601.20	601.47	659.94
	Alliance	Christine Turner	4.49%	353	360.20	389.00	420.86
	Independent	Niall Murphy	1.48%	116	131.60	169.40	180.20
Electorate: 13,317   Valid: 7,853 (58.97%)   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 1,309   Turnout: 7,903 (59.34%)

2019 Election

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from TUV

Benbradagh - 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Seán McGlinchey*	22.33%	1,574
	SDLP	Orla Beattie*	13.08%	922	944.5	1,136.75	1,177.75
	Sinn Féin	Kathleen McGurk*	9.60%	677	974.25	986	986	1,224
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Nicholl*	14.21%	1,002	1,029	1,048.25	1,048.25	1,154.25
	DUP	Edgar Scott	12.71%	896	896	909	1,088	1,107
	TUV	Boyd Douglas*	8.24%	581	581.25	594.25	797.25	814.5
	Aontú	Proinnsias Brolly	9.29%	655	692.75	717.75	718.75
	UUP	Robert Carmichael	5.82%	410	410	438
	Alliance	Christine Turner	4.71%	332	335.5
Electorate: 12,560   Valid: 7,049 (56.12%)   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 1,175   Turnout: 7,121 (56.69%)

2014 Election

2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP

2011-2014 Change: No change

Benbradagh - 5 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Seán McGlinchey*	24.31%	1,460
	TUV	Boyd Douglas*	19.62%	1,160
	Sinn Féin	Tony McCaul*	10.69%	632	982.13	1,038.13
	SDLP	Orla Beattie*	11.60%	686	696.89	991.89
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Nicholl*	14.09%	833	904.61	930.79	932.29	959.29
	DUP	Edgar Scott*	12.68%	750	750.99	751.99	915.79	915.79
	SDLP	Michael Coyle*	6.63%	392	428.96
Electorate: 11,904   Valid: 5,913 (49.67%)   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 986   Turnout: 6,005 (50.45%)

2011 Election

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP

2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP

2005-2011 Change: United Unionist joins TUV

Benbradagh - 5 seats^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Sean McGlinchey	19.80%	862
	Sinn Féin	Brenda Chivers*	17.83%	776
	Sinn Féin	Tony McCaul	9.65%	420	425	491.72	514.16	819.16
	SDLP	Michael Coyle*	13.03%	567	624	633.92	641.42	696.36
	TUV	Boyd Douglas*	15.37%	669	679	679.16	679.4	683.94
	DUP	Edgar Scott	12.77%	556	568	568.48	568.66	568.66
	Sinn Féin	Rory Donaghy	9.10%	396	401	453.16	467.68
	Alliance	Siobhan Carr	2.46%	107
Electorate: 7,418   Valid: 4,353 (58.68%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 726   Turnout: 4,442 (59.88%)

2005 Election

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: No change

Benbradagh - 5 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	United Unionist	Boyd Douglas*	20.85%	922
	SDLP	Michael Coyle*	14.36%	635	635.6	833.6
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Hasson	15.06%	666	666	676	699.14	1,038.14
	Sinn Féin	Brenda Chivers	13.82%	611	611.2	631.2	657.9	682.79	851.15
	Sinn Féin	Marion Donaghy*	10.95%	484	484.2	502.2	530.68	606.02	737.58
	United Unionist	Samuel Oliver	9.18%	406	585	585.6	593.61	593.61	593.61
	Sinn Féin	Martin McGuigan	10.00%	442	442.2	442.2	451.1
	SDLP	Evelyn Donaghy	5.79%	256	256.6
Electorate: 6,956   Valid: 4,422 (63.57%)   Spoilt: 97   Quota: 738   Turnout: 4,519 (64.97%)

2001 Election

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin (two seats) gain from UUP and SDLP, United Unionist leaves UUP

Benbradagh - 5 seats^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Anne Brolly	20.96%	1,056
	Sinn Féin	Francis Brolly	18.21%	917
	United Unionist	Boyd Douglas*	14.85%	748	748.42	918.42
	SDLP	Michael Coyle*	11.10%	559	584.41	587.41	587.41	600.46	978.46
	Sinn Féin	Marion Donaghy	11.10%	559	732.67	732.67	732.67	793.42	841.2
	United Unionist	Mark Gibson	8.78%	442	442	508	585.28	585.28	588.28
	SDLP	Gerard Lynch*	9.87%	497	509.39	512.39	512.85	515.73
	DUP	John Murray	5.14%	259	259
Electorate: 6,750   Valid: 5,037 (74.62%)   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 840   Turnout: 5,149 (76.28%)

1997 Election

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1993-1997 Change: No change

Benbradagh - 5 seats^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	UUP	Boyd Douglas	25.65%	1,072
	SDLP	Michael Coyle*	24.23%	1,013
	Sinn Féin	Malachy O'Kane	20.96%	876
	UUP	Max Gault*	9.78%	409	777.55
	SDLP	Gerard Lynch*	10.57%	442	443.05	739.06
	Sinn Féin	Eddie-Jo Lynn	8.80%	368	368	384.5
Electorate: 6,447   Valid: 4,180 (64.84%)   Spoilt: 76   Quota: 697   Turnout: 4,256 (66.02%)

1993 Election

1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1989–1993 Change: No change

Benbradagh - 5 seats^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	David Robinson*	26.86%	1,042
	SDLP	Michael Coyle	25.75%	999
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Donaghy*	20.68%	802
	UUP	Max Gault*	10.70%	415	800.32
	SDLP	Gerard Lynch*	7.58%	294	295.14	610.34	614.34	636.38
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Kelly	8.43%	327	327.76	364.16	509.16	509.54
Electorate: 6,155   Valid: 3,879 (63.02%)   Spoilt: 97   Quota: 647   Turnout: 3,976 (64.60%)

1989 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1985–1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Benbradagh - 5 seats^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Lawrence Hegarty*	26.75%	987
	UUP	David Robinson*	25.45%	939
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Donaghy	21.49%	793
	UUP	Max Gault*	12.09%	446	446.84	768.84
	SDLP	Gerard Lynch	4.93%	182	523.04	523.74	528.8	542.1
	Sinn Féin	Michael Hasson*	9.30%	343	368.62	368.62	533.3	533.65
Electorate: 5,745   Valid: 3,690 (64.23%)   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 616   Turnout: 3,794 (66.04%)

1985 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

Benbradagh - 5 seats^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Michael McGonigle	22.58%	880
	UUP	David Robinson*	21.17%	825
	UUP	Max Gault*	8.62%	336	336	480.48
	SDLP	Lawrence Hegarty*	15.01%	585	598	598	599	811
	Sinn Féin	Michael Hasson	9.42%	367	564.6	564.6	565.6	598.42	624.42
	Independent	Denis Farren*	10.37%	404	412.06	413.32	413.74	464.78	549.78
	SDLP	James Brolly	8.11%	316	320.94	321.15	321.15
	DUP	John McKay	4.72%	184	184	208.99
Electorate: 5,653   Valid: 3,897 (68.94%)   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 650   Turnout: 3,989 (70.56%)