Coleraine Central (District Electoral Area)

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

Coleraine Central DEA (1993-2014) within Coleraine

It was created for the 1993 local elections, and contained the wards of Central, Churchland, Knocklynn, Mount Sandel, The Cuts and Waterside. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and replaced with the Coleraine DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2011		Gerry McLaughlin (SDLP)		David McClarty (UUP)/ (Independent)		David Barbour (UUP)		William McCandless (DUP)		George Duddy (DUP)		James McClure (DUP)
2005								Elizabeth Johnston (UUP)		Timothy Deans (DUP)
2001
1997										Eamon O'Hara (Alliance)
1993						Robert White (UUP)				William Mathews (Alliance)

2011 Election

2005: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2005-2011 Change: DUP gain from UUP, Independent leaves UUP

Coleraine Central - 6 seats^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	David McClarty*	22.09%	1,260
	DUP	George Duddy	12.53%	715	746.16	746.16	836.16
	SDLP	Gerry McLaughlin*	7.08%	404	437.06	502.82	506.96	506.96	815.38
	UUP	David Barbour*	9.76%	557	650.48	652.48	699.46	702.22	704.22	939.22
	DUP	James McClure*	10.20%	582	646.98	646.98	734.3	735.68	738.68	783.21	815.03
	DUP	William McCandless	9.20%	525	570.6	570.6	643.88	657.68	661.06	712.38	774.54
	Alliance	Graham Scobie	8.27%	472	545.72	551.72	560.62	560.85	586.85	621.35	649.47
	UUP	Nigel MacAuley	6.19%	353	411.52	412.9	438.32	439.93	444.69
	Sinn Féin	Susan Kelly	7.15%	408	412.94	419.32	419.32	419.32
	Independent	Russell Watton	5.99%	342	368.98	368.98
	SDLP	Sebastian Pierzchalski	1.52%	87	89.66
Electorate: 11,313   Valid: 5,705 (50.43%)   Spoilt: 108   Quota: 816   Turnout: 5,813 (51.38%)

2005 Election

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2005: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: No change

Coleraine Central - 6 seats^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	David McClarty*	23.18%	1,478
	DUP	James McClure*	16.68%	1,064
	DUP	Timothy Deans*	14.36%	916
	SDLP	Gerry McLaughlin*	10.88%	694	716.23	719.23	722.27	1,013.27
	UUP	Elizabeth Johnston*	7.39%	471	781.05	828.46	884.89	889.28	890.2	1,014.2
	UUP	David Barbour*	7.04%	449	608.9	649.14	697.21	702.21	704.51	850.08
	Alliance	Eamon O'Hara	6.05%	386	415.25	422.03	425.26	442.65	538.33	555.68
	Independent	Russell Watton	5.96%	380	395.21	418.99	455.09	455.67	456.13
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Darragh	5.74%	366	367.56	367.56	367.75
	DUP	Adrian Parke	2.71%	173	193.28
Electorate: 11,309   Valid: 6,377 (56.39%)   Spoilt: 101   Quota: 912   Turnout: 6,478 (57.28%)

2001 Election

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance

Coleraine Central - 6 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	DUP	James McClure*	20.39%	1,426
	UUP	David McClarty*	19.95%	1,395
	SDLP	Gerry McLaughlin*	17.62%	1,232
	UUP	Elizabeth Johnston*	14.53%	1,016
	DUP	Timothy Deans	10.00%	699	1,064.12
	UUP	David Barbour*	10.25%	717	761.8	1,103.56
	Alliance	Eamon O'Hara*	7.26%	508	515.36	564.32
Electorate: 11,571   Valid: 6,993 (60.44%)   Spoilt: 137   Quota: 1,000   Turnout: 7,130 (61.62%)

1997 Election

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

1993-1997 Change: No change

Coleraine Central - 6 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	UUP	David McClarty*	24.94%	1,255
	DUP	James McClure*	18.70%	941
	SDLP	Gerry McLaughlin*	14.49%	729
	UUP	David Barbour	10.51%	529	702.8	714.8	724.8
	UUP	Elizabeth Johnston*	8.70%	438	627.64	644.68	668.92	871.92
	Alliance	Eamon O'Hara	5.96%	300	327.72	328.2	542.36	591.44	631.44	640.48	644.32
	DUP	Marie McAllister*	5.50%	277	324.96	498.24	502.92	555.72	639.72	640	641.92
	UUP	Daniel Christie	5.78%	291	367.56	378.36	389.24
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle	4.25%	214	226.76	227.48
	NI Women's Coalition	Avril Watson	1.15%	58	63.76	64.68
Electorate: 10,971   Valid: 5,032 (45.87%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 719   Turnout: 5,107 (46.55%)

1993 Election

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

Coleraine Central - 6 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	James McClure*	23.21%	1,206
	UUP	Robert White*	15.15%	787
	SDLP	Gerry McLaughlin	12.07%	627	629.4	630.4	774.4
	UUP	David McClarty*	10.47%	544	608	614	631.4	640.9	742.6	745.08
	UUP	Elizabeth Johnston	7.45%	387	432.2	434.2	443.6	448.8	600.15	600.15	824.15
	Alliance	William Mathews*	7.10%	369	377	473	544.4	546.85	565.15	592.43	629.68	652.08
	DUP	Donald Clifton	3.66%	190	443.2	443.2	449	449.8	482.45	483.07	565.22	623.32
	UUP	John Moody	6.47%	336	383.6	385	395.4	410.35	451.9	452.21
	UUP	Daniel Christie	6.33%	329	360.6	361.6	365	370.35
	Independent	Patrick McFeely*	5.79%	301	308.6	314.6
	Alliance	Lara McIlroy	2.29%	119	119.8
Electorate: 10,293   Valid: 5,195 (50.47%)   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 743   Turnout: 5,278 (51.28%)