Limavady (District Electoral Area)

Limavady 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 Coolessan, Drumsurn, Greystone, Magilligan and Roeside.^[2] Limavady forms part of the East Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Limavady
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	5 (1985-)
Councillors	Steven Callaghan (DUP)   Aaron Callan (DUP)   Brenda Chivers (SF)   Amy Mairs (APNI)   Ashleen Schenning (SDLP)

Limavady DEA within Causeway Coast and Glens

Limavady Town DEA (1993-2014) within Limavady

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Limavady Area C which had existed since 1973, where it was called Limavady Town until 2014, and contained five wards (Binevenagh, Coolessan, Enagh, Rathbrady and Roeside). For the 1993 local elections Binevenagh was replaced with Greystone. For the 2014 local elections it gained most of the abolished Bellarena DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2023		Brenda Chivers (Sinn Féin)		Ashleen Schenning (SDLP)		Amy Mairs (Alliance)		Steven Callaghan (DUP)		Aaron Callan (DUP)/ (UUP)
June 2022 Co-Option						James McCorkell (DUP)/ (Independent)
June 2021 Defection								Alan Robinson (DUP)
2019
October 2016 Defection				John Deighan (SDLP)
June 2016 Co-Option
2014				Gerry Mullan (SDLP)
2011		Anne Brolly (Sinn Féin)								John Rankin (UUP)
2005						George Robinson (DUP)
2001		Brian Brown (Independent)		Desmond Lowry (SDLP)				John Dolan (UUP)
1997		Barry Doherty (SDLP)								Ronald Cartwright (UUP)
1993
1989				Norman Reynolds (UUP)
1985				Samuel Millar (UUP)

2023 Election

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

2023: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Limavady - 5 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Brenda Chivers*	29.85%	1,800
	DUP	Steven Callaghan*	16.75%	1,010
	SDLP	Ashleen Schenning*	7.35%	443	974.84	1,049.84
	DUP	Aaron Callan*	8.22%	496	496.48	505.48	506.48	906.96	1,068.96
	Alliance	Amy Mairs	9.07%	547	674.20	754.56	789.56	794.56	914.40	931.65
	Independent	James McCorkell*	9.32%	562	567.28	594.56	597.56	649.56	850.56	895.41
	UUP	Barry Crawford	8.47%	511	513.40	522.76	523.76	541.76
	DUP	Jordan Wallace	7.93%	478	479.92	485.92	485.92
	Aontú	John Boyle	2.54%	153	269.64
	Independent	Billy Stewart	0.51%	31	32.92
Electorate: 11,615   Valid: 6,031 (51.92%)   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 1,006   Turnout: 6,081 (52.35%)

2019 Election

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

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

2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Limavady - 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Alan Robinson* †	26.91%	1,498
	Sinn Féin	Brenda Chivers*	18.58%	1,034
	DUP	James McCorkell* ‡	11.75%	654	1,018.8
	DUP	Aaron Callan*	6.92%	385	533.58	534.13	603.21	615.19	922.91
	SDLP	Ashleen Schenning	9.33%	519	523.94	578.5	585.5	810.91	831.38
	Alliance	Kevin Hayward	10.01%	557	564.22	571.92	584.68	649.3	734.2
	UUP	Raymond Kennedy	7.28%	405	424.76	425.09	510.04	513.04
	Aontú	Francie Brolly	6.06%	337	339.28	378	380.22
	TUV	Colin Cartwright	3.16%	176	190.82	191.15
Electorate: 11,197   Valid: 5,565 (50.51%)   Spoilt: 51   Quota: 928   Turnout: 5,616 (50.15%)

2014 Election

2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2011-2014 Change: No change

Limavady - 5 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Alan Robinson*	26.43%	1,451
	DUP	James McCorkell*	8.41%	462	840.88	859.1	864.1	1,105.1
	Sinn Féin	Brenda Chivers*	14.51%	797	797	798	843.74	843.74	843.74	1,177.74
	SDLP	Gerry Mullan*†	10.49%	576	582.66	591.4	778.4	782.51	783.51	820.88	1,013.88
	UUP	Aaron Callan ‡	8.23%	452	485.3	500.04	507.15	546.72	607.72	608.09	608.09	610.09	815.11
	UUP	Raymond Kennedy	7.18%	394	408.8	416.17	418.17	446.38	521.38	521.38	522.38	528.38	682.3
	Sinn Féin	Rory Donaghy*	6.77%	372	373.11	373.11	381.11	382.11	382.11
	TUV	Howard Gordon	5.92%	325	343.87	366.98	370.72	390.71
	DUP	Jonathan Holmes	5.32%	292	353.79	362.53	365.53
	SDLP	Jason Allen	4.88%	268	270.96	276.96
	UKIP	Richard Nicholl	1.86%	102	109.03
Electorate: 10,998   Valid: 5,491 (49.93%)   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 916   Turnout: 5,579 (50.73%)

2011 Election

2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2005-2011 Change: No change

Limavady Town - 5 seats^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Alan Robinson*	29.42%	903
	Sinn Féin	Anne Brolly*	18.05%	554
	DUP	James McCorkell	6.16%	189	349.16	353.48	353.66	367.42	617.98
	UUP	John Rankin*	11.27%	346	414.2	429.64	429.73	486.7	503.86
	SDLP	Gerry Mullan*	11.21%	344	347.08	386.52	420.99	498.38	503.82
	UUP	Aaron Callan	8.05%	247	269.44	286.44	286.62	322.59	331.35
	DUP	Jim Quigg	5.08%	156	276.56	281.56	281.92	295.36
	Independent	Brian Brown	6.42%	197	203.6	240.04	245.35
	Alliance	Damien Corr	4.33%	133	136.08
Electorate: 6,058   Valid: 3,069 (50.66%)   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 512   Turnout: 3,116 (51.44%)

2005 Election

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

2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and Independent

Limavady Town - 5 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	DUP	George Robinson*	23.50%	876
	DUP	Alan Robinson	20.61%	768
	Sinn Féin	Anne Brolly*	17.63%	657
	UUP	John Rankin*	12.66%	472	662.35
	SDLP	Gerry Mullan*	11.11%	414	416.48	418.46	661.46
	UUP	John Dolan*	7.54%	281	374	511.94	513.94
	SDLP	Gareth Peoples	6.95%	259	260.55	262.97
Electorate: 6,322   Valid: 3,727 (58.95%)   Spoilt: 58   Quota: 622   Turnout: 3,785 (59.87%)

2001 Election

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

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

1997-2001 Change: Independent gain from SDLP

Limavady Town - 5 seats^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	George Robinson*	30.30%	1,430
	UUP	John Dolan*	8.11%	383	592.76	703.62	819.74
	UUP	John Rankin	7.88%	372	502.64	681.8	816.88
	Independent	Brian Brown	13.60%	642	704.1	713.86	768.18	793.18
	SDLP	Desmond Lowry*	11.48%	542	544.76	544.76	545.22	784.68
	SDLP	John Kerr	11.23%	530	532.76	532.76	533.76	627.76
	Sinn Féin	Malachy O'Kane*	8.88%	419	419.92	419.92	419.92
	United Unionist	Alister Smyth	3.41%	161	316.02	322.32
	UUP	Raymond Kennedy	5.11%	241	309.08
Electorate: 6,877   Valid: 4,720 (68.63%)   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 787   Turnout: 4,779 (69.49%)

1997 Election

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1993-1997 Change: No change

Limavady Town - 5 seats^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	DUP	George Robinson*	18.47%	837
	SDLP	Desmond Lowry*	16.75%	759
	UUP	Ronald Cartwright*	16.09%	729	800
	UUP	John Dolan*	16.29%	738	782
	SDLP	Barry Doherty*	16.31%	739	779
	UUP	Norman Reynolds	10.68%	484	549
	DUP	Victor Wilson	3.47%	157
	NI Women's Coalition	Paula Taylor	1.94%	88
Electorate: 7,113   Valid: 4,531 (63.70%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 756   Turnout: 4,606 (64.75%)

1993 Election

1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1989–1993 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

Limavady Town - 5 seats^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	DUP	George Robinson*	19.40%	884
	SDLP	Barry Doherty*	17.60%	802
	UUP	Ronald Cartwright*	17.34%	790
	UUP	John Dolan*	15.80%	720	771
	SDLP	Desmond Lowry	16.52%	753	755	758.23
	UUP	Norman Reynolds*	12.11%	522	548	665.13
	DUP	John Murray	1.89%	86
Electorate: 6,959   Valid: 4,557 (65.48%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 760   Turnout: 4,623 (66.43%)

1989 Election

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1985–1989 Change: No change

Limavady Town - 5 seats^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	UUP	Ronald Cartwright*	23.80%	961
	DUP	George Robinson*	22.67%	915
	SDLP	Barry Doherty*	16.99%	686
	UUP	John Dolan*	11.94%	482	723.2
	UUP	Norman Reynolds	9.26%	374	412.1	639.98	698.98
	SDLP	Brian McWilliams	9.36%	378	378.6	379.41	481.41
	Alliance	Joseph McGuigan	5.97%	241	244.3	250.24
Electorate: 6,571   Valid: 4,037 (61.44%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 673   Turnout: 4,112 (62.58%)

1985 Election

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

Limavady Town - 5 seats^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SDLP	Barry Doherty*	22.22%	887
	UUP	Ronald Cartwright	19.94%	796
	UUP	John Dolan	19.34%	772
	UUP	Samuel Millar	9.99%	399	399.5	505.58	584.1	625.31	680.31
	DUP	George Robinson	6.71%	268	268	270.24	274.4	377.42	390.73	618.73
	SDLP	Brian McWilliams	5.94%	237	438.25	438.25	439.16	439.29	526.45	534.45
	Ind. Unionist	William Norris*	6.24%	249	249.75	261.27	270.24	281.82	314.99
	Alliance	John Mullan	5.71%	228	239.5	242.86	243.9	247.41
	DUP	Eric Caldwell	3.91%	156	156.5	159.86	165.45
Electorate: 5,758   Valid: 3,992 (69.33%)   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 666   Turnout: 4,045 (70.25%)