Coleraine Area A was one of the three district electoral areas in Coleraine, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected six members to Coleraine Borough Council, and formed part of the Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Agivey, Castlerock, Garvagh, Kilrea, Macosquin and Ringsend. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Bann DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Robert Catherwood (DUP) | Thomas Malone (DUP) | William King (UUP) | George McIlrath (UUP) | Gerard O'Kane (SDLP) | John Dallat (SDLP) | ||||||
| 1977 | James Anderson (UUP) | William Watt (Independent Unionist) | ||||||||||
| 1973 | Leslie Morrell (UUP) | Robert McMaster (UUP) | J. H. McElfatrick (UUP) | Patrick Cassidy (SDLP) | ||||||||
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1981: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP
1977-1981 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Independent Unionist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SDLP | John Dallat * | 15.14% | 1,061 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Gerard O'Kane | 12.86% | 901 | 925 | 975.7 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | William King* | 12.33% | 864 | 883 | 883.1 | 890.15 | 943.15 | 1,235.15 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | George McIlrath* | 9.85% | 690 | 702 | 702.25 | 712.25 | 910.25 | 1,058.25 | |||
| DUP | Thomas Malone | 11.17% | 783 | 784 | 784 | 983 | 992 | 1,026 | |||
| DUP | Robert Catherwood* | 9.70% | 680 | 682 | 682 | 802 | 827 | 888 | 969 | 998.68 | |
| Ind. Unionist | William Watt* | 10.06% | 705 | 725 | 725.65 | 745.65 | 773.65 | 788.65 | 898.65 | 924.41 | |
| Ulster Unionist | James Anderson* | 6.36% | 446 | 460 | 460 | 464 | 562 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Mayne Long | 5.64% | 395 | 405 | 405 | 413 | |||||
| DUP | Irwin Holmes | 5.22% | 366 | 368 | 368.1 | ||||||
| Alliance | Anne Lambert | 1.67% | 117 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 8,960 Valid: 7,008 (78.21%) Spoilt: 179 Quota: 1,002 Turnout: 7,187 (80.21%) | |||||||||||
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| DUP | Robert Catherwood | 10.04% | 605 | 606 | 609 | 1,015 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | James Anderson* | 12.63% | 761 | 762 | 790 | 822 | 871.28 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | George McIlrath | 9.01% | 543 | 543 | 573 | 582 | 604.88 | 926.88 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | William King | 11.19% | 674 | 675 | 706 | 730 | 764.32 | 878.32 | ||
| Ind. Unionist | William Watt* | 10.34% | 623 | 624 | 668 | 689 | 719.36 | 796.28 | 861.02 | |
| SDLP | John Dallat | 10.34% | 623 | 709 | 819 | 819 | 819 | 819 | 819.39 | |
| SDLP | Patrick Cassidy* | 9.16% | 552 | 592 | 751 | 751 | 751.44 | 751.44 | 751.83 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Robert McMaster* | 8.37% | 504 | 506 | 515 | 526 | 540.96 | |||
| DUP | Robert Campbell | 5.64% | 508 | 508 | 512 | |||||
| Alliance | Martha McGrath | 4.66% | 281 | 283 | ||||||
| Republican Clubs | Jerry Mullan | 3.44% | 207 | 210 | ||||||
| SDLP | Robert Tosh | 2.37% | 143 | |||||||
| Electorate: 9,014 Valid: 6,024 (66.83%) Spoilt: 260 Quota: 861 Turnout: 6,284 (69.71%) | ||||||||||
1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Ind. Unionist | William Watt | 16.24% | 1,121 | |||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Leslie Morrell | 15.57% | 1,075 | |||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | James Anderson | 13.41% | 926 | 941.36 | 987.52 | |||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | J. H. McElfatrick | 9.34% | 645 | 678.12 | 689.16 | 706 | 718.48 | 767.32 | 768.44 | 803.52 | 807.52 | 1,099.52 | ||
| SDLP | Patrick Cassidy | 7.87% | 543 | 543.12 | 543.36 | 545.48 | 572.2 | 574.32 | 596.32 | 702.56 | 970.64 | 972.72 | 972.72 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Robert McMaster | 7.88% | 544 | 568.6 | 577.96 | 583.8 | 595.44 | 629.4 | 630.4 | 658.32 | 660.32 | 850.48 | 961.66 | |
| SDLP | P. McIntyre | 8.00% | 552 | 552.24 | 552.24 | 552.24 | 555.32 | 555.44 | 566.44 | 631.68 | 744.04 | 745.32 | 745.32 | |
| Ulster Unionist | G. Campbell | 5.58% | 385 | 396.64 | 408.64 | 420.4 | 435.68 | 476.72 | 477.72 | 533.84 | 533.84 | |||
| Republican Clubs | J. B. McNicholl | 3.98% | 275 | 275.24 | 275.24 | 275.24 | 276.36 | 276.36 | 467.36 | 474.56 | ||||
| Alliance | J. B. Austin | 4.74% | 327 | 330.24 | 331.92 | 332.16 | 345.68 | 351.6 | 351.6 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | Jerry Mullan | 3.22% | 222 | 222 | 222 | 222 | 230.12 | 230.12 | ||||||
| Independent | H. McMaster | 2.20% | 152 | 164.6 | 167.96 | 176.4 | 182.88 | |||||||
| Independent | C. R. Lee | 1.22% | 84 | 109.56 | 110.12 | 112.24 | ||||||||
| Independent | S. Boyd | 0.77% | 53 | 57.8 | 58.28 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 8,878 Valid: 6,904 (77.77%) Spoilt: 64 Quota: 987 Turnout: 6,968 (78.49%) | ||||||||||||||
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