Coleraine Area C was one of the three district electoral areas in Coleraine, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected seven 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 Central, Churchland, Cross Glebe, Mount Sandel, The Cuts, university and Waterside. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by Coleraine Town DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | James McClure (DUP) | Robert Bolton (DUP) | Robert White (UUP) | Paul Baxter (UUP) | William McNabb (Independent) | Randall Crawford (Independent) | James McFeely (Independent) | |||||||
| 1977 | Matthew Adams (UUP) | Victor Hanson (UUP) | William Mathews (Alliance) | |||||||||||
| 1973 | James Edwards (UUP) | I. Wilson (UUP) | ||||||||||||
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1981: 3 x Independent, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1977-1981 Change: DUP and Independent gain from UUP and Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| DUP | James McClure * | 36.16% | 3,203 | ||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert White* | 15.51% | 1,374 | ||||||||||
| Independent | James McFeely* | 13.25% | 1,174 | ||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Paul Baxter | 6.94% | 615 | 800.46 | 863.35 | 864.13 | 872.8 | 959.61 | 979.83 | 1,186.83 | |||
| Independent | William McNabb | 8.42% | 746 | 909.02 | 935.24 | 953.72 | 968.95 | 1,007.37 | 1,018.35 | 1,096.82 | 1,116.82 | ||
| Independent | Randall Crawford* | 5.28% | 468 | 627.72 | 652.23 | 658.77 | 664.87 | 686.75 | 707.44 | 798.61 | 815.66 | 1,086.08 | |
| DUP | Robert Bolton | 0.78% | 69 | 634.62 | 637.85 | 637.85 | 637.85 | 643.55 | 781.35 | 824.6 | 847.15 | 873.36 | |
| DUP | Robert McElfatrick | 0.68% | 60 | 588.66 | 591.32 | 591.5 | 594.48 | 601.63 | 729.34 | 764.44 | 773.79 | 794.16 | |
| Alliance | William Mathews* | 5.64% | 500 | 525.08 | 545.6 | 571.34 | 573.84 | 663.43 | 667.94 | 700.07 | 709.42 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Matthew Adams* | 4.01% | 355 | 469.84 | 537.29 | 538.01 | 541.2 | 573.36 | 581.32 | ||||
| DUP | Elizabeth Gaston | 0.44% | 39 | 328.08 | 329.22 | 329.4 | 329.4 | 336.61 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Antony Alcock | 0.54% | 48 | 58.56 | 90.86 | 90.86 | 90.86 | ||||||
| Green (NI) | Avril McCandless | 0.91% | 81 | 84.3 | 84.49 | 86.77 | 88.89 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Hunter | 0.44% | 39 | 56.82 | 67.65 | 67.71 | 68.77 | ||||||
| Alliance | Margaret Smith | 0.61% | 54 | 57.3 | 58.63 | 59.95 | 62.01 | ||||||
| Independent | James Leonard | 0.37% | 33 | 43.56 | 45.46 | 47.8 | |||||||
| Electorate: 12,636 Valid: 8,858 (70.10%) Spoilt: 215 Quota: 1,108 Turnout: 9,073 (71.80%) | |||||||||||||
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance
1977: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1973-1977 Change: DUP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||||
| DUP | James McClure | 30.40% | 2,111 | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent | James McFeely* | 13.12% | 911 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert White* | 11.13% | 773 | 968.62 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent | Randall Crawford* | 8.94% | 621 | 922.32 | |||||||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Matthew Adams* | 7.53% | 523 | 690.4 | 703.9 | 714.58 | 714.82 | 721.28 | 724.14 | 737.59 | 778.54 | 812.82 | 874.26 | ||||||
| Alliance | William Mathews* | 7.86% | 546 | 560.88 | 561.38 | 562.46 | 570.34 | 570.96 | 572 | 573.66 | 577.28 | 579.36 | 651.47 | 694.95 | 890.95 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Victor Hanson | 2.72% | 189 | 267.12 | 281.37 | 286.89 | 287.37 | 288.49 | 290.61 | 296.34 | 321.75 | 332.09 | 369.36 | 387.66 | 391.42 | 394.94 | 466.45 | 604.14 | |
| Independent | William McNabb | 2.97% | 206 | 299 | 301.25 | 306.89 | 309.33 | 314.55 | 322.55 | 332.88 | 338.48 | 357.08 | 375.06 | 411.18 | 430.74 | 444.18 | 490.11 | 546.1 | |
| Ulster Unionist | John Millar | 2.23% | 155 | 208.32 | 214.32 | 218.04 | 218.28 | 220.15 | 221.15 | 332.88 | 338.48 | 357.08 | 375.06 | 411.18 | 430.74 | 444.18 | 490.11 | ||
| Vanguard | Adrian Eakin | 1.31% | 91 | 255.92 | 261.17 | 273.65 | 273.65 | 276.39 | 277.39 | 284.15 | 289.85 | 293.82 | 301.41 | 309.27 | 309.35 | 309.67 | |||
| Alliance | Francis Trainor | 3.23% | 224 | 226.48 | 226.73 | 226.85 | 244.05 | 245.17 | 245.25 | 248.57 | 249.61 | 250.89 | 258.93 | 279.05 | |||||
| Independent | Henry McCormick | 1.73% | 120 | 171.46 | 172.21 | 174.25 | 177.93 | 178.05 | 184.05 | 193.21 | 198.07 | 250.67 | 253.54 | ||||||
| Ind. Unionist | James Edwards* | 2.92% | 203 | 221.6 | 226.1 | 227.42 | 227.54 | 228.91 | 234.03 | 237.65 | 240.01 | 250.5 | |||||||
| Independent | Samuel Walker | 1.22% | 85 | 120.96 | 122.96 | 124.88 | 125.48 | 137.4 | 146.12 | 160.88 | 164.24 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Charles Graham | 1.01% | 70 | 109.68 | 115.93 | 119.53 | 119.61 | 120.23 | 122.13 | 124.37 | |||||||||
| Independent | Frederick Millar | 0.69% | 48 | 73.42 | 74.67 | 76.23 | 76.71 | 79.37 | 92.64 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Samuel Oliver | 0.55% | 38 | 46.06 | 47.06 | 48.14 | 48.34 | 57.82 | |||||||||||
| Independent | Howard Platt | 0.43% | 30 | 44.88 | 45.38 | 47.54 | 47.82 | ||||||||||||
| Electorate: 11,649 Valid: 6,944 (59.61%) Spoilt: 253 Quota: 869 Turnout: 7,197 (61.78%) | |||||||||||||||||||
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert White | 16.73% | 1,269 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | James Edwards | 16.03% | 1,216 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Matthew Adams | 14.66% | 1,112 | |||||||||||||||||
| Independent | James McFeely | 9.58% | 727 | 733.75 | 735.51 | 738.17 | 740.17 | 746.62 | 769.56 | 848.7 | 852.09 | 927.34 | 934.26 | 962.26 | ||||||
| Alliance | William Mathews | 5.75% | 436 | 450.25 | 466.75 | 470.53 | 470.53 | 539.35 | 540.74 | 543.74 | 543.99 | 640.93 | 645.59 | 727.45 | 730.3 | 748.19 | 1,017.19 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | I. Wilson | 4.13% | 313 | 476 | 597.88 | 617.76 | 618.4 | 624.34 | 633.48 | 633.48 | 641.35 | 646.82 | 688.52 | 706.03 | 706.6 | 786.61 | 796.93 | 822.13 | 1,065.13 | |
| Independent | Randall Crawford | 5.10% | 387 | 402.5 | 407.78 | 422.06 | 435.31 | 436.31 | 496.72 | 496.72 | 628.96 | 628.96 | 674.81 | 694.76 | 695.9 | 753.63 | 754.1 | 758.3 | 803.81 | |
| Independent | J. Doherty | 4.27% | 324 | 335.5 | 339.8 | 359.92 | 362.06 | 365.31 | 369.92 | 373.92 | 384.12 | 386.12 | 400.55 | 428.8 | 429.94 | 501.06 | 514.45 | 545.65 | 609.49 | |
| Ulster Unionist | J. Hamill | 2.66% | 202 | 251 | 330.2 | 349.94 | 356.44 | 358.91 | 364.47 | 364.47 | 369 | 370.5 | 450.21 | 463.12 | 463.69 | 515.54 | 520.21 | 526.81 | ||
| Alliance | W. E. O'Hara | 3.11% | 236 | 239.5 | 242.14 | 242.28 | 242.28 | 253.53 | 253.53 | 258.67 | 260.67 | 303.67 | 303.67 | 327.06 | 333.9 | 337.34 | ||||
| Independent | S. J. Walker | 3.05% | 231 | 245.5 | 256.06 | 267.54 | 271.82 | 274.21 | 279.46 | 279.46 | 287.1 | 289.32 | 310.23 | 331.25 | 331.25 | |||||
| NI Labour | R. E. Adams | 2.64% | 200 | 204 | 210.16 | 214.5 | 214.5 | 217.64 | 220.78 | 236.78 | 243.06 | 249.06 | 249.89 | |||||||
| Ulster Unionist | R. H. S. Edmundson | 1.85% | 140 | 158.5 | 169.94 | 211.38 | 213.66 | 214.13 | 226.55 | 226.55 | 238.34 | 239.62 | ||||||||
| Alliance | Eileen Farrell | 2.73% | 207 | 208 | 209.1 | 209.66 | 209.66 | 218.66 | 219.8 | 233.8 | 234.8 | |||||||||
| Independent | J. Anderson | 1.70% | 129 | 132.5 | 133.16 | 142.4 | 155.79 | 158.04 | 196.62 | 196.62 | ||||||||||
| Republican Clubs | J. A. Fleming | 2.14% | 162 | 162 | 162 | 162.14 | 162.14 | 162.14 | 162.28 | |||||||||||
| Independent | A. Eakin | 1.58% | 120 | 122.75 | 124.73 | 127.95 | 148 | 148.34 | ||||||||||||
| Alliance | Hamilton | 1.46% | 111 | 115 | 117.42 | 117.98 | 117.98 | |||||||||||||
| Independent | K. Ferguson | 0.84% | 64 | 66.25 | 66.69 | 68.09 | ||||||||||||||
| Electorate: 10,886 Valid: 7,586 (69.69%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 949 Turnout: 7,694 (70.68%) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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