Limavady is a market town in County Londonderry,Northern Ireland,with Binevenagh as a backdrop. Lying 17 miles (27 km) east of Derry and 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Coleraine,Limavady had a population of 11,279 people at the 2021 Census. In the 40 years between 1971 and 2011,Limavady's population nearly doubled. Limavady is within Causeway Coast and Glens Borough.
The United Unionist Coalition (UUC),formerly known as the United Unionist Assembly Party,was a minor unionist political formation in Northern Ireland.
Ballymoney was a local government district with borough status in Northern Ireland. It was headquartered in Ballymoney. Other towns in the borough included Dervock,Dunloy,Cloughmills and Rasharkin. The borough had a population of 31,224 according to the 2011 census.
Coleraine Borough Council was a local council mainly in County Londonderry and partly in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It merged with Ballymoney Borough Council,Limavady Borough Council and Moyle District Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Causeway Coast and Glens District Council
Limavady Borough Council was a local government body in Northern Ireland. In May 2015 it merged with Coleraine Borough Council,Ballymoney Borough Council and Moyle District Council under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Causeway Coast and Glens District Council.
Cllr Norman Hillis is an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician and businessman who was a Causeway Coast and Glens Councillor for the Causeway DEA from 2014 to 2023,and a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry from 2003 to 2007.
Francis Brolly was an Irish musician,teacher and Irish republican politician from Dungiven,Northern Ireland. Brolly was a Sinn Féin Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry from 2003 to 2010.
Adrian McQuillan,is a former Northern Irish unionist politician who was a Causeway Coast and Glens Councillor for the Bann DEA from 2019 to 2023.
Norman Boyd is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland who served as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for South Antrim from 1998 to 2003.
Arthur Doherty was a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician,who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry from 1998 to 2002.
Michael Coyle is a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician in Northern Ireland,serving as a Causeway Coast and Glens Councillor for the Benbradagh DEA since 2023. Coyle was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry from 2002 to 2003.
The Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. In common with all other Northern Irish unionist parties,the TUV's political programme has as its sine qua non the preservation of Northern Ireland's place within the United Kingdom. A founding precept of the party is that "nothing which is morally wrong can be politically right".
The 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election took place on Thursday,5 May,following the dissolution of the Northern Ireland Assembly at midnight on 24 March 2011. It was the fourth election to take place since the devolved assembly was established in 1998.
The 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election was held on Thursday,5 May 2016. It was the fifth election to take place since the devolved assembly was established in 1998. 1,281,595 individuals were registered to vote in the election. Turnout in the 2016 Assembly election was 703,744 (54.9%),a decline of less than one percentage point from the previous Assembly Election in 2011,but down 15 percentage points from the first election to the Assembly held in 1998.
William Albert Boyd Douglas was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Cathal ÓhOisín is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry from 2011 to 2016. He lost his seat to his party running mate Caoimhe Archibald at the 2016 election.
The first election to Causeway Coast and Glens District Council,part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014,returned 40 members to the newly formed council via Single Transferable Vote. The Democratic Unionist Party won a plurality of first-preference votes and seats.
Gerry Mullan is a former Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician from Limavady,County Londonderry,Northern Ireland. He was an Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry from 2016 until 2017,when he was deselected by the SDLP in favour of John Dallat,who returned to politics following a short retirement.
Alan Robinson is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician,serving as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for East Londonderry since 2022. Robinson was a Causeway Coast and Glens Councillor for the Limavady DEA from 2014 to 2022.
Benbradagh is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Causeway Coast and Glens,Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and contains the wards of Altahullion,Ballykelly,Dungiven,Feeny and Greysteel. Benbradagh forms part of the East Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
