The Skerries was one of the district electoral areas in Coleraine, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014, one of three DEAs from 1985 to 1993 and one of four DEAs from 1993 to 2014. The district elected seven members to Coleraine Borough Council until 1993, and five until 2014, and formed part of the East Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
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It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Coleraine Area B which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Atlantic, Dunluce, Hopefield, Knockantern, Portstewart, Royal Portrush and Strand. For the 1993 local elections, it was reduced by two wards, losing the Dunluce area to the new Coleraine East DEA. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and replaced with the new Causeway DEA.
Councillors
editElection | Councillor (Party) |
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2011 | Maura Hickey (SDLP) |
Christine Alexander (Independent) |
Norman Hillis (UUP) |
Barney Fitzpatrick (Alliance) |
Mark Fielding (DUP) |
5 seats 1993–2014 |
5 seats 1993–2014 | |||||||
2005 | Sandy Gilkinson (DUP) |
Robert Stewart (DUP) | ||||||||||||
2001 | Billy Leonard (SDLP) |
Pauline Armitage (UUP) | ||||||||||||
1997 | Barbara Dempsey (Alliance) | |||||||||||||
1993 | Patrick McGowan (Alliance) |
Samuel Kane (UUP) | ||||||||||||
1989 | Elizabeth Black (UUP) |
William Glenn (UUP) |
William Creelman (DUP) |
Robert Mitchell (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist) | ||||||||||
1985 | Matthew Kane (DUP) |
2011 Election
edit2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2011: 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Alliance | Barney Fitzpatrick | 15.99% | 635 | 636 | 649 | 676 | |||||
Independent | Christine Alexander* | 14.85% | 590 | 594 | 651 | 670 | |||||
DUP | Mark Fielding | 14.15% | 562 | 572 | 593 | 594 | 594.61 | 618.61 | 823.61 | ||
UUP | Norman Hillis* | 10.45% | 415 | 424 | 447 | 448 | 448 | 624 | 688 | ||
SDLP | Maura Hickey* | 8.61% | 342 | 342 | 348 | 534 | 544.98 | 552.98 | 560.98 | 571.98 | |
Independent | Noel Kennedy | 8.41% | 334 | 352 | 391 | 398 | 399.22 | 423.22 | 431.22 | 466.22 | |
DUP | Sandy Gilkinson* | 6.65% | 264 | 281 | 299 | 299 | 299 | 324 | |||
UUP | Lesley MacAuley | 6.62% | 263 | 267 | 291 | 291 | 291 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Christopher O'Neill | 6.92% | 275 | 275 | 280 | ||||||
Independent | James Davies | 2.92% | 116 | 117 | |||||||
UKIP | Adrian Parke | 2.29% | 91 | 105 | |||||||
TUV | Michael Wiggins | 2.14% | 85 | ||||||||
Electorate: 8,167 Valid: 3,972 (48.63%) Spoilt: 62 Quota: 663 Turnout: 4,034 (49.39%) |
2005 Election
edit2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Independent | Christine Alexander* | 17.99% | 846 | ||||||
DUP | Robert Stewart* | 16.44% | 773 | 778 | 779 | 786.92 | |||
UUP | Norman Hillis* | 14.82% | 697 | 733 | 737 | 749.72 | 1,065.72 | ||
SDLP | Maura Hickey | 8.89% | 418 | 441 | 698 | 706.08 | 718.56 | 734.56 | |
DUP | Sandy Gilkinson | 11.68% | 549 | 557 | 557 | 561.72 | 634.2 | 733.2 | |
Alliance | Barney Fitzpatrick | 9.68% | 455 | 500 | 540 | 560.16 | 613.88 | 706.88 | |
UUP | Stephen Barr | 9.57% | 450 | 477 | 479 | 486.76 | |||
Sinn Féin | Valerie Leonard | 7.49% | 352 | 356 | |||||
Independent | Barbara Dempsey | 3.45% | 162 | ||||||
Electorate: 8,162 Valid: 4,702 (57.61%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 784 Turnout: 4,767 (58.40%) |
2001 Election
edit1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SDLP | Billy Leonard | 18.41% | 988 | |||||
DUP | Robert Stewart* | 12.58% | 675 | 943 | ||||
UUP | Norman Hillis* | 11.65% | 625 | 642 | 643.76 | 961.76 | ||
UUP | Pauline Armitage* | 13.59% | 729 | 753 | 754.32 | 859.98 | 910.73 | |
Independent | Christine Alexander* | 14.11% | 757 | 763 | 782.69 | 842.13 | 851.13 | |
Alliance | Barbara Dempsey* | 12.69% | 681 | 686 | 751.89 | 776.66 | 782.66 | |
UUP | Samuel Kane | 10.29% | 552 | 565 | 567.53 | |||
DUP | Sandy Gilkinson | 6.69% | 359 | |||||
Electorate: 8,800 Valid: 5,366 (60.98%) Spoilt: 85 Quota: 895 Turnout: 5,451 (61.94%) |
1997 Election
edit1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1993-1997 Change: Independent gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
UUP | Pauline Armitage* | 19.04% | 841 | ||||||||
Independent | Christine Alexander | 17.75% | 784 | ||||||||
UUP | Norman Hillis* | 10.64% | 470 | 477 | 534.6 | 543.12 | 570.26 | 586.4 | 876.4 | ||
DUP | Robert Stewart* | 10.12% | 447 | 450 | 453.84 | 457.68 | 662.52 | 666.06 | 786.06 | ||
Alliance | Barbara Dempsey | 8.13% | 359 | 362 | 368.84 | 379.04 | 383.34 | 603.66 | 625.92 | 672.92 | |
SDLP | Patricia Farren | 11.00% | 486 | 486 | 486.24 | 492.36 | 493.48 | 537.5 | 539.8 | 540.8 | |
UUP | Samuel Kane* | 9.62% | 425 | 444 | 462.6 | 468.36 | 489.08 | 501.44 | |||
Alliance | Patrick McGowan* | 6.79% | 300 | 300 | 304.68 | 308.76 | 309.76 | ||||
DUP | James Milliken | 5.86% | 259 | 264 | 268.68 | 271.02 | |||||
Ind. Unionist | Thomas Mackay | 1.04% | 46 | ||||||||
Electorate: 8,975 Valid: 4,417 (49.21%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 737 Turnout: 4,509 (50.24%) |
1993 Election
edit1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
DUP | Robert Stewart* | 20.89% | 909 | ||||
Alliance | Patrick McGowan* | 19.60% | 853 | ||||
UUP | Pauline Armitage* | 17.74% | 772 | ||||
UUP | Samuel Kane | 12.50% | 544 | 582.22 | 585.58 | 732.71 | |
UUP | Norman Hillis | 11.72% | 510 | 544.23 | 550.79 | 727.56 | |
Alliance | Kate Condy | 9.56% | 416 | 419.57 | 525.65 | 553.36 | |
NI Conservatives | Robert Mitchell* | 5.74% | 250 | 268.27 | 275.47 | ||
DUP | Siobhan Watterson | 2.25% | 98 | 185.15 | 185.95 | ||
Electorate: 8,857 Valid: 4,352 (49.14%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 726 Turnout: 4,475 (50.53%) |
1989 Election
edit1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
UUP | Pauline Armitage* | 13.53% | 840 | ||||||||
UUP | Elizabeth Black* | 12.35% | 767 | 795.42 | |||||||
Alliance | Patrick McGowan* | 7.95% | 494 | 496.59 | 553.66 | 834.66 | |||||
DUP | William Creelman* | 11.66% | 724 | 727.22 | 734.22 | 735.22 | 736.12 | 845.12 | |||
UUP | William Glenn* | 11.66% | 658 | 673.12 | 678.19 | 685.54 | 695.74 | 716.02 | 936.02 | ||
DUP | Robert Stewart | 6.49% | 403 | 403.63 | 408.63 | 409.63 | 409.63 | 611.81 | 714.39 | 771.39 | |
Ind. Unionist | Robert Mitchell* | 8.20% | 509 | 511.1 | 520.1 | 533.1 | 547.8 | 574.94 | 666.77 | 741.77 | |
SDLP | Sean Farren | 7.76% | 482 | 482.21 | 537.21 | 559.21 | 584.71 | 584.71 | 588.01 | 589.01 | |
UUP | Thomas Peacock | 6.96% | 432 | 435.99 | 443.06 | 447.06 | 450.96 | 469.96 | |||
DUP | Eric Stewart | 6.10% | 379 | 379.77 | 384.77 | 384.77 | 385.97 | ||||
Alliance | Kate Condy | 5.10% | 317 | 317.49 | 346.49 | ||||||
Labour Party NI | Roberta Woods | 2.16% | 134 | 134.21 | |||||||
Green (NI) | Malcolm Samuels | 1.14% | 71 | 71 | |||||||
Electorate: 11,940 Valid: 6,210 (52.01%) Spoilt: 149 Quota: 777 Turnout: 6,359 (53.26%) |
1985 Election
edit1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
DUP | William Creelman* | 16.76% | 1,056 | ||||||||||
UUP | William Glenn* | 10.76% | 678 | 693 | 693.25 | 714.5 | 719.5 | 733 | 806 | ||||
Alliance | Patrick McGowan* | 8.63% | 544 | 545.25 | 553.25 | 555.25 | 739.25 | 740.25 | 758.25 | 799.25 | |||
UUP | Elizabeth Black | 10.00% | 630 | 636.5 | 638.5 | 648.5 | 655.75 | 659.5 | 725 | 795 | |||
DUP | Matthew Kane* | 4.68% | 295 | 362 | 364 | 379 | 380 | 581 | 600 | 633 | 973 | ||
UUP | Pauline Armitage | 8.22% | 518 | 522.5 | 523.5 | 532.5 | 535.5 | 538.5 | 570.75 | 737.25 | 790.25 | ||
UUP | Robert Mitchell* | 4.87% | 307 | 311.5 | 312.5 | 381.75 | 385.75 | 396 | 500.75 | 563.75 | 635.25 | 772.25 | |
SDLP | Sean Farren | 9.09% | 573 | 573.5 | 587.5 | 587.5 | 591.5 | 591.5 | 591.5 | 593 | 593 | 594 | |
DUP | Robert Stewart | 5.94% | 374 | 397.5 | 397.5 | 415.25 | 418.25 | 477.75 | 496 | 523.75 | |||
UUP | Hugh Stewart | 6.00% | 378 | 386 | 386 | 400.5 | 401.5 | 408.75 | 421.25 | ||||
UUP | Albert Clarke* | 5.06% | 319 | 322.25 | 322.25 | 348.25 | 352.25 | 355.25 | |||||
DUP | Roy Hilldrup | 2.78% | 175 | 301.5 | 301.5 | 306.5 | 307.5 | ||||||
Alliance | Peter Scott | 3.25% | 205 | 205.25 | 215.25 | 227.25 | |||||||
UUP | William Robinson | 3.25% | 205 | 206.75 | 207.75 | ||||||||
Green (NI) | Margaret O'Neill | 0.70% | 44 | 44.25 | |||||||||
Electorate: 11,156 Valid: 6,301 (56.48%) Spoilt: 113 Quota: 788 Turnout: 6,414 (57.49%) |
References
edit- ^ "The Skerries Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 15 July 2021.