The Skerries (District Electoral Area)
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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.
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.
| Election | 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) |
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