Benbradagh (District Electoral Area)
{{Short description|District electoral area in Northern Ireland}}
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{{Infobox constituency|name=Benbradagh|type=Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council DEA|image=|caption=|year=1985|seats=5 (1985-)|members_label=Councillors|members={{unbulleted list
| {{Color box|{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}|border=darkgray}} Michael Coyle (SDLP)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Sinn Féin}}|border=darkgray}} Seán McGlinchey (SF)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Sinn Féin}}|border=darkgray}} Kathleen McGurk (SF)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Sinn Féin}}|border=darkgray}} Dermot Nicholl (SF)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}|border=darkgray}} Edgar Scott (DUP)
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File:Causeway Coast and Glens Benbradagh highlight.svg
File:Limavady 1993 Benbradagh highlight.svg
Benbradagh is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland.[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-25357751 Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations], BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 The district elects five members to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and contains the wards of Altahullion, Ballykelly, Dungiven, Feeny and Greysteel.[https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/nlgccg.htm], ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 Benbradagh forms part of the East Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Limavady Area B which had existed since 1973, where it contained five wards (Dungiven, Feeny, Forest, The Highlands and Upper Glenshane). For the 2014 local elections it gained part of the abolished Bellarena DEA around Ballykelly.
Councillors
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! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | Councillor ! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | Councillor ! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | Councillor ! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | Councillor ! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | Councillor |
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| 2023
! rowspan = "11" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | ! rowspan = "5" | Seán McGlinchey ! rowspan = "7" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | ! rowspan = "4" | Dermot Nicholl ! rowspan = "7" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | ! rowspan = "3" | Kathleen McGurk ! rowspan = "11" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | ! rowspan = "1" | Michael Coyle ! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | ! rowspan = "2" | Edgar Scott |
| 2019
! rowspan = "3" | Orla Beattie |
| May 2018 Co-Option
! rowspan = "3" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Traditional Unionist Voice}}" | ! rowspan = "6" | Boyd Douglas |
| 2014
! rowspan = "2" | Tony McCaul |
| 2011
! rowspan = "2" | Brenda Chivers ! rowspan = "5" | Michael Coyle |
| 2005
! rowspan = "2" | Marion Donaghy ! rowspan = "1" | Cathal Hasson ! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Unionist}}" | |
| 2001
! rowspan = "1" | Anne Brolly ! rowspan = "1" | Francis Brolly |
| 1997
! rowspan = "1" | Malachy O'Kane ! rowspan = "4" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | ! rowspan = "4" | Max Gault ! rowspan = "3" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | ! rowspan = "3" | Gerard Lynch ! rowspan = "4" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | |
| 1993
! rowspan = "2" | Thomas Donaghy ! rowspan = "3" | David Robinson |
| 1989
! rowspan = "2" | Lawrence Hegarty |
| 1985
! rowspan = "1" | Michael McGonigle ! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | ! rowspan = "1" | Michael Hasson |
2023 Election
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: No change
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|candidate=Sean McGlinchey*
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|candidate=Kathleen McGurk*
|percentage=14.92%
|count1=1,172
|count2= 1,640.00
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|party=Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate=Edgar Scott*
|percentage=15.68%
|count1=1,231
|count2= 1,231.00
|count3= 1,231.30
|count4=1,231.57
|count5=1,256.38
|count6=1,755.38
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party=Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate=Michael Coyle
|percentage=5.62%
|count1=441
|count2= 461.70
|count3=549.60
|count4=710.52
|count5=991.86
|count6=1,067.60
|count7=1,187.60
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party=Aontú
|candidate=Liam McElhinney
|percentage=6.29%
|count1=494
|count2= 546.20
|count3=645.80
|count4=690.08
|count6=812.25
|count5=805.25
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party=Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate=Robert Carmichael
|percentage=7.64%
|count1=600
|count2= 600.00
|count3 = 601.20
|count4 = 601.47
|count5=659.94
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party=Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate=Christine Turner
|percentage=4.49%
|count1=353
|count2= 360.20
|count3= 389.00
|count4=420.86
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{{STV Election box candidate2
|party=Independent
|candidate=Niall Murphy
|percentage=1.48%
|count1=116
|count2= 131.60
|count3=169.40
|count4=180.20
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|electorate =13,317
|valid =7,853 (58.97%)
|spoilt =50
|quota =1,309
|turnout =7,903 (59.34%)
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2019 Election
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x TUV
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from TUV
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|candidate = Seán McGlinchey*
|count1 = 1,574
|percentage = 22.33%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Orla Beattie*
|count1 = 922
|percentage = 13.08%
|count2 = 944.5
|count3 = 1,136.75
|count4 = 1,177.75
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Kathleen McGurk*
|count1 = 677
|percentage = 9.60%
|count2 = 974.25
|count3 = 986
|count4 = 986
|count5 = 1,224
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Dermot Nicholl*
|count1 = 1,002
|percentage = 14.21%
|count2 = 1,029
|count3 = 1,048.25
|count4 = 1,048.25
|count5 = 1,154.25
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Edgar Scott
|count1 = 896
|percentage = 12.71%
|count2 = 896
|count3 = 909
|count4 = 1,088
|count5 = 1,107
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Traditional Unionist Voice
|candidate = Boyd Douglas*
|count1 = 581
|percentage = 8.24%
|count2 = 581.25
|count3 = 594.25
|count4 = 797.25
|count5 = 814.5
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Aontú
|candidate = Proinnsias Brolly
|count1 = 655
|percentage = 9.29%
|count2 = 692.75
|count3 = 717.75
|count4 = 718.75
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Robert Carmichael
|count1 = 410
|percentage = 5.82%
|count2 = 410
|count3 = 438
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Christine Turner
|count1 = 332
|percentage = 4.71%
|count2 = 335.5
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|numcounts = 5
|electorate = 12,560
|valid = 7,049 (56.12%)
|spoilt = 72
|quota = 1,175
|turnout = 7,121 (56.69%)
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2014 Election
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP
2011-2014 Change: No change
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|candidate = Seán McGlinchey*
|count1 = 1,460
|percentage = 24.31%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Traditional Unionist Voice
|candidate = Boyd Douglas*
|count1 = 1,160
|percentage = 19.62%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Tony McCaul*
|count1 = 632
|percentage = 10.69%
|count2 = 982.13
|count3 = 1,038.13
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Orla Beattie*
|count1 = 686
|percentage = 11.60%
|count2 = 696.89
|count3 = 991.89
|count4 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Dermot Nicholl*
|count1 = 833
|percentage = 14.09%
|count2 = 904.61
|count3 = 930.79
|count4 = 932.29
|count5 = 959.29
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Edgar Scott*
|count1 = 750
|percentage = 12.68%
|count2 = 750.99
|count3 = 751.99
|count4 = 915.79
|count5 = 915.79
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Michael Coyle*
|count1 = 392
|percentage = 6.63%
|count2 = 428.96
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 5
|electorate = 11,904
|valid = 5,913 (49.67%)
|spoilt = 92
|quota = 986
|turnout = 6,005 (50.45%)
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2011 Election
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: United Unionist joins TUV
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Sean McGlinchey
|count1 = 862
|percentage = 19.80%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Brenda Chivers*
|count1 = 776
|percentage = 17.83%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Tony McCaul
|count1 = 420
|percentage = 9.65%
|count2 = 425
|count3 = 491.72
|count4 = 514.16
|count5 = 819.16
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Michael Coyle*
|count1 = 567
|percentage = 13.03%
|count2 = 624
|count3 = 633.92
|count4 = 641.42
|count5 = 696.36
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Traditional Unionist Voice
|candidate = Boyd Douglas*
|count1 = 669
|percentage = 15.37%
|count2 = 679
|count3 = 679.16
|count4 = 679.4
|count5 = 683.94
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = Edgar Scott
|count1 = 556
|percentage = 12.77%
|count2 = 568
|count3 = 568.48
|count4 = 568.66
|count5 = 568.66
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Rory Donaghy
|count1 = 396
|percentage = 9.10%
|count2 = 401
|count3 = 453.16
|count4 = 467.68
|count5 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Siobhan Carr
|count1 = 107
|percentage = 2.46%
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 5
|electorate = 7,418
|valid = 4,353 (58.68%)
|spoilt = 89
|quota = 726
|turnout = 4,442 (59.88%)
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2005 Election
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: No change
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|numcounts= 6
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{{STV Election box candidate without party link|
|party = United Unionist
|candidate = Boyd Douglas*
|count1 = 922
|percentage = 20.85%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Michael Coyle*
|count1 = 635
|percentage = 14.36%
|count2 = 635.6
|count3 = 833.6
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Cathal Hasson
|count1 = 666
|percentage = 15.06%
|count2 = 666
|count3 = 676
|count4 = 699.14
|count5 = 1,038.14
|count6 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Brenda Chivers
|count1 = 611
|percentage = 13.82%
|count2 = 611.2
|count3 = 631.2
|count4 = 657.9
|count5 = 682.79
|count6 = 851.15
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Marion Donaghy*
|count1 = 484
|percentage = 10.95%
|count2 = 484.2
|count3 = 502.2
|count4 = 530.68
|count5 = 606.02
|count6 = 737.58
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{{STV Election box candidate without party link|
|party = United Unionist
|candidate = Samuel Oliver
|count1 = 406
|percentage = 9.18%
|count2 = 585
|count3 = 585.6
|count4 = 593.61
|count5 = 593.61
|count6 = 593.61
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Martin McGuigan
|count1 = 442
|percentage = 10.00%
|count2 = 442.2
|count3 = 442.2
|count4 = 451.1
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Evelyn Donaghy
|count1 = 256
|percentage = 5.79%
|count2 = 256.6
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 6
|electorate = 6,956
|valid = 4,422 (63.57%)
|spoilt = 97
|quota = 738
|turnout = 4,519 (64.97%)
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2001 Election
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin (two seats) gain from UUP and SDLP, United Unionist leaves UUP
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|numcounts= 6
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Anne Brolly
|count1 = 1,056
|percentage = 20.96%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Francis Brolly
|count1 = 917
|percentage = 18.21%
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{{STV Election box candidate without party link|
|party = United Unionist
|candidate = Boyd Douglas*
|count1 = 748
|percentage = 14.85%
|count2 = 748.42
|count3 = 918.42
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Michael Coyle*
|count1 = 559
|percentage = 11.10%
|count2 = 584.41
|count3 = 587.41
|count4 = 587.41
|count5 = 600.46
|count6 = 978.46
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Marion Donaghy
|count1 = 559
|percentage = 11.10%
|count2 = 732.67
|count3 = 732.67
|count4 = 732.67
|count5 = 793.42
|count6 = 841.2
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{{STV Election box candidate without party link|
|party = United Unionist
|candidate = Mark Gibson
|count1 = 442
|percentage = 8.78%
|count2 = 442
|count3 = 508
|count4 = 585.28
|count5 = 585.28
|count6 = 588.28
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Gerard Lynch*
|count1 = 497
|percentage = 9.87%
|count2 = 509.39
|count3 = 512.39
|count4 = 512.85
|count5 = 515.73
|count6 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = John Murray
|count1 = 259
|percentage = 5.14%
|count2 = 259
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 6
|electorate = 6,750
|valid = 5,037 (74.62%)
|spoilt = 112
|quota = 840
|turnout = 5,149 (76.28%)
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1997 Election
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: No change
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|numcounts= 3
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Boyd Douglas
|count1 = 1,072
|percentage = 25.65%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Michael Coyle*
|count1 = 1,013
|percentage = 24.23%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Malachy O'Kane
|count1 = 876
|percentage = 20.96%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Max Gault*
|count1 = 409
|percentage = 9.78%
|count2 = 777.55
|count3 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Gerard Lynch*
|count1 = 442
|percentage = 10.57%
|count2 = 443.05
|count3 = 739.06
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Eddie-Jo Lynn
|count1 = 368
|percentage = 8.80%
|count2 = 368
|count3 = 384.5
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 3
|electorate = 6,447
|valid = 4,180 (64.84%)
|spoilt = 76
|quota = 697
|turnout = 4,256 (66.02%)
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1993 Election
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989–1993 Change: No change
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|numcounts= 5
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = David Robinson*
|count1 = 1,042
|percentage = 26.86%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Michael Coyle
|count1 = 999
|percentage = 25.75%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Thomas Donaghy*
|count1 = 802
|percentage = 20.68%
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Max Gault*
|count1 = 415
|percentage = 10.70%
|count2 = 800.32
|count3 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Gerard Lynch*
|count1 = 294
|percentage = 7.58%
|count2 = 295.14
|count3 = 610.34
|count4 = 614.34
|count5 = 636.38
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Kevin Kelly
|count1 = 327
|percentage = 8.43%
|count2 = 327.76
|count3 = 364.16
|count4 = 509.16
|count5 = 509.54
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 5
|electorate = 6,155
|valid = 3,879 (63.02%)
|spoilt = 97
|quota = 647
|turnout = 3,976 (64.60%)
}}
1989 Election
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1985–1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
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|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Lawrence Hegarty*
|count1 = 987
|percentage = 26.75%
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|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = David Robinson*
|count1 = 939
|percentage = 25.45%
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|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Thomas Donaghy
|count1 = 793
|percentage = 21.49%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Max Gault*
|count1 = 446
|percentage = 12.09%
|count2 = 446.84
|count3 = 768.84
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Gerard Lynch
|count1 = 182
|percentage = 4.93%
|count2 = 523.04
|count3 = 523.74
|count4 = 528.8
|count5 = 542.1
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Michael Hasson*
|count1 = 343
|percentage = 9.30%
|count2 = 368.62
|count3 = 368.62
|count4 = 533.3
|count5 = 533.65
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|numcounts = 5
|electorate = 5,745
|valid = 3,690 (64.23%)
|spoilt = 104
|quota = 616
|turnout = 3,794 (66.04%)
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1985 Election
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
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|numcounts= 6
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|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Michael McGonigle
|count1 = 880
|percentage = 22.58%
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|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = David Robinson*
|count1 = 825
|percentage = 21.17%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = Max Gault*
|count1 = 336
|percentage = 8.62%
|count2 = 336
|count3 = 480.48
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = Lawrence Hegarty*
|count1 = 585
|percentage = 15.01%
|count2 = 598
|count3 = 598
|count4 = 599
|count5 = 811
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Michael Hasson
|count1 = 367
|percentage = 9.42%
|count2 = 564.6
|count3 = 564.6
|count4 = 565.6
|count5 = 598.42
|count6 = 624.42
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Denis Farren*
|count1 = 404
|percentage = 10.37%
|count2 = 412.06
|count3 = 413.32
|count4 = 413.74
|count5 = 464.78
|count6 = 549.78
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = James Brolly
|count1 = 316
|percentage = 8.11%
|count2 = 320.94
|count3 = 321.15
|count4 = 321.15
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = John McKay
|count1 = 184
|percentage = 4.72%
|count2 = 184
|count3 = 208.99
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|numcounts = 6
|electorate = 5,653
|valid = 3,897 (68.94%)
|spoilt = 92
|quota = 650
|turnout = 3,989 (70.56%)
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