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Limavady Borough Council
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| Limavady Borough | |
| Comhairle bhuirg Leim an Mhadaidh | |
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| Geography | |
| Area - Total - % Water |
Ranked 10th 586 km² ? % |
| Admin HQ | Limavady |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-LMV |
| ONS code | 95B |
| Demographics | |
| Population - Total (2005) - Density |
Ranked 22nd 34,147 58 / km² |
| Community | Protestant: 41.6% Catholic: 56.6% |
| Politics | |
| Limavady Borough Council http://www.limavady.gov.uk |
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| MPs | Gregory Campbell |
Limavady Borough Council (Irish: Comhairle bhuirg Leim an Mhadaidh) is a Local Council in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. Its headquarters is in the town of Limavady. The Borough has a population of over 32,000 with 63% of the population living in a rural setting. It covers an area of 586 square kilometres and includes the valley of the River Roe. It stretches from the Sperrin Mountains in the south to Benone beach, a seven mile strand on the Atlantic coast which was the first beach in Northern Ireland to be awarded a Blue Flag. Apart from Limavady other towns in the area include Dungiven and Ballykelly.
The Limavady Borough Council area consists of 3 electoral areas: Limavady Town, Benbradagh and Bellarena. The Council was established in 1973 and is made up of 15 members who are elected for a four year term using a Single Transferable Vote system.
At the last election in 2005 members from the following political parties were elected: 6 Sinn Fein, 3 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 3 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 2 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and 1 United Unionist Coalition (UUC). The posts of Mayor and Deputy Mayor are rotated annually among the political representatives of the two main traditions within the community as part of the partnership process operated by the Council. The current Mayor is Councillor John Felix McElhinney (SF) and the Deputy Mayor is Councillor Leslie Cubitt (DUP).
The next election is due to take place in May 2009.
Together with the neighbouring district of Coleraine, it forms the East Londonderry constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.
See Also: Local Councils in Northern Ireland
Subdivisions created by the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971
Antrim • Ards • Armagh • Ballymena • Ballymoney • Banbridge • Belfast • Carrickfergus • Castlereagh • Coleraine • Cookstown • Craigavon • Derry • Down • Dungannon and South Tyrone • Fermanagh • Larne • Limavady • Lisburn • Magherafelt • Moyle • Newry and Mourne • Newtownabbey • North Down • Omagh • Strabane