East Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)
| East Londonderry | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of East Londonderry in Northern Ireland 1995–2008.
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| Districts of Northern Ireland | Coleraine, Limavady |
| Electorate | 65,233 (March 2011) |
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| Created | 1983 |
| Member of parliament | Gregory Campbell (DUP) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Londonderry, Mid Ulster and North Antrim |
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| European Parliament constituency | Northern Ireland |
Coordinates: 54°56′46″N 6°57′11″W / 54.946°N 6.953°W
East Londonderry is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
The seat was created in boundary changes in 1983, as part of an expansion of Northern Ireland's constituencies from 12 to 17, and was predominantly made up from the old Londonderry constituency. From further revisions in 1995 (when it lost parts of the district of Magherafelt to the Mid Ulster constituency), and until the 2008 revision, it covered exactly the same area as the districts of Coleraine and Limavady. The inclusion of all of Coleraine Borough means that part of the East Londonderry constituency is actually in County Antrim.
For the 2010 general election the East Londonderry constituency was formed by the following local government areas, as confirmed by the Northern Ireland Parliamentary Constituencies Order.
The constituency has a unionist majority, though in many elections nationalists have polled close to 35% of the vote. The main interest in elections has been the contest between the Ulster Unionist Party and the Democratic Unionist Party. The UUP were normally ahead of the DUP until the 2001 general election when the DUP finally overtook them.
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