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| Established | June 09, 1983 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modified | RBH April 25, 2010 05:30pm |
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As the name suggests, this seat takes in the eastern chunk of County Londonderry. It is a largely rural seat, including parts of the Sperrin Mountains, the Roe Valley, most of the eastern shore of Lough Foyle and part of the northern coast of the province. Much of the Coleraine half of the seat is extremely picturesque and very attractive to tourists. Coleraine, a busy shopping town with a little industry, is also the site of one of the University of Ulster campuses, whilst Kilrea and Garvagh are small market towns. The roads linking Coleraine, Portrush and Portstewart are the site of the annual North-West 200 motorcycle races. The area covered by Limavady District Council makes up the western, more rural, half of the seat. The town is a former home of William Massey, prime minister of New Zealand from 1912 to 1925, whose statue can be found in the town. It was also home to Jane Ross, who noted down the famous Londonderry Air or Danny Boy from a street fiddler in 1851. Dungiven is a pleasant market town situated where the rivers Roe, Owenreagh and Owenbeg converge at the foot of the 1,535ft Glenshane Pass. The DUP's Gregory Campbell took the seat from the UUP in 2001, and the 2003 Assembly election showed his party strengthening its grip.
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