Small towns in the area include Garvagh, Portrush, Portstewart and Kilrea.

Unionist-controlled Coleraine Borough Council operated a rotation for positions of Mayor and Deputy Mayor between the UUP, DUP and the Irish nationalist SDLP.

The last election was due to take place in May 2009, but on 25 April 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until the introduction of the eleven new councils in 2011.

[1] The proposed reforms were abandoned in 2010, and the most recent district council elections took place in 2011[2] The borough council area, together with the neighbouring district of Limavady and part of Derry City Council, formed the East Londonderry constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.

Source: Freedom of Information request to Coleraine Borough Council * For 2015 onwards, see Causeway Coast and Glens District Council The area covered by Coleraine Borough Council had a population of 79,067 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.