Balmoral (District Electoral Area)
Balmoral (Irish: Baile Mhoireil) is the most southern of ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Belvoir; Finaghy; Malone; Musgrave; Windsor; and Upper Malone. Balmoral, along with neighbouring Botanic, forms the greater part of the Belfast South constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Balmoral District Electoral Area | |
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![]() Map showing Balmoral wards within Belfast | |
Area | 13.71 km2 (5.29 sq mi) |
Population | 29,681 (2008 Estimate) |
• Density | 2,165/km2 (5,610/sq mi) |
District | |
County | |
Country | Northern Ireland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
UK Parliament | |
NI Assembly | |
The district is bounded to the west and south west by the M1 Motorway, to east and south east by the River Lagan, to the east and north east by the Malone Road and to the north by Belfast City Hospital, Queen's University Belfast and Royal Victoria Hospital.
The Lisburn Road is the main arterial route through the centre of the district, which also contains a number of public facilities including: the King's Hall conference and exhibition centre, the Musgrave Park Hospital, Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park and Windsor Park, the home ground of the Northern Ireland national football team. It is served by the Adelaide, Balmoral and Finaghy railway stations.
History
The DEA was created for the 1985 local elections, where it contained five wards. Four of the wards came from the abolished Area C, which it effectively replaced, with the final ward, Blackstaff, coming from Area F. From the 1993 local elections to the 2011 elections, the area contained six wards, following the creation of the Musgrave ward. For the 2014 local elections, it lost the wards of Blackstaff and Windsor and gained the Belvoir ward, which had previously been part of the abolished Castlereagh Borough Council.
Wards (1985-2011)
Map | Ward | Population (2011 Census) | Catholic | Protestant | Other | No Religion | Area | Density | NI Assembly | UK Parliament | Ref |
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1 | Blackstaff | 3,998 | 15% | 71.5% | 1.8% | 11.7% | 1.92 km2 | 2,082/km2 | Belfast South | Belfast South | [1] |
2 | Finaghy | 4,555 | 49.2% | 42.6% | 2.6% | 5.6% | 2.59 km2 | 1,759/km2 | Belfast South | Belfast South | [2] |
3 | Malone | 5,555 | 61.2% | 30.3% | 2.3% | 6.3% | 2.18 km2 | 2,548/km2 | Belfast South | Belfast South | [3] |
4 | Musgrave | 4,927 | 60.6% | 32.9% | 1.7% | 4.8% | 1.78 km2 | 2,768/km2 | Belfast South | Belfast South | [4] |
5 | Upper Malone | 4,841 | 29.4% | 60.1% | 2.5% | 8.1% | 4.32 km2 | 1,121/km2 | Belfast South | Belfast South | [5] |
6 | Windsor | 8,141 | 41.6% | 40.7% | 5.8% | 11.8% | 0.92 km2 | 8,849/km2 | Belfast South | Belfast South | [6] |
Balmoral | 32,017 | 43.8% | 44.8% | 3.1% | 8.3% | 13.71 km2 | 2,335/km2 | ||||
Councillors
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Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | ||||||
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2019 | Kate Siobhan Nicholl (Alliance Party) |
Donal Lyons (SDLP) |
Five seats from 2014 | Geraldine McAteer (Sinn Féin) |
David Graham (DUP) |
Sarah Louise Bunting (DUP) | ||||||
2014 | Paula Bradshaw (Alliance Party) |
Claire Hanna (SDLP) |
Five seats from 2014 | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir (Sinn Féin) |
Christopher Stalford (DUP) |
Jeff Dudgeon (UUP) | ||||||
2011 | Tom Ekin (Alliance Party) |
Bernie Kelly (SDLP) |
Ruth Patterson (DUP) |
Bob Stoker (UUP) | ||||||||
2005 | Carmel Hanna (SDLP) |
Jim Kirkpatrick (DUP) | ||||||||||
2001 | Catherine Molloy (SDLP) |
Margaret Crooks (UUP) | ||||||||||
1997 | Harry Smith (DUP) | |||||||||||
1993 | Philip McGarry (Alliance Party) |
Dorita Field (SDLP) |
Harry Smith (DUP) |
Joan Parkes (DUP) |
Jim Kirkpatrick (UUP) | |||||||
1989 | Mark Long (Alliance Party) |
Additional seat from 1993 | ||||||||||
1985 | John Montgomery (Alliance Party) |
Billy Dickson (DUP) |
In May 2011, Councillors Tom Ekin, Ruth Patterson and Bob Stoker were appointed as Aldermen by Belfast City Council. Alderman Ruth Patterson also served as Deputy Lord Mayor, 2011–12, while Mairtin O'Muilleoir is serving as Lord Mayor for 2013–14.
2019 Elections
Belfast City Council elections, 2019[7] | |||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
Alliance | Kate Siobhan Nicholl | 1,842 | |
DUP | David Graham | 1,442 | |
SDLP | Dónal Lyons | 1,306 | |
Sinn Féin | Geraldine McAteer | 1,283 | |
DUP | Sarah Louise Bunting | 1,025 | |
SDLP | Michael Mulhern | 813 | |
UUP | Jeffrey Dudgeon | 660 | |
Green (NI) | Caoimhe O'Connell | 504 | |
People Before Profit | Pádraigín Mervyn | 202 | |
UKIP | William Traynor | 133 | |
Turnout | 9,210 | ||
Democratic Unionist Party gain from Ulster Unionist Party |
2014 Elections
Belfast City Council elections, 2014[8] | |||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
Sinn Féin | Mairtin O'Muilleoir | 1,525 | |
SDLP | Claire Hanna | 1,524 | |
DUP | Christopher Stalford | 968 | |
DUP | Sarah Clarke | 950 | |
UUP | Jeffrey Dudgeon | 878 | |
Alliance | Paula Bradshaw | 806 | |
SDLP | Justin Cartwright | 589 | |
PUP | Simon Rice | 533 | |
Alliance | Jamie Doyle | 430 | |
NI21 | Tina McKenzie | 256 | |
Green (NI) | Elli Kontorravdis | 224 | |
NI21 | Barbara Neeson | 74 | |
NI Conservatives | David Timson | 74 | |
Independent | Gerard Collins | 70 | |
Turnout | 8,901 |
2011 Elections
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Belfast City Council elections, 2011[9] | |||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
Alliance | Tom Ekin | 1,762 | |
DUP | Ruth Patterson | 1,553 | |
Sinn Féin | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir | 1,465 | |
SDLP | Claire Hanna | 1,443 | |
UUP | Bob Stoker | 922 | |
SDLP | Niall Kelly | 743 | |
SDLP | Bernie Kelly | 706 | |
UUP | Jim Kirkpatrick | 578 | |
DUP | Sharon Simpson | 396 | |
Green (NI) | Mark Simpson | 282 | |
People Before Profit | Andrew King | 107 | |
Turnout | 9,957 | ||
Sinn Féin gain from Democratic Unionist |
See also
References
- "Ward Information for Blackstaff ward 95GG10". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- "Ward Information for Finaghy ward 95GG23". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- "Ward Information for Malone ward 95GG33". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- "Ward Information for Musgrave ward 95GG34". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- "Ward Information for Upper Malone ward 95GG45". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- "Ward Information for Windsor ward 95GG49". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- Elections 2019: Balmoral Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Belfast City Council
- Elections 2014: Balmoral Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Belfast City Council
- Elections 2011: Balmoral Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Belfast City Council