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

Map showing Balmoral wards within Belfast
Area13.71 km2 (5.29 sq mi)
Population29,681 (2008 Estimate)
 Density2,165/km2 (5,610/sq mi)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited 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)

MapWardPopulation
(2011 Census)
CatholicProtestantOtherNo ReligionAreaDensityNI AssemblyUK ParliamentRef
1Blackstaff3,99815%71.5%1.8%11.7%1.92 km22,082/km2Belfast SouthBelfast South[1]
2Finaghy4,55549.2%42.6%2.6%5.6%2.59 km21,759/km2Belfast SouthBelfast South[2]
3Malone5,55561.2%30.3%2.3%6.3%2.18 km22,548/km2Belfast SouthBelfast South[3]
4Musgrave4,92760.6%32.9%1.7%4.8%1.78 km22,768/km2Belfast SouthBelfast South[4]
5Upper Malone4,84129.4%60.1%2.5%8.1%4.32 km21,121/km2Belfast SouthBelfast South[5]
6Windsor8,14141.6%40.7%5.8%11.8%0.92 km28,849/km2Belfast SouthBelfast South[6]
Balmoral32,01743.8%44.8%3.1%8.3%13.71 km22,335/km2

Councillors

The King's Hall is a multi-purpose venue located in Balmoral.
Election Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
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]
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]
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

See also: Results of elections in 2011; 2005; 2001; 1997; 1993; 1989 and 1985.
Belfast City Council elections, 2011[9]
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

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