Oldpark (District Electoral Area)

Oldpark is one of the nine district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Located in the North of the city, the district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Ardoyne; Ballysillan; Cliftonville; Legoniel; New Lodge and Water Works. Oldpark forms part of the Belfast North constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Oldpark
District Electoral Area

Map showing Oldpark wards within Belfast
Population(2008 Estimate)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
NI Assembly

History

The DEA was created for the 1985 local elections. Legoniel, Ballysillan and Ardoyne wards had previously been part of Area E, New Lodge and the southern half of the Waterworks ward had been in Area G, while Cliftonville and the northern half of Waterworks ward had been in Area H.

Wards
MapWardPopulation
(2011 Census)		CatholicProtestantOtherNo ReligionAreaDensityNI AssemblyUK ParliamentRef
1Ardoyne5,98792.8%5.1%0.3%1.8%0.58 km210,322 /km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[1]
2Ballysillan5,6267.8%83.3%1.4%7.5%1.11 km25,068 /km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[2]
3Cliftonville5,33071%23.6%0.7%4.7%1.18 km24,517 /km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[3]
4Legoniel6,40948.2%45.4%0.8%5.6%8.82 km2727 /km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[4]
5New Lodge4,95089.2%7.5%0.9%2.3%0.72 km26,875 /km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[5]
6Water Works5,82987.6%7.1%0.9%4.4%1.27 km24,590 /km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[6]
Oldpark34,13165.6%29.2%0.8%4.4%13.68 km22,495 /km2Belfast NorthBelfast North

Councillors
Election Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)
2019 Fiona Ferguson
(People Before Profit)		 Dale Pankhurst
(DUP)		 Paul McCusker
(SDLP)		 Shauneen Baker
(Sinn Féin)		 JJ Magee
(Sinn Féin)		 Ryan Murphy
(Sinn Féin)
January 2018
co-option		 Julie-Anne Corr
(PUP)		 Mary Clarke
(Sinn Féin)
May 2016
co-option		 Gareth McKee
(DUP)		 Gerard McCabe
(Sinn Féin)
2014 Nichola Mallon
(SDLP)
2011 Ian Crozier
(DUP)		 Daniel Lavery
(Sinn Féin)		 Conor Maskey
(Sinn Féin)
2005 Fred Cobain
(UUP)		 Nelson McCausland
(DUP)		 Alban Maginness
(SDLP)		 Margaret McClenaghan
(Sinn Féin)		 Carál Ní Chuilín
(Sinn Féin)
2001 Billy Hutchinson
(PUP)		 Martin Morgan
(SDLP)		 Gerard Brophy
(Sinn Féin)		 Eoin O'Broin
(Sinn Féin)
1997 Fred Proctor
(UUP)		 Paddy McManus
(Sinn Féin)		 Mick Conlon
(Sinn Féin)		 Bobby Lavery
(Sinn Féin)
1993 Fred Rodgers
(UUP)		 Joe Austin
(Sinn Féin)
1989 William Gault
(UUP)		 Brian Feeney
(SDLP)		 Gerard McGuigan
(Sinn Féin)		 Seamus Lynch
(Workers' Party)
1985 Peter Lunn
(DUP)		 Bobby Lavery
(Sinn Féin)

2019 Elections
Belfast City Council elections, 2019[7]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Paul McCusker 2,856
DUP Dale Pankhurst 1,701
Sinn Féin Ryan Murphy 1,185
Sinn Féin JJ Magee 1,134
Sinn Féin Shauneen Baker 1,107
Sinn Féin Mary Clarke 796
PUP Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston 575
DUP Gillian Simpson 573
People Before Profit Fiona Ferguson 447
Alliance Jack Armstrong 390
UUP Jason Docherty 239
Green (NI) Lesley Veronica 231
Workers' Party Christopher Bailie 93
Turnout 11,327
People Before Profit gain from Progressive Unionist

2014 Elections
Belfast City Council elections, 2014[8]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Sinn Féin Mary Clarke 1,559
Sinn Féin JJ Magee 1,240
Sinn Féin Gerry McCabe 1,207
DUP Gareth McKee 1,139
SDLP Nichola Mallon 923
Independent Dee Fennell 846
PUP Julie-Anne Corr 774
DUP Lee Reynolds 764
Sinn Féin John Loughran 697
UUP Colin Houston 366
Alliance Peter McReynolds 320
TUV Wayne Gilmour 317
Republican Network Sammy Cusick 220
Workers' Party Christopher Bailie 163
Turnout 10,535
Progressive Unionist gain from Democratic Unionist

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
DUP Ian Crozier 1,770
Sinn Féin Conor Maskey 1,573
Sinn Féin Gerard McCabe 1,492
Sinn Féin Daniel Lavery 1,370
SDLP Nichola Mallon 1,184
Sinn Féin Mary Clarke 1,180
DUP Gareth McKee 917
UUP Fred Rodgers 540
Irish Republican Socialist Paul Little 379
Alliance James McClure 303
Independent Martin McAuley 146
Turnout 10,584
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist

See also

References
  1. "Ward Information for Ardoyne ward 95GG02". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  2. "Ward Information for Ballysillan ward 95GG06". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  3. "Ward Information for Cliftonville ward 95GG17". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  4. "Ward Information for Legoniel ward 95GG32". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  5. "Ward Information for New Lodge ward 95GG35". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  6. "Ward Information for Water Works ward 95GG47". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  7. Elections 2019: Oldpark, Belfast City Council
  8. Elections 2014: Oldpark, Belfast City Council
  9. Elections 2011: Oldpark, Belfast City Council
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