Oldpark (District Electoral Area)

Oldpark District Electoral Area
Map showing Oldpark wards within Belfast
Population	(2008 Estimate)
District	Belfast City Council
County	County Antrim
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
EU Parliament	Northern Ireland
UK Parliament	Belfast North
NI Assembly	Belfast North
List of places UK Northern Ireland Antrim

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.

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

Map	Ward	Population (2011 Census)	Catholic	Protestant	Other	No Religion	Area	Density	NI Assembly	UK Parliament	Ref
1	Ardoyne	5,987	92.8%	5.1%	0.3%	1.8%	0.58 km^2	10,322 /km^2	Belfast North	Belfast North	[1]
2	Ballysillan	5,626	7.8%	83.3%	1.4%	7.5%	1.11 km^2	5,068 /km^2	Belfast North	Belfast North	[2]
3	Cliftonville	5,330	71%	23.6%	0.7%	4.7%	1.18 km^2	4,517 /km^2	Belfast North	Belfast North	[3]
4	Legoniel	6,409	48.2%	45.4%	0.8%	5.6%	8.82 km^2	727 /km^2	Belfast North	Belfast North	[4]
5	New Lodge	4,950	89.2%	7.5%	0.9%	2.3%	0.72 km^2	6,875 /km^2	Belfast North	Belfast North	[5]
6	Water Works	5,829	87.6%	7.1%	0.9%	4.4%	1.27 km^2	4,590 /km^2	Belfast North	Belfast North	[6]
Oldpark		34,131	65.6%	29.2%	0.8%	4.4%	13.68 km^2	2,495 /km^2	Belfast North	Belfast North

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2014		Julie-Anne Corr (PUP)		Gareth McKee (DUP)		Nichola Mallon (SDLP)		Mary Clarke (Sinn Féin)		JJ Magee (Sinn Féin)		Gerard McCabe (Sinn Féin)
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)

2011 Elections

See also: Results of elections in 2011; 2005; 2001; 1997; 1993; 1989 and 1985.

Belfast City Council elections, 2011[7]
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

• Belfast City Council
• Electoral wards of Belfast
• Local government in Northern Ireland
• Members of Belfast City Council

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 2011: Oldpark, Belfast City Council