Ormiston (District Electoral Area)
Ormiston has been one of the ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland since 2014.[1] Located in the east of the city, the district elects seven members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Belmont, Garnerville, Gilnahirk, Sandown, Shandon, Knock and Stormont.[2] Ormiston, along with wards from the neighbouring Titanic and Lisnasharragh DEAs, together with parts of Lisburn and Castlereagh District Council, form the Belfast East constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
The district was created for the 2014 local elections, replacing the Victoria District Electoral Area,[3] which had existed since 1985. Nineteen candidates contested the first election in 2014, the most of any DEA in Northern Ireland.[4]
2014 elections
| Belfast City Council elections, 2014[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| UUP | Jim Rodgers | 1,899 | |
| Alliance | Mervyn Jones | 1,184 | |
| DUP | Tom Haire | 1,072 | |
| Alliance | Ross McMullan | 899 | |
| Alliance | Laura McNamee | 898 | |
| Green (NI) | Ross Brown | 831 | |
| DUP | John Hussey | 821 | |
| DUP | Denny Vitty | 809 | |
| DUP | Brian Kennedy | 750 | |
| PUP | Ian Shanks | 720 | |
| TUV | John Hiddleston | 640 | |
| UUP | Peter Johnston | 622 | |
| UKIP | Stephen Crosby | 618 | |
| Alliance | Andrew Webb | 561 | |
| NI21 | Ian Dickson | 245 | |
| NI21 | Jayne Olorunda | 192 | |
| NI Conservatives | Ian Reid | 162 | |
| SDLP | Michael McMillan | 95 | |
| Sinn Féin | Laura Keenan | 56 | |
| Turnout | 13,074 | ||
References
- ↑ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
- ↑ Belfast City Election results, 2014
- ↑ Map from the District Electoral Areas Commissioner Maps page. See District Electoral Areas Commissioner page
- ↑ ‘Incredible mistake’ almost halted election, The News Letter, 1 May 2014
- ↑ Elections 2014: Ormiston, Belfast City Council
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