Court (District Electoral Area)

Court District Electoral Area
Map showing Castle 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 Belfast West
NI Assembly	Belfast North Belfast West
List of places UK Northern Ireland Antrim

Court is one of the ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Located in the north and west of the city, the district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Ballygomartin, Clonard, Falls, Forth River, Shankill, and Woodvale. Court is split between the Belfast North and Belfast West constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

History

The DEA was created for the 1985 local elections. It initially contained six wards, three of which came from the abolished Area E, with the remainder from Area G. From the 1993 to 2011 local elections, it contained five wards, namely Crumlin, Glencairn, Highfield, Shankill and Woodvale, following the abolition of the Saint Anne's ward. For the 2014 local elections, the Crumlin ward was abolished, the Glencairn ward was replaced by Forth River ward and the Highfield ward was replaced by Ballygomartin ward. These four wards were joined by the Falls and Clonard wards, which had previously been part of the abolished Lower Falls District Electoral Area.

Wards

Map	Ward	Population (2011 Census)	Catholic	Protestant	Other	No Religion	Area	Density	NI Assembly	UK Parliament	Ref
1	Crumlin	4,582	11.3%	82.3%	0.6%	5.9%	0.83 km^2	5,520/km^2	Belfast North	Belfast North	[1]
2	Glencairn	3,749	17.5%	75.5%	0.9%	6.1%	4.1 km^2	914/km^2	Belfast West	Belfast West	[2]
3	Highfield	5,651	9.5%	82.6%	0.9%	7%	2.69 km^2	2,101/km^2	Belfast West	Belfast West	[3]
4	Shankill	3,816	7.9%	84.5%	0.7%	6.9%	0.93 km^2	4,103/km^2	Belfast West	Belfast West	[4]
5	Woodvale	4,088	6%	87%	0.6%	6.4%	0.57 km^2	7,172/km^2	Belfast North	Belfast North	[5]
Court		21,886	10.3%	82.5%	0.7%	6.5%	9.12 km^2	2,400/km^2	Belfast North (2) Belfast West (3)	Belfast North (2) Belfast West (3)

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2014		Brian Kingston (DUP)		Billy Hutchinson (PUP)		Mary McConville (Sinn Féin)		Jolene Bunting (TUV)		Frank McCoubrey (DUP)		Jim McVeigh (Sinn Féin)
2011				Hugh Smyth (PUP)		Naomi Thompson (DUP)		William Humphrey (DUP)		Frank McCoubrey (Independent)	Reduced to 5 seats from 1993 to 2011
2005		Diane Dodds (DUP)				Elaine McMillen (DUP)
2001		Eric Smyth (DUP)						Chris McGimpsey (UUP)
1997						Fred Cobain (UUP)				Frank McCoubrey (UDP)
1993										Joe Coggle (Independent Unionist)
1989								Herbert Ditty (UUP)				Elizabeth Seawright (Independent Unionist)
1985		Ted Ashby (DUP)										George Seawright (Independent Unionist)

2011 Elections

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

Belfast City Council elections, 2011[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William Humphrey	2,643
	DUP	Brian Kingston	1,371
	Independent	Frank McCoubrey	754
	PUP	Hugh Smyth	640
	UUP	Bobby McConnell	395
	DUP	Naomi Thompson	237
	Independent	Raymond McCord	199
	Sinn Féin	Karol McKee	184
	SDLP	Conor McNeill	99
	Alliance	Mark Long	78
Turnout			6,600
	No change

See also

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

References

1. "Ward Information for Crumlin (Belfast) ward 95GG19". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
2. "Ward Information for Glencairn ward 95GG26". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
3. "Ward Information for Highfield ward 95GG28". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
4. "Ward Information for Shankill ward 95GG40". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
5. "Ward Information for Woodvale ward 95GG51". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
6. Elections 2011: Court, Belfast City Council