Court (District Electoral Area)
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.
Court District Electoral Area | |
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![]() Wards of Court DEA in Belfast City Council | |
Population | 21,886 (2011 Census, 1993 boundaries) |
District | |
County | |
Country | Northern Ireland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
UK Parliament | |
NI Assembly | |
History
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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 through 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.
2011 census data
Map | Ward | Population (2011 Census) | Catholic | Protestant | Other | No Religion | Area | Density | NI Assembly | UK Parliament | Ref |
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1 | Crumlin | 4,582 | 11.3% | 82.3% | 0.6% | 5.9% | 0.83 km2 | 5,520/km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | [1] |
2 | Glencairn | 3,749 | 17.5% | 75.5% | 0.9% | 6.1% | 4.1 km2 | 914/km2 | Belfast West | Belfast West | [2] |
3 | Highfield | 5,651 | 9.5% | 82.6% | 0.9% | 7% | 2.69 km2 | 2,101/km2 | Belfast West | Belfast West | [3] |
4 | Shankill | 3,816 | 7.9% | 84.5% | 0.7% | 6.9% | 0.93 km2 | 4,103/km2 | Belfast West | Belfast West | [4] |
5 | Woodvale | 4,088 | 6% | 87% | 0.6% | 6.4% | 0.57 km2 | 7,172/km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | [5] |
Court | 21,886 | 10.3% | 82.5% | 0.7% | 6.5% | 9.12 km2 | 2,400/km2 | 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) | ||||||
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2019 | Brian Kingston (DUP) |
Billy Hutchinson (PUP) |
Claire Canavan (Sinn Féin) |
Nicola Verner (DUP) |
Frank McCoubrey (DUP) |
Christina Black (Sinn Féin) | ||||||
December 2018 co-option |
Jolene Bunting (TUV/Independent) | |||||||||||
January 2018 co-option |
Mary McConville (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||
February 2017 defection |
Jim McVeigh (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||
2014 | ||||||||||||
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) |
See also
- Shankill Road
- Belfast City Council
- Electoral wards of Belfast
- Local government in Northern Ireland
- Members of Belfast City Council
Elections
- 2019 Belfast City Council election
- 2014 Belfast City Council election
- 2011 Belfast City Council election
- 2005 Northern Ireland local elections § Belfast
- 2001 Northern Ireland local elections § Belfast
- 1997 Northern Ireland local elections § Belfast
- 1993 Northern Ireland local elections § Belfast
- 1989 Northern Ireland local elections § Belfast
- 1985 Northern Ireland local elections § Belfast
References
- "Ward Information for Crumlin (Belfast) ward 95GG19". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- "Ward Information for Glencairn ward 95GG26". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- "Ward Information for Highfield ward 95GG28". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- "Ward Information for Shankill ward 95GG40". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- "Ward Information for Woodvale ward 95GG51". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.