Oldpark (District Electoral Area)

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
UK Parliament	Belfast North;
NI Assembly	Belfast North;

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 km²	10,322 /km²	Belfast North	Belfast North	[1]
2	Ballysillan	5,626	7.8%	83.3%	1.4%	7.5%	1.11 km²	5,068 /km²	Belfast North	Belfast North	[2]
3	Cliftonville	5,330	71%	23.6%	0.7%	4.7%	1.18 km²	4,517 /km²	Belfast North	Belfast North	[3]
4	Legoniel	6,409	48.2%	45.4%	0.8%	5.6%	8.82 km²	727 /km²	Belfast North	Belfast North	[4]
5	New Lodge	4,950	89.2%	7.5%	0.9%	2.3%	0.72 km²	6,875 /km²	Belfast North	Belfast North	[5]
6	Water Works	5,829	87.6%	7.1%	0.9%	4.4%	1.27 km²	4,590 /km²	Belfast North	Belfast North	[6]
Oldpark		34,131	65.6%	29.2%	0.8%	4.4%	13.68 km²	2,495 /km²	Belfast North	Belfast North

Councillors

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

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

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References

"Ward Information for Ardoyne ward 95GG02". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
"Ward Information for Ballysillan ward 95GG06". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
"Ward Information for Cliftonville ward 95GG17". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
"Ward Information for Legoniel ward 95GG32". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
"Ward Information for New Lodge ward 95GG35". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
"Ward Information for Water Works ward 95GG47". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
Elections 2019: Oldpark, Belfast City Council
Elections 2014: Oldpark, Belfast City Council
Elections 2011: Oldpark, Belfast City Council

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[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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