Black Mountain (District Electoral Area)

Black Mountain is a District Electoral Area used to elect 7 councillors to Belfast City Council.

It is named after the Black Mountain (Belfast).

At the election in May 2014 it elected 5 Sinn Féin councillors, 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party councillor, and Gerry Carroll of the People Before Profit Alliance. At the election in May 2019 it elected 6 Sinn Féin councillors and 1 People Before Profit Alliance councillor.

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
2019 Steven Corr
(Sinn Féin)
Micheal Donnelly
(Sinn Féin)
Emma Groves
(Sinn Féin)
Arder Carson
(Sinn Féin)
Ciarán Beattie
(Sinn Féin)
Ronan McLaughlin
(Sinn Féin)
Matt Collins
(PBPA)
October 2017
co-option
Orla Nic Biorna
(Sinn Féin)
Tim Attwood
(SDLP)
May 2016
co-option
Janice Austin
(Sinn Féin)
2014 Gerry Carroll
(PBPA)

2019 results

Belfast City Council elections, 2019[1]
Black Mountain
Party Candidate 1st Pref
People Before Profit Matt Collins 2,268
Sinn Féin Ciarán Beattie 1,893
Sinn Féin Steven Corr 1,864
Sinn Féin Arder Carson 1,634
Sinn Féin Micheal Donnelly 1,535
Sinn Féin Ronan McLaughlin 1,316
Sinn Féin Emma Groves 1,431
SDLP Paul Doherty 783
Aontú Eoin Geraghty 750
Alliance Liam Norris 213
Green (NI) Stevie Maginn 204
Workers' Party Conor Campbell 162
Turnout 14,053
Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour Party

2014 results

Belfast City Council elections, 2014[2]
Black Mountain
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Sinn Féin Steven Corr 1,793
Sinn Féin Janice Austin 1,784
People Before Profit Gerry Carroll 1,691
Sinn Féin Emma Groves 1,628
Sinn Féin Arder Carson 1,509
Sinn Féin Caoimhín Mhic Giolla Mhin 1,428
Sinn Féin Ciarán Beattie 1,340
SDLP Tim Attwood 1,258
Éirígí Pádraic MacCoitir 1,026
Workers' Party Joanne Lowry 159
SDLP Gerard McDonald 133
Alliance Lauren Gray 110
NI21 Chris Valente 83
Turnout 13,942

References

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