Court (District Electoral Area)

Court
District Electoral Area

Map showing Castle wards within Belfast
Population (2008 Estimate)
District
County
Country Northern Ireland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
EU Parliament Northern Ireland
UK Parliament
NI Assembly

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

MapWardPopulation
(2011 Census)		CatholicProtestantOtherNo ReligionAreaDensityNI AssemblyUK ParliamentRef
1Crumlin4,58211.3%82.3%0.6%5.9%0.83 km25,520/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[1]
2Glencairn3,74917.5%75.5%0.9%6.1%4.1 km2914/km2Belfast WestBelfast West[2]
3Highfield5,6519.5%82.6%0.9%7%2.69 km22,101/km2Belfast WestBelfast West[3]
4Shankill3,8167.9%84.5%0.7%6.9%0.93 km24,103/km2Belfast WestBelfast West[4]
5Woodvale4,0886%87%0.6%6.4%0.57 km27,172/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[5]
Court21,88610.3%82.5%0.7%6.5%9.12 km22,400/km2Belfast 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

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
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