Castle (District Electoral Area)

Castle is one of the ten district electoral areas 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 Bellevue, Cavehill, Chichester Park, Duncairn, Fortwilliam and Innisfayle. Castle, along with Oldpark district and parts of the Court district and Newtownabbey Borough Council, forms the Belfast North constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament. The district is bounded to the east by the Victoria Channel, to the north by Newtownabbey Borough Council and Belfast Lough, to the south by North Street and to the west by the Cavehill Road.

Castle
District Electoral Area

Map showing Castle wards within Belfast
Area19 km2 (7.3 sq mi)
Population28,290 (2008 Estimate)
• Density1,489/km2 (3,860/sq mi)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
  • North Belfast

The district takes its name from Belfast Castle which is located on Cavehill in the north of the district, while the southern section of the district is part of the city centre and forms one of the Belfast's main cultural areas, known as the Cathedral Quarter. The east of the area also contains the Port of Belfast. Castle is served by the M2 and M5 motorways and the Yorkgate railway station.

Castle is one of the most mixed areas in the city, with just over half of the district's population being Protestant at the 2001 Census. This has resulted in the construction of a number of peace lines, for example along the Whitewell Road.

History

Castle was created for the 1985 local elections. All six wards came from the former Area H, with only the Cliftonville ward and northern section of the Waterworks ward omitted from the new district. One of the district's six wards, Castleview, was renamed Innisfayle in 2014.

Amenities
Cavehill

Sport

Education

Wards
Belfast Castle
MapWardPopulation
(2011 Census)		CatholicProtestantOtherNo ReligionAreaDensityNI AssemblyUK ParliamentRef
1Bellevue4,91063.7%29.3%1.1%6%2.96 km21,659/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[1]
2Castleview4,72238.1%54.2%1.2%6.5%1.41 km23,349/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[2]
3Cavehill4,82057.1%37.7%0.9%4.3%3.41 km21,413/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[3]
4Chichester Park5,45274.3%17.2%1.6%6.9%0.95 km25,739/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[4]
5Duncairn4,90123.6%63.9%2.2%10.39.24 km2530/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[5]
6Fortwilliam4,56141.3%50.3%1.2%7.2%1.03 km24,428/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[6]
Castle29,36650.3%41.5%1.4%6.9%19 km21,546/km2

Councillors
The Big Fish sculpture
Election Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)
April 2020
co-option		 Nuala McAllister
(Alliance)		 Carl Whyte
(SDLP)		 Fred Cobain (DUP) Mal O'Hara (Green) Conor Maskey (Sinn Féin) Dean McCullough
(DUP)
January 2020
co-option		 Guy Spence
(DUP)
2019 John Finucane

(Sinn Féin)

June 2017
defection		 Pat Convery
(SDLP/Independent)		 Lydia Patterson
(DUP)		 David Browne
(UUP)		 Mary Campbell
(Sinn Féin)
2014
2011 Tierna Cunningham
(Sinn Féin)
2005 Nigel Dodds
(DUP)		 Cathal Mullaghan
(SDLP)		 Ian Crozier
(DUP)
2001 Danny Lavery
(Sinn Féin)		 Alban Maginness
(SDLP)
1997 Tom Campbell
(Alliance)		 Nelson McCausland
(UUP/Independent Unionist)
1993 Jonathan Stephenson
(SDLP)		 John Carson
(UUP)
1989 Tom Campbell
(Alliance)		 Frank Millar
(Independent Unionist)
1985 Alfie Redpath
(UUP)

Elections
See also: Results of elections in 2019; 2014; 2011; 2005; 2001; 1997; 1993; 1989 and 1985.

2019 Elections
Belfast City Council elections, 2019[7]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Alliance Nuala McAllister 1,787
Sinn Féin John Finucane 1,650
DUP Fred Cobain 1,439
DUP Guy Spence 1,407
Sinn Féin Mary Ellen Campbell 1,103
UUP David Browne 1,014
Green (NI) Mal O'Hara 883
SDLP Carl Whyte 651
SDLP Heather Wilson 551
Independent Patrick Convery 377
People Before Profit Riley Johnston 204
Workers' Party Gemma Weir 159
Independent Cathal Mulligan 159
Turnout 11,300
Green gain from Ulster Unionist

2014 Elections
Belfast City Council elections, 2014[8]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Sinn Féin Mary Ellen Campbell 1,619
DUP Guy Spence 1,339
DUP Lydia Patterson 1,276
SDLP Patrick Convery 1,197
UUP David Browne 1,133
Sinn Féin Tierna Cunningham 1,038
Alliance Nuala McAllister 1,020
PUP William McQuade 657
SDLP Cathal Mullaghan 554
NI21 Alison Crawford 336
Independent Fra Hughes 218
Workers' Party Gemma Weir 191
Turnout 10,578
Alliance gain from Sinn Féin

2011 Elections
Belfast City Council elections, 2011[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Lydia Patterson 1,489
Sinn Féin Tierna Cunningham 1,377
SDLP Pat Convery 1,367
Sinn Féin Mary Campbell 1,293
UUP David Browne 1,181
DUP Guy Spence 946
SDLP Cathal Mullaghan 883
Alliance David McKechnie 689
DUP Lee Reynolds 629
Workers' Party John Lavery 170
Turnout 10,024
Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour

See also

References
  1. "Ward Information for Bellevue ward 95GG08". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  2. "Ward Information for Castleview ward 95GG13". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  3. "Ward Information for Cavehill ward 95GG14". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  4. "Ward Information for Chichester Park ward 95GG16". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  5. "Ward Information for Duncairn ward 95GG20". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  6. "Ward Information for Fortwilliam ward 95GG24". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  7. Elections 2019: Castle, Belfast City Council
  8. Elections 2014: Castle, Belfast City Council
  9. Elections 2011: Castle, Belfast City Council
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