Pottinger (District Electoral Area)

Pottinger
District Electoral Area
Pottinger ; District Electoral Area
	Map showing Pottinger wards within Belfast
Area	6.17 km2 (2.38 sq mi)
Population	31,272 (2008 Estimate)
• Density	5,068/km2 (13,130/sq mi)
District	Belfast City Council;
County	County Down;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Belfast South;
NI Assembly	Belfast South;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Down

Pottinger was one of the nine district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 1985 to 2014. Located in the east of the city, the district elected six members to Belfast City Council and contained the wards of Ballymacarrett, Bloomfield, Orangefield, Ravenhill, The Mount, and Woodstock.

The name Pottinger is derived from Thomas Pottinger who was the first mayor of Belfast to be elected in the grant of a corporate charter to that town, in 1661.^{[citation needed]}

The wards of Ravenhill and Woodstock were part of the Belfast South constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament, while the other four were part of the Belfast East Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies.

The district was bounded to the west by the River Lagan and the Ormeau Road, to the north by the Newtownards Road, to the east by Greenville Park and North Road and the Borough of Castlereagh to the south.

At the 2001 census the district had a Protestant majority, however there was also a large Catholic minority, particularly in areas such as the Short Strand, which is separated from the mainly unionist Cluan Place by one of the many peace lines in the district.

History

The DEA was created for the 1985 local elections, when it largely replaced the former electoral Area A. Five of the six wards came from Area A with the Bloomfield ward added from Area B. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections, when all of its wards except Orangefield formed part of a new Titanic district electoral area. The Orangefield ward became part of a new Lisnasharragh district electoral area.

Amenities

Amenities in the Pottinger district electoral area include:

Ormeau Golf Club
Ormeau Park
Ravenhill Stadium, home of the Ulster Rugby team

Wards

Map	Ward	Population (2011 Census)	Catholic	Protestant	Other	No Religion	Area	Density	NI Assembly	UK Parliament	Ref
1	Ballymacarrett	4,908	51.4%	41.2%	1.4%	6.2%	0.78 km²	6,292 /km²	Belfast East	Belfast East	^[1]
2	Bloomfield	5,453	16.1%	69.7%	1.7%	12.5%	0.74 km²	7,369 /km²	Belfast East	Belfast East	^[2]
3	Orangefield	5,619	11%	77%	1.4%	10.6%	1.46 km²	3,849 /km²	Belfast East	Belfast East	^[3]
4	Ravenhill	6,041	39.7%	46.9%	2%	11.5%	1.88 km²	3,213 /km²	Belfast South	Belfast South	^[4]
5	The Mount	5,591	16.1%	68.3%	1.3%	14.3%	0.75 km²	7,455 /km²	Belfast East	Belfast East	^[5]
6	Woodstock	5,445	19.4%	63.3%	2.8%	14.5%	0.56 km²	9,723 /km²	Belfast South	Belfast South	^[6]
Pottinger		33,057	25.3%	61.2%	1.8%	11.7%	6.17 km²	5,358 /km²

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2011	rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|	Máire Hendron (Alliance)	rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	May Campbell (DUP)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Gavin Robinson (DUP)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	John Kyle (PUP)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Niall Ó Donnghaile (Sinn Féin)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Adam Newton (DUP)
2005	rowspan = "6" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Máire Hendron (Alliance)	Sammy Wilson (DUP)	May Campbell (DUP)	rowspan = "3" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	David Ervine (PUP)	rowspan = "6" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Reg Empey (UUP)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Margaret McKenzie (DUP)
2001	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Joseph O'Donnell (Sinn Féin)		rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Harry Toan (DUP)		rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|		Margaret Clarke (UUP)
1997	rowspan = "4" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|	Mervyn Jones (Alliance)		rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Robert Clelland (DUP)				Margaret Clarke (UUP)
1993	rowspan = "3" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|			Jim Walker (DUP)	Robert Clelland (DUP)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Sandy Blair (UUP)
1989	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Independent Unionist/meta/color" \|				Dorothy Dunlop (Independent Unionist)	rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Margaret Clarke (UUP)
1985	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|				F Leslie (DUP)		Margaret Clarke (UUP)

2011 elections

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

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2B45A2;" data-sort-value="Progressive Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #8dc63f;" data-sort-value="Green Party in Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0C3A6A;" data-sort-value="Traditional Unionist Voice" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF3300;" data-sort-value="Socialist Party (Ireland)" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Workers' Party of Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E91D50;" data-sort-value="People Before Profit Alliance" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |

Belfast City Council elections, 2011^[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
Alliance	Máire Hendron	1,895
DUP	Gavin Robinson	1,523
Sinn Féin	Niall Ó Donnghaile	1,077
DUP	May Campbell	1,051
PUP	John Kyle	1,022
DUP	Adam Newton	936
UUP	Philip Robinson	786
SDLP	Séamas de Faoite	456
Green (NI)	David Newman	223
TUV	John Hiddleston	191
Socialist Party	Thomas Black	150
Workers' Party of Ireland	Kevin McNally	104
People Before Profit	Donna McCusker	70
Independent	Karl Hedley	33
	Procapitalism	Samuel Smyth	9
Turnout			9,526
bgcolor=Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color\|	Sinn Féin gain from Ulster Unionist

References

^ "Ward Information for Ballymacarrett ward 95GG04". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ "Ward Information for Bloomfield (Belfast) ward 95GG11". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ "Ward Information for Orangefield ward 95GG36". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ "Ward Information for Ravenhill ward 95GG37". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ "Ward Information for The Mount ward 95GG44". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ "Ward Information for Woodstock ward 95GG50". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ Elections 2011: Pottinger, Belfast City Council

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[1] "Ward Information for Ballymacarrett ward 95GG04". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

[2] "Ward Information for Bloomfield (Belfast) ward 95GG11". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

[3] "Ward Information for Orangefield ward 95GG36". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

[4] "Ward Information for Ravenhill ward 95GG37". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

[5] "Ward Information for The Mount ward 95GG44". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

[6] "Ward Information for Woodstock ward 95GG50". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

[7] Elections 2011: Pottinger, Belfast City Council

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