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;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Antrim

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	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2019	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:People Before Profit/meta/color" \|	Fiona Ferguson (People Before Profit)	rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Dale Pankhurst (DUP)	rowspan = "3" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Paul McCusker (SDLP)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Shauneen Baker (Sinn Féin)	rowspan = "4" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	JJ Magee (Sinn Féin)	rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Ryan Murphy (Sinn Féin)
January 2018 co-option	rowspan = "3" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Julie-Anne Corr (PUP)	rowspan = "3" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Dale Pankhurst (DUP)	Mary Clarke (Sinn Féin)							Ryan Murphy (Sinn Féin)
May 2016 co-option	rowspan = "3" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|		Gareth McKee (DUP)	rowspan = "3" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|			Gerard McCabe (Sinn Féin)
2014	rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|			Nichola Mallon (SDLP)
2011	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Ian Crozier (DUP)		Nichola Mallon (SDLP)	rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Daniel Lavery (Sinn Féin)		rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Conor Maskey (Sinn Féin)
2005	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Fred Cobain (UUP)	rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Nelson McCausland (DUP)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Daniel Lavery (Sinn Féin)	Alban Maginness (SDLP)	rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Margaret McClenaghan (Sinn Féin)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Carál Ní Chuilín (Sinn Féin)
2001	rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Billy Hutchinson (PUP)	rowspan = "3" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Nelson McCausland (DUP)	Martin Morgan (SDLP)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Gerard Brophy (Sinn Féin)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Margaret McClenaghan (Sinn Féin)	Eoin O'Broin (Sinn Féin)
1997	rowspan = "4" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Billy Hutchinson (PUP)	Fred Proctor (UUP)	rowspan = "3" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|		Paddy McManus (Sinn Féin)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Mick Conlon (Sinn Féin)	rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Bobby Lavery (Sinn Féin)
1993	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Fred Rodgers (UUP)		rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|			Joe Austin (Sinn Féin)			Bobby Lavery (Sinn Féin)
1989	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	William Gault (UUP)		rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Brian Feeney (SDLP)		rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Gerard McGuigan (Sinn Féin)	rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party of Ireland/meta/color" \|	Seamus Lynch (Workers' Party)
1985	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Peter Lunn (DUP)		rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Brian Feeney (SDLP)	Bobby Lavery (Sinn Féin)		Gerard McGuigan (Sinn Féin)		Seamus Lynch (Workers' Party)

2019 Elections

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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
bgcolor=Template:People Before Profit/meta/color\|	People Before Profit gain from Progressive Unionist

2014 Elections

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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
bgcolor=Template:Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color\|	Progressive Unionist gain from Democratic Unionist

2011 Elections

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

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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
bgcolor=Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color\|	Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist

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

[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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