Castle (District Electoral Area)
Castle District Electoral Area | |
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Map showing Castle wards within Belfast | |
Area | 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi) |
Population | 28,290 (2008 Estimate) |
• Density | 1,489/km2 (3,860/sq mi) |
District | |
County | |
Country | Northern Ireland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
UK Parliament | |
NI Assembly | |
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 the neighbouring Court and Oldpark districts and parts of Newtownabbey Borough Council, forms the Belfast North constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament. The district is bound 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 and Oldpark Road.
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
- Albert Memorial Clock
- Belfast Castle
- Belfast Central Library
- Belfast Exposed photographic gallery
- Belfast Harbour
- Belfast Hebrew Congregation
- Belfast Zoo
- Cavehill
- Dividers Sculpture
- Giant's Park
- McHugh's Bar
- Merchant Hotel
- The Northern Whig Bar
- NvTv (Northern Visions Television)
- Obel Tower
- St Anne’s Cathedral (Church of Ireland)
- The Big Fish, sculpture
Sport
- Seaview, Crusaders F.C. home ground
- Skegoneill Avenue, Brantwood F.C. home ground
Education
Wards
Map | Ward | Population (2011 Census) |
Catholic | Protestant | Other | No Religion | Area | Density | NI Assembly | UK Parliament | Ref |
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1 | Bellevue | 4,910 | 63.7% | 29.3% | 1.1% | 6% | 2.96 km2 | 1,659/km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | [1] |
2 | Castleview | 4,722 | 38.1% | 54.2% | 1.2% | 6.5% | 1.41 km2 | 3,349/km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | [2] |
3 | Cavehill | 4,820 | 57.1% | 37.7% | 0.9% | 4.3% | 3.41 km2 | 1,413/km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | [3] |
4 | Chichester Park | 5,452 | 74.3% | 17.2% | 1.6% | 6.9% | 0.95 km2 | 5,739/km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | [4] |
5 | Duncairn | 4,901 | 23.6% | 63.9% | 2.2% | 10.3 | 9.24 km2 | 530/km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | [5] |
6 | Fortwilliam | 4,561 | 41.3% | 50.3% | 1.2% | 7.2% | 1.03 km2 | 4,428/km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | [6] |
Castle | 29,366 | 50.3% | 41.5% | 1.4% | 6.9% | 19 km2 | 1,546/km2 |
Councillors
Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | ||||||
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2014 | rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" | | Nuala McAllister (Alliance) |
rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Lydia Patterson (DUP) |
rowspan = "6" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | | David Browne (UUP) |
rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" | | Mary Campbell (Sinn Féin) |
rowspan = "4" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" | | Pat Convery (SDLP) |
rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Guy Spence (DUP) |
2011 | rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" | | Tierna Cunningham (Sinn Féin) | ||||||||||
2005 | rowspan = "6" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Nigel Dodds (DUP) |
rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" | | Cathal Mullaghan (SDLP) |
rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Ian Crozier (DUP) | ||||||
2001 | rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" | | Danny Lavery (Sinn Féin) |
rowspan = "5" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" | | Alban Maginness (SDLP) | ||||||||
1997 | rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" | | Tom Campbell (Alliance) |
rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Nelson McCausland (UUP) | ||||||||
1993 | rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" | | Jonathan Stephenson (SDLP) |
rowspan = "3" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | | John Carson (UUP) |
rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Independent Unionist/meta/color" | | Nelson McCausland (Independent Unionist) | ||||||
1989 | rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" | | Tom Campbell (Alliance) |
rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Independent Unionist/meta/color" | | Frank Millar (Independent Unionist) | ||||||||
1985 | rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Alfie Redpath (UUP) |
2011 Elections
style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Workers' Party of Ireland" |Belfast City Council elections, 2011[7] | |||
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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 | |
Ulster Unionist | David Browne | 1,181 | |
DUP | Guy Spence | 946 | |
SDLP | Cathal Mullaghan | 883 | |
Alliance | David McKechnie | 689 | |
DUP | Lee Reynolds | 629 | |
Workers' Party of Ireland | John Lavery | 170 | |
Turnout | 10,024 | ||
style="background:Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color;"| | Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour |
See also
- Belfast City Council
- Electoral wards of Belfast
- Local government in Northern Ireland
- Members of Belfast City Council
References
- ^ "Ward Information for Bellevue ward 95GG08". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ^ "Ward Information for Castleview ward 95GG13". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ^ "Ward Information for Cavehill ward 95GG14". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ^ "Ward Information for Chichester Park ward 95GG16". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ^ "Ward Information for Duncairn ward 95GG20". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ^ "Ward Information for Fortwilliam ward 95GG24". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ^ Elections 2011: Castle, Belfast City Council