Court (District Electoral Area)

Court
District Electoral Area
Court ; District Electoral Area
	Map showing Castle wards within Belfast
Population	(2008 Estimate)
District	Belfast City Council;
County	County Antrim;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Belfast North ; Belfast West;
NI Assembly	Belfast North ; Belfast West;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Antrim

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

Map	Ward	Population (2011 Census)	Catholic	Protestant	Other	No Religion	Area	Density	NI Assembly	UK Parliament	Ref
1	Crumlin	4,582	11.3%	82.3%	0.6%	5.9%	0.83 km²	5,520/km²	Belfast North	Belfast North	^[1]
2	Glencairn	3,749	17.5%	75.5%	0.9%	6.1%	4.1 km²	914/km²	Belfast West	Belfast West	^[2]
3	Highfield	5,651	9.5%	82.6%	0.9%	7%	2.69 km²	2,101/km²	Belfast West	Belfast West	^[3]
4	Shankill	3,816	7.9%	84.5%	0.7%	6.9%	0.93 km²	4,103/km²	Belfast West	Belfast West	^[4]
5	Woodvale	4,088	6%	87%	0.6%	6.4%	0.57 km²	7,172/km²	Belfast North	Belfast North	^[5]
Court		21,886	10.3%	82.5%	0.7%	6.5%	9.12 km²	2,400/km²	Belfast 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	rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Brian Kingston (DUP)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Billy Hutchinson (PUP)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Mary McConville (Sinn Féin)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Traditional Unionist Voice/meta/color" \|	Jolene Bunting (TUV)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Frank McCoubrey (DUP)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Jim McVeigh (Sinn Féin)
2011	rowspan = "7" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Brian Kingston (DUP)	Hugh Smyth (PUP)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Naomi Thompson (DUP)	rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	William Humphrey (DUP)	rowspan = "3" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color" \|	Frank McCoubrey (Independent)	Reduced to 5 seats from 1993 to 2011
2005	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Diane Dodds (DUP)		rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Elaine McMillen (DUP)		William Humphrey (DUP)
2001	rowspan = "4" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Eric Smyth (DUP)		rowspan = "3" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Elaine McMillen (DUP)	Chris McGimpsey (UUP)
1997	rowspan = "4" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|			Fred Cobain (UUP)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Ulster Democratic Party/meta/color" \|		Frank McCoubrey (UDP)
1993	rowspan = "3" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Independent Unionist/meta/color" \|				Joe Coggle (Independent Unionist)
1989	rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|					Herbert Ditty (UUP)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Independent Unionist/meta/color" \|	Elizabeth Seawright (Independent Unionist)
1985	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Ted Ashby (DUP)				Herbert Ditty (UUP)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Independent Unionist/meta/color" \|	George Seawright (Independent 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^[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

References

^ "Ward Information for Crumlin (Belfast) ward 95GG19". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ "Ward Information for Glencairn ward 95GG26". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ "Ward Information for Highfield ward 95GG28". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ "Ward Information for Shankill ward 95GG40". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ "Ward Information for Woodvale ward 95GG51". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ Elections 2011: Court, Belfast City Council

[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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