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)
2014	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Julie-Anne Corr (PUP)	rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Gareth McKee (DUP)	rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Nichola Mallon (SDLP)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Mary Clarke (Sinn Féin)	rowspan = "1" 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" \|	Gerard McCabe (Sinn Féin)
2011	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Ian Crozier (DUP)	rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Gareth McKee (DUP)	Daniel Lavery (Sinn Féin)	Nichola Mallon (SDLP)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	Conor Maskey (Sinn Féin)				Gerard McCabe (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)	Daniel Lavery (Sinn Féin)	rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" \|	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)

2011 Elections

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

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: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour 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: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #004400;" data-sort-value="Irish Republican Socialist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |

Belfast City Council elections, 2011^[7]
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 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 2011: Oldpark, Belfast City Council

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