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
EU Parliament	Northern Ireland
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 west 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.

1 History
2 Wards
3 Councillors
4 2011 Elections
5 See also
6 References

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 (2008 Estimate)	Population (2001 Census)	Catholic	Protestant	Other	Area	Density	NI Assembly	UK Parliament	Ref
1	Ardoyne	6,106	6,602	96.4%	3.2%	0.4%	0.58 km²	11,383 /km²	Belfast North	Belfast North	^[1]
2	Ballysillan	5,854	6,020	4.4%	90.7%	4.9%	1.11 km²	5,423 /km²	Belfast North	Belfast North	^[2]
3	Cliftonville	5,093	5,421	68.3%	29.2%	2.5%	1.18 km²	4,594 /km²	Belfast North	Belfast North	^[3]
4	Legoniel	5,808	5,528	37.7%	59.2%	3.1%	8.82 km²	627 /km²	Belfast North	Belfast North	^[4]
5	New Lodge	4,988	5,224	97.3%	2.2%	0.5%	0.72 km²	7,256 /km²	Belfast North	Belfast North	^[5]
6	Water Works	5,949	6,305	90.7%	6.7%	2.6%	1.27 km²	4,965 /km²	Belfast North	Belfast North	^[6]
Oldpark		33,798	35,100	66.1%	31.5%	2.4%	13.68 km²	2,566 /km²	Belfast North	Belfast North

Councillors

Election
2011	Gareth McKee (DUP)	Ian Crozier (DUP)	Nichola Mallon (SDLP)	Daniel Lavery (Sinn Féin)	Conor Maskey (Sinn Féin)	Gerard McCabe (Sinn Féin)
2005	Fred Cobain (UUP)	Nelson McCausland (DUP)	Alban Maginness (SDLP)	Daniel Lavery (Sinn Féin)	Margaret McCleneghan (Sinn Féin)	Carál Ní Chuilín (Sinn Féin)
2001	Billy Hutchinson (PUP)	Nelson McCausland (DUP)	Martin Morgan (SDLP)	Gerard Brophy (Sinn Féin)	Margaret McCleneghan (Sinn Féin)	Eoin O'Broin (Sinn Féin)
1997	Billy Hutchinson (PUP)	Fred Proctor (UUP)		Paddy McManus (Sinn Féin)	Mick Conlon (Sinn Féin)	Bobby Lavery (Sinn Féin)
1993	Fred Rodgers (UUP)				Joe Austin (Sinn Féin)	Bobby Lavery (Sinn Féin)
1989	William Gault (UUP)		Brian Feeney (SDLP)		Gerard McGuigan (Sinn Féin)	Seamus Lynch (Workers' Party)
1985	P M Lunn (DUP)		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.

Belfast City Council elections, 2011^[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Democratic Unionist	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
	Democratic Unionist	Gareth McKee	917
	Ulster Unionist	Fred Rodgers	540
	Irish Republican Socialist	Paul Little	379
	Alliance	James McClure	303
	Independent	Martin McAuley	146
Turnout			10,584
	Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist

References

^ "Ward Information for Ardoyne ward 95GG02". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG02&sName=Ardoyne. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
^ "Ward Information for Ballysillan ward 95GG06". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG06&sName=Ballysillan. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
^ "Ward Information for Cliftonville ward 95GG17". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG17&sName=Cliftonville. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
^ "Ward Information for Legoniel ward 95GG32". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG32&sName=Legoniel. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
^ "Ward Information for New Lodge ward 95GG35". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG35&sName=New%20Lodge. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
^ "Ward Information for Water Works ward 95GG47". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG47&sName=Water%20Works. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
^ Elections 2011: Oldpark, Belfast City Council

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