Castle (District Electoral Area)

Castle
District Electoral Area

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 Belfast City Council
County County Antrim
Country Northern Ireland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
EU Parliament Northern Ireland
UK Parliament Belfast North
NI Assembly North Belfast
List of places: UK • Northern Ireland • Antrim

Castle is one of the nine 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; Castleview; Cavehill; Chichester Park; Duncairn and Fortwilliam. 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.

Contents

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.

Amenities

Sport

Education

Wards

Map Ward Population
(2008 Estimate)		 Population
(2001 Census)		 Catholic Protestant Other Area Density NI Assembly UK Parliament Ref
1 Bellevue 4,750 4,942 60.7% 35.2% 4.1% 2.96 km2 1,670/km2 Belfast North Belfast North [1]
2 Castleview 4,769 4,878 31.2% 64.3% 4.5 % 1.41 km2 3,460/km2 Belfast North Belfast North [2]
3 Cavehill 4,965 5,282 51.3% 45.1% 3.6% 3.41 km2 1,549/km2 Belfast North Belfast North [3]
4 Chichester Park 5,077 5,109 74.9% 20.2% 4.9% 0.95 km2 5,378/km2 Belfast North Belfast North [4]
5 Duncairn 4,055 4,007 5.5% 90.2% 4.3% 9.24 km2 434/km2 Belfast North Belfast North [5]
6 Fortwilliam 4,674 4,798 32.9% 64.1% 3.0% 1.03 km2 4,658/km2 Belfast North Belfast North [6]
Castle 28,290 29,016 44.3% 51.6% 4.1% 19 km2 1,527/km2

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)
2011 Tierna Cunningham
(Sinn Féin)		 Lydia Patterson
(DUP)		 David Browne
(UUP)		 Mary Campbell
(Sinn Féin)		 Pat Convery
(SDLP)		 Guy Spence
(DUP)
2005 Nigel Dodds
(DUP)		 Cathal Mullaghan
(SDLP)		 Ian Crozier
(DUP)
2001 Danny Lavery
(Sinn Féin)		 Alban Maginness
(SDLP)
1997 Tom Campbell
(Alliance)		 Nelson McCausland
(UUP)
1993 Jonathan Stephenson
(SDLP)		 John Carson
(UUP)		 Nelson McCausland
(Independent Unionist)
1989 Tom Campbell
(Alliance)		 Frank Millar
(Independent Unionist)
1985 Alfie Redpath
(UUP)

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 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
Democratic Unionist Guy Spence 946
SDLP Cathal Mullaghan 883
Alliance David McKechnie 689
Democratic Unionist Lee Reynolds 629
Workers' Party John Lavery 170
Turnout 10,024
Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ward Information for Bellevue ward 95GG08". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG08&sName=Bellevue. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  2. ^ "Ward Information for Castleview ward 95GG13". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG13&sName=Castleview. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  3. ^ "Ward Information for Cavehill ward 95GG14". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG14&sName=Cavehill. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  4. ^ "Ward Information for Chichester Park ward 95GG16". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG16&sName=Chichester%20Park. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  5. ^ "Ward Information for Duncairn ward 95GG20". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG20&sName=Duncairn. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  6. ^ "Ward Information for Fortwilliam ward 95GG24". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG24&sName=Fortwilliam. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  7. ^ Elections 2011: Castle, Belfast City Council
Newtownabbey Borough Council Newtownabbey Borough Council Belfast Lough
Oldpark Victoria
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General
People
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Amenities
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Cemeteries
Elections
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