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
EU Parliament Northern Ireland
UK Parliament Belfast North
Belfast West
NI Assembly Belfast North
Belfast West
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Court is one of the nine district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Located in the west of the city, the district elects five members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Crumlin; Glencairn; Highfield; Shankill and Woodvale. Court is split between the Belfast North and Belfast West constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

Contents

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 local elections onwards, it has contained five wards, following the abolition of the Saint Anne's ward.

Wards

Map Ward Population
(2008 Estimate)		 Population
(2001 Census)		 Catholic Protestant Other Area Density NI Assembly UK Parliament Ref
1 Crumlin 4,362 4,376 3.6% 93.9% 2.5% 0.83 km2 5,272/km2 Belfast North Belfast North [1]
2 Glencairn 3,693 4,026 12.3% 85.2% 2.5% 4.1 km2 982/km2 Belfast West Belfast West [2]
3 Highfield 5,579 5,310 4.2% 94.0% 1.8% 2.69 km2 1,974/km2 Belfast West Belfast West [3]
4 Shankill 3,812 3,784 3.2% 94.3% 2.5% 0.93 km2 4,067/km2 Belfast West Belfast West [4]
5 Woodvale 4,331 4,594 2.6% 95.1% 2.3% 0.57 km2 8,060/km2 Belfast North Belfast North [5]
Court 21,777 22,088 5.1% 92.7% 2.2% 9.12 km2 2,422/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)
2011 Brian Kingston
(DUP)		 Hugh Smyth
(PUP)		 Naomi Thompson
(DUP)		 William Humphrey
(DUP)		 Frank McCoubrey
(Independent)		 Reduced to 5
seats from 1993
2005 Diane Dodds
(DUP)		 Elaine McMillen
(DUP)
2001 Eric Smyth
(DUP)		 Chris McGimpsey
(UUP)
1997 Fred Cobain
(UUP)		 Frank McCoubrey
(UDP)
1993 Joe Coggle
(Independent Unionist)
1989 Herbert Ditty
(UUP)		 Elizabeth Seawright
(Independent Unionist)
1985 Ted Ashby
(DUP)		 George Seawright
(Independent Unionist)

2011 Elections

See also: Results of elections in 2011; 2005; 2001; 1997; 1993; 1989 and 1985.
Belfast City Council elections, 2011[6]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Democratic Unionist William Humphrey 2,643
Democratic Unionist Brian Kingston 1,371
Independent Frank McCoubrey 754
Progressive Unionist Hugh Smyth 640
Ulster Unionist Bobby McConnell 395
Democratic Unionist 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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ward Information for Crumlin (Belfast) ward 95GG19". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG19&sName=Crumlin%20(Belfast). Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  2. ^ "Ward Information for Glencairn ward 95GG26". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG26&sName=Glencairn. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  3. ^ "Ward Information for Highfield ward 95GG28". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG28&sName=Highfield. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  4. ^ "Ward Information for Shankill ward 95GG40". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG40&sName=Shankill. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  5. ^ "Ward Information for Woodvale ward 95GG51". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG51&sName=Woodvale. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  6. ^ Elections 2011: Court, Belfast City Council
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