Victoria (District Electoral Area)

Victoria District Electoral Area
Map showing Victoria wards within Belfast
Area	20.2 km2 (7.8 sq mi)
Population	36,607 (2008 Estimate)
- Density	1,812 /km2 (4,690 /sq mi)
District	Belfast City Council
County	County Down
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
EU Parliament	Northern Ireland
UK Parliament	Belfast East
NI Assembly	Belfast East
List of places: UK • Northern Ireland • Down

Victoria is one of the nine district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Located in the east of the city, the district elects seven members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Ballyhackamore; Belmont; Cherryvalley; Island; Knock; Stormont; and Sydenham. Victoria, along with wards from the neighbouring Pottinger district and Castlereagh Borough Council, forms the Belfast East constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

The district is bounded to the west by the Victoria Channel, to the north by Belfast Lough, to the north east by North Down Borough Council, to the south and east by Castlereagh Borough Council and to the south west by the Newtownards Road.

Contents 1 History 2 Titanic Quarter 3 Other Amenities 4 Wards 5 Councillors 6 2011 Elections 7 See also 8 References

History

The DEA was created for the 1985 local elections as the successor to the former Area B, which all seven wards in the new Victoria had been part of. An eighth ward, Bloomfield, which had been in Area B, was placed in the new Pottinger electoral area.

The district contains many key pieces of Belfast's transport infrastructure, including George Best Belfast City Airport and the eastern portion of Belfast Harbour. The area is served by the Bridge End and Sydenham railway stations and the A2 and A20 major road routes. The district is also home to Parliament Buildings, the meeting place of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Victoria was once the site of much of Belfast's heavy industrial manufacturing facilities, however these have suffered a significant decline since the mid-twentieth century, although companies such as Short Brothers and Harland and Wolff continue to have significant operations in the area.

Titanic Quarter

The Titanic Quarter is a major economic and cultural regeneration programme that is centred around Queen's Island and the former Harland and Wolff shipyard. The project has seen the construction of new hotels, apartment blocks and business facilities, with a number of high profile relocations, including the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. The area has also become a centre for learning and research with the opening of the Northern Ireland Science Park, in addition to Belfast Metropolitan College moving one of its key city centre campuses to the Quarter, while Queen's University Belfast have also located their Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT) within the Science Park. The Quarter's name comes from the RMS Titanic which was constructed in the old shipyard, with a number of projects aimed at exploiting the tourism value of the Titanic's connection to Belfast, including the Samson and Goliath cranes used to construct the ship and the Paint Hall.

Other Amenities

Other amenities in the Victoria district electoral area include:

• Ashfield Boys' High School
• Campbell College
• The Comber Greenway, a 7-mile (11 km) traffic-free section of the National Cycle Network, along the old Belfast-Comber railway line
• HMS Caroline
• Holywood Exchange, a major retail development
• Odyssey Arena, a major entertainment complex
• Our Lady and St. Patrick's College, Knock
• The Oval Stadium, home ground of Glentoran F.C.
• Stormont Estate

• Dundonald House
• Stormont Castle
• Stormont House

• Strandtown Primary School
• Strathearn School
• Wilgar Park, the home ground of Dundela F.C.

Wards

Map	Ward	Population (2008 Estimate)	Population (2001 Census)	Catholic	Protestant	Other	Area	Density	NI Assembly	UK Parliament	Ref
1	Ballyhackamore	5,479	5,693	11.6%	80.3%	8.1%	1.15 km2	4,950 /km2	Belfast East	Belfast East	[1]
2	Belmont	5,980	6,025	3.9%	89.6%	6.5%	1.79 km2	3,366 /km2	Belfast East	Belfast East	[2]
3	Cherryvalley	5,731	5,933	8.9%	85.1%	6.0%	1.99 km2	2,981 /km2	Belfast East	Belfast East	[3]
4	Island	4,564	4,280	5.3%	89.5%	5.2%	3.81 km2	1,123 /km2	Belfast East	Belfast East	[4]
5	Knock	4,643	4,995	5.1%	90.5%	4.4%	1.12 km2	4,460 /km2	Belfast East	Belfast East	[5]
6	Stormont	5,339	5,530	8.7%	85.2%	6.1%	7.04 km2	786 /km2	Belfast East	Belfast East	[6]
7	Sydenham	4,871	5,235	3.8%	90.3%	5.9%	6.24 km2	839 /km2	Belfast East	Belfast East	[7]
Victoria		36,607	37,691	6.7%	87.0%	6.3%	20.2 km2	1,896 /km2

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2011		Mervyn Jones (Alliance)		Laura McNamee (Alliance)		Robin Newton (DUP)		John Hussey (DUP)		Andrew Webb (Alliance)		Jim Rodgers (UUP)		Tom Haire (DUP)
2005				Naomi Long (Alliance)				Wallace Browne (DUP)		Ian Adamson (UUP)				David Rodway (DUP)
2001		David Alderdice (Alliance)												Alan Crowe (UUP)
1997				Danny Dow (Alliance)										Alan Crowe (Independent Unionist)
1993		John Alderdice (Alliance)												Tommy Patton (UUP)
1989												A F H Montgomery (UUP)
1985		Oliver Napier (Alliance)		G P C Thompson (Alliance)						William Corry (UUP)		Dorothy Dunlop (UUP)

2011 Elections

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

Belfast City Council elections, 2011[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Democratic Unionist	Robin Newton	2,338
	Alliance	Mervyn Jones	2,319
	Alliance	Laura McNamee	1,677
	Democratic Unionist	Tom Haire	1,437
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Rodgers	1,355
	Alliance	Andrew Webb	1,137
	Ulster Unionist	Ian Adamson	942
	Progressive Unionist	Robert McCartney	908
	Democratic Unionist	John Hussey	812
	Green (NI)	Ross Campbell	315
	Ulster Unionist	Stephen Warke	216
	SDLP	Magdalena Wolska	207
	Traditional Unionist Voice	Sammy Morrison	158
	Independent	Roy Hobson	142
	Conservative	Garry Crosbie	103
Turnout			14,066
	Alliance gain from Ulster Unionist

See also

• Belfast City Council
• Electoral wards of Belfast
• Local government in Northern Ireland
• Members of Belfast City Council
• Belfast Victoria (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
• Belfast Victoria (UK Parliament constituency)

References

1. ^ "Ward Information for Ballyhackamore ward 95GG03". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG03&sName=Ballyhackamore. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
2. ^ "Ward Information for Belmont ward 95GG09". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG09&sName=Belmont. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
3. ^ "Ward Information for Cherryvalley ward 95GG15". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG15&sName=Cherryvalley. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
4. ^ "Ward Information for Island ward 95GG29". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG29&sName=Island. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
5. ^ "Ward Information for Knock ward 95GG30". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG30&sName=Knock. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
6. ^ "Ward Information for Stormont ward 95GG41". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG41&sName=Stormont. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
7. ^ "Ward Information for Sydenham ward 95GG43". NISRA. http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG43&sName=Sydenham. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
8. ^ Elections 2011: Victoria, Belfast City Council

	Castle	Belfast Lough	North Down Borough Council
	Castle		Victoria
		Victoria
	Pottinger Laganbank	Castlereagh Borough Council	Castlereagh Borough Council

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