Balmoral (District Electoral Area)

Balmoral
District Electoral Area
Balmoral ; District Electoral Area
	; Map showing Balmoral wards within Belfast
Area	13.71 km2 (5.29 sq mi)
Population	29,681 (2008 Estimate)
• Density	2,165/km2 (5,610/sq mi)
District	Belfast City Council;
County	County Antrim;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Belfast South;
NI Assembly	Belfast South;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Antrim

Balmoral (from the Irish: Baile Mhoireil) is the most southern of ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Belvoir; Finaghy; Malone; Musgrave; Windsor; and Upper Malone. Balmoral, along with neighbouring Botanic, forms the greater part of the Belfast South constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

The district is bounded to the west and south west by the M1 Motorway, to east and south east by the River Lagan, to the east and north east by the Malone Road and to the north by Belfast City Hospital, Queen's University Belfast and Royal Victoria Hospital.

The Lisburn Road is the main arterial route through the centre of the district, which also contains a number of public facilities including: the King's Hall conference and exhibition centre, the Musgrave Park Hospital, Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park and Windsor Park, the home ground of the Northern Ireland national football team. It is served by the Adelaide, Balmoral and Finaghy railway stations.

History[]

The DEA was created for the 1985 local elections, where it contained five wards. Four of the wards came from the abolished Area C, which it effectively replaced, with the final ward, Blackstaff, coming from Area F. From the 1993 local elections to the 2011 elections, the area contained six wards, following the creation of the Musgrave ward. For the 2014 local elections, it lost the wards of Blackstaff and Windsor and gained the Belvoir ward, which had previously been part of the abolished Castlereagh Borough Council.

Wards (1985–2011)[]

Map	Ward	Population (2011 Census)	Catholic	Protestant	Other	No Religion	Area	Density	NI Assembly	UK Parliament	Ref
1	Blackstaff	3,998	15%	71.5%	1.8%	11.7%	1.92 km²	2,082/km²	Belfast South	Belfast South	^[1]
2	Finaghy	4,555	49.2%	42.6%	2.6%	5.6%	2.59 km²	1,759/km²	Belfast South	Belfast South	^[2]
3	Malone	5,555	61.2%	30.3%	2.3%	6.3%	2.18 km²	2,548/km²	Belfast South	Belfast South	^[3]
4	Musgrave	4,927	60.6%	32.9%	1.7%	4.8%	1.78 km²	2,768/km²	Belfast South	Belfast South	^[4]
5	Upper Malone	4,841	29.4%	60.1%	2.5%	8.1%	4.32 km²	1,121/km²	Belfast South	Belfast South	^[5]
6	Windsor	8,141	41.6%	40.7%	5.8%	11.8%	0.92 km²	8,849/km²	Belfast South	Belfast South	^[6]
Balmoral		32,017	43.8%	44.8%	3.1%	8.3%	13.71 km²	2,335/km²

Councillors[]

The King's Hall is a multi-purpose venue located in Balmoral.

Election			Councillor (Party)
2019	Kate Siobhan Nicholl (Alliance Party)	Donal Lyons (SDLP)	Five seats from 2014		Geraldine McAteer (Sinn Féin)	David Graham (DUP)	Sarah Louise Bunting (DUP)
2014	Paula Bradshaw (Alliance Party)	Claire Hanna (SDLP)	Five seats from 2014		Máirtín Ó Muilleoir (Sinn Féin)	Christopher Stalford (DUP)	Jeff Dudgeon (UUP)
2011	Tom Ekin (Alliance Party)	Claire Hanna (SDLP)		Bernie Kelly (SDLP)	Máirtín Ó Muilleoir (Sinn Féin)	Ruth Patterson (DUP)	Bob Stoker (UUP)
2005		Carmel Hanna (SDLP)		Bernie Kelly (SDLP)	Jim Kirkpatrick (DUP)
2001				Catherine Molloy (SDLP)	Margaret Crooks (UUP)
1997				Catherine Molloy (SDLP)		Harry Smith (DUP)
1993	Philip McGarry (Alliance Party)	Dorita Field (SDLP)		Harry Smith (DUP)		Joan Parkes (DUP)	Jim Kirkpatrick (UUP)
1989	Mark Long (Alliance Party)	Dorita Field (SDLP)	Additional seat from 1993
1985	John Montgomery (Alliance Party)	Billy Dickson (DUP)

In May 2011, Councillors Tom Ekin, Ruth Patterson and Bob Stoker were appointed as Aldermen by Belfast City Council. Alderman Ruth Patterson also served as Deputy Lord Mayor, 2011–12, while Mairtin O'Muilleoir is serving as Lord Mayor for 2013–14.

2019 Elections[]

Belfast City Council elections, 2019^[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	Kate Siobhan Nicholl	1,842
	DUP	David Graham	1,442
	SDLP	Dónal Lyons	1,306
	Sinn Féin	Geraldine McAteer	1,283
	DUP	Sarah Louise Bunting	1,025
	SDLP	Michael Mulhern	813
	UUP	Jeffrey Dudgeon	660
	Green (NI)	Caoimhe O'Connell	504
	People Before Profit	Pádraigín Mervyn	202
	UKIP	William Traynor	133
Turnout			9,210
	Democratic Unionist Party gain from Ulster Unionist Party

2014 Elections[]

Belfast City Council elections, 2014^[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Mairtin O'Muilleoir	1,525
	SDLP	Claire Hanna	1,524
	DUP	Christopher Stalford	968
	DUP	Sarah Clarke	950
	UUP	Jeffrey Dudgeon	878
	Alliance	Paula Bradshaw	806
	SDLP	Justin Cartwright	589
	PUP	Simon Rice	533
	Alliance	Jamie Doyle	430
	NI21	Tina McKenzie	256
	Green (NI)	Elli Kontorravdis	224
	NI21	Barbara Neeson	74
	NI Conservatives	David Timson	74
	Independent	Gerard Collins	70
Turnout			8,901

2011 Elections[]

Windsor Park is the home of the Northern Ireland football team.

Belfast City Council elections, 2011^[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	Tom Ekin	1,762
	DUP	Ruth Patterson	1,553
	Sinn Féin	Máirtín Ó Muilleoir	1,465
	SDLP	Claire Hanna	1,443
	UUP	Bob Stoker	922
	SDLP	Niall Kelly	743
	SDLP	Bernie Kelly	706
	UUP	Jim Kirkpatrick	578
	DUP	Sharon Simpson	396
	Green (NI)	Mark Simpson	282
	People Before Profit	Andrew King	107
Turnout			9,957
	Sinn Féin gain from Democratic Unionist

References[]

^ "Ward Information for Blackstaff ward 95GG10". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ "Ward Information for Finaghy ward 95GG23". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ "Ward Information for Malone ward 95GG33". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ "Ward Information for Musgrave ward 95GG34". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ "Ward Information for Upper Malone ward 95GG45". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ "Ward Information for Windsor ward 95GG49". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ Elections 2019: Balmoral Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Belfast City Council
^ Elections 2014: Balmoral Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Belfast City Council
^ Elections 2011: Balmoral Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Belfast City Council

Coordinates: 54°34′01″N 5°58′01″W / 54.567°N 5.967°W / 54.567; -5.967

[1] "Ward Information for Blackstaff ward 95GG10". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

[2] "Ward Information for Finaghy ward 95GG23". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

[3] "Ward Information for Malone ward 95GG33". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

[4] "Ward Information for Musgrave ward 95GG34". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

[5] "Ward Information for Upper Malone ward 95GG45". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

[6] "Ward Information for Windsor ward 95GG49". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

[7] Elections 2019: Balmoral Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Belfast City Council

[8] Elections 2014: Balmoral Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Belfast City Council

[9] Elections 2011: Balmoral Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Belfast City Council

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