Court (District Electoral Area)

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Court
District Electoral Area
Court DEA wards - Belfast City Council.svg
Wards of Court DEA in Belfast City Council
Population21,886 (2011 Census, 1993 boundaries)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
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UK
Northern Ireland
Antrim

Court is one of the ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Located in the north and west of the city, the district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Ballygomartin, Clonard, Falls, Forth River, Shankill, and Woodvale. Court is split between the Belfast North and Belfast West constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

History[]

Wards of Court DEA in Belfast from 1993 to 2014 (see census table)

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 through 2011 local elections, it contained five wards, namely Crumlin, Glencairn, Highfield, Shankill and Woodvale, following the abolition of the Saint Anne's ward. For the 2014 local elections, the Crumlin ward was abolished, the Glencairn ward was replaced by Forth River ward and the Highfield ward was replaced by Ballygomartin ward. These four wards were joined by the Falls and Clonard wards, which had previously been part of the abolished Lower Falls District Electoral Area.

2011 census data[]

Map Ward Population
(2011 Census)		 Catholic Protestant Other No Religion Area Density NI Assembly UK Parliament Ref
1 Crumlin 4,582 11.3% 82.3% 0.6% 5.9% 0.83 km2 5,520/km2 Belfast North Belfast North [1]
2 Glencairn 3,749 17.5% 75.5% 0.9% 6.1% 4.1 km2 914/km2 Belfast West Belfast West [2]
3 Highfield 5,651 9.5% 82.6% 0.9% 7% 2.69 km2 2,101/km2 Belfast West Belfast West [3]
4 Shankill 3,816 7.9% 84.5% 0.7% 6.9% 0.93 km2 4,103/km2 Belfast West Belfast West [4]
5 Woodvale 4,088 6% 87% 0.6% 6.4% 0.57 km2 7,172/km2 Belfast North Belfast North [5]
Court 21,886 10.3% 82.5% 0.7% 6.5% 9.12 km2 2,400/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)
2019
(DUP) 		Billy Hutchinson
(PUP) 		Claire Canavan
(Sinn Féin) 		Nicola Verner
(DUP) 		Frank McCoubrey
(DUP) 		Christina Black
(Sinn Féin)
December 2018
co-option 		Jolene Bunting
(TUV/Independent)
January 2018
co-option 		Mary McConville
(Sinn Féin)
February 2017
defection 		Jim McVeigh
(Sinn Féin)
2014
2011 Hugh Smyth
(PUP) 		Naomi Thompson
(DUP) 		William Humphrey
(DUP) 		Frank McCoubrey
(Independent) 		Reduced to 5
seats from 1993 to 2011
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)

See also[]

Elections[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ward Information for Crumlin (Belfast) ward 95GG19". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Ward Information for Glencairn ward 95GG26". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Ward Information for Highfield ward 95GG28". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Ward Information for Shankill ward 95GG40". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Ward Information for Woodvale ward 95GG51". NISRA. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
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