Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
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Elections for local government
were held in Northern Ireland
on 15 May 1985.
elections had been fought in the middle of the hunger strike
and the H-Block Prison Protest. Those elections had shown changes in party representation, with three parties, namely the Ulster Unionist Party
(UUP), the Democratic Unionist Party
(DUP) and the Social Democratic and Labour Party
(SDLP), winning 75% of the seats. On the Unionist side, the DUP arrived at a position of near parity with the UUP, outpolling the latter by 851 votes, although the UUP managed to win more seats overall. Other changes on the Unionist side saw the disbandment of two smaller Unionist parties: the Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
in September 1981 and the United Ulster Unionist Party
in May 1984. On the nationalist
side, while the SDLP maintained its dominant position, a greater number of elected candidates supporting the H-Block protest were elected. In total 36 candidates endorsed by the H-Block committee were elected of whom 21 belonged to the IIP. The representation of the centrist APNI was almost halved as their number of seats was reduced from 70 in 1977 to 38 in 1981.
, Jim Prior, to restore devolution. This eventually led to the establishment of the Northern Ireland Assembly which was elected in October 1982. However nationalist parties boycotted the forum and the SDLP instead threw its efforts into the New Ireland Forum
. This forum, established in May 1983, reported in May 1984 and represented the combined efforts of the nationalist parties to obtain a solution to the constitutional issue. However the report was rejected by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
who rejected each of the three proposals with the words “that is out” in a response that became known as the "out, out, out" speech.
(SF) became a significant issue in the run up to the elections. SF polled over 10% in the 1982 Assembly election, winning five seats. At the 1983 Westminster election, the party increased their vote share to 13.4% and maintained that level of support in the 1984 European election. The party won their first council seat in a by-election in March 1983, with Seamus Kerr polling 60% in Omagh ‘Area D’ This was followed by the election of Alex Maskey
and Sean McKnight to Belfast City Council
in June 1983 and February 1984 respectively. In Dungannon and Fermanagh, independent councillors Seamus Cassidy and John Joe McCusker joined SF.
Prior's successor as Secretary of State, Douglas Hurd
, refused to ban SF and also rejected calls by unionists for an anti-violence declaration to be signed by all candidates.
The report recommended no change in the number of councils or their names. The number of wards was increased from 526 to 566. Moyle was the only council to lose a ward.
With the wards drawn the government decided that a new procedure would be used to group them together to form District Electoral Areas (DEA). In 1972 the wards had been grouped together into areas of four to eight wards with each area electing a number of councillors equal to the number of wards that it contained. This had been done by the Chief Electoral Officer, a fact that had been criticised for potentially affecting his impartiality.
The District Electoral Areas Commissioner (N.I.) Order was laid before Parliament on 15 December 1983. This provided for the appointment of a commissioner and set him the task of creating electoral areas containing five to seven members. These were to have names rather than an alphabetic designation as before. The debate over the Order in January and February 1984 centred on the merits of STV, the narrower number of councillors in each DEA and the names issue. Unionists argued for DEAs electing four to six councillors.
Local government in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is divided into 26 districts for local government purposes. In Northern Ireland local councils do not carry out the same range of functions as those in the rest of the United Kingdom, for example they have no responsibility for education, for road building or for housing...
were held in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
on 15 May 1985.
1981 elections
The previousNorthern Ireland local elections, 1981
Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland in 1981.-Overall:-Belfast:...
elections had been fought in the middle of the hunger strike
1981 Irish hunger strike
The 1981 Irish hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest during The Troubles by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland. The protest began as the blanket protest in 1976, when the British government withdrew Special Category Status for convicted paramilitary prisoners...
and the H-Block Prison Protest. Those elections had shown changes in party representation, with three parties, namely the Ulster Unionist Party
Ulster Unionist Party
The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland...
(UUP), the Democratic Unionist Party
Democratic Unionist Party
The Democratic Unionist Party is the larger of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland. Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the...
(DUP) and the Social Democratic and Labour Party
Social Democratic and Labour Party
The Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic, Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. Its basic party platform advocates Irish reunification, and the further devolution of powers while Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom...
(SDLP), winning 75% of the seats. On the Unionist side, the DUP arrived at a position of near parity with the UUP, outpolling the latter by 851 votes, although the UUP managed to win more seats overall. Other changes on the Unionist side saw the disbandment of two smaller Unionist parties: the Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
Unionist Party of Northern Ireland
The Unionist Party of Northern Ireland was a political party founded by Brian Faulkner in September 1974.-Formation:The party emerged following splits in the Ulster Unionist Party in 1973 and 1974 over the British government's white paper Northern Ireland Constitutional Proposals, the Northern...
in September 1981 and the United Ulster Unionist Party
United Ulster Unionist Party
The United Ulster Unionist Party was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1975 and 1984.It emerged from a division in the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party in the late 1970s...
in May 1984. On the nationalist
Irish nationalism
Irish nationalism manifests itself in political and social movements and in sentiment inspired by a love for Irish culture, language and history, and as a sense of pride in Ireland and in the Irish people...
side, while the SDLP maintained its dominant position, a greater number of elected candidates supporting the H-Block protest were elected. In total 36 candidates endorsed by the H-Block committee were elected of whom 21 belonged to the IIP. The representation of the centrist APNI was almost halved as their number of seats was reduced from 70 in 1977 to 38 in 1981.
Northern Ireland Assembly and New Ireland Forum
Following the end of the Hunger Strike, attention focused on attempts by the new Secretary of State for Northern IrelandSecretary of State for Northern Ireland
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, informally the Northern Ireland Secretary, is the principal secretary of state in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State is a Minister of the Crown who is accountable to the Parliament of...
, Jim Prior, to restore devolution. This eventually led to the establishment of the Northern Ireland Assembly which was elected in October 1982. However nationalist parties boycotted the forum and the SDLP instead threw its efforts into the New Ireland Forum
New Ireland Forum
The New Ireland Forum was a forum in 1983–84 at which Irish nationalist political parties discussed potential political developments that might alleviate the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The Forum was established by Garret FitzGerald, then Taoiseach, under the influence of John Hume. The Forum was...
. This forum, established in May 1983, reported in May 1984 and represented the combined efforts of the nationalist parties to obtain a solution to the constitutional issue. However the report was rejected by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
who rejected each of the three proposals with the words “that is out” in a response that became known as the "out, out, out" speech.
Sinn Féin
The entry into electoral politics of Sinn FéinSinn Féin
Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...
(SF) became a significant issue in the run up to the elections. SF polled over 10% in the 1982 Assembly election, winning five seats. At the 1983 Westminster election, the party increased their vote share to 13.4% and maintained that level of support in the 1984 European election. The party won their first council seat in a by-election in March 1983, with Seamus Kerr polling 60% in Omagh ‘Area D’ This was followed by the election of Alex Maskey
Alex Maskey
Alex Maskey is an Irish politician who was the first member of Sinn Féin to serve as Belfast's Lord Mayor. He is Sinn Féin's longest sitting councillor and is currently an MLA for South Belfast as well as being a councillor for the Laganbank area of Belfast.-Early life:Maskey was educated at St...
and Sean McKnight to Belfast City Council
Belfast City Council
Belfast City Council is the local authority with responsibility for the city of Belfast, the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. The Council serves an estimated population of , the largest of any district council in Northern Ireland, while also being the fourth smallest by area...
in June 1983 and February 1984 respectively. In Dungannon and Fermanagh, independent councillors Seamus Cassidy and John Joe McCusker joined SF.
Prior's successor as Secretary of State, Douglas Hurd
Douglas Hurd
Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, CH, CBE, PC , is a British Conservative politician and novelist, who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major between 1979 and his retirement in 1995....
, refused to ban SF and also rejected calls by unionists for an anti-violence declaration to be signed by all candidates.
Rates
The expansion of services, particularly leisure began to have an impact in rates at a time when the Rate Support Grant was being cut. The grant was reduced by 1% in 1985. Belfast Leisure Services in particular accounted for 22.7% of the City budget. Rates overall had risen by 8% in the financial year from 1984 to 1985, a figure above the rate of inflation and resulted in the cancellation of a proposed ice rink in Belfast, while that in Bangor had to receive private funding. Since the 1980–1981 financial year, rates had risen by 51.7% ranging from a 17.9% rise in Castlereagh to 80% rises in Omagh and Newry and Mourne.Boundaries
The Local Government (N.I.) Act 1972, Section 50 (1) required a review of local government boundaries and electoral areas in 1981, however it was not until 28 October 1982 that Prior reappointed Sir F. Harrison, who had conducted the previous review in 1971 and 1972. Provisional recommendations were published on 20 May 1983. These led to additional representations and nineteen public hearings before revised recommendations were published on 18 January 1984. Following six further public hearings, the final report was sent to the Secretary of State on 29 May 1984.The report recommended no change in the number of councils or their names. The number of wards was increased from 526 to 566. Moyle was the only council to lose a ward.
With the wards drawn the government decided that a new procedure would be used to group them together to form District Electoral Areas (DEA). In 1972 the wards had been grouped together into areas of four to eight wards with each area electing a number of councillors equal to the number of wards that it contained. This had been done by the Chief Electoral Officer, a fact that had been criticised for potentially affecting his impartiality.
The District Electoral Areas Commissioner (N.I.) Order was laid before Parliament on 15 December 1983. This provided for the appointment of a commissioner and set him the task of creating electoral areas containing five to seven members. These were to have names rather than an alphabetic designation as before. The debate over the Order in January and February 1984 centred on the merits of STV, the narrower number of councillors in each DEA and the names issue. Unionists argued for DEAs electing four to six councillors.
Overall
| Party | Councillors | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | +/- | % share | Total | ||
| 189 | +37 | 29.5 | 188,497 | ||
| 142 | 0 | 24.3 | 155,297 | ||
| 102 | -2 | 17.8 | 113,967 | ||
| 59 | N/A | 11.8 | 75,686 | ||
| 34 | -4 | 7.0 | 45,038 | ||
| 9 | -28 | 1.6 | 10,297 | ||
| 8 | +6 | 1.3 | 8,780 | ||
| 6 | +6 | 1.2 | 7,597 | ||
| 4 | +1 | 1.6 | 10,415 | ||
| 4 | -17 | 1.2 | 7,459 | ||
| 3 | -2 | 0.5 | 3,139 | ||
| 2 | +1 | 0.6 | 3,612 | ||
| Protestant Unionist George Seawright George Seawright was a controversial unionist politician in Northern Ireland who was assassinated by the Irish People's Liberation Organisation during the Troubles.-Early life:... |
1 | +1 | 0.5 | 2,970 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 1,285 | ||
| 0 | N/A | 0.2 | 1,029 | ||
| Newtownabbey Labour Newtownabbey Labour Party The Newtownabbey Labour Party is a minor political party based in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.The party originated as the Newtownabbey branch of the Northern Ireland Labour Party. It left its parent organisation in the 1970s... |
1 | 0 | 0.1 | 792 | |
| 0 | N/A | 0.1 | 782 | ||
| Labour and Trade Union | 0 | N/A | 0.1 | 556 | |
| Independent Democratic Unionist Independent Unionist See also Independent .Independent Unionist has been a label sometimes used by candidates in elections in the United Kingdom, indicating a support for Unionism, retaining the unity of the British state.... |
0 | N/A | 0.1 | 429 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 387 | ||
| 0 | -2 | 0.0 | 276 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 245 | ||
| All Night Party Mark Langhammer Mark Langhammer is a trade unionist, employed as Director of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers and elected onto the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions in 2008, being re-elected in 2010... |
0 | N/A | 0.0 | 235 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 187 | ||
| 0 | -2 | 0.0 | 131 | ||
| Independent Workers' Party Workers' Party of Ireland The Workers' Party is a left-wing republican political party in Ireland. Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970 after a split within the party, adopting its current name in 1982.... |
0 | N/A | 0.0 | 113 | |
| 0 | N/A | 0.0 | 35 | ||
| 0 | -1 | 0.0 | 30 | ||
Belfast
| Court Court (District Electoral Area) Court is one of the nine district electoral areas 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... |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| George Seawright George Seawright George Seawright was a controversial unionist politician in Northern Ireland who was assassinated by the Irish People's Liberation Organisation during the Troubles.-Early life:... |
2,970 | ||
| Hugh Smyth Hugh Smyth Cllr Hugh Smyth is a former leader of the Progressive Unionist Party. He is a long-serving member of Belfast City Council and former Lord Mayor of Belfast. He is also the longest-serving member of the council, having represented the Upper Shankill areas since 1973... |
1,761 | ||
| Ted Ashby | 1,420 | ||
| Herbert Ditty Herbert Ditty Herbert Ditty was a lifelong Ulster Unionist politician, representing the Shankill Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland.Ditty was a founding member of the Ulster Protestant Action executive in the 1950s.... |
1,197 | ||
| Joe Coggle | 894 | ||
| Fred Cobain Fred Cobain Fred Cobain, MBE is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland and was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 1998 until 2011.Cobain was first elected to Belfast City Council in 1985. He served as Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1990-1991... |
804 | ||
| W. J. Dukelow | 626 | ||
| J. B. Sands | 624 | ||
| W. Baxter | 572 | ||
| S. Doyle | 536 | ||
| H. Fitzsimmons | 432 | ||
| R. Morrow | 182 | ||
| Peter Cullen | 157 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
12,547 | ||
| New area | |||
| Pottinger Pottinger (District Electoral Area) Pottinger is one of the nine district electoral areas in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Located in the east of the city, the district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Ballymacarrett; Bloomfield; Orangefield; Ravenhill; The Mount and Woodstock.The wards of Ravenhill... |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Sammy Wilson Sammy Wilson Samuel Wilson is a politician from Northern Ireland who is a Member of Parliament and a Member of the Legislative Assembly for East Antrim. He served as Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1986 – 1987; and again from June 2000 to June 2001. He was the first person from the Democratic Unionist Party ... |
2,454 | ||
| F. Leslie | 2,224 | ||
| Margaret Clarke | 1,999 | ||
| Jim Walker | 1,153 | ||
| Reg Empey Reg Empey Reginald Norman Morgan Empey, Baron Empey of Shandon, OBE, – known as Sir Reg Empey prior to 2011 – is a former Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for East Belfast... |
1,117 | ||
| Mervyn Jones | 1,019 | ||
| Joe O'Donnell | 566 | ||
| H. Fletcher | 431 | ||
| David Ervine David Ervine David Ervine was a Northern Irish politician and the leader of the Progressive Unionist Party .-Biography:... |
394 | ||
| C. Maginnis | 340 | ||
| Frank Cullen | 303 | ||
| Labour and Trade Union | S. J. Dempsey | 218 | |
| J. Stewart | 61 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
12,785 | ||
| New area | |||
| Victoria Victoria (District Electoral Area) Victoria is one of the nine district electoral areas 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... |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Wallace Browne | 3,447 | ||
| Tommy Patton | 2,390 | ||
| Oliver Napier Oliver Napier Sir Oliver Napier was the first leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. In 1974 he served as the first and only Legal Minister and head of the Office of Legal Reform in the Northern Ireland power-sharing executive set up by the Sunningdale Agreement.-Early life:Napier was educated at St... |
2,309 | ||
| William Corry | 1,838 | ||
| Dorothy Dunlop Dorothy Dunlop Dorothy Dunlop is a former Ulster Unionist and Conservative politician.Dunlop worked in the Arts Council in London and the for BBC Northern Ireland... |
1,365 | ||
| G. P. C. Thompson | 1,278 | ||
| S. J. Walker | 1,131 | ||
| J. McCrea | 1,002 | ||
| Robin Newton Robin Newton Robin Newton is a Unionist politician for the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland. He is an MLA for East Belfast. Newton was sworn in as a Junior Minister within the Office of First and deputy First Minister on 1 July 2009... |
564 | ||
| M. F. Gilheany | 188 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
15,939 | ||
| New area | |||
| Balmoral Balmoral (District Electoral Area) Balmoral is the most southern of nine district electoral areas in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Blackstaff; Finaghy; Malone; Musgrave; Upper Malone and Windsor... |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Margaret Crooks | 2,438 | ||
| Jim Kirkpatrick Jim Kirkpatrick Jim Kirkpatrick is a Unionist politician who has represented the Ulster Unionist Party three times and the Democratic Unionist Party twice. He sat in the 1982 Assembly and is currently a Belfast City councillor for the UUP.... |
1,820 | ||
| Billy Dickson | 1,638 | ||
| Dorita Field Dorita Field Dorita Field was a South African-born town planner and politician in Northern Ireland.Born as Dorita Wilson to a Protestant family in Pietermaritzburg, she studied zoology and mathematics at the University of South Africa. During World War II, she served in the South African Women's Naval Service... |
1,332 | ||
| John Montgomery | 1,326 | ||
| James Stewart | 1,071 | ||
| David Cook David Cook (politician) David Cook is a former politician in Northern Ireland.Cook works as a solicitor, eventually becoming a senior partner at Sheldon and Stewart Solicitors.... |
1,042 | ||
| Joan Parkes | 998 | ||
| C. K. Gibson | 620 | ||
| S. S. Graham | 186 | ||
| Shaun McKeown | 133 | ||
| Victor Brennan | 127 | ||
| W. S. Stevenson | 56 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
13,102 | ||
| New area | |||
| Castle Castle (District Electoral Area) 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... |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| John Carson John Carson (politician) John Carson is a former Northern Ireland Ulster Unionist Party politician.A draper who owned a shop in the interface area of the Duncairn Gardens in north Belfast, Carson was elected to Belfast City Council in 1973. The following year he was elected as a member of the United Ulster Unionist... |
3,153 | ||
| Alban Maginness Alban Maginness Alban Maginness is a Nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.Maginness was born in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland. He completed his secondary education at St. Malachy's College, Belfast. He then attended the New University of Ulster and subsequently Queen's University of Belfast where... |
1,977 | ||
| Frank Millar Frank Millar Frank Millar was a Northern Irish unionist politician.Millar worked in the shipyards, where he became a shop steward, before becoming a founder member of Ulster Protestant Action in 1956.... |
1,623 | ||
| Nigel Dodds Nigel Dodds Nigel Alexander Dodds, OBE, MP, BL is a barrister and Northern Irish unionist politician. He is Member of Parliament for Belfast North, and deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party. He has been Lord Mayor of Belfast twice, and from 1993 has been General Secretary of the DUP... |
1,502 | ||
| Alfie Redpath | 1,107 | ||
| Tom Campbell | 799 | ||
| M. Whittley | 706 | ||
| William Gault | 674 | ||
| J. G. Murphy | 579 | ||
| R. O. Jamison | 449 | ||
| K. Johnston | 444 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
13,391 | ||
| New area | |||
| Oldpark Oldpark (District Electoral Area) Oldpark is one of the nine district electoral areas in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Located in the west of the city, the district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Ardoyne; Ballysillan; Cliftonville; Legoniel; New Lodge and Water Works... |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Fred Proctor | 1,800 | ||
| B. Laverty | 1,752 | ||
| Gerard McGuigan | 1,570 | ||
| Brian Feeney | 1,516 | ||
| Seamus Lynch Seamus Lynch Seamus Lynch is a former Irish republican and socialist politician.Born in North Belfast, Lynch became a republican activist around the start of The Troubles, and sided with the Official wing of Sinn Féin in the split of 1970. He was imprisoned from October 1971 until the following year... |
1,344 | ||
| P. M. Lunn | 958 | ||
| P. Hunter | 787 | ||
| Paddy McManus | 774 | ||
| Nelson McCausland Nelson McCausland Nelson McCausland, MLA is a unionist politician from Northern Ireland. He is the current Minister for Social Development in the Northern Irish Government.-Education:... |
717 | ||
| D. Smylie | 707 | ||
| P. Whittley | 604 | ||
| A. J. Carton | 535 | ||
| Paddy Devlin Paddy Devlin Paddy Devlin was a Northern Irish social democrat and Labour activist, a former Stormont MP, a founder of the Social Democratic and Labour Party and a member of the 1974 Power Sharing Executive.-Early life:... |
472 | ||
| P. J. Bird | 433 | ||
| Peter Emerson | 308 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
14,748 | ||
| New area | |||
| Laganbank Laganbank (District Electoral Area) Laganbank is one of the nine district electoral areas in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Located in the south of the city, the district elects five members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Ballynafeigh; Botanic; Shaftesbury; Stranmillis and Rosetta... |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| B. Blair | 1,969 | ||
| W. F. McDowell | 1,425 | ||
| Rhonda Paisley Rhonda Paisley Rhonda Paisley is an author, and former politician from Northern Ireland. She is the daughter of DUP leader and Northern Ireland's former First Minister Ian Paisley, is unmarried, and lives with her parents in the family home... |
1,325 | ||
| Alasdair McDonnell Alasdair McDonnell Dr Alasdair McDonnell is an Irish politician, Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party and both a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and a Member of the Legislative Assembly for South Belfast. On 5 November, 2011, he was elected as the new leader of the SDLP.-Early... |
1,175 | ||
| R. S. McCrea | 1,102 | ||
| G. McGettrick | 833 | ||
| J. J. Dixon Gilmore J. J. Dixon Gilmore John Smiley Dixon "Dixie" Gilmore OBE was Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1987 to 1988 having previously been Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast. He was made a officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1989.... |
727 | ||
| M. Conlon | 614 | ||
| R. J. Wilson | 604 | ||
| G. Carr | 550 | ||
| Dan McGuinness | 434 | ||
| Labour and Trade Union | R. G. Millar | 100 | |
| J. King | 73 | ||
| M. J. Morrissey | 57 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
11,285 | ||
| New area | |||
| Upper Falls Upper Falls (District Electoral Area) Upper Falls is one of the nine district electoral areas 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 Andersonstown; Falls Park; Glen Road; Glencolin; and Ladybrook. Upper Falls forms part of the... |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Alex Attwood Alex Attwood Alex Attwood, MLA is an Irish politician, currently serving in the Northern Ireland Executive, and is the Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA for Belfast West.... |
2,461 | ||
| Alex Maskey Alex Maskey Alex Maskey is an Irish politician who was the first member of Sinn Féin to serve as Belfast's Lord Mayor. He is Sinn Féin's longest sitting councillor and is currently an MLA for South Belfast as well as being a councillor for the Laganbank area of Belfast.-Early life:Maskey was educated at St... |
2,329 | ||
| T. M. Holland | 2,256 | ||
| Cormac Boomer | 1,655 | ||
| Mairtin O Muilleoir | 1,031 | ||
| Pip Glendinning | 931 | ||
| G. A. McCann | 386 | ||
| I. Lewis | 372 | ||
| Labour and Trade Union | Micky Duffy | 238 | |
| John McAnulty | 131 | ||
| Peter Prendiville | 72 | ||
| K. McCorry | 60 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
13,052 | ||
| New area | |||
| Lower Falls Lower Falls (District Electoral Area) Lower Falls is one of the nine district electoral areas 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 Beechmount; Clonard; Falls; Upper Springfield; and Whiterock. Lower Falls forms part of the... |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Joe Hendron Joe Hendron Joseph Gerard Hendron is a Northern Ireland politician, a member of the moderate Irish nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party .... |
2,606 | ||
| Sean McKnight | 1,939 | ||
| S. Keenan | 1,752 | ||
| E. Fitzsimons | 1,595 | ||
| Fra McCann Fra McCann Fra McCann is an Irish politician. McCann became active in the Irish republican movement and during the 1970s was jailed on a number of occasions... |
1,467 | ||
| Mary McMahon | 1,115 | ||
| Will Glendinning Will Glendinning Will Glendinning is a former politician in Northern Ireland. He is now the Coordinator of Diversity Challenges an independent community organization working on community relations and cultural diversity [www.diversity-challenges.com]... |
1,113 | ||
| S. Mullen | 159 | ||
| D. Murray | 67 | ||
| Turnout Voter turnout Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s... |
12,263 | ||
| New area | |||