Pottinger (District Electoral Area)
Encyclopedia
Pottinger is one of the nine district electoral areas
(DEA) 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 and Woodstock are part of the Belfast South constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly
and UK Parliament
, while the other four are part of the Belfast East Assembly
and Parliamentary
constituencies.
The district is bounded to the west by the River Lagan
and the Ormeau Road
, to the north by the Newtownards Road, to the east by Greenville Park and North Road and Castlereagh Borough Council
to the south.
At the 2001 census the district had a Protestant majority, however there is also a large Catholic minority, particularly in areas such as the Short Strand
, which is separated from the mainly unionist Cluan Place
by one of the many peace lines
in the district.
Electoral wards of Belfast
The electoral wards of Belfast are subdivisions of the city, used primarily for statistics and elections. Belfast has had 51 wards since May 1973, which were revised in May 1985 and again in May 1993...
(DEA) in Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
, Northern Ireland. Located in the east of the city, the district elects six members 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...
and contains the wards of Ballymacarrett
Ballymacarrett
Ballymacarrett or Ballymacarret is the name of both a townland and electoral ward in Belfast. The townland is in County Down and the electoral ward is part of the Pottinger district electoral area of Belfast City Council....
; Bloomfield; Orangefield; Ravenhill; The Mount and Woodstock.
The wards of Ravenhill and Woodstock are part of the Belfast South constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly
Belfast South (Assembly constituency)
Belfast South is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973...
and UK Parliament
Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency)
Belfast South is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.-Boundaries:The seat was created in 1922 when, as part of the establishment of the devolved Stormont Parliament for Northern Ireland, the number of MPs in the Westminster Parliament was drastically cut...
, while the other four are part of the Belfast East Assembly
Belfast East (Assembly constituency)
Belfast East is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973...
and Parliamentary
Belfast East (UK Parliament constituency)
Belfast East is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Naomi Long of the Alliance Party, elected in 2010...
constituencies.
The district is bounded to the west by the River Lagan
River Lagan
The River Lagan is a major river in Northern Ireland which runs 40 miles from the Slieve Croob mountain in County Down to Belfast where it enters Belfast Lough, an inlet of the Irish Sea. The River Lagan forms much of the border between County Antrim and County Down. It rises as a tiny fast...
and the Ormeau Road
Ormeau Road
The Ormeau Road is a road in south Belfast, Northern Ireland. Ormeau Park is adjacent to it. It forms part of the A24.-History:Having previously been the home of George Chichester, 2nd Marquess of Donegall, a road was first built in 1815, when it was known more commonly as the New Ballynafeigh Road...
, to the north by the Newtownards Road, to the east by Greenville Park and North Road and Castlereagh Borough Council
Castlereagh Borough Council
Castlereagh is a local government district with the status of borough in Northern Ireland. It is a largely urban borough bordering Belfast. Unusually, it has no natural borough centre, largely consisting of a series of suburbs of Belfast in the Castlereagh Hills to the south-east of the city with...
to the south.
At the 2001 census the district had a Protestant majority, however there is also a large Catholic minority, particularly in areas such as the Short Strand
Short Strand
The Short Strand is a mainly-nationalist area in east Belfast, surrounded by a mainly-unionist area. It is within the townland of Ballymacarret and sits on the east bank of the River Lagan in County Down.-Security issues:...
, which is separated from the mainly unionist Cluan Place
Cluan Place
Cluan Place is a Protestant working-class area in eastern inner-city Belfast, in Northern Ireland.There is currently a peace line, separating the area from Roman Catholic Short Strand. Rioting between neighbouring Loyalist and Republican factions has been a feature of the area's recent past. See...
by one of the many peace lines
Peace lines
The peace lines or peace walls are a series of separation barriers in Northern Ireland that separate Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere...
in the district.
History
The DEA was created for the 1985 local elections, when it largely replaced the former electoral Area A. Five of the six wards came from Area A with the Bloomfield ward added from Area B.Amenities
Amenities in the Pottinger district electoral area include:- Ormeau Golf ClubOrmeau Golf ClubThe Ormeau Golf Club is located on Park Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a nine-hole course with an eighteen-hole par of 68.The golf club describes itself as "the Course in the heart of the city" as it is just a mile from Belfast city centre. It was formed in 1893 and is one of the oldest...
- Ormeau ParkOrmeau ParkOrmeau Park is the oldest municipal park in Belfast, Northern Ireland, having been officially opened to the public in 1871. It is owned and run by Belfast City Council and is one of the largest and busiest parks in the city and contains a variety of horticulture, woodland, wildlife and sporting...
- Ravenhill StadiumRavenhill StadiumRavenhill Stadium is located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is used by Ulster Rugby. It has a normal capacity of 12,300 and is owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union.-History:The grounds were opened in the 1923/24 season...
, home of the Ulster RugbyUlster RugbyUlster Rugby, usually referred to simply as Ulster, is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Belfast, representing the Irish province of Ulster, that competes in the RaboDirect Pro12 and also competes in the Heineken Cup...
team - St Michael's Primary SchoolSt. Michael's Primary School, BelfastSt. Michael's Primary School in South Belfast was opened in September 1974.It is a Catholic school and has, at present, 414 pupils enrolled...
Wards
| Map | | Ward | | Population (2008 Estimate) | | Population (2001 Census) | | Catholic | | Protestant | | Other | | Area | | Density | | NI Assembly Northern Ireland Assembly The Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive... | | UK Parliament | | Ref |
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| 1 | Ballymacarrett Ballymacarrett Ballymacarrett or Ballymacarret is the name of both a townland and electoral ward in Belfast. The townland is in County Down and the electoral ward is part of the Pottinger district electoral area of Belfast City Council.... |
4,797 | 4,942 | 50.7% | 46.8% | 2.8% | 0.78 km2 | 6,336 /km2 | Belfast East Belfast East (Assembly constituency) Belfast East is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973... |
Belfast East Belfast East (UK Parliament constituency) Belfast East is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Naomi Long of the Alliance Party, elected in 2010... |
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| 2 | Bloomfield | 5,483 | 5,537 | 5.1% | 87.6% | 7.3% | 0.74 km2 | 7,482 /km2 | Belfast East Belfast East (Assembly constituency) Belfast East is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973... |
Belfast East Belfast East (UK Parliament constituency) Belfast East is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Naomi Long of the Alliance Party, elected in 2010... |
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| 3 | Orangefield | 5,565 | 5,496 | 3.3% | 91.0% | 5.7% | 1.46 km2 | 3,764 /km2 | Belfast East Belfast East (Assembly constituency) Belfast East is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973... |
Belfast East Belfast East (UK Parliament constituency) Belfast East is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Naomi Long of the Alliance Party, elected in 2010... |
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| 4 | Ravenhill | 5,610 | 5,500 | 25.5% | 67.3% | 7.2% | 1.88 km2 | 2,926 /km2 | Belfast South Belfast South (Assembly constituency) Belfast South is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973... |
Belfast South Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency) Belfast South is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.-Boundaries:The seat was created in 1922 when, as part of the establishment of the devolved Stormont Parliament for Northern Ireland, the number of MPs in the Westminster Parliament was drastically cut... |
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| 5 | The Mount | 4,893 | 4,259 | 4.0% | 89.7% | 6.3% | 0.75 km2 | 5,679 /km2 | Belfast East Belfast East (Assembly constituency) Belfast East is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973... |
Belfast East Belfast East (UK Parliament constituency) Belfast East is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Naomi Long of the Alliance Party, elected in 2010... |
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| 6 | Woodstock | 4,924 | 5,133 | 6.2% | 86.7% | 7.1% | 0.56 km2 | 9,166 /km2 | Belfast South Belfast South (Assembly constituency) Belfast South is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973... |
Belfast South Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency) Belfast South is a Parliamentary Constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.-Boundaries:The seat was created in 1922 when, as part of the establishment of the devolved Stormont Parliament for Northern Ireland, the number of MPs in the Westminster Parliament was drastically cut... |
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| Pottinger | 31,272 | 30,687 | 15.7% | 78.2% | 6.1% | 6.17 km2 | 4,974 /km2 | ||||
Councillors
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| 2011 | Máire Hendron (Alliance Alliance Party of Northern Ireland The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland is a liberal and nonsectarian political party in Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's fifth-largest party overall, with eight seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly and one in the House of Commons.... ) |
May Campbell (DUP 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... ) |
Gavin Robinson (DUP 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... ) |
John Kyle John Kyle (unionist politician) John Kyle is a Councillor on Belfast City Council, and the interim leader of the centre-left loyalist Progressive Unionist Party in Northern Ireland.-Background and entry into Politics:... (PUP Progressive Unionist Party The Progressive Unionist Party is a small unionist political party in Northern Ireland. It was formed from the Independent Unionist Group operating in the Shankill area of Belfast, becoming the PUP in 1979... ) |
Niall Ó Donnghaile Niall Ó Donnghaile Niall Ó Donnghaile is the 56th and current Lord Mayor of Belfast. Ó Donnghaile is a Sinn Féin councillor for the pottinger ward in Belfast East. Ó Donnghaile was Educated through the Irish Medium Sector and is a Politics Graduate and fluent Irish speaker... (Sinn Féin Sinn 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... ) |
Adam Newton (DUP 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... ) |
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| 2005 | 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 ... (DUP 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... ) |
David Ervine David Ervine David Ervine was a Northern Irish politician and the leader of the Progressive Unionist Party .-Biography:... (PUP Progressive Unionist Party The Progressive Unionist Party is a small unionist political party in Northern Ireland. It was formed from the Independent Unionist Group operating in the Shankill area of Belfast, becoming the PUP in 1979... ) |
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... (UUP 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... ) |
Margaret McKenzie (DUP 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... ) |
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| 2001 | Joseph O'Donnell (Sinn Féin Sinn 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... ) |
Harry Toan (DUP 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... ) |
Margaret Clarke (UUP 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... ) |
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| 1997 | Mervyn Jones (Alliance Alliance Party of Northern Ireland The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland is a liberal and nonsectarian political party in Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's fifth-largest party overall, with eight seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly and one in the House of Commons.... ) |
Robert Clelland (DUP 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... ) |
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| 1993 | Jim Walker (DUP 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... ) |
Sandy Blair (UUP 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... ) |
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| 1989 | 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... (Independent 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.... ) |
Margaret Clarke (UUP 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... ) |
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| 1985 | F Leslie (DUP 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... ) |
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2011 Elections
- See also: Results of elections in 2011; 2005; 2001; 1997; 1993; 1989 and 1985.
| Belfast City Council elections, 2011 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| Máire Hendron | 1,895 | ||
| Gavin Robinson | 1,523 | ||
| Niall Ó Donnghaile | 1,077 | ||
| May Campbell | 1,051 | ||
| John Kyle John Kyle (unionist politician) John Kyle is a Councillor on Belfast City Council, and the interim leader of the centre-left loyalist Progressive Unionist Party in Northern Ireland.-Background and entry into Politics:... |
1,022 | ||
| Adam Newton | 936 | ||
| Philip Robinson | 786 | ||
| Séamas de Faoite | 456 | ||
| David Newman | 223 | ||
| John Hiddleston | 191 | ||
| Thomas Black | 150 | ||
| Kevin McNally | 104 | ||
| Donna McCusker | 70 | ||
| Karl Hedley | 33 | ||
| Procapitalism | Samuel Smyth | 9 | |
| 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... |
9,526 | ||
| Sinn Féin Sinn 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... gain from Ulster Unionist 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... |
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See also
- Belfast City CouncilBelfast City CouncilBelfast 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...
- Electoral wards of BelfastElectoral wards of BelfastThe electoral wards of Belfast are subdivisions of the city, used primarily for statistics and elections. Belfast has had 51 wards since May 1973, which were revised in May 1985 and again in May 1993...
- Local government in Northern IrelandLocal government in Northern IrelandNorthern 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...
- Members of Belfast City CouncilMembers of Belfast City CouncilThis is a list of the 51 members of Belfast City Council, elected at the local elections on 5 May 2011.-Electoral Wards:Belfast City Council currently comprises 51 electoral wards, nominally one for each elected councillor...
- Belfast Pottinger (UK Parliament constituency)Belfast Pottinger (UK Parliament constituency)Pottinger, a division of Belfast, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1922.-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:...
- Belfast Pottinger (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)Belfast Pottinger (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)Belfast Pottinger was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Pottinger was a borough constituency comprising part of eastern Belfast...
- Belfast Willowfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)Belfast Willowfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)Belfast Willowfield was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.-Boundaries:Belfast Willowfield was a borough constituency comprising part of southern Belfast...