Ormiston (District Electoral Area)

Ormiston has been one of the ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland since 2014.^[1] Located in the east of the city, the district elects seven members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Belmont, Garnerville, Gilnahirk, Sandown, Shandon, Knock and Stormont.^[2] Ormiston, along with wards from the neighbouring Titanic and Lisnasharragh DEAs, together with parts of Lisburn and Castlereagh District Council, form the Belfast East constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

The district was created for the 2014 local elections, replacing the Victoria District Electoral Area,^[3] which had existed since 1985. Nineteen candidates contested the first election in 2014, the most of any DEA in Northern Ireland.^[4]

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2014		Mervyn Jones (Alliance)		Laura McNamee (Alliance)		Ross Brown (Green)		John Hussey (DUP)		Tom Haire (DUP)		Jim Rodgers (UUP)		Peter Johnston (UUP)

2014 elections

Belfast City Council elections, 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	UUP	Jim Rodgers	1,899
	Alliance	Mervyn Jones	1,184
	DUP	Tom Haire	1,072
	Alliance	Ross McMullan	899
	Alliance	Laura McNamee	898
	Green (NI)	Ross Brown	831
	DUP	John Hussey	821
	DUP	Denny Vitty	809
	DUP	Brian Kennedy	750
	PUP	Ian Shanks	720
	TUV	John Hiddleston	640
	UUP	Peter Johnston	622
	UKIP	Stephen Crosby	618
	Alliance	Andrew Webb	561
	NI21	Ian Dickson	245
	NI21	Jayne Olorunda	192
	NI Conservatives	Ian Reid	162
	SDLP	Michael McMillan	95
	Sinn Féin	Laura Keenan	56
Turnout			13,074

References

↑ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
↑ Belfast City Election results, 2014
↑ Map from the District Electoral Areas Commissioner Maps page. See District Electoral Areas Commissioner page
↑ ‘Incredible mistake’ almost halted election, The News Letter, 1 May 2014
↑ Elections 2014: Ormiston, Belfast City Council

Belfast City Council

General	Belfast Belfast City Hall Coat of Arms and Motto

People	Councillors Aldermen Lord Mayor Deputy Lord Mayor High Sheriff Lord Lieutenant

District Electoral Areas	Balmoral Black Mountain Botanic Castle Collin Court Lisnasharragh Oldpark Ormiston Titanic

Amenities	Belfast Castle Belfast Zoo St George's Market Ulster Hall Waterfront Hall

Parks and gardens	Botanic Gardens Cave Hill Country Park Musgrave Park Ormeau Park Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park Victoria Park

Cemeteries	Balmoral Cemetery Belfast City Cemetery Clifton Street Cemetery Roselawn Cemetery

Elections	2014 2011 2005 2001 1997 1993 1989 1985 1981 1977 1973

See also: Local government in Northern Ireland Category

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