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Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 15 May 1985 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.
The UUP became the largest party, overtaking the DUP and John Carson became the Lord Mayor.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ulster Unionist | 14 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 27.5 | 24.4 | 28,165 | ![]() | |
DUP | 11 | 0 | 4 | ![]() | 21.6 | 19.9 | 23,052 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 8 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 15.7 | 11.5 | 13,286 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 7 | 7 | 0 | ![]() | 13.7 | 15.6 | 18,077 | New | |
SDLP | 6 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 11.8 | 14.2 | 16,479 | ![]() | |
Ind. Unionist | 2 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4,091 | ![]() | |
Workers' Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 2.0 | 3.8 | 4,432 | ![]() | |
Protestant Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2,970 | ![]() | |
PUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2,588 | ![]() | |
People's Democracy | 0 | 0 | 2 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.1 | 131 | ![]() | |
Ulster Democratic | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.5 | 536 | ![]() | |
Labour Party NI | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.6 | 731 | New | |
Labour and Trade Union | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.5 | 556 | New | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.3 | 308 | New | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.2 | 245 | ![]() | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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UUP | DUP | Alliance | Sinn Féin | SDLP | Workers' Party | PUP | Others | ||||||||||
Balmoral | 41.7 | 2 | 25.5 | 2 | 18.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 5 |
Castle | 32.7 | 2 | 17.1 | 1 | 9.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 19.6 | 1 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.6 | 1 | 6 |
Court | 21.6 | 2 | 17.9 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 24.2 | 1 | 36.1 | 2 | 6 |
Laganbank | 30.0 | 2 | 22.1 | 1 | 20.8 | 1 | 16.9 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 5 |
Lower Falls | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.4 | 1 | 57.2 | 3 | 23.4 | 1 | 9.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 5 |
Oldpark | 17.5 | 1 | 11.4 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 28.5 | 2 | 16.1 | 1 | 9.4 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 10.4 | 0 | 6 |
Pottinger | 28.9 | 2 | 47.5 | 3 | 8.3 | 1 | 4.6 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 6 |
Upper Falls | 0.0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 7.3 | 1 | 44.1 | 2 | 39.2 | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 5 |
Victoria | 42.5 | 3 | 33.2 | 2 | 23.1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
Total | 24.4 | 14 | 19.9 | 11 | 11.5 | 8 | 15.6 | 7 | 14.2 | 6 | 3.8 | 1 | 2.2 | 1 | 8.4 | 3 | 51 |
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Mary Crooks* | 19.07% | 2,438 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Jim Kirkpatrick | 14.23% | 1,820 | 2,014.16 | 2,061.12 | 2,137.12 | |||||
DUP | William Dickson * | 12.81% | 1,638 | 1,660.56 | 1,676.68 | 1,931.32 | 2,321.32 | ||||
Alliance | John Montgomery | 10.37% | 1,326 | 1,329.12 | 1,426.48 | 1,430.6 | 1,488.68 | 1,497.39 | 2,449.39 | ||
DUP | John Parkes | 7.80% | 998 | 1,009.28 | 1,032.64 | 1,281.76 | 1,536 | 1,691.44 | 1,780.22 | 1,908.19 | |
SDLP | Dorita Field | 10.42% | 1,332 | 1,332.24 | 1,446.24 | 1,448.24 | 1,457.24 | 1,457.24 | 1,587.04 | 1,772.63 | |
Alliance | David Cook* | 8.15% | 1,042 | 1,054 | 1,180.48 | 1,191.08 | 1,345.04 | 1,367.82 | |||
Ulster Unionist | James Stewart* | 8.38% | 1,071 | 1,102.08 | 1,127.68 | 1,166.44 | |||||
DUP | Clarke Gibson | 7.80% | 620 | 633.68 | 646.8 | ||||||
Labour Party NI | Stanley Graham | 1.45% | 186 | 187.08 | |||||||
Workers' Party | Shaun McKeown | 1.04% | 133 | 133.12 | |||||||
Ind. Unionist | Victor Brennan | 0.99% | 127 | 127.6 | |||||||
Ind. Unionist | William Stevenson* | 0.44% | 56 | 57.44 | |||||||
Electorate: 23,220 Valid: 12,787 (55.07%) Spoilt: 315 Quota: 2,132 Turnout: 13,102 (56.43%) |
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | John Carson * | 24.23% | 3,153 | ||||||||
SDLP | Alban Maginness | 15.19% | 1,977 | ||||||||
Ind. Unionist | Frank Millar * | 12.47% | 1,623 | 1,812.83 | 1,813.08 | 1,836.49 | 1,863.28 | ||||
DUP | Nigel Dodds | 11.54% | 1,502 | 1,622.95 | 1,623 | 1,625.05 | 1,632.51 | 2,179.51 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Alfred Redpath | 8.51% | 1,107 | 1,783.5 | 1,783.5 | 1,797.73 | 1,821.83 | 1,916.83 | |||
Alliance | Tom Campbell | 6.14% | 799 | 822.37 | 825.42 | 919.79 | 1,333.54 | 1,337.77 | 1,351.99 | 1,870.99 | |
Ind. Unionist | William Gault* | 5.18% | 674 | 892.94 | 893.04 | 903.86 | 915.55 | 980.31 | 1,280.51 | 1,281.51 | |
SDLP | John Murphy | 4.45% | 579 | 581.87 | 672.17 | 864.67 | 885.52 | 885.52 | 887.89 | ||
DUP | Michael Whittley | 5.43% | 706 | 726.5 | 726.5 | 733.5 | 739.32 | ||||
Alliance | Robert Jamison | 3.45% | 449 | 474.42 | 475.87 | 530.04 | |||||
Workers' Party | Katherine Johnston | 3.41% | 444 | 448.51 | 451.06 | ||||||
Electorate: 24,488 Valid: 12,003 (49.02%) Spoilt: 323 Quota: 1,715 Turnout: 12,326 (50.33%) |
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Protestant Unionist, 1 x Independent Unionist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Protestant Unionist | George Seawright * | 24.39% | 2,970 | |||||||||
PUP | Hugh Smyth * | 14.46% | 1,761 | |||||||||
DUP | Frederick Ashby* | 11.66% | 1,420 | 1,591.36 | 1,593.78 | 1,681.1 | 1,682.1 | 1,732.92 | 2,186.92 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Herbert Ditty | 9.83% | 1,197 | 1,288.98 | 1,296.98 | 1,312.28 | 1,313.28 | 1,618.2 | 1,695.52 | 1,781.52 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Fred Cobain | 6.60% | 804 | 846 | 847 | 856.1 | 858.1 | 1,028.28 | 1,101.26 | 1,216.26 | 1,457.46 | |
Ind. Unionist | Joseph Coggle* | 7.34% | 894 | 1,134.66 | 1,139.08 | 1,144.76 | 1,146.76 | 1,201.2 | 1,266.44 | 1,336.44 | 1,471.32 | |
Ulster Democratic | Samuel Doyle | 4.40% | 536 | 837.56 | 842.98 | 859.22 | 860.22 | 946.5 | 1,004.12 | 1,050.12 | 1,097.32 | |
Alliance | William Dukelow | 5.14% | 626 | 642.38 | 730.8 | 732.64 | 874.64 | 899.16 | 907 | 914 | ||
DUP | William Baxter | 4.70% | 572 | 706.4 | 708.82 | 800.34 | 800.34 | 826.64 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | James Sands | 5.13% | 624 | 750 | 751 | 773.24 | 773.24 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Harry Fitzsimmons | 3.55% | 432 | 432.42 | 463.42 | 463.42 | ||||||
DUP | Robert Morrow | 1.49% | 182 | 260.96 | 261.38 | |||||||
Workers' Party | Peter Cullen | 1.29% | 157 | 161.62 | ||||||||
Electorate: 22,375 Valid: 12,175 (54.41%) Spoilt: 372 Quota: 1,740 Turnout: 12,547 (56.08%) |
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | William Blair* | 17.92% | 1,969 | |||||||||
Alliance | William McDowell | 12.97% | 1,425 | 1,456 | 1,808 | 1,811.15 | 1,841.15 | |||||
SDLP | Alasdair McDonnell * | 10.69% | 1,175 | 1,194 | 1,220 | 1,220.35 | 1,448.35 | 1,449.56 | 1,797.63 | 2,727.63 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Dixie Gilmore | 6.62% | 727 | 733 | 741 | 841.8 | 844.94 | 1,358.26 | 1,387.61 | 1,398.61 | 1,513.61 | |
DUP | Rhonda Paisley | 12.06% | 1,325 | 1,334 | 1,338 | 1,344.51 | 1,344.51 | 1,408.98 | 1,419.33 | 1,419.33 | 1,427.33 | |
DUP | Raymond McCrea* | 10.03% | 1,102 | 1,107 | 1,108 | 1,116.61 | 1,117.61 | 1,146.52 | 1,152.59 | 1,152.59 | 1,160.59 | |
SDLP | Gerard McKettrick | 7.58% | 833 | 844 | 876 | 876 | 949 | 949 | 1,068 | |||
Workers' Party | Gerard Carr | 5.01% | 550 | 635 | 655 | 656.19 | 755.26 | 757.33 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Wilson | 5.50% | 604 | 615 | 617 | 632.47 | 632.54 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Michael Conlon | 5.59% | 614 | 624 | 627 | 627.35 | ||||||
Alliance | Dan McGuinness | 3.95% | 434 | 455 | ||||||||
Labour and Trade Union | Robert Millar | 0.91% | 100 | |||||||||
NI Labour | John King | 0.66% | 73 | |||||||||
Communist | Michael Morrissey | 0.52% | 57 | |||||||||
Electorate: 20,934 Valid: 10,988 (52.49%) Spoilt: 297 Quota: 1,832 Turnout: 11,285 (53.91%) |
1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SDLP | Joe Hendron * | 22.06% | 2,606 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Sean McKnight | 16.41% | 1,939 | 1,963 | 1,985.4 | ||
Alliance | Will Glendinning * | 9.42% | 1,113 | 1,195 | 1,549.48 | 2,015.48 | |
Sinn Féin | Sean Keenan | 14.83% | 1,752 | 1,764 | 1,795.36 | 1,845.2 | |
Sinn Féin | Elizabeth Fitzsimons | 13.50% | 1,595 | 1,609 | 1,649.6 | 1,697.4 | |
Sinn Féin | Fra McCann | 12.42% | 1,467 | 1,472 | 1,499.44 | 1,552.4 | |
Workers' Party | Mary McMahon | 9.44% | 1,115 | 1,168 | 1,312.2 | ||
SDLP | Sean Mullan | 1.35% | 159 | ||||
Communist | Desmond Murray | 0.57% | 67 | ||||
Electorate: 21,058 Valid: 11,813 (56.10%) Spoilt: 450 Quota: 1,969 Turnout: 12,263 (58.23%) |
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Workers' Party
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Fred Proctor | 12.54% | 1,800 | 1,820 | 1,903 | 1,918 | 2,013 | 2,125 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Bobby Lavery | 12.20% | 1,752 | 1,765 | 1,766 | 1,786 | 1,793 | 1,794 | 2,373 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Gerard McGuigan | 10.93% | 1,570 | 1,576 | 1,576 | 1,585 | 1,591 | 1,591 | 1,726 | 2,030.7 | ||||||
SDLP | Brian Feeney* | 10.56% | 1,516 | 1,544 | 1,544 | 1,677 | 1,841 | 1,842 | 1,863 | 1,867.4 | 1,867.4 | 2,475.4 | ||||
Workers' Party | Seamus Lynch | 9.36% | 1,344 | 1,383 | 1,386 | 1,531 | 1,696 | 1,701 | 1,731 | 1,735.4 | 1,735.4 | 1,895.5 | 2,226.5 | |||
DUP | Peter Lunn | 6.67% | 958 | 974 | 1,054 | 1,056 | 1,082 | 1,523 | 1,523 | 1,523 | 1,537.6 | 1,539.6 | 1,542.6 | 1,549.6 | 1,824.6 | |
Ulster Unionist | David Smylie | 4.94% | 709 | 717 | 813 | 817 | 857 | 983 | 985 | 985 | 1,036.83 | 1,039.83 | 1,041.83 | 1,066.83 | 1,573.83 | |
Ind. Unionist | Nelson McCausland | 4.99% | 717 | 729 | 815 | 825 | 872 | 919 | 920 | 920 | 926.57 | 930.57 | 934.57 | 951.57 | ||
SDLP | Patrick Hunter | 5.48% | 787 | 812 | 814 | 867 | 913 | 913 | 922 | 924.2 | 924.2 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Paddy McManus | 5.39% | 774 | 781 | 781 | 787 | 787 | 787 | ||||||||
DUP | Pauline Whittley | 4.76% | 684 | 691 | 735 | 739 | 748 | |||||||||
Alliance | Arnold Carton | 3.73% | 535 | 597 | 618 | 695 | ||||||||||
Labour Party NI | Paddy Devlin* | 3.29% | 472 | 506 | 518 | |||||||||||
PUP | Patrick Bird | 3.02% | 433 | 444 | ||||||||||||
Green (NI) | Peter Emerson | 2.14% | 308 | |||||||||||||
Electorate: 25,774 Valid: 14,359 (55.71%) Spoilt: 389 Quota: 2,052 Turnout: 14,748 (57.22%) |
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
DUP | Sammy Wilson * | 19.99% | 2,454 | ||||||||
DUP | Frank Leslie | 18.11% | 2,224 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Margaret Clarke | 16.28% | 1,999 | ||||||||
DUP | Jim Walker | 9.39% | 1,153 | 1,763.12 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | Reg Empey | 9.10% | 1,117 | 1,143.6 | 1,442.8 | 1,630.12 | 1,659.16 | 1,660.5 | 1,756.5 | ||
Alliance | Mervyn Jones | 8.30% | 1,019 | 1,026.56 | 1,039.48 | 1,044.64 | 1,127.4 | 1,272.74 | 1,309.88 | 1,547.28 | |
Ulster Unionist | Harry Fletcher | 3.51% | 431 | 449.2 | 546.1 | 569.38 | 594.16 | 595.16 | 706.38 | 727.66 | |
Sinn Féin | Joseph O'Donnell | 4.61% | 566 | 566 | 566 | 566 | 572.28 | 634.6 | 635.6 | 713.42 | |
Workers' Party | Francis Cullen | 2.47% | 303 | 304.12 | 306.5 | 312.02 | 398.48 | 496.48 | 514.94 | ||
PUP | David Ervine | 3.21% | 394 | 402.12 | 442.58 | 448.1 | 459.68 | 460.68 | |||
SDLP | Carmel Maginness | 2.77% | 340 | 340.28 | 342.32 | 342.32 | 353.66 | ||||
Labour and Trade Union | Stan Dempsey | 1.78% | 218 | 219.68 | 227.16 | 232.44 | |||||
Communist | James Stewart | 0.25% | 61 | 64.08 | 66.8 | 67.16 | |||||
Electorate: 24,757 Valid: 12,279 (49.60%) Spoilt: 506 Quota: 1,755 Turnout: 12,785 (51.64%) |
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
SDLP | Alex Attwood | 19.35% | 2,461 | |||||||||
Sinn Féin | Alex Maskey | 18.30% | 2,329 | |||||||||
Sinn Féin | Teresa Holland | 17.73% | 2,256 | |||||||||
SDLP | Cormac Boomer* | 13.01% | 1,655 | 1,890.43 | 1,897.72 | 1,900.42 | 1,903.42 | 1,958.24 | 2,028.22 | 2,161.22 | ||
Alliance | Pip Glendinning | 7.32% | 931 | 947.38 | 949.9 | 951.16 | 955.16 | 958.73 | 994.31 | 1,334.43 | 1,805.43 | |
Sinn Féin | Mairtin O'Muilleoir | 8.01% | 1,031 | 1,034.25 | 1,214.16 | 1,334.58 | 1,339.82 | 1,410.1 | 1,440.06 | 1,461.64 | 1,561.64 | |
SDLP | Mary Muldoon* | 6.28% | 799 | 834.36 | 840.84 | 843.36 | 850.36 | 903.78 | 940.23 | 1,035.15 | ||
Workers' Party | Gerald McCann | 3.03% | 386 | 389.77 | 390.67 | 391.63 | 405.76 | 413.51 | 463.37 | |||
DUP | Irene Lewis | 2.92% | 372 | 372.39 | 372.39 | 372.51 | 372.6 | 372.6 | 374.6 | |||
Labour and Trade Union | Michael Duffy | 1.87% | 238 | 243.2 | 244.82 | 246.14 | 255.14 | 273.81 | ||||
People's Democracy | John McAnulty* | 1.03% | 131 | 131.91 | 137.67 | 140.73 | 146 | |||||
SDLP | Peter Prendiville | 0.57% | 72 | 87.86 | 88.04 | 88.28 | 90.5 | |||||
Communist | Kevin McCorry | 0.47% | 60 | 60.39 | 61.11 | 61.17 | ||||||
Electorate: 23,327 Valid: 12,721 (54.53%) Spoilt: 331 Quota: 2,121 Turnout: 13,052 (55.95%) |
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | Wallace Browne | 22.22% | 3,447 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Patton * | 15.41% | 2,390 | |||||||
Alliance | Oliver Napier * | 14.89% | 2,309 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | William Corry* | 11.85% | 1,838 | 1,985.4 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Dorothy Dunlop | 8.80% | 1,365 | 1,425.28 | 1,595.14 | 1,596.58 | 1,619.62 | 2,282.62 | ||
Alliance | George Thompson | 8.23% | 1,278 | 1,289.88 | 1,312.68 | 1,457.68 | 1,775.92 | 1,844.14 | 1,918.01 | |
DUP | Robin Newton | 3.64% | 564 | 1,611.64 | 1,636.15 | 1,640.03 | 1,644.03 | 1,772.26 | 1,910.87 | |
DUP | Samuel Walker | 7.29% | 1,131 | 1,330.76 | 1,400.49 | 1,401.68 | 1,408.72 | 1,579.34 | 1,708.82 | |
Ulster Unionist | John McCrea | 6.46% | 1,002 | 1,033.68 | 1,175.61 | 1,176.61 | 1,186.53 | |||
SDLP | Barry Gilheany | 1.21% | 188 | 189.76 | 190.33 | |||||
Electorate: 30,776 Valid: 15,512 (50.40%) Spoilt: 427 Quota: 1,940 Turnout: 15,939 (51.79%) |
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Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.
Elections to Strabane District Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.
Antrim Line was one of the district electoral areas in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014, one of five DEAs until 1993 and one of four DEAs until 2014. The district elected five members to Newtownabbey Borough Council until 1993 and seven members until 2014, and formed part of the South Antrim constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the Belfast North constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Waterside is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Derry and Strabane, Northern Ireland. The district elects seven members to Derry and Strabane District Council and contains the wards of Caw, Clondermot, Drumahoe, Ebrington, Kilfennan, Lisnagelvin and Victoria. Waterside forms part of the Foyle constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.