Black Mountain (District Electoral Area)

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Black Mountain is a District Electoral Area used to elect 7 councillors to Belfast City Council.

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Black Mountain
Belfast City Council DEA constituency
Black Mountain, Post 2014.png
Black Mountain DEA marked on a map of Belfast City Council and its wards
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats7 (2014–)
Councillors
  •   Ciarán Beattie (SF)
  •   Arder Carson (SF)
  •   Paul Doherty (SDLP)
  •   Micheal Donnelly (SF)
  •   Róis-Máire Donnelly (SF)
  •   Áine McCabe (SF)
  •   Ronan McLaughlin (SF)

It is named after the Black Mountain.

The district was created for the 2014 election. It combined 4 of the 6 wards from the abolished Upper Falls DEA with 3 of the 5 wards from the abolished Lower Falls DEA.

In the 2014 election it elected 5 Sinn Féin councillors, 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party councillor, and Gerry Carroll of the People Before Profit Alliance. In the 2019 election Sinn Fein gained a sixth seat from the SDLP. In the 2023 election, the SDLP regained a seat at the expense of People Before Profit.

Councillors

ElectionCouncillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
2023 Ciarán Beattie
(Sinn Féin)
Arder Carson
(Sinn Féin)
Róis-Máire Donnelly
(Sinn Féin)
Áine McCabe
(Sinn Féin)
Micheal Donnelly
(Sinn Féin)
Ronan McLaughlin
(Sinn Féin)
Paul Doherty
(SDLP)
November 2022 Co-OptionMatt Collins
(PBP)
November 2020 Co-OptionSteven Corr
(Sinn Féin)
2019 Emma Groves
(Sinn Féin)
October 2017 Co-OptionOrla Nic Biorna
(Sinn Féin)
Tim Attwood
(SDLP)
May 2016 Co-OptionJanice Austin
(Sinn Féin)
2014 Gerry Carroll
(PBP)

2023 results

2019: 6 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit

2023: 6 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: SDLP gain from People Before Profit

Black Mountain - 7 seats [1]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Sinn Féin Ciarán Beattie*14.63%2,336       
Sinn Féin Michael Donnelly*13.51%2,158       
Sinn Féin Arder Carson*12.98%2,073       
Sinn Féin Ronan McLaughlin*10.27%1,6411,867.24 1,983.65 1,986.65 2,037.59   
SDLP Paul Doherty10.55%1,6851,700.96 1,706.77 1,718.05 1,720.72 1,838.15 2,029.15 
Sinn Féin Áine McCabe*11.51%1,8381,848.50 1,853.12 1,860.40 1,862.65 1,897.79 2,005.79 
Sinn Féin Róis-Máire Donnelly*9.62%1,5361,575.06 1,589.29 1,594.27 1,597.66 1,643.84 1,730.09 1,762.61
People Before Profit Matt Collins*8.24%1,3161,330.14 1,334.13 1,353.13 1,354.57 1,446.13 1,660.80 1,661.40
Aontú Gerard Herdman3.40%543544.96 545.66 547.66 547.90 563.18   
Irish Republican Socialist Dan Murphy2.67%426429.78 431.53 432.53 432.71 454.51   
Workers' Party Ursula Meighan1.16%185186.82 188.36 188.36 188.54    
Alliance Ryan Brown1.04%166171.04 171.39 185.53 185.86    
Green (NI) Stevie Maginn0.43%6868.70 68.77      
Electorate: 27,143  Valid: 15,971 (58.84%)  Spoilt: 309  Quota: 1,997  Turnout: 16,280 (59.98%)  

    2019 results

    2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x SDLP

    2019: 6 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit

    2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

    Black Mountain - 7 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    People Before Profit Matt Collins*16.14%2,268     
    Sinn Féin Ciarán Beattie*13.47%1,893     
    Sinn Féin Steven Corr*13.26%1,864     
    Sinn Féin Arder Carson*11.63%1,6341,686.78 1,710.65 1,715.95 1,773.95 
    Sinn Féin Micheal Donnelly10.92%1,5351,569.32 1,572.82 1,583.57 1,623.65 1,667.66
    Sinn Féin Ronan McLaughlin9.36%1,3161,354.22 1,444.87 1,510.07 1,567.35 1,614.95
    Sinn Féin Emma Groves*10.18%1,4311,465.32 1,470.43 1,473.98 1,520.58 1,590.64
    SDLP Paul Doherty5.57%783903.9 906.35 908.05 1,175.18 1,432.89
    Aontú Eoin Geraghty5.34%750796.02 797 797.9 861.98  
    Green (NI) Stevie Maginn1.45%204282 283.05 283.8   
    Alliance Liam Norris1.52%213256.16 256.93 257.43   
    Workers' Party Conor Campbell1.15%162210.88 213.05 214.45   
    Electorate: 26,022  Valid: 14,053 (54.00%)  Spoilt: 345  Quota: 1,757  Turnout: 14,398 (55.33%)  

      2014 results

      2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x SDLP

      Black Mountain - 7 seats [3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Sinn Féin Steven Corr*12.86%1,793      
      Sinn Féin Janice Austin*12.80%1,784      
      People Before Profit Gerry Carroll 12.13%1,6911,789     
      Sinn Féin Emma Groves*11.68%1,6281,637 1,757    
      Sinn Féin Arder Carson*10.82%1,5091,527 1,628 1,629.68 1,634.18 1,636.12 1,641.44
      SDLP Tim Attwood*9.02%1,2581,452 1,596 1,597.18 1,631.68 1,632.72 1,634.26
      Sinn Féin Ciarán Beattie*9.61%1,3401,369 1,472 1,501.46 1,504.46 1,534.22 1,538.14
      Sinn Féin Caoimhín Mhic Giolla Mhin*10.24%1,4281,450 1,521 1,522.3 1,526.05 1,527.19 1,529.71
      éirígí Pádraic MacCoitir7.36%1,0261,040      
      Workers' Party Joanne Lowry1.14%159      
      SDLP Gerard McDonald0.95%133      
      Alliance Lauren Gray0.79%110      
      NI21 Chris Valente0.60%83      
      Electorate: 25,146  Valid: 13,942 (55.44%)  Spoilt: 369  Quota: 1,743  Turnout: 14,311 (56.91%)  

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