Titanic | |
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Belfast City Council DEA constituency | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2014 |
Seats | 6 (2014–) |
Councillors |
Titanic is one of the ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. [1] Located in the east of the city, the district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Ballymacarrett, Beersbridge, Bloomfield, Connswater, Sydenham and Woodstock. Titanic, along with wards from the neighbouring Ormiston 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, largely replacing the Pottinger DEA, which had existed since 1985. The district takes its name from the city's Titanic Quarter, where the RMS Titanic was built. [2]
Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | ||||||
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2023 | David Bell (Alliance) | Fiona McAteer (Alliance) | Pádraig Donnelly (Sinn Féin) | Sonia Copeland (UUP) | Sammy Douglas (DUP) | Ruth Brooks (DUP) | ||||||
February 2022 Defection | Michelle Kelly (Alliance) | Carole Howard (UUP)/ (Alliance) | John Kyle (UUP)/ (Independent)/ (PUP) | George Dorrian (DUP) | Adam Newton (DUP) | |||||||
December 2021 Defections | ||||||||||||
2019 | ||||||||||||
November 2016 Co-Option | David Armitage (Alliance) | Mairéad O'Donnell (Sinn Féin) | ||||||||||
May 2016 Co-Option | Brian Kennedy (DUP) | |||||||||||
June 2015 Co-Option | Niall Ó Donnghaile (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||
2014 | Gavin Robinson (DUP) |
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from PUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | Ruth Brooks | 16.98% | 1,690 | ||||||
DUP | Sammy Douglas* | 12.20% | 1,214 | 1,216 | 1,244.35 | 1,440.35 | |||
Alliance | David Bell | 13.66% | 1,360 | 1,392 | 1,395.75 | 1,403.75 | 1,680.75 | ||
Alliance | Fiona McAteer | 11.54% | 1,149 | 1,176 | 1,176.75 | 1,181.90 | 1,597.90 | ||
Sinn Féin | Pádraig Donnelly | 12.90% | 1,284 | 1,304 | 1,304.30 | 1,305.30 | 1,399.45 | 1,489.45 | |
Ulster Unionist | Sonia Copeland* | 9.72% | 968 | 973 | 995.65 | 1,162.80 | 1,254.25 | 1,325.25 | |
DUP | George Dorrian* | 6.61% | 658 | 660 | 842.70 | 1,012.10 | 1,033.30 | 1,040.30 | |
Green (NI) | Gillian Hamilton | 9.42% | 938 | 969 | 970.95 | 984.10 | |||
TUV | Anne Smyth | 5.67% | 564 | 567 | 577.05 | ||||
SDLP | Elly Omondi | 1.30% | 129 | ||||||
Electorate: 24,018 Valid: 9,954 (41.44%) Spoilt: 209 Quota: 1,423 Turnout: 10,163 (42.31%) |
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from Sinn Féin
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
DUP | George Dorrian* | 13.41% | 1,270 | 1,317 | 1,328 | 1,432 | |||||
DUP | Adam Newton* | 9.64% | 913 | 928 | 932 | 961 | 997.9 | 1,520.9 | |||
Alliance | Michelle Kelly | 11.28% | 1,068 | 1,072 | 1,079 | 1,094 | 1,094 | 1,100 | 1,353 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Sonia Copeland* | 9.00% | 852 | 890 | 1,096 | 1,230 | 1,247.22 | 1,277.68 | 1,307.68 | 1,410.28 | |
PUP | John Kyle * ‡ | 10.85% | 1,027 | 1,079 | 1,104 | 1,209 | 1,216.38 | 1,257.3 | 1,309.3 | 1,368.7 | |
Alliance | Carole Howard ‡ | 11.14% | 1,055 | 1,061 | 1,075 | 1,096 | 1,096.82 | 1,099.64 | 1,314.64 | 1,318.24 | |
Sinn Féin | Mairead O’Donnell* | 11.64% | 1,102 | 1,103 | 1,103 | 1,103 | 1,103 | 1,103 | 1,145 | 1,145 | |
Green (NI) | Ben Smylie | 6.77% | 641 | 652 | 656 | 680 | 680.82 | 680.82 | |||
DUP | Lee Reynolds | 6.19% | 586 | 597 | 602 | 610 | 625.58 | ||||
Independent | Karl Bennett | 4.73% | 448 | 468 | 473 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Colin Hall-Thompson | 2.94% | 278 | 286 | |||||||
UKIP | Paul Girvan | 2.41% | 228 | ||||||||
Electorate: 22,653 Valid: 9,468 (41.80%) Spoilt: 184 Quota: 1,353 Turnout: 9,652 (42.61%) |
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Sonia Copeland | 16.68% | 1,651 | ||||||||||
PUP | John Kyle * | 11.62% | 1,150 | 1,237.92 | 1,239.92 | 1,239.92 | 1,259.18 | 1,273.6 | 1,308.14 | 1,325.4 | 1,454.4 | ||
DUP | Adam Newton* | 10.27% | 1,017 | 1,043.74 | 1,044.74 | 1,046.88 | 1,056.02 | 1,061.02 | 1,082.72 | 1,351.1 | 1,428.1 | ||
DUP | Gavin Robinson * † | 11.60% | 1,148 | 1,179.78 | 1,179.78 | 1,181.78 | 1,187.92 | 1,191.92 | 1,205.34 | 1,322 | 1,418.04 | ||
Sinn Féin | Niall Ó Donnghaile * † | 11.68% | 1,156 | 1,156 | 1,183 | 1,198 | 1,207 | 1,211.14 | 1,218.14 | 1,218.14 | 1,222.14 | 1,228.7 | |
Alliance | David Armitage | 7.88% | 780 | 783.92 | 785.92 | 803.92 | 816.2 | 872.34 | 969.04 | 972.04 | 990.04 | 1,031.44 | |
Alliance | Máire Hendron* | 7.26% | 719 | 721.66 | 726.66 | 761.66 | 772.8 | 821.94 | 890.08 | 892.08 | 903.08 | 929.62 | |
TUV | Harry Toan | 5.84% | 578 | 606.56 | 607.56 | 607.56 | 610.98 | 615.98 | 624.52 | 634.52 | 793.78 | ||
UKIP | Jonny Lavery | 5.49% | 544 | 564.72 | 566.72 | 569.86 | 577 | 587.14 | 603.56 | 610.98 | |||
DUP | Sam White | 4.20% | 416 | 423.7 | 423.84 | 423.84 | 426.84 | 431.84 | 433.12 | ||||
NI21 | Jimmy Davidson | 2.55% | 252 | 257.88 | 257.88 | 261.88 | 271.16 | 311.3 | |||||
Green (NI) | Gregor Claus | 2.14% | 212 | 213.26 | 215.26 | 221.26 | 242.4 | ||||||
Socialist Party | Tommy Black | 1.09% | 108 | 111.5 | 113.5 | 120.5 | |||||||
SDLP | Peter Devlin | 1.00% | 99 | 99.42 | 106.42 | ||||||||
Workers' Party | Kevin McNally | 0.71% | 70 | 70.14 | |||||||||
Electorate: 21,425 Valid: 9,900 (46.21%) Spoilt: 182 Quota: 1,415 Turnout: 10,082 (47.06%) |
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