Black Mountain (District Electoral Area)

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

Black Mountain
Belfast City Council DEA constituency
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

Election Councillor
(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-Option Matt Collins
(PBP)
November 2020 Co-Option Steven Corr
(Sinn Féin)
2019 Emma Groves
(Sinn Féin)
October 2017 Co-Option Orla Nic Biorna
(Sinn Féin) 		Tim Attwood
(SDLP)
May 2016 Co-Option Janice 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]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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% 1,641 1,867.24 1,983.65 1,986.65 2,037.59      
SDLP Paul Doherty 10.55% 1,685 1,700.96 1,706.77 1,718.05 1,720.72 1,838.15 2,029.15  
Sinn Féin Áine McCabe* 11.51% 1,838 1,848.50 1,853.12 1,860.40 1,862.65 1,897.79 2,005.79  
Sinn Féin Róis-Máire Donnelly* 9.62% 1,536 1,575.06 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% 1,316 1,330.14 1,334.13 1,353.13 1,354.57 1,446.13 1,660.80 1,661.40
Aontú Gerard Herdman 3.40% 543 544.96 545.66 547.66 547.90 563.18    
Irish Republican Socialist Dan Murphy 2.67% 426 429.78 431.53 432.53 432.71 454.51    
Workers' Party Ursula Meighan 1.16% 185 186.82 188.36 188.36 188.54      
Alliance Ryan Brown 1.04% 166 171.04 171.39 185.53 185.86      
Green (NI) Stevie Maginn 0.43% 68 68.70 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]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
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% 1,634 1,686.78 1,710.65 1,715.95 1,773.95  
Sinn Féin Micheal Donnelly 10.92% 1,535 1,569.32 1,572.82 1,583.57 1,623.65 1,667.66
Sinn Féin Ronan McLaughlin 9.36% 1,316 1,354.22 1,444.87 1,510.07 1,567.35 1,614.95
Sinn Féin Emma Groves* 10.18% 1,431 1,465.32 1,470.43 1,473.98 1,520.58 1,590.64
SDLP Paul Doherty 5.57% 783 903.9 906.35 908.05 1,175.18 1,432.89
Aontú Eoin Geraghty 5.34% 750 796.02 797 797.9 861.98  
Green (NI) Stevie Maginn 1.45% 204 282 283.05 283.8    
Alliance Liam Norris 1.52% 213 256.16 256.93 257.43    
Workers' Party Conor Campbell 1.15% 162 210.88 213.05 214.45    
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]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sinn Féin Steven Corr* 12.86% 1,793            
Sinn Féin Janice Austin* 12.80% 1,784            
People Before Profit Gerry Carroll 12.13% 1,691 1,789          
Sinn Féin Emma Groves* 11.68% 1,628 1,637 1,757        
Sinn Féin Arder Carson* 10.82% 1,509 1,527 1,628 1,629.68 1,634.18 1,636.12 1,641.44
SDLP Tim Attwood* 9.02% 1,258 1,452 1,596 1,597.18 1,631.68 1,632.72 1,634.26
Sinn Féin Ciarán Beattie* 9.61% 1,340 1,369 1,472 1,501.46 1,504.46 1,534.22 1,538.14
Sinn Féin Caoimhín Mhic Giolla Mhin* 10.24% 1,428 1,450 1,521 1,522.3 1,526.05 1,527.19 1,529.71
éirígí Pádraic MacCoitir 7.36% 1,026 1,040          
Workers' Party Joanne Lowry 1.14% 159            
SDLP Gerard McDonald 0.95% 133            
Alliance Lauren Gray 0.79% 110            
NI21 Chris Valente 0.60% 83            
Electorate: 25,146   Valid: 13,942 (55.44%)   Spoilt: 369   Quota: 1,743   Turnout: 14,311 (56.91%)  

References

  1. ^ "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Black Mountain - Election results 2019". Belfast City Council.
  3. ^ "Black Mountain - Election results 2014". Belfast City Council. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014.