Ormiston (District Electoral Area)

Ormiston
Belfast City Council DEA constituency
Ormiston DEA marked on a map of Belfast City Council and its wards
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats7 (2014–)
Councillors
  •   Hedley Abernethy (APNI)
  •   Christine Bower (APNI)
  •   Anthony Flynn (GPNI)
  •   James Lawlor (DUP)
  •   Jenna Maghie (APNI)
  •   Andrew McCormick (DUP)
  •   Jim Rodgers (UUP)

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 DEA,[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)
May 2024 Co-Option Anthony Flynn
(Green Party) 		Christine Bower
(Alliance) 		Jenna Maghie
(Alliance) 		Hedley Abernethy
(Alliance) 		Jim Rodgers
(UUP)/
(Independent) 		James Lawlor
(DUP) 		Andrew McCormick
(DUP)
2023 Ross McMullan
(Alliance)
May 2022 Co-Options John Hussey
(DUP) 		Tom Haire
(DUP)
May 2021 Defection Peter McReynolds
(Alliance) 		Sian O'Neill
(Alliance)
May 2019 Defection
2019
June 2017 Co-Option Georgina Milne
(Green Party) 		Peter Johnston
(UUP)
June 2016 Co-Option Mervyn Jones
(Alliance)
September 2015 Co-Option Ross Brown
(Green Party)
2014 Laura McNamee
(Alliance)

2023 Elections

2019: 3 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green

2023: 3 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green

2019–2023 Change: No change

Ormiston - 7 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Alliance Christine Bower* 18.61% 2,661              
DUP James Lawlor 16.75% 2,397              
DUP Andrew McCormick 11.49% 1,642 1,648.72 2,180.22          
Alliance Jenna Maghie* 9.09% 1,299 1,681.72 1,684.47 1,688.27 1,797.27      
Alliance Ross McMullan* † 10.35% 1,480 1,585.28 1,587.03 1,593.63 1,666.83 1,684.59 2,542.59  
Green (NI) Anthony Flynn* 6.99% 999 1,042.20 1,044.45 1,053.45 1,200.94 1,226.89 1,438.69 1,919.69
UUP Jim Rodgers* 7.02% 1,004 1,010.40 1,024.40 1,157.00 1,162.00 1,532.42 1,557.42 1,644.42
UUP Carole Howard* 5.93% 847 863.96 881.71 965.51 978.08 1,282.15 1,303.51 1,365.51
Alliance Caitlin Sullivan 6.22% 889 1,145.64 1,145.64 1,147.04 1,196.92 1,199.32    
TUV John Hiddleston 4.76% 680 684.16 710.91 863.91 870.93      
Sinn Féin Caitríona Mallaghan 1.22% 174 181.04 181.29 181.69        
People Before Profit Fiona Doran 0.82% 117 132.36 133.11 133.71        
SDLP Lorcan McGuirk 0.74% 106 111.12 111.12 111.72        
Electorate: 26,314   Valid: 14,295 (54.32%)   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 1,787   Turnout: 14,379 (54.64%)  

2019 Elections

2014: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Green

2019: 3 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green

2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Ormiston - 7 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Alliance Ross McMullan 19.74% 2,622            
Alliance Peter McReynolds* † 13.28% 1,764            
Alliance Sian O'Neill* † 8.77% 1,165 1,948          
Green (NI) Anthony Flynn 9.79% 1,301 1,380.56 1,579.12 1,663.24      
DUP Tom Haire* 11.00% 1,462 1,465.6 1,470.08 1,507.8 1,629.64 1,633.96 2,183.96
UUP Jim Rodgers* ‡‡ 10.66% 1,416 1,444.8 1,478.24 1,521.68 1,608.8 1,649.84 1,697.84
DUP John Hussey* 9.55% 1,269 1,274.04 1,276.76 1,304.76 1,343.12 1,348.24 1,618.48
UUP Peter Johnston* 5.70% 757 776.8 797.76 823 939.92 988.56 1,007.2
DUP Gareth Spratt 6.45% 857 859.88 862.44 877.44 897.6 900.48  
PUP William Ennis 2.97% 394 398.68 406.52 433.88      
UKIP Keith Lonsdale 1.66% 221 221 222.44        
Sinn Féin Laura Misteil 0.43% 57 70.32 77.3        
Electorate: 25,617   Valid: 13,285 (51.86%)   Spoilt: 147   Quota: 1,661   Turnout: 13,432 (52.43%)  

2014 Elections

Ormiston - 7 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
UUP Jim Rodgers* 14.53% 1,899                        
Alliance Mervyn Jones* † 9.06% 1,184 1,188.48 1,222.48 1,231.76 1,298.76 1,356.46 1,367.46 1,378.6 1,412.6 1,418.6 1,898.74    
Alliance Laura McNamee* † 6.87% 898 902.2 923.2 929.34 980.34 1,405.6 1,407.6 1,414.6 1,425.6 1,438.7 1,781.74    
UUP Peter Johnston 4.76% 622 768.58 769.72 812.54 877.22 887.06 1,035.16 1,081.22 1,231.18 1,478.5 1,501.18 1,607.8 1,639.76
DUP Tom Haire* 8.20% 1,072 1,083.62 1,083.62 1,088.76 1,101.9 1,101.9 1,173.6 1,297.28 1,467.26 1,568.8 1,581.8 1,583.99 1,585.35
DUP John Hussey* 6.28% 821 830.94 830.94 837.36 849.36 849.36 917.34 1,346.96 1,424.5 1,544 1,555.04 1,560.15 1,568.31
Green (NI) Ross Brown † 6.36% 831 836.18 853.18 872.32 970.02 996.3 1,015.3 1,038.58 1,108.14 1,158.7 1,270.26 1,408.96 1,506.88
DUP Denny Vitty* 6.19% 809 834.9 836.9 847.46 860.46 864.46 907.88 1,020.56 1,078.84 1,304.48 1,318.04 1,328.99 1,334.43
Alliance Ross McMullan 6.88% 899 902.5 949.5 950.78 987.78 1,063.48 1,066.48 1,077.9 1,090.9 1,102.04      
PUP Ian Shanks 5.51% 720 728.96 729.96 737.24 745.38 746.52 824.66 835.36 938.2        
UKIP Stephen Crosby 4.73% 618 623.04 624.04 639.04 660.18 664.18 820.44 834          
DUP Brian Kennedy* 5.74% 750 763.72 765.72 773.56 780.7 783.98 811.68            
TUV John Hiddleston 4.90% 640 647 648 654 657.14 658.14              
Alliance Andrew Webb* 4.29% 561 565.76 572.76 581.9 611.9                
NI21 Ian Dickson 1.87% 245 246.82 248.82 255.82                  
NI21 Jayne Olorunda 1.47% 192 193.4 195.4 203.54                  
NI Conservatives Ian Reid 1.24% 162 167.74 168.74                    
SDLP Michael McMillan 0.73% 95 95                      
Sinn Féin Laura Keenan 0.43% 56 56.14                      
Electorate: 20,881   Valid: 13,074 (62.61%)   Spoilt: 118   Quota: 1,635   Turnout: 13,192 (63.18%)  

References

  1. ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
  2. ^ Belfast City Election results, 2014
  3. ^ Map Archived 2016-05-05 at the Wayback Machine from the District Electoral Areas Commissioner Maps page Archived 2016-05-05 at the Wayback Machine. See District Electoral Areas Commissioner page Archived 2016-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ ‘Incredible mistake’ almost halted election, The News Letter, 1 May 2014
  5. ^ "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". 22 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2023.