
Oldpark is one of the ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Located in the north of the city, the district elects six members to
Belfast City Council
Belfast City Council () is the Local government in Northern Ireland, local authority with responsibility for part of Belfast, the largest city of Northern Ireland. The council serves an estimated population of (), the largest of any district c ...
and contains the wards of
Ardoyne
Ardoyne () is a working class and mainly Roman Catholic Church, Catholic and Irish republicanism, Irish republican district in north Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 1920 the adjacent area of Marrowbone saw at multiple days of communal violence be ...
; Ballysillan; Cliftonville; Legoniel;
New Lodge New Lodge may refer to:
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*New Lodge, South Yorkshire, England
*New Lodge, Belfast, an area of North Belfast, Northern Ireland
*New Lodge, Billericay, association football ground in Billericay, E ...
and Water Works. Oldpark forms part of the Belfast North constituency for the
Northern Ireland Assembly
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and
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.
History
The DEA was created for the 1985 local elections. Legoniel, Ballysillan and Ardoyne wards had previously been part of
Area E, New Lodge and the southern half of the Waterworks ward had been in
Area G, while Cliftonville and the northern half of Waterworks ward had been in
Area H.
Wards
Councillors
2023 Election
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x People Before Profit
2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from People Before Profit, Independent leaves SDLP
2019 Election
2014: 3 × Sinn Féin, 1 × SDLP, 1 × DUP, 1 × PUP
2019: 3 × Sinn Féin, 1 × SDLP, 1 × DUP, 1 × People Before Profit
2014-2019 Change: People Before Profit gain from PUP
2014 Election
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x PUP
2011-2014 Change: PUP gain from DUP
2011 Election
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: DUP gain from UUP
2005 Election
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: UUP gain from PUP
2001 Election
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
1997 Election
1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
1993-1997 Change: PUP gain from UUP
1993 Election
1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party
1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Workers' Party
1989 Election
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Workers' Party
1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
1985 Election
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Workers' Party
See also
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Belfast City Council
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Electoral wards of Belfast
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Local government in Northern Ireland
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Members of Belfast City Council
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References
{{Belfast City Council
Electoral wards of Belfast
1985 establishments in Northern Ireland