Ormiston has been one of the
ten district electoral areas (DEA) in
Belfast
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,
Northern Ireland
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since 2014. Located in the east of the city, the district elects seven members to
Belfast City Council
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and contains the wards of Belmont, Garnerville, Gilnahirk, Sandown, Shandon, Knock and Stormont. Ormiston, along with wards from the neighbouring
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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
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.
The district was created for the 2014 local elections, replacing the
Victoria District Electoral Area, which had existed since 1985. Nineteen candidates contested the first election in 2014, the most of any DEA in Northern Ireland.
‘Incredible mistake’ almost halted election
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, 1 May 2014
Councillors
2023 Elections
2019: 3 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green
2023:
2019-2023 Change:
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
2014 Elections
References
Electoral wards of Belfast
2014 establishments in Northern Ireland
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