Ormiston (District Electoral Area)

District Electoral Area (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland

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

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

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

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.