Oldpark (District Electoral Area) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Oldpark |
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| Belfast City Council DEA Constituency | |
Oldpark DEA marked on a map of Belfast City Council and its wards
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| Created | 2014 |
| Seats | 6 (2014–) |
| Councillors | |
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 and contains the wards of Ardoyne; Ballysillan; Cliftonville; Legoniel; New Lodge and Water Works. Oldpark forms part of the Belfast North constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
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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
| Map | Ward | Population (2011 Census) |
Catholic | Protestant | Other | No Religion | Area | Density | NI Assembly | UK Parliament | Ref |
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| 1 | Ardoyne | 5,987 | 92.8% | 5.1% | 0.3% | 1.8% | 0.58 km2 | 10,322 /km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | |
| 2 | Ballysillan | 5,626 | 7.8% | 83.3% | 1.4% | 7.5% | 1.11 km2 | 5,068 /km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 5,330 | 71% | 23.6% | 0.7% | 4.7% | 1.18 km2 | 4,517 /km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | |
| 4 | Legoniel | 6,409 | 48.2% | 45.4% | 0.8% | 5.6% | 8.82 km2 | 727 /km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | |
| 5 | New Lodge | 4,950 | 89.2% | 7.5% | 0.9% | 2.3% | 0.72 km2 | 6,875 /km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | |
| 6 | Water Works | 5,829 | 87.6% | 7.1% | 0.9% | 4.4% | 1.27 km2 | 4,590 /km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | |
| Oldpark | 34,131 | 65.6% | 29.2% | 0.8% | 4.4% | 13.68 km2 | 2,495 /km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | ||
Councillors
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
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| 2023 | JJ Magee (Sinn Féin) |
Ryan Murphy (Sinn Féin) |
Nichola Bradley (Sinn Féin) |
Paul McCusker (Independent)/ (SDLP) |
Tomás Ó Néill (Sinn Féin) |
Jordan Doran (DUP) |
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| March 2023 Defection | Fiona Ferguson (PBP) |
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| January 2023 Co-Option | ||||||||||||
| September 2020 Co-Option | Dale Pankhurst (DUP) |
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| 2019 | Shauneen Baker (Sinn Féin) |
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| January 2018 Co-Options | Mary Clarke (Sinn Féin) |
Julie-Anne Corr (PUP) |
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| May 2016 Co-Option | Gerry McCabe (Sinn Féin) |
Gareth McKee (DUP) |
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| 2014 | Nichola Mallon (SDLP) |
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| 2011 | Danny Lavery (Sinn Féin) |
Conor Maskey (Sinn Féin) |
Ian Crozier (DUP) |
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| 2005 | Margaret McClenaghan (Sinn Féin) |
Caral Ni Chuilin (Sinn Féin) |
Alban Maginness (SDLP) |
Fred Cobain (UUP) |
Nelson McCausland (DUP) |
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| 2001 | Gerard Brophy (Sinn Féin) |
Eoin O'Broin (Sinn Féin) |
Martin Morgan (SDLP) |
Billy Hutchinson (PUP) |
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| 1997 | Bobby Lavery (Sinn Féin) |
Paddy McManus (Sinn Féin) |
Mick Conlon (Sinn Féin) |
Fred Proctor (UUP) |
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| 1993 | Joe Austin (Sinn Féin) |
Fred Rodgers (UUP) |
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| 1989 | Gerard McGuigan (Sinn Féin) |
Seamus Lynch (Workers' Party) |
Brian Feeney (SDLP) |
William Gault (UUP) |
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| 1985 | Bobby Lavery (Sinn Féin) |
Peter Lunn (DUP) |
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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
| Oldpark - 6 seats | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | |
| Sinn Féin | Nichola Bradley* | 15.12% | 1,870 | |||||||
| Independent | Paul McCusker* | 14.13% | 1,747 | 1,764.05 | 1,835.05 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | JJ Magee* | 13.09% | 1,619 | 1,637.15 | 1,665.60 | 1,668.60 | 1,714.05 | 1,714.05 | 1,877.05 | |
| Sinn Féin | Ryan Murphy* | 11.56% | 1,430 | 1,472.70 | 1,493.95 | 1,497.95 | 1,524.05 | 1,526.05 | 1,704.40 | |
| Democratic Unionist | Jordan Doran* | 10.21% | 1,263 | 1,263.00 | 1,273.05 | 1,273.05 | 1,310.05 | 1,606.05 | 1,634.10 | |
| Sinn Féin | Tomás Ó Néill | 10.76% | 1,330 | 1,335.35 | 1,353.45 | 1,367.45 | 1,402.70 | 1,404.70 | 1,601.55 | |
| Democratic Unionist | Gillian Simpson | 7.43% | 919 | 919.00 | 924.00 | 924.00 | 962.00 | 1,232.00 | 1,260.00 | |
| People Before Profit | Fiona Ferguson* | 5.66% | 700 | 704.65 | 830.85 | 849.85 | 1,114.15 | 1,125.15 | ||
| Traditional Unionist Voice | Ann McClure | 4.81% | 595 | 595.00 | 604.00 | 604.00 | 624.00 | |||
| Alliance | Chris Shannon | 3.66% | 453 | 453.75 | 578.45 | 597.45 | ||||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Charlotte Carson | 1.98% | 245 | 248.55 | ||||||
| Green Party | Ange Cruz | 1.20% | 149 | 149.35 | ||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Workers' Party (Ireland) | Fiona McCarthy | 0.37% | 46 | 46.30 | |||||
| Electorate: 23,871 Valid: 12,366 (51.80%) Spoilt: 193 Quota: 1,767 Turnout: 12,559 (52.61%) | ||||||||||
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
| Oldpark - 6 seats | |||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Paul McCusker* | 25.21% | 2,856 | ||||||||||
| Democratic Unionist | Dale Pankhurst* | 15.01% | 1,701 | ||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Ryan Murphy* | 10.46% | 1,185 | 1,326.6 | 1,333 | 1,333.04 | 1,333.04 | 1,341.44 | 1,341.44 | 1,362.2 | 1,835.2 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Shauneen Baker † | 9.77% | 1,107 | 1,264.44 | 1,278.48 | 1,278.76 | 1,279.24 | 1,298.12 | 1,302.12 | 1,374.24 | 1,680.72 | ||
| Sinn Féin | J. J. Magee* | 10.01% | 1,134 | 1,244.4 | 1,250.28 | 1,250.28 | 1,251.32 | 1,261.68 | 1,264.68 | 1,285.96 | 1,404.84 | 1,616.03 | |
| People Before Profit Alliance | Fiona Ferguson | 3.94% | 447 | 781.08 | 829.88 | 829.96 | 835.44 | 951.16 | 995.24 | 1,336.6 | 1,401.76 | 1,404.7 | |
| Democratic Unionist | Gillian Simpson | 5.05% | 573 | 577.8 | 577.8 | 631.88 | 735.96 | 738.48 | 1,198.16 | 1,240.72 | 1,240.72 | 1,240.72 | |
| Sinn Féin | Mary Clarke* | 7.02% | 796 | 1,009.6 | 1,015.48 | 1,015.48 | 1,015.96 | 1,029.76 | 1,032.76 | 1,058.36 | |||
| Alliance | Jack Armstrong | 3.44% | 390 | 535.92 | 554.04 | 554.08 | 576.16 | 691.32 | 756.88 | ||||
| Progressive Unionist | Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston* | 5.07% | 575 | 582.2 | 584.68 | 595.68 | 677.28 | 689.32 | |||||
| Green Party | Lesley Veronica | 2.03% | 231 | 296.76 | 320.6 | 320.8 | 331.28 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Jason Docherty | 2.11% | 239 | 242.84 | 242.84 | 244.84 | |||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Workers' Party (Ireland) | Chris Bailie | 0.82% | 93 | 141 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 22,024 Valid: 11,327 (51.43%) Spoilt: 218 Quota: 1,619 Turnout: 11,545 (52.42%) | |||||||||||||
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
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | Count 12 | |
| Sinn Féin | Mary Clarke | 14.80% | 1,559 | ||||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | J.J. Magee* | 11.77% | 1,240 | 1,250 | 1,260 | 1,263.18 | 1,263.18 | 1,275.2 | 1,279.3 | 1,831.3 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Gerry McCabe* † | 11.46% | 1,207 | 1,214 | 1,226 | 1,229.69 | 1,229.69 | 1,239.7 | 1,239.7 | 1,341 | 1,627.4 | ||||
| Democratic Unionist | Gareth McKee* † | 10.81% | 1,139 | 1,141 | 1,141 | 1,141.03 | 1,213.03 | 1,234 | 1,437 | 1,438.1 | 1,438.1 | 2,116.1 | |||
| Progressive Unionist | Julie-Anne Corr | 7.35% | 774 | 788 | 788 | 788.12 | 899.12 | 907.15 | 1,031.2 | 1,031.2 | 1,031.2 | 1,163.2 | 1,658.2 | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Nichola Mallon*† | 8.76% | 923 | 955 | 970 | 972.73 | 972.73 | 1,110.8 | 1,119.8 | 1,176.7 | 1,204.6 | 1,211.6 | 1,219.6 | 1,247.6 | |
| Independent | Dee Fennell | 8.03% | 846 | 859 | 980 | 982.55 | 984.55 | 1,004.6 | 1,008.6 | 1,035.1 | 1,042.5 | 1,046.5 | 1,050.5 | 1,086.5 | |
| Democratic Unionist | Lee Reynolds* | 7.25% | 764 | 768 | 768 | 768 | 802 | 817 | 888 | 889 | 889 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | John Loughran | 6.62% | 697 | 711 | 730 | 763.39 | 763.39 | 782.48 | 784.48 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Colin Houston | 3.47% | 366 | 371 | 372 | 372.03 | 461.03 | 481.03 | |||||||
| Alliance | Peter McReynolds | 3.04% | 320 | 347 | 349 | 349.3 | 352.3 | ||||||||
| Traditional Unionist Voice | Wayne Gilmour | 3.01% | 317 | 320 | 320 | 320 | |||||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Republican Network for Unity/meta/color" | | Republican Network for Unity | Sammy Cusick | 2.09% | 220 | 231 | ||||||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Workers' Party (Ireland) | Christopher Bailie | 1.55% | 163 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 20,888 Valid: 10,535 (50.44%) Spoilt: 258 Quota: 1,506 Turnout: 10,793 (51.67%) | |||||||||||||||
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
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | |
| Democratic Unionist | Ian Crozier* | 16.31% | 1,770 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Conor Maskey | 14.49% | 1,573 | |||||
| Democratic Unionist | Gareth McKee | 8.45% | 917 | 1,108.04 | 1,115.52 | 1,150.84 | 1,570.84 | |
| Sinn Féin | Gerard McCabe | 13.75% | 1,492 | 1,492 | 1,510 | 1,514 | 1,568 | |
| Sinn Féin | Danny Lavery* | 12.62% | 1,370 | 1,370.48 | 1,382.48 | 1,391.48 | 1,459.6 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Nichola Mallon | 10.91% | 1,184 | 1,185.56 | 1,217.68 | 1,334.68 | 1,430.48 | |
| Sinn Féin | Mary Clarke | 10.87% | 1,180 | 1,180.12 | 1,189.12 | 1,203.12 | 1,255.12 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Fred Rodgers | 4.98% | 540 | 551.76 | 556.76 | 613.12 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Irish Republican Socialist Party/meta/color" | | Irish Republican Socialist Party | Paul Little | 3.49% | 379 | 379.24 | 398.24 | 406.24 | |
| Alliance | James McClure | 2.79% | 303 | 305.16 | 319.28 | |||
| Independent | Martin McAuley | 1.35% | 146 | 146.84 | ||||
| Electorate: 22,408 Valid: 10,854 (48.44%) Spoilt: 405 Quota: 1,551 Turnout: 11,259 (50.25%) | ||||||||
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
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | |
| Democratic Unionist | Nelson McCausland* | 22.27% | 2,642 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | Danny Lavery* | 17.64% | 2,093 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | Margaret McClenaghan* | 15.42% | 1,829 | |||||||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Alban Maginness* | 11.90% | 1,411 | 1,418.03 | 1,450.33 | 1,538.39 | 1,549.17 | 1,966.17 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Fred Cobain | 7.91% | 938 | 1,594.01 | 1,594.01 | 1,652.29 | 1,652.43 | 1,663.1 | 1,685.1 | |
| Sinn Féin | Caral Ni Chuilin | 10.47% | 1,242 | 1,243.48 | 1,468.63 | 1,495.01 | 1,585.31 | 1,600.85 | 1,657.85 | |
| Progressive Unionist | Billy Hutchinson* | 3.84% | 455 | 690.69 | 691.45 | 732.59 | 732.66 | 735.22 | 757.22 | |
| Sinn Féin | Marie Mackessy | 3.94% | 467 | 468.85 | 586.08 | 600.22 | 622.2 | 651.74 | 715.74 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Andrew Harding | 4.01% | 476 | 479.33 | 487.69 | 539.44 | 540.07 | |||
| Green Party | Peter Emerson | 2.10% | 249 | 278.6 | 280.5 | |||||
| style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Workers' Party (Ireland) | Paul Treanor | 0.51% | 60 | 60.37 | 62.08 | ||||
| Electorate: 22,444 Valid: 11,862 (52.85%) Spoilt: 329 Quota: 1,695 Turnout: 12,191 (59.63%) | ||||||||||
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
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | |
| Sinn Féin | Gerard Brophy | 17.25% | 2,755 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Margaret McClenaghan | 15.44% | 2,467 | ||||||||
| Democratic Unionist | Nelson McCausland* | 14.97% | 2,392 | ||||||||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Martin Morgan* | 12.09% | 1,932 | 1,958.52 | 1,993.69 | 2,006.81 | 2,007.56 | 2,931.56 | |||
| Progressive Unionist | Billy Hutchinson* | 9.49% | 1,516 | 1,516.85 | 1,608.02 | 1,608.5 | 1,648.65 | 1,670.24 | 1,704.24 | 2,471.24 | |
| Sinn Féin | Eoin O'Broin | 5.99% | 957 | 1,298.36 | 1,315.53 | 1,455.69 | 1,455.79 | 1,534.41 | 1,837.41 | 1,857.46 | |
| Sinn Féin | Kathy Stanton | 8.13% | 1,298 | 1,340.67 | 1,344.35 | 1,360.99 | 1,361.04 | 1,391.08 | 1,501.08 | 1,510.14 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Fred Proctor* | 6.99% | 1,116 | 1,116.34 | 1,246.51 | 1,246.51 | 1,311.01 | 1,327.35 | 1,355.35 | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Joleen Connelly | 6.97% | 1,114 | 1,151.06 | 1,202.06 | 1,210.86 | 1,211.01 | ||||
| Independent | James Bates | 1.31% | 209 | 209.17 | |||||||
| Alliance | Thomas McCullough | 1.00% | 160 | 161.36 | |||||||
| Independent | Rene Graig | 0.37% | 59 | 59.17 | |||||||
| Electorate: 23,866 Valid: 15,975 (66.94%) Spoilt: 687 Quota: 2,283 Turnout: 16,662 (69.81%) | |||||||||||
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
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | |
| Sinn Féin | Mick Conlon | 16.40% | 2,317 | ||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Bobby Lavery* | 15.79% | 2,230 | ||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Paddy McManus* | 12.55% | 1,773 | 2,034 | |||||||||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Martin Morgan* | 13.74% | 1,941 | 1,949.28 | 2,082.12 | ||||||||
| Progressive Unionist | Billy Hutchinson | 11.20% | 1,582 | 1,582.12 | 1,583.2 | 1,583.36 | 1,592.36 | 1,613.36 | 1,658.9 | 1,879.9 | 1,924.84 | 2,070.84 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Fred Proctor* | 9.32% | 1,316 | 1,316 | 1,316 | 1,316 | 1,316 | 1,340 | 1,361 | 1,431 | 1,447.8 | 1,675.8 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Fred Rodgers* | 8.13% | 986 | 986 | 986 | 986 | 986 | 1,004 | 1,031 | 1,082 | 1,096.83 | 1,397.69 | |
| Democratic Unionist | David Smylie | 4.66% | 659 | 659 | 659 | 659 | 659 | 659 | 674 | 737 | 743.86 | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Dympna O'Hara | 2.58% | 365 | 366.92 | 402.83 | 462.51 | 505.35 | 561.57 | 645.27 | 646.27 | |||
| Ulster Democratic Party | Paddy Bird | 3.02% | 427 | 427 | 427.27 | 427.27 | 429.39 | 434.39 | 451.39 | ||||
| Green Party | Peter Emerson | 1.73% | 245 | 246.8 | 273.8 | 275.08 | 286.56 | 333.72 | |||||
| Alliance | Mark Long | 1.25% | 177 | 177.36 | 179.79 | 181.23 | 198.47 | ||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Workers' Party (Ireland) | Steven Doran | 0.77% | 109 | 110.92 | 119.83 | 120.31 | ||||||
| Electorate: 25,054 Valid: 14,127 (56.39%) Spoilt: 458 Quota: 2,019 Turnout: 14,585 (58.21%) | |||||||||||||
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
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | |
| Sinn Féin | Joe Austin | 15.02% | 2,229 | |||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Fred Proctor* | 13.78% | 2,045 | 2,045 | 2,085 | 2,091 | 2,138 | |||||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Martin Morgan | 11.88% | 1,763 | 1,766.48 | 1,768.48 | 1,817.48 | 1,903.56 | 2,028.68 | 2,553.68 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Paddy McManus* | 11.92% | 1,769 | 1,810.36 | 1,810.36 | 1,822.48 | 1,836.72 | 1,840.8 | 1,852 | 1,873 | 1,982.68 | |
| Sinn Féin | Bobby Lavery | 10.90% | 1,617 | 1,654.12 | 1,654.12 | 1,666.2 | 1,685.72 | 1,696.04 | 1,707.12 | 1,767.12 | 1,919.64 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Fred Rodgers | 9.05% | 1,343 | 1,343 | 1,394 | 1,400 | 1,417 | 1,542 | 1,548 | 1,555 | 1,724 | |
| Democratic Unionist | David Smylie | 8.92% | 1,324 | 1,324.04 | 1,376.04 | 1,383.04 | 1,405.04 | 1,436.04 | 1,438.04 | 1,438.04 | 1,474.04 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Democratic Left (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Democratic Left (Ireland) | Seamus Lynch* | 5.61% | 832 | 833.92 | 837.92 | 892.96 | 962.04 | 1,118.04 | 1,154.04 | 1,352.04 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Peter Prendiville | 3.96% | 588 | 588.44 | 590.44 | 607.44 | 626.44 | 645.44 | ||||
| Alliance | Beatrice Boyd | 3.19% | 473 | 473.84 | 483.84 | 501.84 | 584.92 | |||||
| Green Party | Peter Emerson | 2.65% | 393 | 394.12 | 421.12 | 447.12 | ||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Workers' Party (Ireland) | Margaret Smith | 1.75% | 259 | 259.32 | 261.32 | ||||||
| Northern Ireland Conservatives | David Tarr | 1.39% | 206 | 206 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 25,943 Valid: 14,841 (57.21%) Spoilt: 532 Quota: 2,121 Turnout: 15,373 (59.26%) | ||||||||||||
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
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | Brian Feeney* | 18.38% | 2,426 | ||||||
| style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Workers' Party (Ireland) | Seamus Lynch* | 12.42% | 1,639 | 1,912.6 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Fred Proctor* | 14.02% | 1,850 | 1,850.96 | 1,976.96 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Gault | 9.05% | 780 | 782.64 | 886.56 | 951.36 | 1,491.96 | 2,050.96 | |
| Sinn Féin | Gerard McGuigan* | 12.75% | 1,682 | 1,706.96 | 1,723.84 | 1,723.84 | 1,723.84 | 1,725.84 | |
| Sinn Féin | Paddy McManus | 11.73% | 1,548 | 1,572.24 | 1,585.2 | 1,586.1 | 1,588.1 | 1,592.82 | |
| Sinn Féin | William McGarry | 8.45% | 1,115 | 1,153.16 | 1,187.2 | 1,187.2 | 1,188.44 | 1,206 | |
| Ulster Democratic Party | Patrick Bird | 6.34% | 837 | 837.72 | 883.36 | 896.86 | 1,117.84 | ||
| Democratic Unionist | Stanley Mulholland | 6.10% | 805 | 805.24 | 839.4 | 851.1 | |||
| Alliance | George Jones | 3.36% | 443 | 610.52 | |||||
| Ulster Democratic Party | William Clark | 0.54% | 71 | 71.24 | |||||
| Electorate: 25,895 Valid: 13,196 (50.96%) Spoilt: 548 Quota: 1,886 Turnout: 13,744 (53.08%) | |||||||||
1985 Election
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Workers' Party
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| Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | Count 12 | Count 13 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Fred Proctor | 12.54% | 1,800 | 1,820 | 1,903 | 1,918 | 2,013 | 2,125 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Bobby Lavery | 12.20% | 1,752 | 1,765 | 1,766 | 1,786 | 1,793 | 1,794 | 2,373 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | Gerard McGuigan | 10.93% | 1,570 | 1,576 | 1,576 | 1,585 | 1,591 | 1,591 | 1,726 | 2,030.7 | ||||||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Brian Feeney* | 10.56% | 1,516 | 1,544 | 1,544 | 1,677 | 1,841 | 1,842 | 1,863 | 1,867.4 | 1,867.4 | 2,475.4 | ||||
| style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Workers' Party (Ireland) | Seamus Lynch | 9.36% | 1,344 | 1,383 | 1,386 | 1,531 | 1,696 | 1,701 | 1,731 | 1,735.4 | 1,735.4 | 1,895.5 | 2,226.5 | ||
| Democratic Unionist | Peter Lunn | 6.67% | 958 | 974 | 1,054 | 1,056 | 1,082 | 1,523 | 1,523 | 1,523 | 1,537.6 | 1,539.6 | 1,542.6 | 1,549.6 | 1,824.6 | |
| Ulster Unionist | David Smylie | 4.94% | 709 | 717 | 813 | 817 | 857 | 983 | 985 | 985 | 1,036.83 | 1,039.83 | 1,041.83 | 1,066.83 | 1,573.83 | |
| Independent Unionist | Nelson McCausland | 4.99% | 717 | 729 | 815 | 825 | 872 | 919 | 920 | 920 | 926.57 | 930.57 | 934.57 | 951.57 | ||
| Social Democratic and Labour | Patrick Hunter | 5.48% | 787 | 812 | 814 | 867 | 913 | 913 | 922 | 924.2 | 924.2 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Paddy McManus | 5.39% | 774 | 781 | 781 | 787 | 787 | 787 | ||||||||
| Democratic Unionist | Pauline Whittley | 4.76% | 684 | 691 | 735 | 739 | 748 | |||||||||
| Alliance | Arnold Carton | 3.73% | 535 | 597 | 618 | 695 | ||||||||||
| Labour (NI) | Paddy Devlin* | 3.29% | 472 | 506 | 518 | |||||||||||
| Progressive Unionist | Patrick Bird | 3.02% | 433 | 444 | ||||||||||||
| Green Party | Peter Emerson | 2.14% | 308 | |||||||||||||
| Electorate: 25,774 Valid: 14,359 (55.71%) Spoilt: 389 Quota: 2,052 Turnout: 14,748 (57.22%) | ||||||||||||||||
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