Oldpark (District Electoral Area)

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.

Oldpark
Belfast City Council DEA constituency
Oldpark DEA marked on a map of Belfast City Council and its wards
Current constituency
Created	2014
Seats	6 (2014–)
Councillors	Nichola Bradley (SF)   Jordan Doran (DUP)   JJ Magee (IND)   Paul McCusker (IND)   Ryan Murphy (SF)   Tomás Ó Néill (SF)

Oldpark DEA (1993-2014) within Belfast

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
1	Ardoyne	5,987	92.8%	5.1%	0.3%	1.8%	0.58 km2	10,322 /km2	Belfast North	Belfast North	[1]
2	Ballysillan	5,626	7.8%	83.3%	1.4%	7.5%	1.11 km2	5,068 /km2	Belfast North	Belfast North	[2]
3	Cliftonville	5,330	71%	23.6%	0.7%	4.7%	1.18 km2	4,517 /km2	Belfast North	Belfast North	[3]
4	Legoniel	6,409	48.2%	45.4%	0.8%	5.6%	8.82 km2	727 /km2	Belfast North	Belfast North	[4]
5	New Lodge	4,950	89.2%	7.5%	0.9%	2.3%	0.72 km2	6,875 /km2	Belfast North	Belfast North	[5]
6	Water Works	5,829	87.6%	7.1%	0.9%	4.4%	1.27 km2	4,590 /km2	Belfast North	Belfast North	[6]
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)		Councillor (Party)
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)
March 2023 Defection										Fiona Ferguson (PBP)
January 2023 Co-Option
September 2020 Co-Option												Dale Pankhurst (DUP)
2019						Shauneen Baker (Sinn Féin)
January 2018 Co-Options						Mary Clarke (Sinn Féin)				Julie-Anne Corr (PUP)
May 2016 Co-Option				Gerry McCabe (Sinn Féin)								Gareth McKee (DUP)
2014								Nichola Mallon (SDLP)
2011		Danny Lavery (Sinn Féin)				Conor Maskey (Sinn Féin)				Ian Crozier (DUP)
2005				Margaret McClenaghan (Sinn Féin)		Caral Ni Chuilin (Sinn Féin)		Alban Maginness (SDLP)		Fred Cobain (UUP)		Nelson McCausland (DUP)
2001		Gerard Brophy (Sinn Féin)				Eoin O'Broin (Sinn Féin)		Martin Morgan (SDLP)		Billy Hutchinson (PUP)
1997		Bobby Lavery (Sinn Féin)		Paddy McManus (Sinn Féin)		Mick Conlon (Sinn Féin)						Fred Proctor (UUP)
1993						Joe Austin (Sinn Féin)				Fred Rodgers (UUP)
1989		Gerard McGuigan (Sinn Féin)				Seamus Lynch (Workers' Party)		Brian Feeney (SDLP)		William Gault (UUP)
1985				Bobby Lavery (Sinn Féin)						Peter Lunn (DUP)

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^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	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
	DUP	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
	DUP	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
	TUV	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
	SDLP	Charlotte Carson	1.98%	245	248.55
	Green (NI)	Ange Cruz	1.20%	149	149.35
	Workers' Party	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^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	SDLP	Paul McCusker*	25.21%	2,856
	DUP	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	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
	DUP	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
	PUP	Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston*	5.07%	575	582.2	584.68	595.68	677.28	689.32
	Green (NI)	Lesley Veronica	2.03%	231	296.76	320.6	320.8	331.28
	UUP	Jason Docherty	2.11%	239	242.84	242.84	244.84
	Workers' Party	Christopher 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

Oldpark - 6 seats^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	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
	DUP	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
	PUP	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
	SDLP	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
	DUP	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
	UUP	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
	TUV	Wayne Gilmour	3.01%	317	320	320	320
	Republican Network	Sammy Cusick	2.09%	220	231
	Workers' Party	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

Oldpark - 6 seats^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Ian Crozier*	16.31%	1,770
	Sinn Féin	Conor Maskey	14.49%	1,573
	DUP	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
	SDLP	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
	UUP	Fred Rodgers	4.98%	540	551.76	556.76	613.12
	Irish Republican Socialist	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

Oldpark - 6 seats^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Nelson McCausland*	22.27%	2,642
	Sinn Féin	Danny Lavery*	17.64%	2,093
	Sinn Féin	Margaret McClenaghan*	15.42%	1,829
	SDLP	Alban Maginness*	11.90%	1,411	1,418.03	1,450.33	1,538.39	1,549.17	1,966.17
	UUP	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
	PUP	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
	SDLP	Andrew Harding	4.01%	476	479.33	487.69	539.44	540.07
	Green (NI)	Peter Emerson	2.10%	249	278.6	280.5
	Workers' Party	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

Oldpark - 6 seats^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Gerard Brophy	17.25%	2,755
	Sinn Féin	Margaret McClenaghan	15.44%	2,467
	DUP	Nelson McCausland*	14.97%	2,392
	SDLP	Martin Morgan*	12.09%	1,932	1,958.52	1,993.69	2,006.81	2,007.56	2,931.56
	PUP	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
	UUP	Fred Proctor*	6.99%	1,116	1,116.34	1,246.51	1,246.51	1,311.01	1,327.35	1,355.35
	SDLP	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

Oldpark - 6 seats^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	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
	SDLP	Martin Morgan*	13.74%	1,941	1,949.28	2,082.12
	PUP	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
	UUP	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
	UUP	Fred Rodgers*	8.13%	986	986	986	986	986	1,004	1,031	1,082	1,096.83	1,397.69
	DUP	David Smylie	4.66%	659	659	659	659	659	659	674	737	743.86
	SDLP	Dympna O'Hara	2.58%	365	366.92	402.83	462.51	505.35	561.57	645.27	646.27
	Ulster Democratic	Paddy Bird	3.02%	427	427	427.27	427.27	429.39	434.39	451.39
	Green (NI)	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
	Workers' Party	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

Oldpark - 6 seats^[13]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Sinn Féin	Joe Austin	15.02%	2,229
	UUP	Fred Proctor*	13.78%	2,045	2,045	2,085	2,091	2,138
	SDLP	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
	UUP	Fred Rodgers	9.05%	1,343	1,343	1,394	1,400	1,417	1,542	1,548	1,555	1,724
	DUP	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
	Democratic Left	Seamus Lynch*	5.61%	832	833.92	837.92	892.96	962.04	1,118.04	1,154.04	1,352.04
	SDLP	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 (NI)	Peter Emerson	2.65%	393	394.12	421.12	447.12
	Workers' Party	Margaret Smith	1.75%	259	259.32	261.32
	NI 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

Oldpark - 6 seats^[14]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Brian Feeney*	18.38%	2,426
	Workers' Party	Seamus Lynch*	12.42%	1,639	1,912.6
	UUP	Fred Proctor*	14.02%	1,850	1,850.96	1,976.96
	UUP	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	Patrick Bird	6.34%	837	837.72	883.36	896.86	1,117.84
	DUP	Stanley Mulholland	6.10%	805	805.24	839.4	851.1
	Alliance	George Jones	3.36%	443	610.52
	Ulster Democratic	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

Oldpark - 6 seats^[15]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	UUP	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
	SDLP	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
	Workers' Party	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
	DUP	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
	UUP	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
	Ind. Unionist	Nelson McCausland	4.99%	717	729	815	825	872	919	920	920	926.57	930.57	934.57	951.57
	SDLP	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
	DUP	Pauline Whittley	4.76%	684	691	735	739	748
	Alliance	Arnold Carton	3.73%	535	597	618	695
	Labour Party NI	Paddy Devlin*	3.29%	472	506	518
	PUP	Patrick Bird	3.02%	433	444
	Green (NI)	Peter Emerson	2.14%	308
Electorate: 25,774   Valid: 14,359 (55.71%)   Spoilt: 389   Quota: 2,052   Turnout: 14,748 (57.22%)

See also

• Belfast City Council
• Electoral wards of Belfast
• Local government in Northern Ireland
• Members of Belfast City Council