Ormiston (District Electoral Area)

Ormiston
Ormiston
Belfast City Council DEA constituency
	Ormiston DEA marked on a map of Belfast City Council and its wards
Current constituency
Created	2014
Seats	7 (2014–)
Councillors	Hedley Abernethy (APNI); Christine Bower (APNI); Anthony Flynn (GPNI); James Lawlor (DUP); Jenna Maghie (APNI); Andrew McCormick (DUP); Jim Rodgers (UUP);

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

Election
May 2024 Co-Option	Anthony Flynn (Green Party)	Christine Bower (Alliance)	Jenna Maghie (Alliance)	Hedley Abernethy (Alliance)	Jim Rodgers (UUP)/ (Independent)	James Lawlor (DUP)	Andrew McCormick (DUP)
2023				Ross McMullan (Alliance)		James Lawlor (DUP)	Andrew McCormick (DUP)
May 2022 Co-Options						John Hussey (DUP)	Tom Haire (DUP)
May 2021 Defection		Peter McReynolds (Alliance)	Sian O'Neill (Alliance)
May 2019 Defection
2019
June 2017 Co-Option	Georgina Milne (Green Party)			Peter Johnston (UUP)
June 2016 Co-Option	Georgina Milne (Green Party)	Mervyn Jones (Alliance)
September 2015 Co-Option	Ross Brown (Green Party)
2014	Ross Brown (Green Party)		Laura McNamee (Alliance)

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

Ormiston - 7 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Alliance	Christine Bower*	18.61%	2,661
	DUP	James Lawlor	16.75%	2,397
	DUP	Andrew McCormick	11.49%	1,642	1,648.72	2,180.22
	Alliance	Jenna Maghie*	9.09%	1,299	1,681.72	1,684.47	1,688.27	1,797.27
	Alliance	Ross McMullan* †	10.35%	1,480	1,585.28	1,587.03	1,593.63	1,666.83	1,684.59	2,542.59
	Green (NI)	Anthony Flynn*	6.99%	999	1,042.20	1,044.45	1,053.45	1,200.94	1,226.89	1,438.69	1,919.69
	UUP	Jim Rodgers*	7.02%	1,004	1,010.40	1,024.40	1,157.00	1,162.00	1,532.42	1,557.42	1,644.42
	UUP	Carole Howard*	5.93%	847	863.96	881.71	965.51	978.08	1,282.15	1,303.51	1,365.51
	Alliance	Caitlin Sullivan	6.22%	889	1,145.64	1,145.64	1,147.04	1,196.92	1,199.32
	TUV	John Hiddleston	4.76%	680	684.16	710.91	863.91	870.93
	Sinn Féin	Caitríona Mallaghan	1.22%	174	181.04	181.29	181.69
	People Before Profit	Fiona Doran	0.82%	117	132.36	133.11	133.71
	SDLP	Lorcan McGuirk	0.74%	106	111.12	111.12	111.72
Electorate: 26,314 Valid: 14,295 (54.32%) Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,787 Turnout: 14,379 (54.64%)

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

Ormiston - 7 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Alliance	Ross McMullan	19.74%	2,622
	Alliance	Peter McReynolds* †	13.28%	1,764
	Alliance	Sian O'Neill* †	8.77%	1,165	1,948
	Green (NI)	Anthony Flynn	9.79%	1,301	1,380.56	1,579.12	1,663.24
	DUP	Tom Haire*	11.00%	1,462	1,465.6	1,470.08	1,507.8	1,629.64	1,633.96	2,183.96
	UUP	Jim Rodgers* ‡‡	10.66%	1,416	1,444.8	1,478.24	1,521.68	1,608.8	1,649.84	1,697.84
	DUP	John Hussey*	9.55%	1,269	1,274.04	1,276.76	1,304.76	1,343.12	1,348.24	1,618.48
	UUP	Peter Johnston*	5.70%	757	776.8	797.76	823	939.92	988.56	1,007.2
	DUP	Gareth Spratt	6.45%	857	859.88	862.44	877.44	897.6	900.48
	PUP	William Ennis	2.97%	394	398.68	406.52	433.88
	UKIP	Keith Lonsdale	1.66%	221	221	222.44
	Sinn Féin	Laura Misteil	0.43%	57	70.32	77.3
Electorate: 25,617 Valid: 13,285 (51.86%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 1,661 Turnout: 13,432 (52.43%)

2014 Elections

Ormiston - 7 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	UUP	Jim Rodgers*	14.53%	1,899
	Alliance	Mervyn Jones* †	9.06%	1,184	1,188.48	1,222.48	1,231.76	1,298.76	1,356.46	1,367.46	1,378.6	1,412.6	1,418.6	1,898.74
	Alliance	Laura McNamee* †	6.87%	898	902.2	923.2	929.34	980.34	1,405.6	1,407.6	1,414.6	1,425.6	1,438.7	1,781.74
	UUP	Peter Johnston	4.76%	622	768.58	769.72	812.54	877.22	887.06	1,035.16	1,081.22	1,231.18	1,478.5	1,501.18	1,607.8	1,639.76
	DUP	Tom Haire*	8.20%	1,072	1,083.62	1,083.62	1,088.76	1,101.9	1,101.9	1,173.6	1,297.28	1,467.26	1,568.8	1,581.8	1,583.99	1,585.35
	DUP	John Hussey*	6.28%	821	830.94	830.94	837.36	849.36	849.36	917.34	1,346.96	1,424.5	1,544	1,555.04	1,560.15	1,568.31
	Green (NI)	Ross Brown †	6.36%	831	836.18	853.18	872.32	970.02	996.3	1,015.3	1,038.58	1,108.14	1,158.7	1,270.26	1,408.96	1,506.88
	DUP	Denny Vitty*	6.19%	809	834.9	836.9	847.46	860.46	864.46	907.88	1,020.56	1,078.84	1,304.48	1,318.04	1,328.99	1,334.43
	Alliance	Ross McMullan	6.88%	899	902.5	949.5	950.78	987.78	1,063.48	1,066.48	1,077.9	1,090.9	1,102.04
	PUP	Ian Shanks	5.51%	720	728.96	729.96	737.24	745.38	746.52	824.66	835.36	938.2
	UKIP	Stephen Crosby	4.73%	618	623.04	624.04	639.04	660.18	664.18	820.44	834
	DUP	Brian Kennedy*	5.74%	750	763.72	765.72	773.56	780.7	783.98	811.68
	TUV	John Hiddleston	4.90%	640	647	648	654	657.14	658.14
	Alliance	Andrew Webb*	4.29%	561	565.76	572.76	581.9	611.9
	NI21	Ian Dickson	1.87%	245	246.82	248.82	255.82
	NI21	Jayne Olorunda	1.47%	192	193.4	195.4	203.54
	NI Conservatives	Ian Reid	1.24%	162	167.74	168.74
	SDLP	Michael McMillan	0.73%	95	95
	Sinn Féin	Laura Keenan	0.43%	56	56.14
Electorate: 20,881 Valid: 13,074 (62.61%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 1,635 Turnout: 13,192 (63.18%)

References

^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
^ Belfast City Election results, 2014
^ 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
^ ‘Incredible mistake’ almost halted election, The News Letter, 1 May 2014
^ "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". 22 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

[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.

[Belfast-6] "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

[Belfast2-7] "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". 22 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

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