Balmoral (District Electoral Area)

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Balmoral
SDLP)
  •   Geraldine McAteer (SF)
  •   Micky Murray (APNI
  • )

    Balmoral (from the Irish: Baile Mhoireil) is the most southern of ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Belvoir; Finaghy; Malone; Musgrave; Windsor; and Upper Malone. Balmoral, along with neighbouring Botanic, forms the greater part of the Belfast South constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

    The district is bounded to the west and south west by the M1 Motorway, to east and south east by the River Lagan, to the east and north east by the Malone Road and to the north by Belfast City Hospital, Queen's University Belfast and Royal Victoria Hospital.

    The Lisburn Road is the main arterial route through the centre of the district, which also contains a number of public facilities including: the King's Hall conference and exhibition centre, the Musgrave Park Hospital, Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park and Windsor Park, the home ground of the Northern Ireland national football team. It is served by the Adelaide, Balmoral and Finaghy railway stations.

    History

    The DEA was created for the 1985 local elections, where it contained five wards. Four of the wards came from the abolished Belfast Area C, which it effectively replaced, with the final ward, Blackstaff, coming from Belfast Area F. From the 1993 local elections to the 2011 elections, the area contained six wards, following the creation of the Musgrave ward. For the 2014 local elections, it lost the wards of Blackstaff and Windsor and gained the Belvoir ward, which had previously been part of the abolished Castlereagh Borough Council. This was as a result of the 2014 Local Government Reform.

    Wards (1985–2011)

    Map Ward Population
    (2011 Census)
    Catholic Protestant Other No Religion Area Density NI Assembly
    UK Parliament
    Ref
    1 Blackstaff 3,998 15% 71.5% 1.8% 11.7% 1.92 km2 2,082/km2 Belfast South Belfast South [1]
    2 Finaghy 4,555 49.2% 42.6% 2.6% 5.6% 2.59 km2 1,759/km2 Belfast South Belfast South [2]
    3 Malone 5,555 61.2% 30.3% 2.3% 6.3% 2.18 km2 2,548/km2 Belfast South Belfast South [3]
    4 Musgrave 4,927 60.6% 32.9% 1.7% 4.8% 1.78 km2 2,768/km2 Belfast South Belfast South [4]
    5 Upper Malone 4,841 29.4% 60.1% 2.5% 8.1% 4.32 km2 1,121/km2 Belfast South Belfast South [5]
    6 Windsor 8,141 41.6% 40.7% 5.8% 11.8% 0.92 km2 8,849/km2 Belfast South Belfast South [6]
    Balmoral 32,017 43.8% 44.8% 3.1% 8.3% 13.71 km2 2,335/km2

    Councillors

    The King's Hall is a multi-purpose venue located in Balmoral.
    Election Councillor
    (Party)
    Councillor
    (Party)
    Councillor
    (Party)
    Councillor
    (Party)
    Councillor
    (Party)
    Councillor
    (Party)
    2023 Sarah Bunting
    (DUP)
    Tara Brooks
    (Alliance)
    Micky Murray
    (Alliance)
    Geraldine McAteer
    (Sinn Féin)
    Dónal Lyons
    (SDLP)
    5 seats
    2014-present
    May 2022 Co-Option Gareth Spratt
    (DUP)
    May 2020 Co-Option Kate Nicholl
    (Alliance)
    2019 David Graham
    (DUP)
    May/June 2016 Co-Options Lee Reynolds
    (DUP)
    Jeff Dudgeon
    (UUP)
    July 2015 Co-Option Christopher Stalford
    (DUP)
    Paula Bradshaw
    (Alliance)
    October 2014 Co-Option Claire Hanna
    (SDLP)
    2014 Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
    (Sinn Féin)
    2011 Ruth Patterson
    (DUP)
    Bob Stoker
    (UUP)
    Tom Ekin
    (Alliance
    )
    Bernie Kelly
    (SDLP)
    2005 Jim Kirkpatrick
    (DUP)
    Carmel Hanna
    (SDLP)
    2001 Mary Crooks
    (UUP)
    Catherine Molloy
    (SDLP)
    1997 Harry Smith
    (DUP)
    1993 Jim Kirkpatrick
    (UUP)
    Philip McGarry
    (Alliance)
    Dorita Field
    (SDLP)
    John Parkes
    (DUP)
    1989 5 seats
    2014-present
    Mark Long
    (Alliance)
    1985 John Montgomery
    (Alliance)
    William Dickson
    (DUP)

    In May 2011, Councillors

    Deputy Lord Mayor
    , 2011–12, while Mairtin O'Muilleoir is serving as Lord Mayor for 2013–14.

    2023 Election

    2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Fein

    2023: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

    2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

    Balmoral - 5 seats[7][8]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    Sinn Féin Geraldine McAteer* 19.91% 2,037            
    SDLP Donal Lyons* 15.80% 1,616 1,641.28 1,894.28        
    Alliance Tara Brooks 14.88% 1,522 1,530.64 1,555.28 1,729.28      
    DUP Sarah Bunting* 14.79% 1,513 1,513.32 1,514.32 1,523.32 1,524.98 1,722.98  
    Alliance Micky Murray* 10.66% 1,090 1,096.72 1,121.16 1,197.16 1,324.15 1,501.12 1,788.12
    DUP Gareth Spratt* 7.99% 817 817 818 825 825 940 941
    Sinn Féin Seán Napier 4.17% 427 699.80 716.72 755 806.46 809.46  
    Ulster Unionist Joshua Lowry 5.39% 551 551.16 554.16 567.16 574.63    
    Green (NI)
    Lauren Kendall 3.26% 333 334.60 340.08        
    SDLP Sarah Mulgrew 3.16% 323 332.12          
    Electorate: 18,691   Valid: 10,229 (54.73%)   Spoilt: 147   Quota: 1,705   Turnout: 10,376 (55.51%)  

    2019 Election

    2014: 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Fein, 1 x UUP

    2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Fein

    2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from UUP

    Balmoral - 5 seats[9]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4 5 6
    Alliance Kate Nicholl* 20.00% 1,842          
    DUP David Graham 15.62% 1,442 1,447.44 1,494.44 1,705.44    
    SDLP Dónal Lyons* 14.18% 1,306 1,374.51 1,396.55 1,461.75 1,469.94 1,608.94
    DUP Sarah Bunting 11.12% 1,025 1,029.08 1,056.25 1,285.35 1,432.77 1,478.69
    Sinn Féin Geraldine McAteer* 13.93% 1,283 1,291.16 1,311.16 1,313.33 1,313.33 1,421.98
    SDLP Michael Mulhern 8.82% 813 863.15 896.55 930.31 934.86 1,233.18
    Green (NI)
    Caoimhe O'Connell 5.47% 504 616.37 752.02 862.6 870.79  
    Ulster Unionist Jeffrey Dudgeon* 7.16% 660 696.71 745.74      
    People Before Profit
    Pádraigín Mervyn 2.19% 202 215.94        
    UKIP
    William Traynor 1.44% 133 134.53        
    Electorate: 17,864   Valid: 9,210 (51.56%)   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 1,536   Turnout: 9,326 (52.21%)  

    2014 Election

    This election was carried out under new ward boundaries, as a result of local government reform.

    2011: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

    2014: 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

    2011-2014 Change: SDLP loss due to the reduction of one seat

    Balmoral - 5 seats[10]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Sinn Féin Máirtín Ó Muilleoir* 17.13% 1,525                  
    SDLP
    Claire Hanna
    *
    17.12% 1,524                  
    Alliance Paula Bradshaw 9.06% 806 809.66 812.42 830.6 896.05 986.43 989.46 1,435.23 1,748.23  
    DUP Christopher Stalford* 10.88% 968 968.36 968.52 981.54 986.54 1,000.54 1,233.58 1,234.58 1,247.47 1,256.5
    Ulster Unionist Jeffrey Dudgeon 9.86% 878 878 878.2 908.2 917.2 955.22 1,129.22 1,141.26 1,170.51 1,191.5
    DUP Sarah Clarke 10.67% 950 950.09 950.23 956.23 957.23 966.23 1,063.23 1,069.25 1,083.16 1,090.2
    SDLP Justin Cartwright 6.62% 589 613.93 635.39 648.8 690.62 740.48 746.5 810.83    
    Alliance Jamie Doyle 4.83% 430 434.71 437.47 454.65 515.39 594.08 601.13      
    PUP Simon Rice 5.99% 533 533.03 533.11 544.11 546.11 553.14        
    NI21 Tina McKenzie 2.88% 256 257.38 258.32 325.81 349.12          
    Green (NI)
    Elli Kontorravdis 2.52% 224 226.73 227.47 251.63            
    NI21 Barbara Neeson 0.83% 74 74.6 74.8              
    NI Conservatives David Timson 0.83% 74 74.18 74.22              
    Independent
    Gerard Collins 0.79% 70 70.57 70.81              
    Electorate: 17,107   Valid: 8,901 (52.03%)   Spoilt: 131   Quota: 1,484   Turnout: 9,032 (52.80%)  

    2011 Election

    2005: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

    2011: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

    2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP

    Balmoral - 6 seats[11]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
    Alliance
    Tom Ekin
    *
    17.70% 1,762                
    DUP Ruth Patterson* 15.60% 1,553                
    Sinn Féin Máirtín Ó Muilleoir 14.71% 1,465                
    SDLP Claire Hanna 14.49% 1,443                
    Ulster Unionist Bob Stoker* 9.26% 922 961.27 961.69 972.57 997.17 1,296.56 1,296.74 1,789.74  
    SDLP Bernie Kelly* 7.09% 706 793.78 816.51 817.63 916.95 927.52 945.04 1,005.25 1,099.65
    SDLP Niall Kelly 7.46% 743 767.15 782.57 783.13 831.22 836.25 852.18 874.21 903.21
    Ulster Unionist Jim Kirkpatrick* 5.80% 578 655.91 660.75 665.71 693.72 817.05 817.14    
    DUP Sharon Simpson 3.98% 396 412.38 415.8 516.92 541.93        
    Green (NI) Mark Simpson 2.83% 282 349.41 400.34 403.3          
    People Before Profit
    Andrew King 1.07% 107 120.86              
    Electorate: 18,752   Valid: 9,957 (53.10%)   Spoilt: 139   Quota: 1,423   Turnout: 10,096 (53.84%)  

    2005 Election

    2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP

    2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

    2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

    Balmoral - 6 seats[12]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
    SDLP Carmel Hanna* 17.34% 2,030                
    SDLP Bernie Kelly 7.09% 906 908 1,137.84 1,949.84          
    Alliance
    Tom Ekin
    *
    12.88% 1,508 1,524 1,559.19 1,613.31 1,755.9        
    Ulster Unionist Bob Stoker* 10.08% 1,180 1,288 1,291.93 1,296.74 1,300.17 1,312.42 2,163.42    
    DUP Jim Kirkpatrick 12.58% 1,473 1,484 1,485.19 1,485.19 1,487.15 1,488.13 1,642.79 1,934.39  
    DUP Ruth Patterson* 9.65% 1,130 1,180 1,180.17 1,183.51 1,183.51 1,184 1,261.66 1,452.46 1,706.11
    Sinn Féin Stiofán Long 10.26% 1,202 1,204 1,220.15 1,305.88 1,423.48 1,458.27 1,470.98 1,474.58 1,479.92
    Ulster Unionist Esmond Birnie 9.61% 1,125 1,137 1,142.95 1,153.16 1,160.51 1,183.05      
    SDLP Mary Kennedy 8.05% 943 943 991.96            
    Independent
    Thomas Wilson 1.82% 213                
    Electorate: 18,382   Valid: 11,710 (63.70%)   Spoilt: 192   Quota: 1,673   Turnout: 11,902 (64.75%)  

    2001 Election

    1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP

    2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP

    1997-2001 Change: No change

    Balmoral - 6 seats[13]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4
    SDLP Carmel Hanna* 22.60% 3,077      
    Ulster Unionist Mary Crooks* 16.72% 2,276      
    Ulster Unionist Bob Stoker* 14.93% 2,032      
    SDLP Catherine Molloy* 7.25% 987 1,919.77 1,945.77  
    Alliance
    Tom Ekin
    *
    12.37% 1,684 1,780.57 1,935.49 2,047.4
    DUP Ruth Patterson 10.11% 1,377 1,377.74 1,779.11 1,982.6
    Sinn Féin Stephen Long 9.91% 1,349 1,435.21 1,445.58 1,446.53
    DUP Thomas Morrow 3.09% 421 425.07    
    Ulster Unionist John Hiddleston 3.02% 411 415.44    
    Electorate: 20,958   Valid: 13,614 (64.96%)   Spoilt: 259   Quota: 1,945   Turnout: 13,873 (66.19%)  

    1997 Election

    1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

    1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP

    1993-1997 Change: SDLP gain from DUP

    Balmoral - 6 seats[14]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Ulster Unionist Mary Crooks* 20.49% 2,329                  
    SDLP Carmel Hanna 16.85% 1,916                  
    DUP Harry Smith* 8.13% 924 969.9 969.9 979.3 983.3 1,034.5 1,129.5 1,690.5    
    Ulster Unionist Bob Stoker 8.35% 949 1,070.5 1,070.5 1,083.9 1,088.2 1,169.2 1,448.9 1,550.8 1,936.8  
    SDLP Catherine Molloy 9.21% 1,047 1,048.2 1,310.55 1,328.55 1,415.2 1,422.5 1,423.65 1,424.25 1,426.65 1,430.65
    Alliance
    Tom Ekin
    8.54% 971 986.3 994.4 1,017 1,086.05 1,099.35 1,119.95 1,127.15 1,227.55 1,305.55
    Alliance Philip McGarry* 8.43% 958 974.2 984.55 1,004.15 1,052.35 1,074.25 1,080.85 1,087.35 1,166.25 1,203.25
    Ulster Unionist Gordon Lucy 2.67% 304 688.6 688.6 719.3 723.2 763.2 848.5 908.9    
    DUP Joan Parkes 5.75% 654 712.5 712.5 719 721 779.9 804.5      
    Ulster Democratic Heather Calvert 4.57% 520 534.1 534.25 535.55 549.15 662.05        
    PUP Gordon McCrea 3.49% 397 415 415 422 433          
    NI Women's Coalition Nuala Bradley 2.08% 236 238.4 241.7 267.75            
    Green (NI)
    Mary Ringland 0.81% 92 95.3 95.75              
    NI Conservatives Hubert Mullan 0.62% 71 80 80.15              
    Electorate: 22,826   Valid: 11,368 (49.80%)   Spoilt: 245   Quota: 1,625   Turnout: 11,613 (50.88%)  

    1993 Election

    1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

    1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

    1989-1993 Change: DUP gain due to the addition of one seat

    Balmoral - 6 seats[15]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
    SDLP Dorita Field* 19.12% 2,262                      
    DUP John Parkes* 17.55% 2,076                      
    Alliance Philip McGarry 10.76% 1,273 1,545.43 1,547.41 1,550.68 1,572.94 1,596.07 1,633.33 1,695.77        
    Ulster Unionist Mary Crooks* 13.66% 1,616 1,617.89 1,638.59 1,639.22 1,640.22 1,644.4 1,644.58 1,649.85 1,790.85      
    Ulster Unionist Jim Kirkpatrick* 11.80% 1,396 1,397.35 1,411.57 1,411.75 1,412.75 1,413.75 1,417.75 1,425.2 1,553.36 1,906.36    
    DUP Harry Smith 5.89% 697 697.81 993.37 995.55 995.73 996.73 1,002.18 1,011.54 1,070.86 1,242.48 1,363.48 1,396.48
    Alliance Mark Long* 7.80% 923 1,065.02 1,066.46 1,068.46 1,078.69 1,101.01 1,149.61 1,222.54 1,298.24 1,310.14 1,325.14 1,357.14
    Ulster Unionist Bob Stoker 5.17% 611 611 627.74 628.74 630.1 631.1 635.1 637.37 707.88      
    NI Conservatives Esmond Birnie 2.36% 279 279.54 280.26 304.26 304.26 307.98 311.25 318.79        
    NI Conservatives William Dickson 2.23% 264 264.81 276.33 276.51 276.51 279.51 292.78 296.05        
    Green (NI)
    Roderick McAlister 1.05% 124 168.28 168.82 172.82 189.38 213.13 273.59          
    Independent Labour
    Niall Cusack 0.96% 113 153.5 154.04 166.04 178.25 207.45            
    Democratic Left Jean Craig 0.82% 97 117.52 118.06 118.06 133.81              
    Workers' Party Shaun McKeown 0.40% 48 85.53 86.25 86.25                
    NI Conservatives Hubert Mullan 0.42% 50 50.54 51.98                  
    Electorate: 23,497   Valid: 11,829 (50.34%)   Spoilt: 331   Quota: 1,690   Turnout: 12,160 (51.75%)  

    1989 Election

    1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

    1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

    1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP

    Balmoral - 6 seats[16]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    Ulster Unionist Mary Crooks* 18.97% 2,163            
    Ulster Unionist Jim Kirkpatrick* 15.94% 1,818 1,968.72          
    DUP John Parkes* 14.05% 1,602 1,631.76 1,997.76        
    Alliance Mark Long 9.69% 1,105 1,111 1,178.68 1,182.37 1,188.37 2,118.37  
    SDLP Dorita Field 14.35% 1,636 1,637.08 1,708.32 1,708.73 1,708.85 1,778.63 1,888.89
    Ind. Unionist William Dickson* 10.32% 1,177 1,207.84 1,418.56 1,505.89 1,558.09 1,639.9 1,743.87
    Alliance John Montgomery* 9.30% 1,061 1,067.24 1,152.32 1,157.65 1,162.09    
    DUP Caroline Bingham 5.25% 599 626          
    Workers' Party Shaun McKeown 2.14% 243 243.72          
    Electorate: 23,343   Valid: 11,404 (48.85%)   Spoilt: 314   Quota: 1,901   Turnout: 11,718 (50.20%)  

    1985 Election

    1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

    Balmoral - 6 seats[17]
    Party Candidate FPv% Count
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
    Ulster Unionist Mary Crooks* 19.07% 2,438              
    Ulster Unionist Jim Kirkpatrick 14.23% 1,820 2,014.16 2,061.12 2,137.12        
    DUP William Dickson* 12.81% 1,638 1,660.56 1,676.68 1,931.32 2,321.32      
    Alliance John Montgomery 10.37% 1,326 1,329.12 1,426.48 1,430.6 1,488.68 1,497.39 2,449.39  
    DUP John Parkes 7.80% 998 1,009.28 1,032.64 1,281.76 1,536 1,691.44 1,780.22 1,908.19
    SDLP Dorita Field 10.42% 1,332 1,332.24 1,446.24 1,448.24 1,457.24 1,457.24 1,587.04 1,772.63
    Alliance David Cook* 8.15% 1,042 1,054 1,180.48 1,191.08 1,345.04 1,367.82    
    Ulster Unionist
    James Stewart
    *
    8.38% 1,071 1,102.08 1,127.68 1,166.44        
    DUP Clarke Gibson 7.80% 620 633.68 646.8          
    Labour Party NI Stanley Graham 1.45% 186 187.08            
    Workers' Party Shaun McKeown 1.04% 133 133.12            
    Ind. Unionist Victor Brennan 0.99% 127 127.6            
    Ind. Unionist William Stevenson* 0.44% 56 57.44            
    Electorate: 23,220   Valid: 12,787 (55.07%)   Spoilt: 315   Quota: 2,132   Turnout: 13,102 (56.43%)  
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    See also

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