Castle (District Electoral Area)
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| Castle District Electoral Area |
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| 250px Map showing Castle wards within Belfast |
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| Area | 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi) |
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| Population | 28,290 (2008 Estimate) |
| – density | 1,489/km2 (3,860/sq mi) |
| District | Belfast City Council |
| County | County Antrim |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| EU Parliament | Northern Ireland |
| UK Parliament | Belfast North |
| NI Assembly | North Belfast |
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Castle is one of the ten district electoral areas 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 Bellevue, Cavehill, Chichester Park, Duncairn, Fortwilliam and Innisfayle. Castle, along with the neighbouring Court and Oldpark districts and parts of Newtownabbey Borough Council, forms the Belfast North constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament. The district is bound to the east by the Victoria Channel, to the north by Newtownabbey Borough Council and Belfast Lough, to the south by North Street and to the west by the Cavehill Road and Oldpark Road.
The district takes its name from Belfast Castle which is located on Cavehill in the north of the district, while the southern section of the district is part of the city centre and forms one of the Belfast's main cultural areas, known as the Cathedral Quarter. The east of the area also contains the Port of Belfast. Castle is served by the M2 and M5 motorways and the Yorkgate railway station.
Castle is one of the most mixed areas in the city, with just over half of the district's population being Protestant at the 2001 Census. This has resulted in the construction of a number of peace lines, for example along the Whitewell Road.
History
Castle was created for the 1985 local elections. All six wards came from the former Area H, with only the Cliftonville ward and northern section of the Waterworks ward omitted from the new district. One of the district's six wards, Castleview, was renamed Innisfayle in 2014.
Amenities
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- Albert Memorial Clock
- Belfast Castle
- Belfast Central Library
- Belfast Exposed photographic gallery
- Belfast Harbour
- Belfast Hebrew Congregation
- Belfast Zoo
- Cavehill
- Dividers Sculpture
- Giant's Park
- McHugh's Bar
- Merchant Hotel
- The Northern Whig Bar
- NvTv (Northern Visions Television)
- Obel Tower
- St Anne’s Cathedral (Church of Ireland)
- The Big Fish, sculpture
Sport
- Seaview, Crusaders F.C. home ground
- Skegoneill Avenue, Brantwood F.C. home ground
Education
Wards
| Map | Ward | Population (2011 Census) |
Catholic | Protestant | Other | No Religion | Area | Density | NI Assembly | UK Parliament | Ref |
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| 1 | Bellevue | 4,910 | 63.7% | 29.3% | 1.1% | 6% | 2.96 km2 | 1,659/km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | [1] |
| 2 | Castleview | 4,722 | 38.1% | 54.2% | 1.2% | 6.5% | 1.41 km2 | 3,349/km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | [2] |
| 3 | Cavehill | 4,820 | 57.1% | 37.7% | 0.9% | 4.3% | 3.41 km2 | 1,413/km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | [3] |
| 4 | Chichester Park | 5,452 | 74.3% | 17.2% | 1.6% | 6.9% | 0.95 km2 | 5,739/km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | [4] |
| 5 | Duncairn | 4,901 | 23.6% | 63.9% | 2.2% | 10.3 | 9.24 km2 | 530/km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | [5] |
| 6 | Fortwilliam | 4,561 | 41.3% | 50.3% | 1.2% | 7.2% | 1.03 km2 | 4,428/km2 | Belfast North | Belfast North | [6] |
| Castle | 29,366 | 50.3% | 41.5% | 1.4% | 6.9% | 19 km2 | 1,546/km2 | ||||
Councillors
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
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| 2014 | Nuala McAllister (Alliance) |
Lydia Patterson (DUP) |
David Browne (UUP) |
Mary Campbell (Sinn Féin) |
Pat Convery (SDLP) |
Guy Spence (DUP) |
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| 2011 | Tierna Cunningham (Sinn Féin) |
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| 2005 | Nigel Dodds (DUP) |
Cathal Mullaghan (SDLP) |
Ian Crozier (DUP) |
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| 2001 | Danny Lavery (Sinn Féin) |
Alban Maginness (SDLP) |
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| 1997 | Tom Campbell (Alliance) |
Nelson McCausland (UUP) |
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| 1993 | Jonathan Stephenson (SDLP) |
John Carson (UUP) |
Nelson McCausland (Independent Unionist) |
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| 1989 | Tom Campbell (Alliance) |
Frank Millar (Independent Unionist) |
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| 1985 | Alfie Redpath (UUP) |
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2011 Elections
| Belfast City Council elections, 2011[7] | |||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
| DUP | Lydia Patterson | 1,489 | |
| Sinn Féin | Tierna Cunningham | 1,377 | |
| SDLP | Pat Convery | 1,367 | |
| Sinn Féin | Mary Campbell | 1,293 | |
| UUP | David Browne | 1,181 | |
| DUP | Guy Spence | 946 | |
| SDLP | Cathal Mullaghan | 883 | |
| Alliance | David McKechnie | 689 | |
| DUP | Lee Reynolds | 629 | |
| Workers' Party | John Lavery | 170 | |
| Turnout | 10,024 | ||
| Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour | |||
See also
- Belfast City Council
- Electoral wards of Belfast
- Local government in Northern Ireland
- Members of Belfast City Council
References
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