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Castle
Belfast City Council DEA Constituency
Castle DEA Post 2014.png
Castle DEA marked on a map of Belfast City Council and its wards
Current constituency
Created 2014
Seats 6 (2014–)
Councillors
  •      Brónach Anglin (SF)
  •      Fred Cobain (DUP)
  •      Conor Maskey (SF)
  •      Dean McCullough (DUP)
  •      Sam Nelson (APNI)
  •      Carl Whyte (SDLP)
Belfast 1993 Castle highlight
Castle DEA (1993-2014) within Belfast

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 Oldpark district and parts of the Court district and Newtownabbey Borough Council, forms the Belfast North constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament. The district is bounded 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.

The district takes its name from the current Belfast Castle, which is located on Cave Hill in the north of the district, while the southern section of the district is part of the city centre and forms one of 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. There are a number of peace lines in the district, 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

Cavehill, Belfast
Cavehill

Sport

  • Seaview, Crusaders F.C. home ground
  • Skegoneill Avenue, Brantwood F.C. home ground

Education

  • Castle High School
  • Dominican College
  • Hazelwood College
  • Seaview Primary School
  • St Patrick's College
  • University of Ulster, Belfast Campus

Wards

Belfast Castle
Belfast Castle
Map Ward Population
(2011 Census)		 Catholic Protestant Other No Religion Area Density NI Assembly UK Parliament Ref
1 Bellevue 4,910 63.7% 29.3% 1.1% 6% 2.96 km2 1,659/km2 Belfast North Belfast North
2 Castleview 4,722 38.1% 54.2% 1.2% 6.5% 1.41 km2 3,349/km2 Belfast North Belfast North
3 Cavehill 4,820 57.1% 37.7% 0.9% 4.3% 3.41 km2 1,413/km2 Belfast North Belfast North
4 Chichester Park 5,452 74.3% 17.2% 1.6% 6.9% 0.95 km2 5,739/km2 Belfast North Belfast North
5 Duncairn 4,901 23.6% 63.9% 2.2% 10.3 9.24 km2 530/km2 Belfast North Belfast North
6 Fortwilliam 4,561 41.3% 50.3% 1.2% 7.2% 1.03 km2 4,428/km2 Belfast North Belfast North
Castle 29,366 50.3% 41.5% 1.4% 6.9% 19 km2 1,546/km2

Councillors

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The Big Fish sculpture
Election Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)		 Councillor
(Party)
2023 Fred Cobain
(DUP)		 Dean McCullough
(DUP)		 Brónach Anglin
(Sinn Féin)		 Sam Nelson
(Alliance)		 Carl Whyte
(SDLP)		 Conor Maskey
(Sinn Féin)
May 2022 Co-Option Mal O'Hara
(Green Party)
April 2020 Co-Option Nuala McAllister
(Alliance)
January 2020 Co-Option Guy Spence
(DUP)
2019 John Finucane
(Sinn Féin)
July 2017 Defection Lydia Patterson
(DUP)		 David Browne
(UUP)		 Pat Convery
(SDLP)/
(Independent)		 Mary Ellen Campbell
(Sinn Féin)
2014
2011 Tierna Cunningham
(Sinn Féin)
2005 Nigel Dodds
(DUP)		 Ian Crozier
(DUP)		 Cathal Mallaghan
(SDLP)
2001 Alban Maginness
(SDLP)		 Danny Lavery
(Sinn Féin)
1997 Nelson McCausland
(UUP)/
(Independent Unionist)		 Tom Campbell
(Alliance)
1993 Jonathan Stevenson
(SDLP)		 John Carson
(UUP)
1989 Frank Millar
(Independent Unionist)		 Tom Campbell
(Alliance)
1985 Alfred Redpath
(UUP)

2023 Election

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green

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

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Green

Castle - 6 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5
Sinn Féin Brónach Anglin 20.15% 2,479        
Sinn Féin Conor Maskey* 16.81% 2,068        
Democratic Unionist Fred Cobain* 14.43% 1,775        
Democratic Unionist Dean McCullough* 13.59% 1,671 1,673.31 1,673.85 2,021.85  
Alliance Sam Nelson* 11.31% 1,392 1,546.11 1,590.03 1,772.03  
Social Democratic and Labour Carl Whyte* 8.51% 1,047 1,378.98 1,511.28 1,608.53 1,628.53
Green Party Mal O'Hara* 7.96% 979 1,137.73 1,225.75 1,474.88 1,553.88
Ulster Unionist Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston 4.50% 553 555.64 556.72    
People Before Profit Barney Doherty 2.03% 250 300.16 327.16    
style="background-color: Template:Workers Party of Ireland/meta/color" | Workers Party of Ireland Lily Kerr 0.70% 86 102.17 111.17    
Electorate: 23,442   Valid: 12,479 (53.23%)   Spoilt: 179   Quota: 1,758   Turnout: 12,300 (52.47%)

2019 Election

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green

2014-2019 Change: Green gain from UUP

Castle - 6 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9
Alliance Nuala McAllister* † 15.81% 1,787                
Sinn Féin John Finucane † 14.60% 1,650                
Democratic Unionist Fred Cobain 12.73% 1,439 1,440.35 1,440.35 1,443.34 1,446.44 1,458.44 1,460.53 1,939.53  
Democratic Unionist Guy Spence* † 12.45% 1,407 1,408.08 1,408.08 1,412.17 1,418.26 1,425.26 1,426.35 1,783.35  
Green Party in Northern Ireland Mal O'Hara 7.80% 882 939.51 967.67 1,031.82 1,174.86 1,277.64 1,350.6 1,423.01 1,493.01
Social Democratic and Labour Carl Whyte 5.76% 651 680.61 690.51 709.32 727.04 835.2 1,365.4 1,397.65 1,432.65
Sinn Féin Mary Ellen Campbell* 9.76% 1,103 1,109.66 1,111.93 1,128.29 1,145.56 1,183.92 1,212.91 1,200 1,223
Ulster Unionist David Browne* 8.97% 1,014 1,022.46 1,024.64 1,027 1,033.27 1,042.72 1,049.35    
Social Democratic and Labour Heather Wilson 4.87% 551 572.78 586.23 604.31 614.58 686.57      
Independent Patrick Convery* 3.33% 377 384.47 398.19 406.46 426.18        
People Before Profit Alliance Riley Johnston 1.80% 204 211.83 215.83 245.46          
style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Workers' Party (Ireland) Gemma Weir 1.38% 159 166.92 171.32            
Independent Cathal Mullaghan 0.67% 76 81.49              
Electorate: 22,262   Valid: 11,300 (50.76%)   Spoilt: 136   Quota: 1,615   Turnout: 11,436 (51.37%)

2014 Election

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

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from Sinn Féin

Castle - 6 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7
Sinn Féin Mary Ellen Campbell* 15.31% 1,619            
Social Democratic and Labour Patrick Convery* ‡ 11.32% 1,197 1,206.6 1,229.66 1,335.9 1,756.9    
Alliance Nuala McAllister 9.64% 1,020 1,021.8 1,064.86 1,261.1 1,388.58 1,410.58 1,549.18
Democratic Unionist Guy Spence* 12.66% 1,339 1,339.12 1,340.12 1,356.12 1,357.12 1,493.12 1,493.89
Democratic Unionist Lydia Patterson* 12.06% 1,276 1,276.18 1,277.18 1,287.18 1,295.18 1,463.18 1,467.03
Ulster Unionist David Browne* 10.71% 1,133 1,133.12 1,136.12 1,158.12 1,163.12 1,459.12 1,465.28
Sinn Féin Tierna Cunningham* 9.81% 1,038 1,117.14 1,144.38 1,216.4 1,258.48 1,259.48 1,352.65
Progressive Unionist William McQuade 6.21% 657 657 659 673 677    
Social Democratic and Labour Cathal Mullaghan 5.24% 554 555.98 596.98 651.28      
NI21 Alison Crawford 3.18% 336 337.08 343.08        
Independent Fra Hughes 2.06% 218 219.02 245.02        
style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Workers' Party (Ireland) Gemma Weir 1.81% 191 191.48          
Electorate: 20,977   Valid: 10,578 (50.43%)   Spoilt: 175   Quota: 1,512   Turnout: 10,753 (51.26%)

2011 Election

2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

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

2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Castle - 6 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6
Democratic Unionist Lydia Patterson 14.85% 1,489          
Democratic Unionist Guy Spence 9.44% 946 949 1,529      
Sinn Féin Tierna Cunningham* 13.74% 1,377 1,404 1,404 1,433    
Social Democratic and Labour Patrick Convery* 13.64% 1,367 1,399 1,404 1,606    
Sinn Féin Mary Ellen Campbell 12.90% 1,293 1,310 1,310 1,326 1,335 1,335
Ulster Unionist David Browne* 11.78% 1,181 1,185 1,211 1,332 1,345 1,440.04
Social Democratic and Labour Cathal Mullaghan* 8.81% 883 903 904 1,120 1,255 1,255.64
Alliance David McKechnie 6.87% 689 726 732      
Democratic Unionist Lee Reynolds 6.27% 629 632        
style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Workers' Party (Ireland) John Lavery 1.70% 170          
Electorate: 19,494   Valid: 10,024 (51.42%)   Spoilt: 223   Quota: 1,433   Turnout: 10,247 (52.56%)

2005 Election

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: No change

Castle - 6 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7
Democratic Unionist Nigel Dodds* 28.96% 3,161            
Social Democratic and Labour Pat Convery* 16.66% 1,818            
Ulster Unionist David Browne* 10.52% 1,148 1,454.51 1,563.59        
Social Democratic and Labour Cathal Mullaghan 10.41% 1,136 1,139.57 1,408.14 1,614.92      
Democratic Unionist Ian Crozier* 4.01% 438 1,390.68 1,408.23 1,408.65 2,010.65    
Sinn Féin Tierna Cunningham 9.43% 1,029 1,032.06 1,066.06 1,087.34 1,109.25 1,133.25 1,163.17
Sinn Féin David Kennedy 9.17% 1,001 1,003.04 1,032.55 1,046.41 1,068.4 1,090.4 1,111.4
Democratic Unionist Lydia Patterson 5.66% 618 908.7 918.74 919.16      
Alliance Marjorie Hawkins 2.47% 270 279.69          
Green Party Shane Ó Heorpa 1.68% 183 183.51          
style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Workers' Party (Ireland) John Lavery 1.03% 112 117.61          
Electorate: 18,413   Valid: 10,914 (59.27%)   Spoilt: 253   Quota: 1,560   Turnout: 11,167 (60.65%)

2001 Election

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

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance

Castle - 6 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8
Democratic Unionist Nigel Dodds* 27.94% 3,949              
Social Democratic and Labour Alban Maginness* 17.83% 2,520              
Democratic Unionist Ian Crozier 5.37% 759 2,142.12            
Sinn Féin Danny Lavery* 14.09% 1,991 1,992.02 2,094.62          
Ulster Unionist David Browne* 10.97% 1,550 1,868.75 1,874.95 1,946.95 1,947.7 1,951.7 1,979.41 2,337.41
Social Democratic and Labour Pat Convery 9.93% 1,403 1,407.08 1,698.88 1,699.13 1,749.68 1,775.83 1,786.83 1,911.93
Alliance Tom Campbell* 6.96% 984 1,027.86 1,090.06 1,094.56 1,106.71 1,131.07 1,141.27 1,325.27
Progressive Unionist Janet Carson 2.49% 352 456.04 457.84 478.44 478.74 484.45 490.41  
style="background-color: Template:Northern Ireland Women's Coalition/meta/color" | Northern Ireland Women's Coalition Elizabeth Byrne McCullough 1.79% 253 259.12 277.32 279.12 284.67 300.38 308.63  
Independent David Mahood 1.26% 178 218.8 220.2 229.05 229.05 230.15 236.71  
Independent Alexander Blair 0.77% 109 115.63 116.03 117.78 117.78 118.83    
style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Workers' Party (Ireland) Marcella Delaney 0.59% 84 87.57 91.37 91.62 94.02      
Electorate: 21,068   Valid: 14,132 (67.08%)   Spoilt: 365   Quota: 2,019   Turnout: 14,497 (68.81%)

1997 Election

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

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

1993-1997 Change: Alliance and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and SDLP, Independent Unionist joins UUP

Castle - 6 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8
Democratic Unionist Nigel Dodds* 17.41% 2,081              
Social Democratic and Labour Alban Maginness* 14.90% 1,781              
Alliance Tom Campbell 11.86% 1,417 1,420.06 1,423.46 1,518.18 1,527.68 1,917.68    
Sinn Féin Danny Lavery 11.40% 1,362 1,362.18 1,368.38 1,397.74 1,397.92 1,616.08 1,619.28 1,715.28
Ulster Unionist David Browne* 9.49% 1,134 1,169.1 1,169.18 1,192.54 1,300.26 1,301.62 1,633.3 1,638.3
Ulster Unionist Nelson McCausland* 8.91% 1,065 1,114.86 1,114.9 1,124.26 1,253.26 1,256.62 1,456.04 1,462.04
Ulster Unionist John Carson* 8.58% 1,025 1,060.28 1,060.52 1,073.52 1,169.38 1,192.62 1,390.04 1,430.04
Progressive Unionist Jim Crothers 6.51% 778 797.8 797.8 821.2 911.18 920.46    
Social Democratic and Labour Jonathan Stevenson* 6.02% 720 720 777.92 832.48 832.48      
Democratic Unionist Robert Ferris 0.71% 85 304.96 304.96 309.14        
Ulster Democratic Party Raymond Gilliland 1.81% 216 220.14 220.14 224.32        
style="background-color: Template:Northern Ireland Women's Coalition/meta/color" | Northern Ireland Women's Coalition Eileen Calder 1.25% 149 150.08 151.12          
Green Party Alan Warren 0.61% 73 73 73.24          
style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Workers' Party (Ireland) Paul Treanor 0.44% 53 53.18 53.9          
Ulster Independence Norman McClelland 0.01% 8 8.18 8.18          
Natural Law Andrea Gribben 0.01% 5 5 5.04          
Electorate: 21,949   Valid: 11,952 (54.45%)   Spoilt: 288   Quota: 1,708   Turnout: 12,240 (55.77%)

1993 Election

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

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1989-1993 Change: UUP and SDLP gain from Independent Unionist and Alliance

Castle - 6 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9
Democratic Unionist Nigel Dodds* 20.61% 2,470                
Ulster Unionist David Browne 15.27% 1,830                
Ulster Unionist John Carson* 12.98% 1,556 1,862.24              
Independent Unionist Nelson McCausland* 8.93% 1,070 1,475.76 1,604.58 1,608.9 1,696.61 1,801.61      
Social Democratic and Labour Alban Maginness* 13.26% 1,589 1,589.96 1,589.96 1,617.96 1,618.31 1,626.38 2,010.38    
Social Democratic and Labour Jonathan Stevenson 9.09% 1,090 1,090 1,090 1,100 1,100.21 1,101.21 1,296.2 1,565.9 1,566.9
Alliance Tom Campbell* 9.78% 1,172 1,185.44 1,194.75 1,225.75 1,234.15 1,311.09 1,465.04 1,490.15 1,550.15
Sinn Féin Gerard McGuigan 4.80% 575 575.64 575.64 578.64 578.92 579.31      
Green Party Alan Warren 2.09% 251 255.8 257.51 303.83 306.7 337.1      
Northern Ireland Conservatives Margaret Redpath 2.05% 246 269.36 274.49 274.49 281.63        
style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Workers' Party (Ireland) Paul Treanor 1.13% 136 137.28 137.66            
Electorate: 22,839   Valid: 11,985 (52.48%)   Spoilt: 346   Quota: 1,713   Turnout: 12,331 (53.99%)

1989 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

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

1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist gain from UUP

Castle - 6 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8
Social Democratic and Labour Alban Maginness* 19.17% 2,301              
Ulster Unionist John Carson* 18.26% 2,192              
Democratic Unionist Nigel Dodds* 14.82% 1,779              
Alliance Tom Campbell* 8.77% 1,053 1,384.02 1,405.36 1,405.63 1,488.77 1,493.04 1,591.75 1,855.75
Independent Unionist Frank Millar* 11.54% 1,385 1,386.62 1,455.7 1,460.44 1,475.44 1,559.34 1,561.16 1,618.15
Independent Unionist Nelson McCausland 9.69% 1,163 1,163 1,270.36 1,276.3 1,280.1 1,390.64 1,392.76 1,433.56
Ulster Unionist Alfred Redpath* 6.39% 767 771.05 993.25 996.76 1,003.74 1,053.35 1,061.95 1,118.56
style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Workers' Party (Ireland) Anthony Kerr 4.13% 496 612.37 619.85 620.24 714.69 724.37 864.13  
Sinn Féin Bobby Lavery* 3.77% 453 510.78 511.22 511.43 527.37 527.37    
Democratic Unionist Samuel Lowry 1.80% 216 216.27 254.11 291.13 294.13      
Green Party Maria O'Sullivan 0.79% 95 139.28 140.16 140.19        
style="background-color: {{Template:Labour '87/meta/color}}" | [[Labour '87|Labour '87]] Thomas Galloway 0.86% 103 124.87 127.95 128.04        
Electorate: 24,488   Valid: 12,003 (49.02%)   Spoilt: 323   Quota: 1,715   Turnout: 12,326 (50.33%)

1985 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

Castle - 6 seats
Party Candidate  % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8
Ulster Unionist John Carson* 24.23% 3,153              
Social Democratic and Labour Alban Maginness 15.19% 1,977              
Independent Unionist Frank Millar* 12.47% 1,623 1,812.83 1,813.08 1,836.49 1,863.28      
Democratic Unionist Nigel Dodds 11.54% 1,502 1,622.95 1,623 1,625.05 1,632.51 2,179.51    
Ulster Unionist Alfred Redpath 8.51% 1,107 1,783.5 1,783.5 1,797.73 1,821.83 1,916.83    
Alliance Tom Campbell 6.14% 799 822.37 825.42 919.79 1,333.54 1,337.77 1,351.99 1,870.99
Independent Unionist William Gault* 5.18% 674 892.94 893.04 903.86 915.55 980.31 1,280.51 1,281.51
Social Democratic and Labour John Murphy 4.45% 579 581.87 672.17 864.67 885.52 885.52 887.89  
Democratic Unionist Michael Whittley 5.43% 706 726.5 726.5 733.5 739.32      
Alliance Robert Jamison 3.45% 449 474.42 475.87 530.04        
style="background-color: Template:Workers' Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Workers' Party (Ireland) Katherine Johnston 3.41% 444 448.51 451.06          
Electorate: 24,488   Valid: 12,003 (49.02%)   Spoilt: 323   Quota: 1,715   Turnout: 12,326 (50.33%)
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