Ormiston has been one of the ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland since 2014.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 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.Belfast City Election results, 2014 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,Map from the District Electoral Areas Commissioner Maps page . See District Electoral Areas Commissioner page which had existed since 1985. Nineteen candidates contested the first election in 2014, the most of any DEA in Northern Ireland.‘Incredible mistake’ almost halted election, The News Letter, 1 May 2014
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) 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)May 2022 Co-Options John Hussey (DUP) Tom Haire (DUP)May 2021 Defection Peter McReynolds (Alliance) Sian O'Neill (Alliance)May 2019 Defection2019June 2017 Co-Option Georgina Milne (Green Party) Peter Johnston (UUP) June 2016 Co-Option Mervyn Jones (Alliance) September 2015 Co-Option Ross Brown (Green Party)2014 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
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
2014 Elections
References