Titanic
Belfast City Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats6 (2014–)
Councillors
  •   David Bell (APNI)
  •   Ruth Brooks (DUP)
  •   Sonia Copeland (UUP)
  •   Pádraig Donnelly (SF)
  •   Sammy Douglas (DUP)
  •   Fiona McAteer (APNI)

Titanic is one of the ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[1] Located in the east of the city, the district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Ballymacarrett, Beersbridge, Bloomfield, Connswater, Sydenham and Woodstock. Titanic, along with wards from the neighbouring Ormiston 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, largely replacing the Pottinger District Electoral Area, which had existed since 1985. The district takes its name from the city's Titanic Quarter, where the RMS Titanic was built.[2]

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party)
2023 David Bell
(Alliance) 		Fiona McAteer
(Alliance) 		Pádraig Donnelly
(Sinn Féin) 		Sonia Copeland
(UUP) 		Sammy Douglas
(DUP) 		Ruth Brooks
(DUP)
February 2022 Defection Michelle Kelly
(Alliance) 		Carole Howard (UUP)/
(Alliance) 		John Kyle
(UUP)/
(Independent)/
(PUP) 		George Dorrian
(DUP) 		Adam Newton
(DUP)
December 2021 Defections
2019
November 2016 Co-Option David Armitage
(Alliance) 		Mairéad O'Donnell
(Sinn Féin)
May 2016 Co-Option Brian Kennedy
(DUP)
June 2015 Co-Option Niall Ó Donnghaile
(Sinn Féin)
2014 Gavin Robinson
(DUP)

2023 Results

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP

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

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from PUP

Titanic - 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Ruth Brooks 16.98% 1,690          
DUP Sammy Douglas* 12.20% 1,214 1,216 1,244.35 1,440.35    
Alliance David Bell 13.66% 1,360 1,392 1,395.75 1,403.75 1,680.75  
Alliance Fiona McAteer 11.54% 1,149 1,176 1,176.75 1,181.90 1,597.90  
Sinn Féin Pádraig Donnelly 12.90% 1,284 1,304 1,304.30 1,305.30 1,399.45 1,489.45
Ulster Unionist Sonia Copeland* 9.72% 968 973 995.65 1,162.80 1,254.25 1,325.25
DUP George Dorrian* 6.61% 658 660 842.70 1,012.10 1,033.30 1,040.30
Green (NI) Gillian Hamilton 9.42% 938 969 970.95 984.10    
TUV Anne Smyth 5.67% 564 567 577.05      
SDLP Elly Omondi 1.30% 129          
Electorate: 24,018   Valid: 9,954 (41.44%)   Spoilt: 209   Quota: 1,423   Turnout: 10,163 (42.31%)  

2019 Results

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

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP

2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from Sinn Féin

Titanic - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
DUP George Dorrian* 13.41% 1,270 1,317 1,328 1,432        
DUP Adam Newton* 9.64% 913 928 932 961 997.9 1,520.9    
Alliance Michelle Kelly 11.28% 1,068 1,072 1,079 1,094 1,094 1,100 1,353  
Ulster Unionist Sonia Copeland* 9.00% 852 890 1,096 1,230 1,247.22 1,277.68 1,307.68 1,410.28
PUP John Kyle* ‡ 10.85% 1,027 1,079 1,104 1,209 1,216.38 1,257.3 1,309.3 1,368.7
Alliance Carole Howard ‡ 11.14% 1,055 1,061 1,075 1,096 1,096.82 1,099.64 1,314.64 1,318.24
Sinn Féin Mairead O’Donnell* 11.64% 1,102 1,103 1,103 1,103 1,103 1,103 1,145 1,145
Green (NI) Ben Smylie 6.77% 641 652 656 680 680.82 680.82    
DUP Lee Reynolds 6.19% 586 597 602 610 625.58      
Independent Karl Bennett 4.73% 448 468 473          
Ulster Unionist Colin Hall-Thompson 2.94% 278 286            
UKIP Paul Girvan 2.41% 228              
Electorate: 22,653   Valid: 9,468 (41.80%)   Spoilt: 184   Quota: 1,353   Turnout: 9,652 (42.61%)  

2014 Results

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

Titanic - 6 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ulster Unionist Sonia Copeland 16.68% 1,651                  
PUP John Kyle* 11.62% 1,150 1,237.92 1,239.92 1,239.92 1,259.18 1,273.6 1,308.14 1,325.4 1,454.4  
DUP Adam Newton* 10.27% 1,017 1,043.74 1,044.74 1,046.88 1,056.02 1,061.02 1,082.72 1,351.1 1,428.1  
DUP Gavin Robinson* † 11.60% 1,148 1,179.78 1,179.78 1,181.78 1,187.92 1,191.92 1,205.34 1,322 1,418.04  
Sinn Féin Niall Ó Donnghaile* † 11.68% 1,156 1,156 1,183 1,198 1,207 1,211.14 1,218.14 1,218.14 1,222.14 1,228.7
Alliance David Armitage 7.88% 780 783.92 785.92 803.92 816.2 872.34 969.04 972.04 990.04 1,031.44
Alliance Máire Hendron* 7.26% 719 721.66 726.66 761.66 772.8 821.94 890.08 892.08 903.08 929.62
TUV Harry Toan 5.84% 578 606.56 607.56 607.56 610.98 615.98 624.52 634.52 793.78  
UKIP Jonny Lavery 5.49% 544 564.72 566.72 569.86 577 587.14 603.56 610.98    
DUP Sam White 4.20% 416 423.7 423.84 423.84 426.84 431.84 433.12      
NI21 Jimmy Davidson 2.55% 252 257.88 257.88 261.88 271.16 311.3        
Green (NI) Gregor Claus 2.14% 212 213.26 215.26 221.26 242.4          
Socialist Party Tommy Black 1.09% 108 111.5 113.5 120.5            
SDLP Peter Devlin 1.00% 99 99.42 106.42              
Workers' Party Kevin McNally 0.71% 70 70.14                
Electorate: 21,425   Valid: 9,900 (46.21%)   Spoilt: 182   Quota: 1,415   Turnout: 10,082 (47.06%)  

References

  1. ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
  2. ^ Titanic electoral area proposed, Belfast Telegraph, 2 May 2013
  3. ^ "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". 22 May 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2022.


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