Pottinger (District Electoral Area) Explained

Official Name:	Pottinger District Electoral Area
Static Image:	Pottinger Wards.png
Static Image Width:	250px
Static Image Caption:	Map showing Pottinger wards within Belfast
Population:	31,272
Population Ref:	(2008 Estimate)
Country:	Northern Ireland
Area Total Km2:	6.17
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Pottinger was one of the nine district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 1985 to 2014. Located in the east of the city, the district elected six members to Belfast City Council and contained the wards of Ballymacarrett, Bloomfield, Orangefield, Ravenhill, The Mount, and Woodstock.

The wards of Ravenhill and Woodstock were part of the Belfast South constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament, while the other four were part of the Belfast East Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies.

The district was bounded to the west by the River Lagan and the Ormeau Road, to the north by the Newtownards Road, to the east by Greenville Park and North Road and the Borough of Castlereagh to the south.

At the 2001 census the district had a Protestant majority, however there was also a large Catholic minority, particularly in areas such as the Short Strand, which is separated from the mainly unionist Cluan Place by one of the many peace lines in the district.

History

The DEA was created for the 1985 local elections, when it largely replaced the former electoral Area A. Five of the six wards came from Area A with the Bloomfield ward added from Area B. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections, when all of its wards except Orangefield formed part of a new Titanic district electoral area. The Orangefield ward became part of a new Lisnasharragh district electoral area.

Amenities

Amenities in the Pottinger district electoral area include:

Ormeau Golf Club
Ormeau Park
Ravenhill Stadium, home of the Ulster Rugby team

Wards

Map	width = 110px	Ward !	width = 100px	Population (2011 Census) !	width = 90px	Catholic !	width = 90px	Protestant !	width = 90px	Other !	width = 100px	No Religion !	width = 100px	Area !	width = 80px	Density !	Ref
1	Ballymacarrett	4,908	51.4%	41.2%	1.4%	6.2%	0.78 km²	6,292 /km²			^[1]
2	Bloomfield	5,453	16.1%	69.7%	1.7%	12.5%	0.74 km²	7,369 /km²			^[2]
3	Orangefield	5,619	11%	77%	1.4%	10.6%	1.46 km²	3,849 /km²			^[3]
4	Ravenhill	6,041	39.7%	46.9%	2%	11.5%	1.88 km²	3,213 /km²			^[4]
5	The Mount	5,591	16.1%	68.3%	1.3%	14.3%	0.75 km²	7,455 /km²			^[5]
6	Woodstock	5,445	19.4%	63.3%	2.8%	14.5%	0.56 km²	9,723 /km²			^[6]
Pottinger		33,057	25.3%	61.2%	1.8%	11.7%	6.17 km²	5,358 /km²

Councillors

Election
2011	Máire Hendron (Alliance)	Niall Ó Donnghaile (Sinn Féin)	Adam Newton (DUP)	May Campbell (DUP)	Gavin Robinson (DUP)	John Kyle (PUP)
2005	Máire Hendron (Alliance)	Reg Empey (UUP)	Margaret McKenzie (DUP)	May Campbell (DUP)	Sammy Wilson (DUP)	David Ervine (PUP)
2001	Joseph O'Donnell (Sinn Féin)		Margaret Clarke (UUP)	Harry Toan (DUP)
1997	Mervyn Jones (Alliance)		Margaret Clarke (UUP)	Robert Cleland (DUP)
1993			Sandy Blair (UUP)	Robert Cleland (DUP)		Jim Walker (DUP)
1989			Margaret Clarke (UUP)	Dorothy Dunlop (Independent Unionist)
1985			Margaret Clarke (UUP)	Frank Leslie (DUP)

2011 Election

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance

2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP

2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

2005 Election

2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance

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

2001-2005 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and Sinn Féin

2001 Election

1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

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

1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Alliance

1997 Election

1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

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

1993-1997 Change: PUP gain from DUP

1993 Election

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

1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist

1989 Election

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance