Castle (District Electoral Area)

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.

"Fortwilliam" redirects here. For places named Fort William, see Fort William (disambiguation).

Castle
Belfast City Council DEA constituency
Castle DEA marked on a map of Belfast City Council and its wards
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats6 (2014–)
Councillors
  •   Brónach Anglin (SF)
  •   Fred Cobain (DUP)
  •   Conor Maskey (SF)
  •   Dean McCullough (DUP)
  •   Sam Nelson (APNI)
  •   Carl Whyte (SDLP)

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

Sport

Education

Wards
Belfast Castle
MapWardPopulation
(2011 Census)		CatholicProtestantOtherNo ReligionAreaDensityNI AssemblyUK ParliamentRef
1Bellevue4,91063.7%29.3%1.1%6%2.96 km21,659/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[1]
2Castleview4,72238.1%54.2%1.2%6.5%1.41 km23,349/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[2]
3Cavehill4,82057.1%37.7%0.9%4.3%3.41 km21,413/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[3]
4Chichester Park5,45274.3%17.2%1.6%6.9%0.95 km25,739/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[4]
5Duncairn4,90123.6%63.9%2.2%10.39.24 km2530/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[5]
6Fortwilliam4,56141.3%50.3%1.2%7.2%1.03 km24,428/km2Belfast NorthBelfast North[6]
Castle29,36650.3%41.5%1.4%6.9%19 km21,546/km2

Councillors
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[7]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Sinn Féin Brónach Anglin 20.15% 2,479        
Sinn Féin Conor Maskey* 16.81% 2,068        
DUP Fred Cobain* 14.43% 1,775        
DUP 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  
SDLP Carl Whyte* 8.51% 1,047 1,378.98 1,511.28 1,608.53 1,628.53
Green (NI) Malachai 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    
Workers' Party 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[8]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789
    Alliance Nuala McAllister* † 15.81% 1,787                
    Sinn Féin John Finucane † 14.60% 1,650                
    DUP 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  
    DUP 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 (NI) Malachai 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
    SDLP 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    
    SDLP 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 Riley Johnston 1.80% 204 211.83 215.83 245.46          
    Workers' Party 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[9]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Sinn Féin Mary Ellen Campbell* 15.31% 1,619            
      SDLP 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
      DUP Guy Spence* 12.66% 1,339 1,339.12 1,340.12 1,356.12 1,357.12 1,493.12 1,493.89
      DUP 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
      PUP William McQuade 6.21% 657 657 659 673 677    
      SDLP 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        
      Workers' Party 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[10]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        DUP Lydia Patterson 14.85% 1,489          
        DUP Guy Spence 9.44% 946 949 1,529      
        Sinn Féin Tierna Cunningham* 13.74% 1,377 1,404 1,404 1,433    
        SDLP 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
        SDLP Cathal Mullaghan* 8.81% 883 903 904 1,120 1,255 1,255.64
        Alliance David McKechnie 6.87% 689 726 732      
        DUP Lee Reynolds 6.27% 629 632        
        Workers' Party 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[11]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          DUP Nigel Dodds* 28.96% 3,161            
          SDLP Pat Convery* 16.66% 1,818            
          Ulster Unionist David Browne* 10.52% 1,148 1,454.51 1,563.59        
          SDLP Cathal Mullaghan 10.41% 1,136 1,139.57 1,408.14 1,614.92      
          DUP 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
          DUP Lydia Patterson 5.66% 618 908.7 918.74 919.16      
          Alliance Marjorie Hawkins 2.47% 270 279.69          
          Green (NI) Shane Ó Heorpa 1.68% 183 183.51          
          Workers' Party 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[12]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345678
            DUP Nigel Dodds* 27.94% 3,949              
            SDLP Alban Maginness* 17.83% 2,520              
            DUP 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
            SDLP 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
            PUP Janet Carson 2.49% 352 456.04 457.84 478.44 478.74 484.45 490.41  
            NI 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    
            Workers' Party 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[13]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              12345678
              DUP Nigel Dodds* 17.41% 2,081              
              SDLP 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
              PUP Jim Crothers 6.51% 778 797.8 797.8 821.2 911.18 920.46    
              SDLP Jonathan Stevenson* 6.02% 720 720 777.92 832.48 832.48      
              DUP Robert Ferris 0.71% 85 304.96 304.96 309.14        
              Ulster Democratic Raymond Gilliland 1.81% 216 220.14 220.14 224.32        
              NI Women's Coalition Eileen Calder 1.25% 149 150.08 151.12          
              Green (NI) Alan Warren 0.61% 73 73 73.24          
              Workers' Party 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[14]
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                123456789
                DUP 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              
                Ind. Unionist Nelson McCausland* 8.93% 1,070 1,475.76 1,604.58 1,608.9 1,696.61 1,801.61      
                SDLP Alban Maginness* 13.26% 1,589 1,589.96 1,589.96 1,617.96 1,618.31 1,626.38 2,010.38    
                SDLP 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 (NI) Alan Warren 2.09% 251 255.8 257.51 303.83 306.7 337.1      
                NI Conservatives Margaret Redpath 2.05% 246 269.36 274.49 274.49 281.63        
                Workers' Party 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[15]
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  12345678
                  SDLP Alban Maginness* 19.17% 2,301              
                  Ulster Unionist John Carson* 18.26% 2,192              
                  DUP 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
                  Ind. 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
                  Ind. 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
                  Workers' Party 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    
                  DUP Samuel Lowry 1.80% 216 216.27 254.11 291.13 294.13      
                  Green (NI) Maria O'Sullivan 0.79% 95 139.28 140.16 140.19        
                  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[16]
                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                    12345678
                    Ulster Unionist John Carson* 24.23% 3,153              
                    SDLP Alban Maginness 15.19% 1,977              
                    Ind. Unionist Frank Millar* 12.47% 1,623 1,812.83 1,813.08 1,836.49 1,863.28      
                    DUP 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
                    Ind. Unionist William Gault* 5.18% 674 892.94 893.04 903.86 915.55 980.31 1,280.51 1,281.51
                    SDLP John Murphy 4.45% 579 581.87 672.17 864.67 885.52 885.52 887.89  
                    DUP 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        
                    Workers' Party 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%)  

                      See also

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