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District electoral area - Castle

Graphic showing Castle district electoral area in Belfast

Election results

If you live in the Castle area, you'll find the final results of the 2011 local council elections here.

Eligible electorate: 19,494
Total votes polled: 10,247
Percentage turnout: 52.56%

Valid votes: 10,024
Invalid votes: 223

Number of candidates to be elected: 6
Electoral quota: 1,433



Election results for Castle district electoral area
Name Party Status
Browne, David Ulster Unionist Party Elected
Campbell, Mary Ellen Sinn Féin Elected
Convery, Patrick SDLP - Social Democratic and Labour Party Elected
Cunningham, Tierna Theresa Sinn Féin Elected
Patterson, Lydia Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P. Elected
Spence, Guy Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P. Elected
Lavery, John The Workers Party Excluded
McKechnie, David Alliance Party Excluded
Mullaghan, Cathal SDLP - Social Democratic and Labour Party Excluded
Reynolds, Lee Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P. Excluded

About this area

Castle is made up of six 'wards' and contains 19,499 eligible voters*.

Castle district electoral area
Name of ward Number of eligible voters* More information
Bellevue 3,213 View profile of Bellevue ward
Castleview 3,323 View profile of Castleview ward
Chichester Park 3,709 View profile of Chichester Park ward
Duncairn 2,436 View profile of Duncairn ward
Fortwilliam 3,162 View profile of Fortwilliam ward
Cavehill 3,656 View profile of Cavehill ward

* from Electoral Office for Northern Ireland (March 2011 statistics).