Collin is one of the
ten district electoral areas (DEA) in
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...
, Northern Ireland. The district elects six members to
Belfast City Council
Belfast City Council ( ga, Comhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste) is the local authority with responsibility for part of the city of Belfast, the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. The Council serves an estimated population of (), the l ...
and contains the wards of
Dunmurry
Dunmurry (; ) is an urban townland in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Dunmurry is in the Collin electoral ward for the local government district of Belfast City Council.
History
Until the end of the 18th century, Dunmurry was largely an agricultura ...
;
Ladybrook;
Lagmore;
Poleglass
Poleglass () is an area of west Belfast in Northern Ireland. It is the name of a townland, a modern electoral ward, and a housing estate. The townland is situated in the civil parish of Derriaghy and the historic Barony of Belfast Upper. It is m ...
;
Twinbrook and
Stewartstown.
Belfast City Council Elections, 2014
ARK, accessed 24 May 2014 Collin, along with neighbouring Black Mountain and most of the Court District Electoral Area, forms the greater part of the Belfast West constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly
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and UK Parliament
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.
The DEA was created for the 2014 local elections, combining parts of the Upper Falls District Electoral Area, which had existed since 1985, with parts of the abolished Lisburn City Council
Lisburn City Council was the local authority for an area partly in County Antrim and partly in County Down in Northern Ireland. As of May 2015 it was merged with Castlereagh Borough Council as part of the reform of local government in Northern ...
.
Councillors
2019 results
2014: 5 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP
2019: 4 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x People Before Profit
2014-2019 Change: People Before Profit gain from Sinn
2014 Results
2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
References
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Electoral wards of Belfast
2014 establishments in Northern Ireland