Lower Falls (District Electoral Area)

{{short description|Electoral division in Belfast, Northern Ireland}}

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District Electoral Area

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Lower Falls was one of the nine district electoral areas which existed in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 1985 to 2014. Located in the west of the city, the district elected five members to Belfast City Council and contained the wards of Beechmount; Clonard; Falls; Upper Springfield; and Whiterock. Lower Falls formed part of the Belfast West constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament. The district, along with the neighbouring Upper Falls district took its name from the Falls Road, one of the main arterial routes in the west of the city.

History

Lower Falls was created for the 1985 local elections. The Falls and Clonard wards had previously been in Area F, with the remaining wards part of Area D. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections. The Falls and Clonard wards joined the Court District Electoral Area, while the remaining wards became part of a new Black Mountain District Electoral Area.

Wards

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1	Beechmount	5,485	90.8%	6.1%	0.6%	2.5%	0.84 km²	6,530/km²	Belfast West	Belfast West	{{cite web\|title=Ward Information for Beechmount ward 95GG07\|url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG07&sName=Beechmount\|publisher=NISRA\|accessdate=22 December 2013}}
2	Clonard	4,975	90.5%	6.4%	0.6%	2.6%	0.61 km²	8,156/km²	Belfast West	Belfast West	{{cite web\|title=Ward Information for Clonard ward 95GG18\|url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG18&sName=Clonard\|publisher=NISRA\|accessdate=22 December 2013}}
3	Falls	5,184	87.6%	7.5%	2.3%	2.6%	1.2 km²	4,320/km²	Belfast West	Belfast West	{{cite web\|title=Ward Information for Falls ward 95GG21\|url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG21&sName=Falls\|publisher=NISRA\|accessdate=22 December 2013}}
4	Upper Springfield	5,250	93.5%	4.6%	0.3%	1.6%	2.5 km²	2,100/km²	Belfast West	Belfast West	{{cite web\|title=Ward Information for Upper Springfield ward 95GG46\|url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG46&sName=Upper%20Springfield\|publisher=NISRA\|accessdate=22 December 2013}}
5	Whiterock	5,694	93.1%	4.7%	0.3%	1.8%	0.78 km²	7,300/km²	Belfast West	Belfast West	{{cite web\|title=Ward Information for Whiterock ward 95GG48\|url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG48&sName=Whiterock\|publisher=NISRA\|accessdate=22 December 2013}}
colspan=2 \| Lower Falls \|\| 26,588 \|\| 91.1% \|\| 5.8% \|\| 0.3% \|\| 1.8% \|\| 5.93 km² \|\| 4,484 /km² \|\| Belfast West \|\| Belfast West \|\|

Councillors

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scope="col" width="50" \| Election ! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" \| Councillor (party) ! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" \| Councillor (party) ! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" \| Councillor (party) ! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" \| Councillor (party) ! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" \| Councillor (party)
2011 ! rowspan = "7" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Sinn Féin}}" \| ! rowspan = "5" \| Tom Hartley (Sinn Féin) ! rowspan = "7" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Sinn Féin}}" \| ! rowspan = "1" \| Jim McVeigh (Sinn Féin) ! rowspan = "4" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Sinn Féin}}" \| ! rowspan = "1" \| Steven Corr (Sinn Féin) ! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Sinn Féin}}" \| ! rowspan = "2" \| Janice Austin (Sinn Féin) ! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" \| ! rowspan = "1" \| Colin Keenan (SDLP)
2005 ! rowspan = "4" \| Marie Moore (Sinn Féin) ! rowspan = "2" \| Máire Cush (Sinn Féin) ! rowspan = "5" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Sinn Féin}}" \| ! rowspan = "5" \| Fra McCann (Sinn Féin)
2001 ! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" \| ! rowspan = "2" \| Margaret Walsh (SDLP)
1997 ! rowspan = "1" \| Seán McKnight (Sinn Féin)
1993 ! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" \| ! rowspan = "2" \| Mary Muldoon (SDLP) ! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Sinn Féin}}" \| ! rowspan = "1" \| Patsy McGeown (Sinn Féin)
1989 ! rowspan = "2" \| Elizabeth Fitzsimons (Sinn Féin) ! rowspan = "2" \| Seán McKnight (Sinn Féin) ! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" \| ! rowspan = "2" \| Joe Hendron (SDLP)
1985 ! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Sinn Féin}}" \| ! rowspan = "1" \| Seán Keenan (Sinn Féin) ! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" \| ! rowspan = "1" \| Will Glendinning (Alliance)

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scope="col" width="50" | Election

! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | Councillor
(party)

2011

! rowspan = "7" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

! rowspan = "5" | Tom Hartley
(Sinn Féin)

! rowspan = "7" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

! rowspan = "1" | Jim McVeigh
(Sinn Féin)

! rowspan = "4" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

! rowspan = "1" | Steven Corr
(Sinn Féin)

! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

! rowspan = "2" | Janice Austin
(Sinn Féin)

! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

! rowspan = "1" | Colin Keenan
(SDLP)

2005

! rowspan = "4" | Marie Moore
(Sinn Féin)

! rowspan = "2" | Máire Cush
(Sinn Féin)

! rowspan = "5" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

! rowspan = "5" | Fra McCann
(Sinn Féin)

2001

! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

! rowspan = "2" | Margaret Walsh
(SDLP)

1997

! rowspan = "1" | Seán McKnight
(Sinn Féin)

1993

! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

! rowspan = "2" | Mary Muldoon
(SDLP)

! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

! rowspan = "1" | Patsy McGeown
(Sinn Féin)

1989

! rowspan = "2" | Elizabeth Fitzsimons
(Sinn Féin)

! rowspan = "2" | Seán McKnight
(Sinn Féin)

! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |

! rowspan = "2" | Joe Hendron
(SDLP)

1985

! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

! rowspan = "1" | Seán Keenan
(Sinn Féin)

! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |

! rowspan = "1" | Will Glendinning
(Alliance)

2011 election

2005: 5 x Sinn Féin

2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2005-2011 change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

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|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Janice Austin*

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|percentage = 19.66%

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Steven Corr

|count1 = 1,572

|percentage = 16.10%

|count2 = 1,583.85

|count3 = 1,603.85

|count4 = 1,618

|count5 = 1,677

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Tom Hartley*

|count1 = 1,561

|percentage = 15.99%

|count2 = 1,566.1

|count3 = 1,581.1

|count4 = 1,602.25

|count5 = 1,666.25

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Jim McVeigh

|count1 = 1,497

|percentage = 15.33%

|count2 = 1,499.7

|count3 = 1,531

|count4 = 1,544.15

|count5 = 1,600.45

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Colin Keenan

|count1 = 1,000

|percentage = 10.24%

|count2 = 1,003.15

|count3 = 1,058.15

|count4 = 1,214.15

|count5 = 1,326.15

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Breige Brownlee

|count1 = 813

|percentage = 8.33%

|count2 = 1,070.7

|count3 = 1,109

|count4 = 1,123

|count5 = 1,188.3

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = éirígí

|candidate = John McCusker

|count1 = 647

|percentage = 6.63%

|count2 = 647.6

|count3 = 723.6

|count4 = 748.6

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|candidate = John Lowry

|count1 = 398

|percentage = 4.08%

|count2 = 398.45

|count3 = 430.45

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Irish Republican Socialist Party

|candidate = Jim Gorman

|count1 = 209

|percentage = 2.14%

|count2 = 209.75

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Socialist Party (Ireland)

|candidate = Pat Lawlor

|count1 = 148

|percentage = 1.52%

|count2 = 148.5

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|numcounts = 5

|electorate = 17,238

|valid = 9,765 (56.65%)

|spoilt = 305

|quota = 1,628

|turnout = 10,070 (58.42%)

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2005 election

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2005: 5 x Sinn Féin

2001-2005 change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Janice Austin

|count1 = 2,071

|percentage = 19.42%

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Fra McCann*

|count1 = 2,045

|percentage = 19.17%

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Tom Hartley*

|count1 = 1,962

|percentage = 18.39%

|count2 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Máire Cush*

|count1 = 1,764

|percentage = 15.33%

|count2 = 1,797

|count3 =

|count4 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Marie Moore*

|count1 = 1,245

|percentage = 11.67%

|count2 = 1,253

|count3 = 1,528.1

|count4 = 1,764.42

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Margaret Walsh*

|count1 = 1,265

|percentage = 11.86%

|count2 = 1,439

|count3 = 1,449.95

|count4 = 1,476.27

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|candidate = John Lowry

|count1 = 314

|percentage = 2.94%

|count2 =

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{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 4

|electorate = 16,334

|valid = 10,666 (65.30%)

|spoilt = 392

|quota = 1,778

|turnout = 11,058 (67.70%)

}}

2001 election

1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 change: No change

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Fra McCann*

|count1 = 2,399

|percentage = 18.97%

|count2 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Tom Hartley*

|count1 = 2,351

|percentage = 18.59%

|count2 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Máire Cush

|count1 = 2,230

|percentage = 17.63%

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Margaret Walsh*

|count1 = 2,016

|percentage = 15.94%

|count2 = 2,262

|count3 =

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}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Marie Moore*

|count1 = 1,917

|percentage = 15.16%

|count2 = 1,928

|count3 = 1,955.17

|count4 = 1,977.94

|count5 = 1,996.94

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Sean McKnight*

|count1 = 1,247

|percentage = 9.86%

|count2 = 1,272

|count3 = 1,521.99

|count4 = 1,735.83

|count5 = 1,761.83

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|candidate = John Lowry

|count1 = 488

|percentage = 3.86%

|count2 =

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{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 5

|electorate = 18,349

|valid = 12,648 (68.93%)

|spoilt = 581

|quota = 2,109

|turnout = 13,229 (72.10%)

}}

1997 election

1993: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

1993-1997 change: No change

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|numcounts= 4

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Fra McCann*

|count1 = 2,420

|percentage = 19.65%

|count2 =

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}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Sean McKnight

|count1 = 2,286

|percentage = 18.56%

|count2 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Margaret Walsh

|count1 = 1,764

|percentage = 14.32%

|count2 = 1,775.4

|count3 = 2,248.7

|count4 =

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Tom Hartley*

|count1 = 2,022

|percentage = 16.42%

|count2 = 2,047.05

|count3 = 2,061.05

|count4 =

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Marie Moore*

|count1 = 1,810

|percentage = 14.70%

|count2 = 1,822.15

|count3 = 1,829.15

|count4 = 2,033.65

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Janice Austin

|count1 = 1,274

|percentage = 10.34%

|count2 = 1,581.35

|count3 = 1,606.25

|count4 = 1,625.75

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|candidate = John Lowry

|count1 = 468

|percentage = 3.80%

|count2 = 468.75

|count3 =

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}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Mary White

|count1 = 227

|percentage = 1.84%

|count2 = 227.9

|count3 =

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}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Keith Jacques

|count1 = 45

|percentage = 0.37%

|count2 = 45.3

|count3 =

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}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 4

|electorate = 19,372

|valid = 12,316 (63.58%)

|spoilt = 390

|quota = 2,053

|turnout = 12,706 (65.59%)

}}

1993 election

1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

1993: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

1989-1993 change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Tom Hartley

|count1 = 2,573

|percentage = 19.79%

|count2 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Fra McCann*

|count1 = 2,393

|percentage = 18.40%

|count2 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Patrick McGeown

|count1 = 2,352

|percentage = 18.09%

|count2 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Marie Moore

|count1 = 1,946

|percentage = 14.97%

|count2 = 2,316.77

|count3 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Mary Muldoon*

|count1 = 1,749

|percentage = 13.45%

|count2 = 1,760.39

|count3 = 1,832.92

|count4 = 1,929.38

|count5 = 2,030.98

|count6 = 2,325.98

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Margaret Walsh

|count1 = 987

|percentage = 7.59%

|count2 = 991.93

|count3 = 1,049.44

|count4 = 1,134.77

|count5 = 1,165.97

|count6 = 1,306.48

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|candidate = John Lowry

|count1 = 794

|percentage = 6.11%

|count2 = 804.37

|count3 = 831.54

|count4 = 874.47

|count5 = 924.07

|count6 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Patrick Woods

|count1 = 108

|percentage = 0.83%

|count2 = 109.87

|count3 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Left (Ireland)

|candidate = Mary McMahon

|count1 = 101

|percentage = 0.78%

|count2 = 105.24

|count3 =

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{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 6

|electorate = 19,978

|valid = 13,003 (65.09%)

|spoilt = 509

|quota = 2,168

|turnout = 13,512 (67.63%)

}}

1989 election

1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

1985-1989 change: SDLP gain from Alliance

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|numcounts= 5

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Joe Hendron*

|count1 = 2,748

|percentage = 23.51%

|count2 =

|count3 =

|count4 =

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}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Fra McCann

|count1 = 2,307

|percentage = 19.73%

|count2 =

|count3 =

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}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Elizabeth Fitzsimons*

|count1 = 1,765

|percentage = 15.10%

|count2 = 1,786.7

|count3 = 1,816.25

|count4 = 1,849.69

|count5 = 1,885.5

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Sean McKnight*

|count1 = 1,428

|percentage = 12.22%

|count2 = 1,461.48

|count3 = 1,466.72

|count4 = 1,750.56

|count5 = 1,774.62

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Mary Muldoon

|count1 = 588

|percentage = 5.03%

|count2 = 1,196.84

|count3 = 1,257.51

|count4 = 1,261.19

|count5 = 1,738.98

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Richard May

|count1 = 1,626

|percentage = 13.91%

|count2 = 1,634.68

|count3 = 1,637.68

|count4 = 1,651.92

|count5 = 1,679.45

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|candidate = Mary McMahon

|count1 = 1,093

|percentage = 9.35%

|count2 = 1,186

|count3 = 1,218.75

|count4 = 1,224.19

|count5 =

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Derrick Crothers

|count1 = 135

|percentage = 1.15%

|count2 = 164.45

|count3 =

|count4 =

|count5 =

}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 5

|electorate = 20,095

|valid = 11,690 (58.17%)

|spoilt = 570

|quota = 1,949

|turnout = 12,260 (61.01%)

}}

1985 election

1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

{{STV Election box begin2|

|title=Lower Falls - 5 seats{{cite web|title=Local Government Results 1985|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/2d57a980-809e-4f90-b658-0175b954d3a2/local_government_election_results_1985|website=EONI|access-date=8 July 2021}}

|numcounts= 4

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Joe Hendron*

|count1 = 2,606

|percentage = 22.06%

|count2 =

|count3 =

|count4 =

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Sean McKnight

|count1 = 1,939

|percentage = 16.41%

|count2 = 1,963

|count3 = 1,985.4

|count4 =

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Will Glendinning*

|count1 = 1,113

|percentage = 9.42%

|count2 = 1,195

|count3 = 1,549.48

|count4 = 2,015.48

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Sean Keenan

|count1 = 1,752

|percentage = 14.83%

|count2 = 1,764

|count3 = 1,795.36

|count4 = 1,845.2

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Elizabeth Fitzsimons

|count1 = 1,595

|percentage = 13.50%

|count2 = 1,609

|count3 = 1,649.6

|count4 = 1,697.4

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Fra McCann

|count1 = 1,467

|percentage = 12.42%

|count2 = 1,472

|count3 = 1,499.44

|count4 = 1,552.4

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|candidate = Mary McMahon

|count1 = 1,115

|percentage = 9.44%

|count2 = 1,168

|count3 = 1,312.2

|count4 =

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Sean Mullan

|count1 = 159

|percentage = 1.35%

|count2 =

|count3 =

|count4 =

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Communist Party of Ireland

|candidate = Desmond Murray

|count1 = 67

|percentage = 0.57%

|count2 =

|count3 =

|count4 =

}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 4

|electorate = 21,058

|valid = 11,813 (56.10%)

|spoilt = 450

|quota = 1,969

|turnout = 12,263 (58.23%)

}}

References

{{Geographic location

|Centre = Lower Falls

|North = Court

|Northeast = Castle
Oldpark

|East = Laganbank

|Southeast = Balmoral
Laganbank

|South = Balmoral

|Southwest = Upper Falls

|West = Upper Falls

|Northwest = Upper Falls

}}

Category:Electoral wards of Belfast

Category:1985 establishments in Northern Ireland

Category:2014 disestablishments in Northern Ireland

Category:Former District Electoral Areas of Belfast

Lower Falls (District Electoral Area)

History

Wards

Councillors

2011 election

2005 election

2001 election

1997 election

1993 election

1989 election

1985 election

See also

References