Pottinger (District Electoral Area)

{{Short description|Former electoral ward of Belfast, Northern Ireland}}

{{Infobox UK place

|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)

|unitary_northern_ireland=Belfast City Council

|lieutenancy_northern_ireland=County Antrim

|constituency_ni_assembly=Belfast South

|constituency_westminster = Belfast South

|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

File:Ravenhill new Stand.jpg, home of the Ulster Rugby team]]

Amenities in the Pottinger district electoral area include:

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

Wards

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1	Ballymacarrett	4,908	51.4%	41.2%	1.4%	6.2%	0.78 km²	6,292 /km²	Belfast East	Belfast East	{{cite web\|title=Ward Information for Ballymacarrett ward 95GG04\|url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG04&sName=Ballymacarrett\|publisher=NISRA\|accessdate=22 December 2013}}
2	Bloomfield	5,453	16.1%	69.7%	1.7%	12.5%	0.74 km²	7,369 /km²	Belfast East	Belfast East	{{cite web\|title=Ward Information for Bloomfield (Belfast) ward 95GG11\|url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG11&sName=Bloomfield%20(Belfast)\|publisher=NISRA\|accessdate=22 December 2013}}
3	Orangefield	5,619	11%	77%	1.4%	10.6%	1.46 km²	3,849 /km²	Belfast East	Belfast East	{{cite web\|title=Ward Information for Orangefield ward 95GG36\|url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG36&sName=Orangefield\|publisher=NISRA\|accessdate=22 December 2013}}
4	Ravenhill	6,041	39.7%	46.9%	2%	11.5%	1.88 km²	3,213 /km²	Belfast South	Belfast South	{{cite web\|title=Ward Information for Ravenhill ward 95GG37\|url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG37&sName=Ravenhill\|publisher=NISRA\|accessdate=22 December 2013}}
5	The Mount	5,591	16.1%	68.3%	1.3%	14.3%	0.75 km²	7,455 /km²	Belfast East	Belfast East	{{cite web\|title=Ward Information for The Mount ward 95GG44\|url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG44&sName=The%20Mount\|publisher=NISRA\|accessdate=22 December 2013}}
6	Woodstock	5,445	19.4%	63.3%	2.8%	14.5%	0.56 km²	9,723 /km²	Belfast South	Belfast South	{{cite web\|title=Ward Information for Woodstock ward 95GG50\|url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/pf_report.asp?sLevel=WARD&sID=95GG50&sName=Woodstock\|publisher=NISRA\|accessdate=22 December 2013}}
colspan=2 \| Pottinger \|\| 33,057 \|\| 25.3%\|\| 61.2%\|\| 1.8% \|\| 11.7% \|\| 6.17 km² \|\| 5,358 /km² \|\| colspan=3 \|

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) ! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" \| Councillor (party)
2011 ! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" \| ! rowspan = "2" \| Máire Hendron (Alliance) ! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Sinn Féin}}" \| ! rowspan = "1" \| Niall Ó Donnghaile (Sinn Féin) ! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Democratic Unionist Party}}" \| ! rowspan = "1" \| Adam Newton (DUP) ! rowspan = "5" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Democratic Unionist Party}}" \| ! rowspan = "2" \| May Campbell (DUP) ! rowspan = "7" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Democratic Unionist Party}}" \| ! rowspan = "1" \| Gavin Robinson (DUP) ! rowspan = "4" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Progressive Unionist Party}}" \| ! rowspan = "1" \| John Kyle (PUP)
2005 ! rowspan = "6" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Ulster Unionist Party}}" \| ! rowspan = "6" \| Reg Empey (UUP) ! rowspan = "1" \| Margaret McKenzie (DUP) ! rowspan = "6" \| Sammy Wilson (DUP) ! rowspan = "3" \| David Ervine (PUP)
2001 ! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Sinn Féin}}" \| ! rowspan = "1" \| Joseph O'Donnell (Sinn Féin) ! rowspan = "5" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Ulster Unionist Party}}" \| ! rowspan = "2" \| Margaret Clarke (UUP) ! rowspan = "1" \| Harry Toan (DUP)
1997 ! rowspan = "4" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" \| ! rowspan = "4" \| Mervyn Jones (Alliance) ! rowspan = "2" \|Robert Cleland (DUP)
1993 ! rowspan = "1" \| Sandy Blair (UUP) ! rowspan = "3" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Democratic Unionist Party}}" \| ! rowspan = "3" \| Jim Walker (DUP)
1989 ! rowspan = "2" \| Margaret Clarke (UUP) ! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Independent Unionist}}" \| ! rowspan = "1" \| Dorothy Dunlop (Independent Unionist)
1985 ! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color\|Democratic Unionist Party}}" \| ! rowspan = "1" \| Frank Leslie (DUP)

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

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

2011

! rowspan = "2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |

! rowspan = "2" | Máire Hendron
(Alliance)

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

! rowspan = "1" | Niall Ó Donnghaile
(Sinn Féin)

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

! rowspan = "1" | Adam Newton
(DUP)

! rowspan = "5" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

! rowspan = "2" | May Campbell
(DUP)

! rowspan = "7" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

! rowspan = "1" | Gavin Robinson
(DUP)

! rowspan = "4" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Progressive Unionist Party}}" |

! rowspan = "1" | John Kyle
(PUP)

2005

! rowspan = "6" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

! rowspan = "6" | Reg Empey
(UUP)

! rowspan = "1" | Margaret McKenzie
(DUP)

! rowspan = "6" | Sammy Wilson
(DUP)

! rowspan = "3" | David Ervine
(PUP)

2001

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

! rowspan = "1" | Joseph O'Donnell
(Sinn Féin)

! rowspan = "5" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |

! rowspan = "2" | Margaret Clarke
(UUP)

! rowspan = "1" | Harry Toan
(DUP)

1997

! rowspan = "4" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |

! rowspan = "4" | Mervyn Jones
(Alliance)

! rowspan = "2" |Robert Cleland
(DUP)

1993

! rowspan = "1" | Sandy Blair
(UUP)

! rowspan = "3" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |

! rowspan = "3" | Jim Walker
(DUP)

1989

! rowspan = "2" | Margaret Clarke
(UUP)

! rowspan = "1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Unionist}}" |

! rowspan = "1" | Dorothy Dunlop
(Independent Unionist)

1985

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

! rowspan = "1" | 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

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Máire Hendron*

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|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Gavin Robinson

|count1 = 1,523

|percentage = 15.99%

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Niall Ó Donnghaile

|count1 = 1,077

|percentage = 11.31%

|count2 = 1,085.96

|count3 = 1,086.91

|count4 = 1,086.91

|count5 = 1,091.15

|count6 = 1,117.43

|count7 = 1,128.07

|count8 = 1,155.55

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Progressive Unionist Party

|candidate = John Kyle

|count1 = 1,022

|percentage = 10.73%

|count2 = 1,084.72

|count3 = 1,091.76

|count4 = 1,101.04

|count5 = 1,109.04

|count6 = 1,112.36

|count7 = 1,176.89

|count8 = 1,210.81

|count9 = 1,257.85

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = May Campbell*

|count1 = 1,051

|percentage = 11.03%

|count2 = 1,085.24

|count3 = 1,110.76

|count4 = 1,117.19

|count5 = 1,120.05

|count6 = 1,121.05

|count7 = 1,167.41

|count8 = 1,196.81

|count9 = 1,206.01

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Adam Newton

|count1 = 936

|percentage = 9.83%

|count2 = 971.84

|count3 = 1,082.61

|count4 = 1,083.72

|count5 = 1,086.79

|count6 = 1,086.79

|count7 = 1,109.97

|count8 = 1,129.71

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Philip Robinson

|count1 = 786

|percentage = 8.25%

|count2 = 871.76

|count3 = 884.74

|count4 = 890.13

|count5 = 894.09

|count6 = 896.41

|count7 = 964.04

|count8 = 1,007.9

|count9 = 1,048.01

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Séamas De Faoite

|count1 = 456

|percentage = 4.79%

|count2 = 553.92

|count3 = 554.03

|count4 = 555.35

|count5 = 561.59

|count6 = 588.19

|count7 = 615.15

|count8 = 705.91

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Green Party Northern Ireland

|candidate = David Newman

|count1 = 223

|percentage = 2.34%

|count2 = 353.88

|count3 = 355.31

|count4 = 360.23

|count5 = 394.11

|count6 = 413.99

|count7 = 480.99

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Traditional Unionist Voice

|candidate = John Hiddleston

|count1 = 191

|percentage = 2.01%

|count2 = 199.64

|count3 = 200.52

|count4 = 206.84

|count5 = 209.16

|count6 = 210.48

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Socialist Party (Ireland)

|candidate = Tommy Black

|count1 = 150

|percentage = 1.57%

|count2 = 163.12

|count3 = 163.67

|count4 = 165.07

|count5 = 177.67

|count6 = 190.27

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|candidate = Kevin McNally

|count1 = 104

|percentage = 1.09%

|count2 = 111.68

|count3 = 111.79

|count4 = 115.43

|count5 = 125.31

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = People Before Profit Alliance

|candidate = Donna Marie McCusker

|count1 = 70

|percentage = 0.73%

|count2 = 92.4

|count3 = 92.73

|count4 = 95.01

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Karl Hedley

|count1 = 33

|percentage = 0.35%

|count2 = 42.28

|count3 = 42.83

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Samuel Smyth

|count1 = 9

|percentage = 0.09%

|count2 = 10.6

|count3 = 10.93

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|numcounts = 9

|electorate = 19,929

|valid = 9,526 (47.80%)

|spoilt = 190

|quota = 1,361

|turnout = 9,716 (48.75%)

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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

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Sammy Wilson*

|count1 = 2,385

|percentage = 22.60%

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Reg Empey*

|count1 = 1,968

|percentage = 18.65%

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = May Campbell

|count1 = 1,302

|percentage = 12.34%

|count2 = 1,530.29

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Progressive Unionist Party

|candidate = David Ervine*

|count1 = 1,156

|percentage = 10.95%

|count2 = 1,248.87

|count3 = 1,324.71

|count4 = 1,394.99

|count5 = 1,556.39

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Margaret McKenzie

|count1 = 717

|percentage = 6.79%

|count2 = 1,216.13

|count3 = 1,239.89

|count4 = 1,281.08

|count5 = 1,451.42

|count6 = 1,461.25

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Máire Hendron

|count1 = 795

|percentage = 7.53%

|count2 = 800.92

|count3 = 830.92

|count4 = 895.09

|count5 = 1,008.55

|count6 = 1,428.28

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Deborah Devenny

|count1 = 944

|percentage = 8.94%

|count2 = 944

|count3 = 947.84

|count4 = 967.84

|count5 = 969.84

|count6 = 1,126.08

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Mary Muldoon

|count1 = 670

|percentage = 6.35%

|count2 = 672.22

|count3 = 677.26

|count4 = 743.18

|count5 = 766.22

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Sonia Copeland

|count1 = 277

|percentage = 2.62%

|count2 = 303.64

|count3 = 524.92

|count4 = 644.92

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Socialist Party (Ireland)

|candidate = Tommy Black

|count1 = 163

|percentage = 1.57%

|count2 = 165.96

|count3 = 168.36

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|candidate = Joseph Bell

|count1 = 105

|percentage = 0.99%

|count2 = 105.74

|count3 = 106.74

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Henry Wallace

|count1 = 72

|percentage = 0.68%

|count2 = 85.69

|count3 = 180.25

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|numcounts = 6

|electorate = 19,621

|valid = 10,554 (53.79%)

|spoilt = 381

|quota = 1,508

|turnout = 10,935 (55.73%)

}}

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

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Sammy Wilson*

|count1 = 3,918

|percentage = 30.21%

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Reg Empey*

|count1 = 3,097

|percentage = 23.88%

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Progressive Unionist Party

|candidate = David Ervine*

|count1 = 1,582

|percentage = 12.20%

|count2 = 1,748.42

|count3 = 2,005.46

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Margaret Clarke*

|count1 = 559

|percentage = 4.31%

|count2 = 621.01

|count3 = 1,279.99

|count4 = 1,338.86

|count5 = 1,366.14

|count6 = 1,398.3

|count7 = 1,406.09

|count8 = 1,508.73

|count9 = 1,524.67

|count10= 1,892.91

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Joseph O'Donnell

|count1 = 1,264

|percentage = 9.75%

|count2 = 1,264

|count3 = 1,265.68

|count4 = 1,266.26

|count5 = 1,267.26

|count6 = 1,268.26

|count7 = 1,285.26

|count8 = 1,287.26

|count9 = 1,451.29

|count10= 1,567.85

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Harry Toan

|count1 = 205

|percentage = 1.58%

|count2 = 1,377.89

|count3 = 1,430.39

|count4 = 1,440.54

|count5 = 1,445.54

|count6 = 1,475.47

|count7 = 1,477.47

|count8 = 1,529.03

|count9 = 1,532.03

|count10= 1,552.64

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Mary Campbell

|count1 = 577

|percentage = 4.45%

|count2 = 1,146.22

|count3 = 1,196.62

|count4 = 1,204.16

|count5 = 1,209.37

|count6 = 1,232.61

|count7 = 1,236.56

|count8 = 1,297.52

|count9 = 1,302.59

|count10= 1,328.67

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Mervyn Jones*

|count1 = 693

|percentage = 5.34%

|count2 = 702.01

|count3 = 801.13

|count4 = 825.2

|count5 = 842.04

|count6 = 845.14

|count7 = 881.27

|count8 = 929.43

|count9 = 1,189.34

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Leo Van Es

|count1 = 459

|percentage = 3.54%

|count2 = 463.24

|count3 = 514.06

|count4 = 518.41

|count5 = 518.41

|count6 = 518.41

|count7 = 554.41

|count8 = 561.83

|count9 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = John Bushell

|count1 = 218

|percentage = 1.68%

|count2 = 236.55

|count3 = 254.19

|count4 = 259.7

|count5 = 262.12

|count6 = 268.5

|count7 = 283.98

|count8 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Progressive Unionist Party

|candidate = Robin Stewart

|count1 = 127

|percentage = 0.97%

|count2 = 132.3

|count3 = 141.12

|count4 = 163.16

|count5 = 168.29

|count6 = 175.43

|count7 = 177.43

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|candidate = Joseph Bell

|count1 = 129

|percentage = 0.99%

|count2 = 131.65

|count3 = 134.59

|count4 = 136.04

|count5 = 138.33

|count6 = 140.33

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = UK Unionist Party

|candidate = David Fairfield

|count1 = 74

|percentage = 0.57%

|count2 = 94.14

|count3 = 118.5

|count4 = 127.49

|count5 = 135.57

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Northern Ireland Conservatives

|candidate = Jason Docherty

|count1 = 66

|percentage = 0.51%

|count2 = 70.24

|count3 = 89.56

|count4 = 93.91

|count5 =

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{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 6

|electorate = 21,854

|valid = 12,968 (59.34%)

|spoilt = 458

|quota = 1,853

|turnout = 13,426 (61.43%)

}}

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

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|numcounts= 12

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Reg Empey*

|count1 = 2,309

|percentage = 20.32%

|count2 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Sammy Wilson*

|count1 = 2,265

|percentage = 19.94%

|count2 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Progressive Unionist Party

|candidate = David Ervine

|count1 = 2,110

|percentage = 18.57%

|count2 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Margaret Clarke

|count1 = 768

|percentage = 6.76%

|count2 = 1,265.55

|count3 = 1,309.63

|count4 = 1,340.83

|count5 = 1,345

|count6 = 1,347.62

|count7 = 1,358.2

|count8 = 1,385.31

|count9 = 1,387.1

|count10= 1,625.38

|count11=

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Robert Cleland*

|count1 = 605

|percentage = 5.33%

|count2 = 636.62

|count3 = 822.22

|count4 = 847.18

|count5 = 852.58

|count6 = 852.58

|count7 = 856.87

|count8 = 889.14

|count9 = 889.43

|count10= 928.08

|count11= 1,324.88

|count12= 1,536.14

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Mervyn Jones*

|count1 = 870

|percentage = 7.66%

|count2 = 886.74

|count3 = 892.83

|count4 = 906.51

|count5 = 913.8

|count6 = 937.04

|count7 = 1,004.94

|count8 = 1,013.63

|count9 = 1,218.16

|count10= 1,237.87

|count11= 1,241.33

|count12= 1,306.26

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Dominic Corr

|count1 = 978

|percentage = 8.61%

|count2 = 978

|count3 = 978

|count4 = 978

|count5 = 978

|count6 = 992

|count7 = 996

|count8 = 996

|count9 = 1,100.29

|count10= 1,100.29

|count11= 1,100.29

|count12= 1,102.25

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Progressive Unionist Party

|candidate = Alexander Gordon

|count1 = 262

|percentage = 2.31%

|count2 = 281.84

|count3 = 298.37

|count4 = 615.65

|count5 = 622.49

|count6 = 625.97

|count7 = 641.61

|count8 = 692.25

|count9 = 699.49

|count10= 723.33

|count11= 763.61

|count12=

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Frank Leslie

|count1 = 142

|percentage = 1.25%

|count2 = 160.91

|count3 = 487.45

|count4 = 504.49

|count5 = 506.78

|count6 = 506.78

|count7 = 510.91

|count8 = 545.02

|count9 = 546.02

|count10= 567.76

|count11=

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}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Alexander Blair*

|count1 = 251

|percentage = 2.21%

|count2 = 320.75

|count3 = 338.73

|count4 = 356.49

|count5 = 360.07

|count6 = 372.31

|count7 = 377.1

|count8 = 395.04

|count9 = 398.35

|count10=

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Marga Foley

|count1 = 309

|percentage = 2.72%

|count2 = 310.55

|count3 = 311.42

|count4 = 312.14

|count5 = 315.14

|count6 = 349.14

|count7 = 384.38

|count8 = 384.38

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Democratic Party

|candidate = Robert Girvan

|count1 = 169

|percentage = 1.49%

|count2 = 188.53

|count3 = 210.57

|count4 = 255.69

|count5 = 263.55

|count6 = 267.03

|count7 = 271.03

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Northern Ireland Women's Coalition

|candidate = Pearl Sagar

|count1 = 149

|percentage = 1.31%

|count2 = 151.48

|count3 = 153.22

|count4 = 160.66

|count5 = 173.95

|count6 = 182.43

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|candidate = Joseph Bell

|count1 = 115

|percentage = 1.01%

|count2 = 115.62

|count3 = 115.91

|count4 = 118.79

|count5 = 124.34

|count6 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Independence Movement

|candidate = Josephine Challis

|count1 = 21

|percentage = 0.18%

|count2 = 23.48

|count3 = 24.93

|count4 = 26.13

|count5 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Labour Coalition

|candidate = Sean McGouran

|count1 = 19

|percentage = 0.17%

|count2 = 19

|count3 = 20.45

|count4 = 20.69

|count5 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = David Collins

|count1 = 19

|percentage = 0.17%

|count2 = 19.31

|count3 = 19.6

|count4 = 19.84

|count5 =

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{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 12

|electorate = 21,854

|valid = 12,968 (59.34%)

|spoilt = 458

|quota = 1,853

|turnout = 13,426 (61.43%)

}}

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

{{STV Election box begin2|

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|numcounts= 8

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Sammy Wilson*

|count1 = 2,784

|percentage = 25.52%

|count2 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Mervyn Jones*

|count1 = 1,417

|percentage = 12.99%

|count2 = 1,427.35

|count3 = 1,461.35

|count4 = 1,476.15

|count5 = 1,700.15

|count6 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Jim Walker*

|count1 = 793

|percentage = 7.27%

|count2 = 1,476.55

|count3 = 1,478.55

|count4 = 1,549.15

|count5 = 1,566.15

|count6 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Reg Empey*

|count1 = 1,295

|percentage = 11.87%

|count2 = 1,380.95

|count3 = 1,381.95

|count4 = 1,408.8

|count5 = 1,418.8

|count6 = 1,428.8

|count7 = 1,612.8

|count8 =

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Robert Cleland

|count1 = 982

|percentage = 9.00%

|count2 = 1,252.45

|count3 = 1,254.45

|count4 = 1,307.9

|count5 = 1,324.8

|count6 = 1,326.8

|count7 = 1,379.45

|count8 = 1,388.45

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Alexander Blair

|count1 = 897

|percentage = 8.22%

|count2 = 919.05

|count3 = 921.05

|count4 = 931.95

|count5 = 960.3

|count6 = 979.3

|count7 = 1,070.15

|count8 = 1,080.15

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Margaret Clarke*

|count1 = 754

|percentage = 6.91%

|count2 = 778.75

|count3 = 782.2

|count4 = 790.1

|count5 = 802.55

|count6 = 807.55

|count7 = 926.65

|count8 = 939.65

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Joseph O'Donnell

|count1 = 709

|percentage = 6.50%

|count2 = 709

|count3 = 713

|count4 = 714

|count5 = 754

|count6 = 769

|count7 = 771

|count8 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Northern Ireland Conservatives

|candidate = Dorothy Dunlop*

|count1 = 538

|percentage = 4.93%

|count2 = 574

|count3 = 580

|count4 = 595.15

|count5 = 624.15

|count6 = 644.15

|count7 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Independent Labour

|candidate = Colin Ballentine

|count1 = 271

|percentage = 2.48%

|count2 = 273.25

|count3 = 297.25

|count4 = 305.25

|count5 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|candidate = Joseph Bell

|count1 = 227

|percentage = 2.08%

|count2 = 228.35

|count3 = 240.35

|count4 = 243.8

|count5 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Independent Unionist

|candidate = Samuel Walker

|count1 = 133

|percentage = 1.22%

|count2 = 214.9

|count3 = 216.9

|count4 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Green Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Thaddeus Bradley

|count1 = 107

|percentage = 0.98%

|count2 = 108.35

|count3 =

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{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 8

|electorate = 24,293

|valid = 10,907 (44.90%)

|spoilt = 482

|quota = 1,559

|turnout = 11,389 (46.89%)

}}

1989 election

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

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

1985-1989 change: Independent Unionist gain from DUP

{{STV Election box begin2|

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|numcounts= 6

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Sammy Wilson*

|count1 = 2,780

|percentage = 25.88%

|count2 =

|count3 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Margaret Clarke*

|count1 = 1,480

|percentage = 13.78%

|count2 = 1,524.55

|count3 = 1,537.55

|count4 =

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}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Mervyn Jones*

|count1 = 1,296

|percentage = 12.07%

|count2 = 1,309.05

|count3 = 1,314.3

|count4 = 1,326.75

|count5 = 1,599.75

|count6 =

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Jim Walker*

|count1 = 493

|percentage = 4.59%

|count2 = 1,268.35

|count3 = 1,479.35

|count4 = 1,531.7

|count5 = 1,546.7

|count6 =

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Independent Unionist

|candidate = Dorothy Dunlop

|count1 = 1,179

|percentage = 10.98%

|count2 = 1,225.8

|count3 = 1,245.75

|count4 = 1,313.9

|count5 = 1,344.35

|count6 = 1,357.35

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Reg Empey*

|count1 = 864

|percentage = 8.04%

|count2 = 921.15

|count3 = 942.1

|count4 = 1,210.2

|count5 = 1,220.2

|count6 = 1,226.2

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Frank Leslie*

|count1 = 768

|percentage = 7.15%

|count2 = 900.3

|count3 = 1,015

|count4 = 1,044.05

|count5 = 1,056.5

|count6 = 1,064.4

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Joseph O'Donnell

|count1 = 629

|percentage = 5.86%

|count2 = 629.45

|count3 = 631.9

|count4 = 631.9

|count5 = 677.9

|count6 =

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|candidate = Sean Flanagan

|count1 = 541

|percentage = 5.04%

|count2 = 543.7

|count3 = 546.7

|count4 = 548.7

|count5 =

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}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = David McNutt

|count1 = 420

|percentage = 3.91%

|count2 = 447

|count3 = 457.15

|count4 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = John Norris

|count1 = 263

|percentage = 2.45%

|count2 = 381.8

|count3 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = National Front (UK)

|candidate = Stuart McCullough

|count1 = 27

|percentage = 0.25%

|count2 = 29.7

|count3 =

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{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 6

|electorate = 24,265

|valid = 10,740 (44.26%)

|spoilt = 508

|quota = 1,535

|turnout = 11,248 (46.35%)

}}

1985 election

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

{{STV Election box begin2|

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|numcounts= 8

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Sammy Wilson*

|count1 = 2,454

|percentage = 19.99%

|count2 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Frank Leslie

|count1 = 2,224

|percentage = 18.11%

|count2 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Margaret Clarke

|count1 = 1,999

|percentage = 16.28%

|count2 =

|count3 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Jim Walker

|count1 = 1,153

|percentage = 9.39%

|count2 = 1,763.12

|count3 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Reg Empey

|count1 = 1,117

|percentage = 9.10%

|count2 = 1,143.6

|count3 = 1,442.8

|count4 = 1,630.12

|count5 = 1,659.16

|count6 = 1,660.5

|count7 = 1,756.5

|count8 =

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|candidate = Mervyn Jones

|count1 = 1,019

|percentage = 8.30%

|count2 = 1,026.56

|count3 = 1,039.48

|count4 = 1,044.64

|count5 = 1,127.4

|count6 = 1,272.74

|count7 = 1,309.88

|count8 = 1,547.28

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Harry Fletcher

|count1 = 431

|percentage = 3.51%

|count2 = 449.2

|count3 = 546.1

|count4 = 569.38

|count5 = 594.16

|count6 = 595.16

|count7 = 706.38

|count8 = 727.66

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Joseph O'Donnell

|count1 = 566

|percentage = 4.61%

|count2 = 566

|count3 = 566

|count4 = 566

|count5 = 572.28

|count6 = 634.6

|count7 = 635.6

|count8 = 713.42

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|candidate = Francis Cullen

|count1 = 303

|percentage = 2.47%

|count2 = 304.12

|count3 = 306.5

|count4 = 312.02

|count5 = 398.48

|count6 = 496.48

|count7 = 514.94

|count8 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Progressive Unionist Party

|candidate = David Ervine

|count1 = 394

|percentage = 3.21%

|count2 = 402.12

|count3 = 442.58

|count4 = 448.1

|count5 = 459.68

|count6 = 460.68

|count7 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Carmel Maginness

|count1 = 340

|percentage = 2.77%

|count2 = 340.28

|count3 = 342.32

|count4 = 342.32

|count5 = 353.66

|count6 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Labour and Trade Union Group

|candidate = Stan Dempsey

|count1 = 218

|percentage = 1.78%

|count2 = 219.68

|count3 = 227.16

|count4 = 232.44

|count5 =

|count6 =

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{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Communist Party of Ireland

|candidate = James Stewart

|count1 = 61

|percentage = 0.25%

|count2 = 64.08

|count3 = 66.8

|count4 = 67.16

|count5 =

|count6 =

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{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 8

|electorate = 24,757

|valid = 12,279 (49.60%)

|spoilt = 506

|quota = 1,755

|turnout = 12,785 (51.64%)

}}

References

{{Geographic location

|Centre = Pottinger

|North = Victoria

|Northeast = Victoria

|East = Victoria

|Southeast = Castlereagh Borough Council

|South = Castlereagh Borough Council

|Southwest = Laganbank

|West = Laganbank

|Northwest = Castle

}}

Category:Former District Electoral Areas of Belfast

Category:1985 establishments in Northern Ireland

Category:2014 disestablishments in Northern Ireland

Pottinger (District Electoral Area)

History

Amenities

Wards

Councillors

2011 election

2005 election

2001 election

1997 election

1993 election

1989 election

1985 election

See also

References