Lisnasharragh (District Electoral Area)

Lisnasharragh is one of the ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Cregagh; Hillfoot; Merok; Orangefield; Ravenhill and Rosetta.[2] Lisnasharragh forms part of the Belfast South and Belfast East constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 2014 local elections. The Rosetta ward had previously been part of the Laganbank District Electoral Area, Orangefield and Ravenhill had been part of the Pottinger District Electoral Area, while the remaining wards had been part of the abolished Castlereagh Borough Council.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2019		Michael Long (Alliance)		Eric Hanvey (Alliance)		Seamas De Faoite (SDLP)		David Brooks (DUP)		Tommy Sandford (DUP)		Brian Smyth (Green Party)
June 2017 defection				Carole Howard (Alliance)		Kate Mullan (SDLP/Independent)		Aileen Graham (DUP)				Chris McGimpsey (UUP)
2014

2014 results

Belfast City Council elections, 2014[3]
Lisnasharragh
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Alliance	Michael Long	1,726
	DUP	Aileen Graham	1,546
	UUP	Chris McGimpsey	1,362
	DUP	Tommy Sandford	980
	DUP	Colin Hussey	916
	SDLP	Kate Mullan	878
	Alliance	Carole Howard	860
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Kennedy	637
	PUP	Helen Smyth	630
	Green (NI)	Connal Hughes	485
	NI21	Leah McDonnell	315
	NI21	Pete Wray	162
Turnout			10,497

References

1. Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
2. Belfast City Council Elections, 2014, ARK, accessed 24 May 2014
3. Elections 2014: Botanic, Belfast City Council