Titanic is one of the ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 Located in the east of the city, the district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Ballymacarrett, Beersbridge, Bloomfield, Connswater, Sydenham and Woodstock. Titanic, along with wards from the neighbouring Ormiston and Lisnasharragh DEAs, together with parts of Lisburn and Castlereagh District Council, form the Belfast East constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
The district was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Pottinger DEA, which had existed since 1985. The district takes its name from the city's Titanic Quarter, where the was built.Titanic electoral area proposed, Belfast Telegraph, 2 May 2013
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) 2023David Bell (Alliance)Fiona McAteer (Alliance) Pádraig Donnelly (Sinn Féin)Sonia Copeland (UUP)Sammy Douglas (DUP)Ruth Brooks (DUP)February 2022 DefectionMichelle Kelly (Alliance)Carole Howard (UUP)/ <br/ > (Alliance) John Kyle (UUP)/ (Independent)/ (PUP)George Dorrian (DUP)Adam Newton (DUP)December 2021 Defections 2019 November 2016 Co-Option David Armitage (Alliance) Mairéad O'Donnell (Sinn Féin) May 2016 Co-Option Brian Kennedy (DUP) June 2015 Co-Option Niall Ó Donnghaile (Sinn Féin) 2014 Gavin Robinson (DUP)
2023 Results
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from PUP
2019 Results
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from Sinn Féin
2014 Results
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP
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