Collin 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 25 May 2014 The district elects six members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Dunmurry; Ladybrook; Lagmore; Poleglass; 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 and UK Parliament.
The DEA was created for the 2014 local elections, combining parts of the Upper Falls DEA, which had existed since 1985, with parts of the abolished Dunmurry Cross DEA from Lisburn City Council.
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) January 2025 Co-OptionMatt Garrett (Sinn Féin)Séanna Walsh (Sinn Féin)Caoimhín McCann (Sinn Féin)Joseph Duffy (Sinn Féin)Michael Collins (PBP)Siobhán McCallin (Sinn Féin)2023Clíodhna Nic Bhranair (Sinn Féin)May 2022 Co-OptionBrian Heading (SDLP)February 2022 Co-OptionDaniel Baker (Sinn Féin) 2019 Stephen Magennis (Sinn Féin) November 2017 Co-Option Charlene O'Hara (Sinn Féin) September 2015 Co-Option David Bell (Sinn Féin) 2014 Bill Groves (Sinn Féin)
2023 Results 2019: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x SDLP
2023: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
2019 Results 2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2019: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x People Before Profit
2014-2019 Change: People Before Profit gain from Sinn Féin
2014 Results 2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
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