Collin (District Electoral Area)

Collin 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 Dunmurry; Ladybrook; Lagmore; Poleglass; Twinbrook and Stewartstown.^[2] 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 District Electoral Area, which had existed since 1985, with parts of the abolished Lisburn City Council.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2014		David Bell (Sinn Féin)		Stephen Magennis (Sinn Féin)		Charlene O'Hara (Sinn Féin)		Matt Garrett (Sinn Féin)		Bill Groves (Sinn Féin)		Brian Heading (SDLP)

2014 results

Belfast City Council elections, 2014[3]
Collin
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	David Bell	1,661
	Sinn Féin	Stephen Magennis	1,618
	Sinn Féin	Charlene O'Hara	1,476
	Sinn Féin	Matt Garrett	1,452
	Sinn Féin	Bill Groves	1,308
	SDLP	Brian Heading	1,067
	Éirígí	Máire Drumm	730
	SDLP	Laura Whinnery	511
	UUP	Gareth Martin	476
	NI21	Wendy Burke	427
	Alliance	Gerard Catney	424
Turnout			11,158

References

1. Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 25 May 2014
2. Belfast City Council Elections, 2014, ARK, accessed 24 May 2014
3. Elections 2014: Collin, Belfast City Council