# Black Mountain (District Electoral Area)

Black Mountain is a District Electoral Area used to elect 7 councillors to Belfast City Council.
It is named after the Black Mountain.
The district was created for the 2014 election. It combined 4 of the 6 wards from the abolished Upper Falls DEA with 3 of the 5 wards from the abolished Lower Falls DEA.
In the 2014 election it elected 5 Sinn Féin councillors, 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party councillor, and Gerry Carroll of the People Before Profit Alliance. In the 2019 election Sinn Fein gained a sixth seat from the SDLP. In the 2023 election, the SDLP regained a seat at the expense of People Before Profit.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 2023 | Ciarán Beattie (Sinn Féin) | Arder Carson (Sinn Féin) | Róis-Máire Donnelly (Sinn Féin) | Áine McCabe (Sinn Féin) | Micheal Donnelly (Sinn Féin) | Ronan McLaughlin (Sinn Féin) | Paul Doherty (SDLP) |
| November 2022 Co-Option | Ciarán Beattie (Sinn Féin) | Arder Carson (Sinn Féin) | Róis-Máire Donnelly (Sinn Féin) | Áine McCabe (Sinn Féin) | Micheal Donnelly (Sinn Féin) | Ronan McLaughlin (Sinn Féin) | Matt Collins (PBP) |
| November 2020 Co-Option | Ciarán Beattie (Sinn Féin) | Arder Carson (Sinn Féin) | Steven Corr (Sinn Féin) | Áine McCabe (Sinn Féin) | Micheal Donnelly (Sinn Féin) | Ronan McLaughlin (Sinn Féin) | Matt Collins (PBP) |
| 2019 | Ciarán Beattie (Sinn Féin) | Arder Carson (Sinn Féin) | Steven Corr (Sinn Féin) | Emma Groves (Sinn Féin) | Micheal Donnelly (Sinn Féin) | Ronan McLaughlin (Sinn Féin) | Matt Collins (PBP) |
| October 2017 Co-Option | Ciarán Beattie (Sinn Féin) | Arder Carson (Sinn Féin) | Steven Corr (Sinn Féin) | Emma Groves (Sinn Féin) | Orla Nic Biorna (Sinn Féin) | Tim Attwood (SDLP) | Matt Collins (PBP) |
| May 2016 Co-Option | Ciarán Beattie (Sinn Féin) | Arder Carson (Sinn Féin) | Steven Corr (Sinn Féin) | Emma Groves (Sinn Féin) | Janice Austin (Sinn Féin) | | Matt Collins (PBP) |
| 2014 | Ciarán Beattie (Sinn Féin) | Arder Carson (Sinn Féin) | Steven Corr (Sinn Féin) | Emma Groves (Sinn Féin) | Janice Austin (Sinn Féin) | Gerry Carroll (PBP) |

## 2023 results

2019: 6 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit
2023: 6 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: SDLP gain from People Before Profit
Black Mountain - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ciarán Beattie* | 14.63% | 2,336 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Donnelly* | 13.51% | 2,158 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Arder Carson* | 12.98% | 2,073 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ronan McLaughlin* | 10.27% | 1,641 | 1,867.24 | 1,983.65 | 1,986.65 | 2,037.59 | | | |
| | SDLP | Paul Doherty | 10.55% | 1,685 | 1,700.96 | 1,706.77 | 1,718.05 | 1,720.72 | 1,838.15 | 2,029.15 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Áine McCabe* | 11.51% | 1,838 | 1,848.50 | 1,853.12 | 1,860.40 | 1,862.65 | 1,897.79 | 2,005.79 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Róis-Máire Donnelly* | 9.62% | 1,536 | 1,575.06 | 1,589.29 | 1,594.27 | 1,597.66 | 1,643.84 | 1,730.09 | 1,762.61 |
| | People Before Profit | Matt Collins* | 8.24% | 1,316 | 1,330.14 | 1,334.13 | 1,353.13 | 1,354.57 | 1,446.13 | 1,660.80 | 1,661.40 |
| | Aontú | Gerard Herdman | 3.40% | 543 | 544.96 | 545.66 | 547.66 | 547.90 | 563.18 | | |
| | Irish Republican Socialist | Dan Murphy | 2.67% | 426 | 429.78 | 431.53 | 432.53 | 432.71 | 454.51 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Ursula Meighan | 1.16% | 185 | 186.82 | 188.36 | 188.36 | 188.54 | | | |
| | Alliance | Ryan Brown | 1.04% | 166 | 171.04 | 171.39 | 185.53 | 185.86 | | | |
| | Green (NI) | Stevie Maginn | 0.43% | 68 | 68.70 | 68.77 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 27,143 Valid: 15,971 (58.84%) Spoilt: 309 Quota: 1,997 Turnout: 16,280 (59.98%) ||||||||||||

## 2019 results

2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x SDLP
2019: 6 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit
2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Black Mountain - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | People Before Profit | Matt Collins* | 16.14% | 2,268 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ciarán Beattie* | 13.47% | 1,893 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Steven Corr* | 13.26% | 1,864 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Arder Carson* | 11.63% | 1,634 | 1,686.78 | 1,710.65 | 1,715.95 | 1,773.95 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Micheal Donnelly | 10.92% | 1,535 | 1,569.32 | 1,572.82 | 1,583.57 | 1,623.65 | 1,667.66 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ronan McLaughlin | 9.36% | 1,316 | 1,354.22 | 1,444.87 | 1,510.07 | 1,567.35 | 1,614.95 |
| | Sinn Féin | Emma Groves* | 10.18% | 1,431 | 1,465.32 | 1,470.43 | 1,473.98 | 1,520.58 | 1,590.64 |
| | SDLP | Paul Doherty | 5.57% | 783 | 903.9 | 906.35 | 908.05 | 1,175.18 | 1,432.89 |
| | Aontú | Eoin Geraghty | 5.34% | 750 | 796.02 | 797 | 797.9 | 861.98 | |
| | Green (NI) | Stevie Maginn | 1.45% | 204 | 282 | 283.05 | 283.8 | | |
| | Alliance | Liam Norris | 1.52% | 213 | 256.16 | 256.93 | 257.43 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Conor Campbell | 1.15% | 162 | 210.88 | 213.05 | 214.45 | | |
| Electorate: 26,022 Valid: 14,053 (54.00%) Spoilt: 345 Quota: 1,757 Turnout: 14,398 (55.33%) ||||||||||

## 2014 results

2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x SDLP
Black Mountain - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Sinn Féin | Steven Corr* | 12.86% | 1,793 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Janice Austin* | 12.80% | 1,784 | | | | | | |
| | People Before Profit | Gerry Carroll | 12.13% | 1,691 | 1,789 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Emma Groves* | 11.68% | 1,628 | 1,637 | 1,757 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Arder Carson* | 10.82% | 1,509 | 1,527 | 1,628 | 1,629.68 | 1,634.18 | 1,636.12 | 1,641.44 |
| | SDLP | Tim Attwood* | 9.02% | 1,258 | 1,452 | 1,596 | 1,597.18 | 1,631.68 | 1,632.72 | 1,634.26 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ciarán Beattie* | 9.61% | 1,340 | 1,369 | 1,472 | 1,501.46 | 1,504.46 | 1,534.22 | 1,538.14 |
| | Sinn Féin | Caoimhín Mhic Giolla Mhin* | 10.24% | 1,428 | 1,450 | 1,521 | 1,522.3 | 1,526.05 | 1,527.19 | 1,529.71 |
| | éirígí | Pádraic MacCoitir | 7.36% | 1,026 | 1,040 | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Joanne Lowry | 1.14% | 159 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Gerard McDonald | 0.95% | 133 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Lauren Gray | 0.79% | 110 | | | | | | |
| | NI21 | Chris Valente | 0.60% | 83 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 25,146 Valid: 13,942 (55.44%) Spoilt: 369 Quota: 1,743 Turnout: 14,311 (56.91%) |||||||||||