Botanic (District Electoral Area)

Botanic is one of the ten district electoral areas (DEA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Belfast City Council and contains the wards of Blackstaff; Central; Ormeau; Stranmillis, and Windsor. Botanic, along with neighbouring Balmoral, forms the greater part of the Belfast South constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament. It covers large parts of the centre and southern parts of the city.

Botanic
Belfast City Council DEA constituency
Botanic DEA marked on a map of Belfast City Council and its wards
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats5 (2014–)
Councillors
  •   Áine Groogan (Green Party)
  •   Tracy Kelly (DUP)
  •   Emmet McDonough-Brown (APNI)
  •   Conor McKay (SF)
  •   Gary McKeown (SDLP)

It was created for the 2014 local elections, largely replacing the Laganbank DEA, which had existed since 1985. The DEA is named after Belfast's Botanic Gardens.

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