Politics
For representation on Belfast City Council the Donegall Road is split between the Balmoral District Electoral Area, currently represented by Claire Hanna and Bernie Kelly of Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), Tom Ekin of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), Ruth Patterson of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Máirtín Ó Muilleoir of Sinn Féin and Bob Stoker of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and the Laganbank District Electoral Area, an area currently represented by Kate Mullen and Pat McCarthy of the SDLP, Catherine Curran of the APNI, Deirdre Hargey of Sinn Féin and Christopher Stalford of the DUP. It is part of the Belfast South constituency for the House of Commons, with Alasdair McDonnell of the SDLP serving as MP, as well as the Belfast South constituency of the Northern Ireland Assembly which is represented by Conall McDevitt and Alasdair McDonnell of the SDLP, Anna Lo of the APNI, Michael McGimpsey of the Ulster Unionist Party, Alex Maskey of Sinn Féin and Jimmy Spratt of the DUP.
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