Statement from TUV party secretary and North Belfast representative Ron McDowell:
“This evening has seen a victory for common sense but more crucially a victory delivered by the power of the people in Tigers Bay.
“Sinn Fein and SDLP collusion has on this occasion spectacularly backfired. They can thank themselves for uniting unionism in North Belfast, they can thank themselves for exposing a lack of investment from their ministerial departments into Tigers Bay and they can thank themselves for exposing party political decision making at the heart of cross party departments.
“Thank you to the people of Tigers Bay. Your no surrender spirit has given people across Northern Ireland a massive boost.”