A WEST Belfast Sinn Féin councillor plans to snub constituents who helped get the party's rivals elected.
Black Mountain representative Steven Corr outlined his intentions in an Facebook post shortly after People Before Profit's Gerry Carroll was announced as West Belfast poll topper.
A surge in support for Mr Carroll is thought to have cost Sinn Féin one of its five seats in the constituency.
In a post that was deleted soon afterwards, Mr Corr thanked people who voted for his party colleague Pat Sheehan but went on to criticise those who did not back Sinn Féin. He suggested that in future they should seek help from other parties' representatives.
The Facebook statement is regarded as particularly contentious because political representatives are expected to address all their constituents' concerns regardless of their allegiance.
The Northern Ireland Local Government Association guidelines state: "You (as a councillor) have a general duty to act in the interests of the community as a whole."
However, Mr Corr said he would defy the guidance.
"I learnt a lot of lessons yesterday about people who travelled to vote; got out of sick beds to vote and who made the effort to vote," the post said.
"In future I will take time to help those who took the time to help us yesterday. I don't mind those who didn't vote for political or personal reasons, but those who voted for the SDLP and PBP (People Before Profit) need to go to them from now on as these parties are my political opponents."
Mr Corr was unavailable for comment on Friday night.
