Elections to
Belfast City Council
Belfast City Council () is the Local government in Northern Ireland, local authority with responsibility for part of Belfast, the largest city of Northern Ireland. The council serves an estimated population of (), the largest of any district c ...
were held on 5 May 2011 on the same day as the other
Northern Irish local government elections
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...
. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51
councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.
Sinn Féin
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The History of Sinn Féin, original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffit ...
emerged as the largest party, and
Niall Ó Donnghaile became
Lord Mayor
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.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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, - class="unsortable" align="centre"
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Cllrs
, - class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="", SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , PUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white", Others
, -
, align="left", Balmoral
, 14.7
, 1
, 19.6
, 1
, bgcolor="#99FF66", 29.0
, bgcolor="#99FF66", 2
, 17.6
, 1
, 15.1
, 1
, 0.0
, 0
, 3.9
, 0
, 6
, -
, align="left", Castle
, 26.6
, 2
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 30.5
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 2
, 22.4
, 1
, 6.9
, 0
, 11.8
, 1
, 0.0
, 0
, 1.7
, 0
, 6
, -
, align="left", Court
, 2.8
, 0
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 64.4
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 3
, 1.5
, 0
, 1.2
, 0
, 6.0
, 0
, 9.7
, 1
, 14.4
, 1
, 5
, -
, align="left", Laganbank
, 17.3
, 1
, 14.1
, 1
, bgcolor="#99FF66", 27.4
, bgcolor="#99FF66", 2
, 19.0
, 1
, 11.5
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 10.8
, 0
, 5
, -
, align="left", Lower Falls
, bgcolor="#008800", 75.4
, bgcolor="#008800", 4
, 0.0
, 0
, 10.2
, 1
, 0.0
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 14.4
, 0
, 5
, -
, align="left", Oldpark
, bgcolor="#008800", 53.1
, bgcolor="#008800", 3
, 25.4
, 2
, 11.2
, 1
, 2.9
, 0
, 5.1
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 5.0
, 0
, 6
, -
, align="left", Pottinger
, 11.3
, 1
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 36.8
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 3
, 4.8
, 0
, 19.9
, 1
, 8.3
, 0
, 10.7
, 1
, 8.1
, 0
, 6
, -
, align="left", Upper Falls
, bgcolor="#008800", 67.8
, bgcolor="#008800", 4
, 1.4
, 0
, 18.1
, 1
, 1.3
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 11.3
, 0
, 5
, -
, align="left", Victoria
, 0.0
, 0
, 32.6
, 3
, 1.5
, 0
, bgcolor="#F6CB2F", 36.5
, bgcolor="#F6CB2F", 3
, 17.9
, 1
, 6.5
, 0
, 5.1
, 0
, 7
, - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
, align="left", Total
, 30.9
, 16
, 23.4
, 15
, 13.8
, 8
, 12.6
, 6
, 8.6
, 3
, 2.8
, 2
, 8.0
, 1
, 51
, -
District results
Balmoral
2005: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2011: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
Castle
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Court
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent
2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: No change
Laganbank
2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2011: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Lower Falls
2005: 5 x Sinn Féin
2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Oldpark
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Pottinger
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance
2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP
2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Upper Falls
2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: No change
Victoria
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
2011: 3 x Alliance, 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
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