Elections to
Belfast City Council
Belfast City Council ( ga, Comhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste) is the local authority with responsibility for part of the city of Belfast, the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. The Council serves an estimated population of (), the ...
were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other
Northern Irish local government elections
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold Public administration, public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative ...
. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51
councillors
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Canada
Due to the control that the provinces have over their municipal governments, terms that councillors serve vary from province to province. Unl ...
, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.
The
DUP emerged as the largest party, and
Wallace Browne
Wallace Hamilton Browne, Baron Browne of Belmont (born 29 October 1947), is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, who has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2006, and was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Eas ...
became
Lord Mayor.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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Cllrs
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DUP
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Sinn Féin
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SDLP
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UUP
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Alliance
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PUP
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Others
, -
, align="left", Balmoral
, 22.2
, 2
, 10.3
, 0
, bgcolor="#99FF66", 33.1
, bgcolor="#99FF66", 2
, 19.7
, 1
, 12.9
, 1
, 0.0
, 0
, 1.8
, 0
, 6
, -
, align="left", Castle
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 38.6
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 2
, 18.6
, 1
, 27.1
, 2
, 10.5
, 1
, 2.5
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 2.7
, 0
, 6
, -
, align="left", Court
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 67.7
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 3
, 3.3
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 7.7
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 10.7
, 1
, 13.9
, 1
, 5
, -
, align="left", Laganbank
, 15.1
, 1
, 17.8
, 1
, bgcolor="#99FF66", 31.5
, bgcolor="#99FF66", 2
, 18.8
, 1
, 9.5
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 7.2
, 0
, 5
, -
, align="left", Lower Falls
, 0.0
, 0
, bgcolor="#008800", 85.2
, bgcolor="#008800", 5
, 11.9
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 3.5
, 0
, 5
, -
, align="left", Oldpark
, 22.3
, 1
, bgcolor="#008800", 47.5
, bgcolor="#008800", 3
, 15.9
, 1
, 7.9
, 1
, 0.0
, 0
, 3.8
, 0
, 3.2
, 0
, 6
, -
, align="left", Pottinger
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 41.7
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 3
, 8.9
, 0
, 6.3
, 0
, 22.0
, 1
, 7.5
, 1
, 11.0
, 1
, 2.5
, 1
, 6
, -
, align="left", Upper Falls
, 0.0
, 0
, bgcolor="#008800", 75.2
, bgcolor="#008800", 4
, 24.8
, 1
, 0.0
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 5
, -
, align="left", Victoria
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 37.5
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 3
, 0.0
, 0
, 2.4
, 0
, 33.0
, 2
, 23.4
, 2
, 2.1
, 0
, 1.7
, 0
, 7
, - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
, align="left", Total
, 25.8
, 15
, 30.6
, 14
, 17.1
, 8
, 13.8
, 7
, 6.8
, 4
, 2.7
, 2
, 3.2
, 1
, 51
, -
District results
Balmoral
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Castle
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change
Court
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Laganbank
2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin,
2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Lower Falls
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005: 5 x Sinn Féin
2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Oldpark
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: UUP gain from PUP
Pottinger
2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001-2005 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and Sinn Féin
Upper Falls
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: No change
Victoria
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
References
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2005
2005
2005 Northern Ireland local elections
21st century in Belfast
2005 elections in Northern Ireland