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 2011 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.
Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur G ...
emerged as the largest party, and
Niall Ó Donnghaile
Niall Ó Donnghaile (; born 28 May 1985) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has served as Leader of Sinn Féin in the Seanad since June 2020 and a Senator for the Administrative Panel since April 2016. He previously served as Lord Mayor of ...
became
Lord Mayor.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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!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
References
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2011
2011
2011 Northern Ireland local elections
21st century in Belfast
2011 elections in Northern Ireland