The 2019 election 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 l ...
, part of the
Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 60 members to the council via
Single Transferable Vote
Single transferable vote (STV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which voters cast a single vote in the form of a ranked-choice ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vote may be transferred according to alternate p ...
.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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!rowspan=2, Total
Cllrs
, - class="unsortable" align="center"
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Sinn Féin
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DUP
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Alliance
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SDLP
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Green
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PBP
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UUP
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PUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white",
Others
, -
, align="left", Balmoral
, 13.9
, 1
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 26.8
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 2
, 20.0
, 1
, 23.0
, 1
, 5.5
, 0
, 2.2
, 0
, 7.2
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 1.4
, 0
, 5
, -
, align="left", Black Mountain
, bgcolor="#008800", 68.8
, bgcolor="#008800", 6
, 0.0
, 0
, 1.5
, 0
, 5.6
, 0
, 1.5
, 0
, 16.1
, 1
, 0.0
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 6.5
, 0
, 7
, -
, align="left", Botanic
, 16.0
, 1
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 20.3
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 1
, 19.5
, 1
, 10.4
, 1
, 14.4
, 1
, 3.9
, 0
, 3.3
, 0
, 1.7
, 0
, 10.4
, 0
, 5
, -
, align="left", Castle
, 24.4
, 1
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 25.2
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 2
, 15.8
, 1
, 10.6
, 1
, 7.8
, 1
, 1.8
, 0
, 9.0
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 5.4
, 0
, 6
, -
, align="left", Collin
, bgcolor="#008800", 63.3
, bgcolor="#008800", 4
, 2.6
, 0
, 3.7
, 0
, 8.0
, 1
, 2.0
, 0
, 12.9
, 1
, 1.1
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 6.4
, 0
, 6
, -
, align="left", Court
, 25.1
, 2
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 44.2
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 3
, 2.2
, 0
, 2.6
, 0
, 1.3
, 0
, 6.1
, 0
, 3.4
, 0
, 8.2
, 1
, 6.9
, 0
, 6
, -
, align="left", Lisnasharragh
, 5.6
, 0
, 27.9
, 2
, bgcolor="#F6CB2F", 28.8
, bgcolor="#F6CB2F", 2
, 8.9
, 1
, 11.1
, 1
, 1.2
, 0
, 8.3
, 0
, 3.3
, 0
, 4.7
, 0
, 6
, -
, align="left", Oldpark
, bgcolor="#008800", 37.3
, bgcolor="#008800", 3
, 20.1
, 1
, 3.4
, 0
, 25.2
, 1
, 2.0
, 0
, 3.9
, 1
, 2.1
, 0
, 5.1
, 0
, 0.8
, 0
, 6
, -
, align="left", Ormiston
, 0.4
, 0
, 27.0
, 2
, bgcolor="#F6CB2F", 41.8
, bgcolor="#F6CB2F", 3
, 0.0
, 0
, 9.8
, 1
, 0.0
, 0
, 16.4
, 1
, 3.0
, 0
, 1.7
, 0
, 7
, -
, align="left", Titanic
, 11.6
, 0
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 29.2
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 2
, 22.4
, 2
, 0.0
, 0
, 6.8
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 11.9
, 1
, 10.8
, 1
, 7.1
, 0
, 6
, - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
, align="left", Total
, 28.2
, 18
, 21.5
, 15
, 15.7
, 10
, 9.1
, 6
, 6.0
, 4
, 5.2
, 3
, 6.2
, 2
, 3.1
, 2
, 5.1
, 0
, 60
, -
''Incumbent candidates are indicated by an asterisk *
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District results
Balmoral
2014: 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Fein, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Fein
2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Black Mountain
2014: 5 x Sinn Fein, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x SDLP
2019: 6 x Sinn Fein, 1 x People Before Profit
2014-2019 Change: Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Botanic
2014: 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2019: 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green
2014-2019 Change: Green gain from UUP
Castle
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Fein, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Fein, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green
2014-2019 Change: Green gain from UUP
Collin
2014: 5 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP
2019: 4 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x People Before Profit
2014-2019 Change: People Before Profit gain from Sinn Fein
Court
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Fein, 1 x PUP, 1 x TUV
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Fein, 1 x PUP
2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from TUV
Lisnasharragh
2014: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green
2014-2019 Change: Green gain from UUP
Oldpark
2014: 3 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP
2019: 3 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x People Before Profit
2014-2019 Change: People Before Profit gain from PUP
Ormiston
2014: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Green
2019: 3 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Titanic
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from Sinn Féin
Changes during the term
† Co-options
‡ Changes in affiliation
– Suspensions
None
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Last update 30 November 2022.''
''Current composition: see
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 l ...
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References
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