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2023 Belfast City Council election
← 2019 18 May 2023 2027 ⊟
All 60 council seats
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ciaran Beattie Sarah Bunting Michael Long
Party Sinn Féin DUP Alliance
Leader's seat Black Mountain Balmoral Lisnasharragh
Last election 18 seats, 28.2% 15 seats, 21.6% 10 seats, 15.7%
Seats won 22 14 11
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 44,202 26,621 19,841
Percentage 35.2% 21.2% 15.9%
Swing Increase 7.0% Decrease 0.4% Increase 0.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Carl Whyte Mal O'Hara Sonia Copeland
Party SDLP Green (NI) UUP
Leader's seat Castle Castle (defeated ) Titanic
Last election 6 seats, 9.1% 4 seats, 6.0% 2 seats, 6.2%
Seats won 5 3 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 9,690 5,965 5,123
Percentage 7.8% 4.8% 4.1%
Swing Decrease 1.3% Decrease 1.2% Decrease 2.1%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
PUP
Leader Matt Collins Ron McDowell Billy Hutchinson
Party People Before Profit TUV PUP
Leader's seat Black Mountain (defeated) Court Court (defeated)
Last election 3 seats, 5.2% 0 seats, 0.3% 2 seats, 3.1%
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 1 Decrease 2
Popular vote 4,492 3,482 679
Percentage 3.6% 2.8% 0.5%
Swing Decrease 1.6% Increase 2.5% Decrease 2.6%
First preference vote and seat totals by local electoral area. As this is a STV election, seat totals are determined by popular vote and preferences in each district electoral area.
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

No overall control

The 2023 election to Belfast City Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England.[1] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.[2]

Voters returned 60 members to the council via single transferable vote. Typical for Northern Ireland, the council remained with no overall control but Sinn Féin remained the single largest party, but fell short of a majority despite a net gain of 4 seats. [3]

Election results

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2023 Belfast local election result
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes /−
  Sinn Féin 22 4 0 Increase 4 36.67 35.39 44,202 Increase 7.24
  DUP 14 0 1 Decrease 1 23.33 21.31 26,621 Decrease 0.24
  Alliance 11 1 0 Increase 1 18.33 15.88 19,841 Increase 0.21
  SDLP 5 1 2 Decrease 1 8.33 7.76 9,690 Decrease 1.30
  Green (NI) 3 0 1 Decrease 1 5.00 4.78 5,965 Decrease 1.23
  UUP 2 0 0 Steady 0 3.33 4.10 5,123 Decrease 2.09
  People Before Profit 1 0 2 Decrease 2 1.67 3.60 4,492 Decrease 1.62
  TUV 1 1 0 Increase 1 1.67 2.79 3,482 Increase 2.49
  Independent 1 1 0 Increase 1 1.67 1.84 2,299 Decrease 0.01
  Aontú 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.00 0.86 1,069 Decrease 0.40
  Irish Republican Socialist 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.00 0.66 825 Increase 0.66
  PUP 0 0 2 Decrease 2 0.00 0.54 679 Decrease 2.52
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.00 0.46 574 Decrease 0.23
  NI Conservatives 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.00 0.04 52 Increase 0.04
Total 60 124,914

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Results of the 2023 Belfast City Council election
by district
District Electoral Area (DEA) %
Cllrs
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Sinn Féin DUP Alliance SDLP Green UUP PBP TUV Independents and others
Balmoral 24.08 1 Steady 22.78 1 Decrease 1 25.54 2 Increase 1 18.96 1 Steady 3.26 0 Steady 5.39 0 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 5
Black Mountain 72.52 6 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 1.04 0 Steady 10.55 1 Increase 1 0.43 0 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 8.24 0 Decrease 1 0.00 0 Steady 7.23 0 Steady 7
Botanic 24.36 1 Steady 19.08 1 Steady 17.12 1 Steady 17.76 1 Steady 9.50 1 Steady 3.59 0 Steady 2.91 0 Steady 2.95 0 Steady 2.74 0 Steady 5
Castle 36.96 2 Increase 1 28.02 2 Steady 11.31 1 Steady 8.51 1 Steady 7.96 0 Decrease 1 4.50 0 Steady 2.03 0 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 0.70 0 Steady 6
Collin 71.64 5 Increase 1 0.00 0 Steady 3.52 0 Steady 6.47 0 Decrease 1 1.63 0 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 8.54 1 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 8.19 0 Steady 6
Court 28.59 2 Steady 45.09 3 Steady 2.74 0 Steady 1.46 0 Steady 0.90 0 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 3.39 0 Steady 8.01 1 Increase 9.83 0 Decrease 1 6
Lisnasharragh 10.28 0 Steady 26.24 2 Steady 29.03 2 Steady 13.19 1 Steady 9.66 1 Steady 6.85 0 Steady 1.67 0 Steady 3.07 0 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 6
Oldpark 50.53 4 Increase 1 17.64 1 Steady 3.66 0 Steady 1.98 0 Decrease 1 1.20 0 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 5.66 0 Decrease 1 4.81 0 Steady 14.50 1 Increase 1 6
Ormiston 1.22 0 Steady 28.24 2 Steady 44.27 3 Steady 0.74 0 Steady 6.99 1 Steady 12.95 1 Steady 0.82 0 Steady 4.76 0 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 7
Titanic 12.90 1 Increase 1 35.79 2 Steady 25.20 2 Steady 1.30 0 Steady 9.42 0 Steady 9.72 1 Steady 0.00 0 Steady 5.67 0 Steady 0.00 0 Decrease 1 6
Total 35.39 22 Increase 4 21.31 14 Decrease 1 15.88 11 Increase 1 7.76 5 Decrease 1 4.78 3 Decrease 1 4.10 2 Steady 3.60 1 Decrease 2 2.79 1 Increase 1 4.40 1 Decrease 1 60

District results

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Balmoral

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2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin

2023: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Balmoral - 5 seats[4][5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sinn Féin Geraldine McAteer* † 19.91% 2,037            
SDLP Donal Lyons* 15.80% 1,616 1,641.28 1,894.28        
Alliance Tara Brooks 14.88% 1,522 1,530.64 1,555.28 1,729.28      
DUP Sarah Bunting* 14.79% 1,513 1,513.32 1,514.32 1,523.32 1,524.98 1,722.98  
Alliance Micky Murray* 10.66% 1,090 1,096.72 1,121.16 1,197.16 1,324.15 1,501.12 1,788.12
DUP Gareth Spratt* 7.99% 817 817 818 825 825 940 941
Sinn Féin Seán Napier 4.17% 427 699.80 716.72 755 806.46 809.46  
UUP Joshua Lowry 5.39% 551 551.16 554.16 567.16 574.63    
Green (NI) Lauren Kendall 3.26% 333 334.60 340.08        
SDLP Sarah Mulgrew 3.16% 323 332.12          
Electorate: 18,691   Valid: 10,229 (54.73%)   Spoilt: 147   Quota: 1,705   Turnout: 10,376 (55.51%)  

Black Mountain

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2019: 6 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit

2023: 6 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: SDLP gain from People Before Profit

Black Mountain - 7 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sinn Féin Ciarán Beattie* 14.63% 2,336              
Sinn Féin Michael Donnelly* 13.51% 2,158              
Sinn Féin Arder Carson* 12.98% 2,073              
Sinn Féin Ronan McLaughlin* 10.27% 1,641 1,867.24 1,983.65 1,986.65 2,037.59      
SDLP Paul Doherty 10.55% 1,685 1,700.96 1,706.77 1,718.05 1,720.72 1,838.15 2,029.15  
Sinn Féin Áine McCabe* 11.51% 1,838 1,848.50 1,853.12 1,860.40 1,862.65 1,897.79 2,005.79  
Sinn Féin Róis-Máire Donnelly* 9.62% 1,536 1,575.06 1,589.29 1,863.27 1,597.66 1,643.84 1,730.09 1,762.61
People Before Profit Matt Collins* 8.24% 1,316 1,330.14 1,334.13 1,353.13 1,354.57 1,446.13 1,660.80 1,661.40
Aontú Gerard Herdman 3.40% 543 544.96 545.66 547.66 547.90 563.18    
Irish Republican Socialist Dan Murphy 2.67% 426 429.78 431.53 432.53 432.71 454.51    
Workers' Party Ursula Meighan 1.16% 185 186.82 188.36 188.36 188.54      
Alliance Ryan Brown 1.04% 166 171.04 171.39 185.53 185.86      
Green (NI) Stevie Maginn 0.43% 68 68.70 68.77          
Electorate: 27,143   Valid: 15,971 (58.84%)   Spoilt: 309   Quota: 1,997   Turnout: 16,280 (59.98%)  

Botanic

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2019: 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green, 1 x SDLP

2023: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green

2019–2023 Change: No change

Botanic - 5 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SDLP Gary McKeown* 17.76% 1,881                
DUP Tracy Kelly* 12.95% 1,372 1,372.42 1,382.48 1,525.54 1,529.54 1,717.90 2,342.90    
Alliance Emmet McDonough-Brown* 10.25% 1,086 1,118.94 1,144.48 1,150.48 1,182.02 1,263.56 1,275.62 1,298.62 1,951.62
Sinn Féin John Gormley* † 14.47% 1,533 1,543.80 1,560.22 1,562.22 1,584.28 1,587.34 1,588.46 1,591.46 1,602.18
Green (NI) Áine Groogan* 9.50% 1,006 1,023.88 1,080.66 1,089.72 1,299.68 1,343.16 1,355.16 1,394.16 1,544.34
Sinn Féin Emma-Jane Faulkner 9.89% 1,048 1,061.08 1,081.44 1,087.50 1,127.86 1,132.92 1,135.92 1,135.92 1,157.06
Alliance Chris Ogle 6.87% 728 754.76 768.42 772.42 821.90 880.44 895.50 912.50  
DUP Darren Leighton 6.13% 649 649.24 656.30 708.30 709.36 765.36      
UUP Jeffrey Dudgeon 3.59% 380 381.98 399.16 477.28 484.34        
People Before Profit Sipho Sibanda 2.91% 308 310.58 406.88 408.88          
TUV Billy Dickson 2.95% 312 312.30 316.36            
Socialist Party Neil Moore 1.41% 149 150.68              
Workers' Party Paddy Lynn 0.84% 89 90.62              
NI Conservatives Idris Maiga 0.49% 52 52.66              
Electorate: 23,049   Valid: 10,593 (45.96%)   Spoilt: 162   Quota: 1,766   Turnout: 10,755 (46.66%)  

Castle

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2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green

2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Green

Castle - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Sinn Féin Brónach Anglin 20.15% 2,479        
Sinn Féin Conor Maskey* 16.81% 2,068        
DUP Fred Cobain* 14.43% 1,775        
DUP Dean McCullough* 13.59% 1,671 1,673.31 1,673.85 2,021.85  
Alliance Sam Nelson* 11.31% 1,392 1,546.11 1,590.03 1,772.03  
SDLP Carl Whyte* 8.51% 1,047 1,378.98 1,511.28 1,608.53 1,628.53
Green (NI) Mal O'Hara* 7.96% 979 1,137.73 1,225.75 1,474.88 1,553.88
UUP Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston 4.50% 553 555.64 556.72    
People Before Profit Barney Doherty 2.03% 250 300.16 327.16    
Workers' Party Lily Kerr 0.70% 86 102.17 111.17    
Electorate: 23,442   Valid: 12,479 (53.23%)   Spoilt: 179   Quota: 1,758   Turnout: 12,300 (52.47%)  

Collin

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2019: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x SDLP

2023: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Collin - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Sinn Féin Joe Duffy* 18.33% 2,559                      
Sinn Féin Caoimhín McCann* 16.83% 2,350                      
Sinn Féin Matt Garrett* 13.78% 1,924 2,029.82                    
Sinn Féin Séanna Walsh* 10.89% 1,521 1,910.62 2,186.77                  
Sinn Féin Clíodhna Nic Bhranair 11.81% 1,649 1,671.44 1,700.54 1,880.34 1,892.34 1,900.68 1,923.04 2,024.04        
People Before Profit Michael Collins* 8.54% 1,193 1,208.40 1,219.95 1,220.95 1,250.55 1,271.55 1,338.14 1,469.95 1,479.69 1,481.45 1,581.67 1,730.09
SDLP Gerard McDonald 6.47% 903 913.12 921.97 922.67 931.19 938.71 985.23 1,018.63 1,034.08 1,034.52 1,181.96 1,520.65
Alliance Eoin Millar 3.52% 492 496.84 498.94 499.24 504.24 518.24 588.46 617.06 622.01 622.89 647.41  
Aontú Luke McCann 3.77% 526 529.52 531.92 532.12 537.34 566.34 576.34 863.56 597.11 597.77    
Independent Julieann McNally 2.64% 368 371.96 384.86 385.36 390.36 425.80 448.32          
Green (NI) Ash Jones 1.63% 228 230.64 232.29 232.59 238.81 260.81            
Independent Tony Mallon 1.19% 166 166.66 167.26 167.36 169.36              
Workers' Party Paddy Crossan 0.59% 83 84.32 86.12 86.12                
Electorate: 24,938   Valid: 13,962 (55.99%)   Spoilt: 255   Quota: 1,996   Turnout: 14,217 (57.01%)  

Court

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2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP

2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV

2019–2023 Change: TUV gain from PUP

Court - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
DUP Frank McCoubrey* 22.00% 2,645                    
Sinn Féin Tina Black* 15.15% 1,822                    
DUP Nicola Verner* 14.83% 1,783                    
Sinn Féin Claire Canavan* 13.44% 1,616 1,616.70 1,697.65 1,698.65 1,698.74 1,712.04 1,780.04        
DUP Ian McLaughlin 8.26% 993 1,656.25 1,656.25 1,661.30 1,702.37 1,703.40 1,705.46 1,705.46 1,705.46 1,720.5  
TUV Ron McDowell 8.01% 963 1,090.40 1,090.50 1,093.50 1,098.73 1,098.73 1,101.7 1,101.7 1,104.73 1,130.85 1,156.85
PUP Billy Hutchinson* 5.65% 679 789.25 789.35 790.35 795.63 795.63 801.07 803.07 803.07 853.92 906.27
People Before Profit Cailín McCaffery 3.39% 408 409.05 411.40 411.40 411.52 436.62 500.92 509.92 631.27 807.62  
Alliance Ally Haydock 2.74% 329 333.20 333.80 336.80 337.43 337.48 440.33 465.33 477.43    
Irish Republican Socialist Michael Kelly 3.32% 399 399.00 402.5 402.5 402.53 406.78 422.98 425.98      
SDLP Olcan McSparron 1.46% 175 176.05 177.55 178.55 178.61 189.66          
Green (NI) Sara Haller 0.90% 108 110.45 110.8 111.8 111.92 117.97          
Workers' Party Tony Walls 0.71% 85 85.00 85.85 85.9 85.93            
Independent Geoffrey Wilson 0.15% 18 19.05 19.10                
Electorate: 23,779   Valid: 12,023 (50.56%)   Spoilt: 252   Quota: 1,718   Turnout: 12,275 (51.62%)  

Lisnasharragh

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2019: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green

2023: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green

2019–2023 Change: No Change

Lisnasharragh - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Davy Douglas 17.39% 2,083          
DUP Bradley Ferguson 8.85% 1,060 1,391.84 1,649.26 1,992.26    
Alliance Michael Long* 12.00% 1,437 1,439.21 1,462.21 1,602.57 1,638.57 1,971.57
Alliance Eric Hanvey* 9.00% 1,078 1,078.68 1,099.02 1,160.36 1,205.36 1,747.36
SDLP Séamas de Faoite* 13.19% 1,580 1,580.17 1,598.34 1,629.51 1,635.51 1,669.51
Green (NI) Brian Smyth* 9.66% 1,157 1,158.19 1,273.53 1,422.91 1,491.91 1,588.76
Sinn Féin Stevie Jenkins 10.28% 1,231 1,231.17 1,250.17 1,250.17 1,250.17 1,258.17
Alliance Anna McErlean 8.03% 961 961.85 965.85 1,037.87 1,054.87  
UUP Bill Manwaring 6.85% 820 828.67 921.71      
TUV Stephen Ferguson 3.07% 368 375.14        
People Before Profit Nick Cropper 1.67% 200 200.34        
Electorate: 21,488   Valid: 11,975 (55.73%)   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 1,711   Turnout: 12,091 (56.27%)  

Oldpark

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2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x People Before Profit

2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and Independent gain from SDLP and People Before Profit

Oldpark - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sinn Féin Nichola Bradley* 15.12% 1,870            
Independent Paul McCusker* 14.13% 1,747 1,764.05 1,835.05        
Sinn Féin JJ Magee* 13.09% 1,619 1,637.15 1,665.60 1,668.60 1,714.05 1,714.05 1,877.05
Sinn Féin Ryan Murphy* 11.56% 1,430 1,472.70 1,493.95 1,497.95 1,524.05 1,526.05 1,704.40
DUP Jordan Doran* 10.21% 1,263 1,263.00 1,273.05 1,273.05 1,310.05 1,606.05 1,634.10
Sinn Féin Tomás Ó Néill 10.76% 1,330 1,335.35 1,353.45 1,367.45 1,402.70 1,404.70 1,601.55
DUP Gillian Simpson 7.43% 919 919.00 924.00 924.00 962.00 1,232.00 1,260.00
People Before Profit Fiona Ferguson* 5.66% 700 704.65 830.85 849.85 1,114.15 1,125.15  
TUV Ann McClure 4.81% 595 595.00 604.00 604.00 624.00    
Alliance Chris Shannon 3.66% 453 453.75 578.45 597.45      
SDLP Charlotte Carson 1.98% 245 248.55          
Green (NI) Ange Cruz 1.20% 149 149.35          
Workers' Party Fiona McCarthy 0.37% 46 46.30          
Electorate: 23,871   Valid: 12,366 (51.80%)   Spoilt: 193   Quota: 1,767   Turnout: 12,559 (52.61%)  

Ormiston

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2019: 3 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green

2023: 3 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green

2019–2023 Change: No change

Ormiston - 7 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Alliance Christine Bower* 18.61% 2,661              
DUP James Lawlor 16.75% 2,394              
DUP Andrew McCormick 11.49% 1,642 1,648.72 2,180.22          
Alliance Jenna Maghie* 9.09% 1,299 1,681.72 1,684.47 1,688.27 1,797.27      
Alliance Ross McMullan* † 10.35% 1,480 1,585.28 1,587.03 1,593.63 1,666.83 1,684.59 2,542.59  
Green (NI) Anthony Flynn* 6.99% 999 1,042.20 1,044.45 1,053.45 1,200.94 1,226.89 1,438.69 1,919.69
UUP Jim Rodgers* 7.02% 1,004 1,010.40 1,024.40 1,157.00 1,162.00 1,532.42 1,557.42 1,644.42
UUP Carole Howard* 5.93% 847 863.96 881.71 965.51 978.08 1,282.15 1,303.51 1,365.51
Alliance Caitlin Sullivan 6.22% 889 1,145.64 1,145.64 1,147.04 1,196.92 1,199.32    
TUV John Hiddleston 4.76% 680 684.16 710.91 863.91 870.93      
Sinn Féin Caitríona Mallaghan 1.22% 174 181.04 181.29 181.69        
People Before Profit Fiona Doran 0.82% 117 132.36 133.11 133.71        
SDLP Lorcan McGuirk 0.74% 106 111.12 111.12 111.72        
Electorate: 26,314   Valid: 14,295 (54.32%)   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 1,787   Turnout: 14,379 (54.64%)  

Titanic

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2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP

2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from PUP

Titanic - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Ruth Brooks 16.98% 1,690          
DUP Sammy Douglas* 12.20% 1,214 1,216 1,244.35 1,440.35    
Alliance David Bell 13.66% 1,360 1,392 1,395.75 1,403.75 1,680.75  
Alliance Fiona McAteer 11.54% 1,149 1,176 1,176.75 1,181.90 1,597.90  
Sinn Féin Pádraig Donnelly 12.90% 1,284 1,304 1,304.30 1,305.30 1,399.45 1,489.45
UUP Sonia Copeland* 9.72% 968 973 995.65 1,162.80 1,254.25 1,325.25
DUP George Dorrian* 6.61% 658 660 842.70 1,012.10 1,033.30 1,040.30
Green (NI) Gillian Hamilton 9.42% 938 969 970.95 984.10    
TUV Anne Smyth 5.67% 564 567 577.05      
SDLP Elly Omondi 1.30% 129          
Electorate: 24,018   Valid: 9,954 (41.44%)   Spoilt: 209   Quota: 1,423   Turnout: 10,163 (42.31%)  

Changes during the term

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† Co-options

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Date co-opted Electoral Area Party Outgoing Co-optee Reason
27 February 2024 Botanic Sinn Féin John Gormley Conor McKay Gormley resigned.[6]
16 May 2024 Ormiston Alliance Ross McMullan Hedley Abernethy McMullan resigned.[7]
13 August 2024 Balmoral Sinn Féin Geraldine McAteer Natasha Brennan McAteer resigned.[8]

‡ Changes in affiliation

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Date Electoral Area Name Previous affiliation New affiliation Circumstance
4 November 2024 Oldpark JJ Magee Sinn Féin Independent Suspended from Sinn Féin over allegations of inappropriately messaging a minor.[9]

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Local government elections in Northern Ireland". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  2. ^ "NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Belfast result - Northern Ireland Council Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  5. ^ "Balmoral". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  6. ^ "New Councillor - Botanic District Electoral Area".
  7. ^ "New Councillor - Ormiston District Electoral Area".
  8. ^ "New Councillor - Balmoral District Electoral Area".
  9. ^ Young, David (4 November 2024). "Sinn Féin suspends councillor over allegations of inappropriate messages". Breakingnews.ie. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
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