Belfast City Council election, 2011

Belfast City Council election, 2011

May 5, 2011 (2011-05-05)

All 51 seats to Belfast City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Sinn Féin DUP SDLP
Seats won 16 15 8
Seat change Increase 2 - -

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Alliance UUP PUP
Seats won 6 3 2
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 4 -

  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 1
Seat change -

Party with the most votes by district.

Lord Mayor before election

Pat Convery
SDLP

Lord Mayor

Niall Ó Donnghaile
Sinn Féin

Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 5 May 2011 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. 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 emerged as the largest party, and Niall Ó Donnghaile became Lord Mayor.[1]

Election Results

Belfast Local Election Result 2011[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Sinn Féin 16 3 1 Increase 2 31.4 30.9 28,234 +0.1
  DUP 15 1 1 Steady 0 29.4 23.4 21,353 -2.3
  SDLP 8 1 1 Steady 0 15.7 13.8 12,547 -3.3
  Alliance 6 2 0 Increase 2 11.8 12.6 11,540 +5.8
  UUP 3 0 4 Decrease 4 5.9 8.6 7,836 -5.2
  PUP 2 0 0 Steady 0 3.9 2.8 2,570 +0.1
  Éirígí 0 0 0 Steady 0 0 2.3 2,062 +2.3
  Green (NI) 0 0 0 Steady 0 0 1.4 1,320 +0.6
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady 0 0 0.8 760 +0.1
  Irish Republican Socialist 0 0 0 Steady 0 0 0.6 588 +0.6
  Socialist Party 0 0 0 Steady 0 0 0.5 434 +0.1
  People Before Profit 0 0 0 Steady 0 0 0.4 321 +0.4
  TUV 0 0 0 Steady 0 0 0.4 349 +0.4
  NI Conservatives 0 0 0 Steady 0 0 0.1 103 -0.1
  Procapitalism 0 0 0 Steady 0 0 0 9 0

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

 Results of the Belfast City Council election, 2011
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
SF DUP SDLP Alliance UUP Others
Balmoral 14.7 1 19.6 1 29.0 2 17.6 1 15.1 1 3.9 0 6
Castle 26.6 2 30.5 2 22.4 1 6.9 0 11.8 1 1.7 0 6
Court 2.8 0 64.4 3 1.5 0 1.2 0 6.0 0 24.1 2 5
Laganbank 17.3 1 14.1 1 27.4 2 19.0 1 11.5 0 10.8 0 5
Lower Falls 75.4 4 0.0 0 10.2 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 14.4 0 5
Oldpark 53.1 3 25.4 2 11.2 1 2.9 0 5.1 0 5.0 0 6
Pottinger 11.3 1 36.8 3 4.8 0 19.9 1 8.3 0 8.2 0 6
Upper Falls 67.8 4 1.4 0 18.1 1 1.3 0 0.0 0 11.3 0 5
Victoria 0.0 0 32.6 3 1.5 0 36.5 3 17.9 1 11.6 0 7
Total 30.9 16 23.4 15 13.8 8 12.6 6 8.6 3 0 51

District results

Balmoral[3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Alliance Tom Ekin 1,762
DUP Ruth Patterson 1,553
Sinn Féin Máirtín Ó Muilleoir 1,465
SDLP Claire Hanna 1,443
UUP Bob Stoker 922
SDLP Niall Kelly 743
SDLP Bernie Kelly 706
UUP Jim Kirkpatrick 578
DUP Sharon Simpson 396
Green (NI) Mark Simpson 282
People Before Profit Andrew King 107
Turnout 9,957
Sinn Féin gain from Democratic Unionist
Castle[4]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Lydia Patterson 1,489
Sinn Féin Tierna Cunningham 1,377
SDLP Pat Convery 1,367
Sinn Féin Mary Campbell 1,293
UUP David Browne 1,181
DUP Guy Spence 946
SDLP Cathal Mullaghan 883
Alliance David McKechnie 689
DUP Lee Reynolds 629
Workers' Party John Lavery 170
Turnout 10,024
Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour
Court[5]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP William Humphrey 2,643
DUP Brian Kingston 1,371
Independent Frank McCoubrey 754
PUP Hugh Smyth 640
UUP Bobby McConnell 395
DUP Naomi Thompson 237
Independent Raymond McCord 199
Sinn Féin Karol McKee 184
SDLP Conor McNeill 99
Alliance Mark Long 78
Turnout 6,600
No change
Laganbank[6]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Alliance Catherine Curran 1,518
Sinn Féin Deirdre Hargey 1,383
SDLP Patrick McCarthy 1,361
DUP Christopher Stalford 1,126
UUP Michelle Bostock 921
SDLP Kate Mullan 833
Green (NI) Clare Bailey 500
People Before Profit Mark Hewitt 144
Socialist Party Paddy Meehan 136
Workers' Party Patrick Lynn 88
Turnout 8,010
Alliance gain from Ulster Unionist
Lower Falls[7]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Sinn Féin Janice Austin 1,920
Sinn Féin Steven Corr 1,572
Sinn Féin Tom Hartley 1,561
Sinn Féin Jim McVeigh 1,497
SDLP Colin Keenan 1,000
Sinn Féin Breige Brownlee 813
Éirígí John McCusker 647
Workers' Party John Lowry 398
Irish Republican Socialist Jim Gorman 209
Socialist Party Pat Lawlor 148
Turnout 9,765
Social Democratic and Labour gain from Sinn Féin
Oldpark[8]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Ian Crozier 1,770
Sinn Féin Conor Maskey 1,573
Sinn Féin Gerard McCabe 1,492
Sinn Féin Daniel Lavery 1,370
SDLP Nichola Mallon 1,184
Sinn Féin Mary Clarke 1,180
DUP Gareth McKee 917
UUP Fred Rodgers 540
Irish Republican Socialist Paul Little 379
Alliance James McClure 303
Independent Martin McAuley 146
Turnout 10,584
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
Pottinger[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Alliance Máire Hendron 1,895
DUP Gavin Robinson 1,523
Sinn Féin Niall Ó Donnghaile 1,077
DUP May Campbell 1,051
PUP John Kyle 1,022
DUP Adam Newton 936
UUP Philip Robinson 786
SDLP Séamas de Faoite 456
Green (NI) David Newman 223
TUV John Hiddleston 191
Socialist Party Thomas Black 150
Workers' Party Kevin McNally 104
People Before Profit Donna McCusker 70
Independent Karl Hedley 33
Procapitalism Samuel Smyth 9
Turnout 9,526
Sinn Féin gain from Ulster Unionist
Upper Falls[10]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Sinn Féin Matt Garrett 2,250
Sinn Féin Gerard O'Neill 2,184
Sinn Féin Emma Groves 2,133
SDLP Tim Attwood 2,015
Sinn Féin Caoimhin Mac Giolla Mhín 1,910
Éirígí Pádraic Mac Coitir 1,415
SDLP Helen Walsh 250
DUP Eileen Kingston 179
Alliance Dan McGuinness 162
Turnout 12,498
No change
Victoria[11]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Robin Newton 2,338
Alliance Mervyn Jones 2,319
Alliance Laura McNamee 1,677
DUP Tom Haire 1,437
UUP Jim Rodgers 1,355
Alliance Andrew Webb 1,137
UUP Ian Adamson 942
PUP Robert McCartney 908
DUP John Hussey 812
Green (NI) Ross Campbell 315
UUP Stephen Warke 216
SDLP Magdalena Wolska 207
TUV Sammy Morrison 158
Independent Roy Hobson 142
NI Conservatives Garry Crosbie 103
Turnout 14,066
Alliance gain from Ulster Unionist

References

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