2019 Belfast City Council election
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The 2019 election to Belfast City Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 60 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Sinn Féin | 18 | 1 | 2 |  1 |
30.0 | 28.2 | 31,771 | 1.0 | |
| DUP | 15 | 2 | 0 |  2 |
25.0 | 21.6 | 24,317 | 2.6 | |
| Alliance | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
16.7 | 15.7 | 17,683 | 4.3 | |
| SDLP | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
10.0 | 9.1 | 10,225 | 0.9 | |
| Green (NI) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
6.7 | 6.0 | 6,785 | 3.7 | |
| People Before Profit | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5.0 | 5.2 | 5,888 | 3.7 | |
| UUP | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
3.3 | 6.2 | 6,987 | 2.8 | |
| PUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3.3 | 3.1 | 3,458 | 3.4 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |  0 |
0.0 | 1.8 | 2,065 | 0.7 | |
| Aontú | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.0 | 1.3 | 1,420 | New | |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.0 | 0.7 | 773 | 0.2 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.0 | 0.7 | 751 | 0.4 | |
| TUV | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
0.0 | 0.3 | 341 | 2.3 | |
| South Belfast Unionists | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.0 | 0.2 | 233 | New | |
| Labour Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.0 | 0.1 | 160 | New | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
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| Sinn Féin | DUP | Alliance | SDLP | Green | PBP | UUP | PUP | Others | |||||||||||
| Balmoral | 13.9 | 1 | 26.8 | 2 | 20.0 | 1 | 23.0 | 1 | 5.5 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Black Mountain | 68.8 | 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 |
| Botanic | 16.0 | 1 | 20.3 | 1 | 19.5 | 1 | 10.4 | 1 | 14.4 | 1 | 3.9 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 10.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Castle | 24.4 | 1 | 25.2 | 2 | 15.8 | 1 | 10.6 | 1 | 7.8 | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 6 |
| Collin | 63.3 | 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 |
| Court | 25.1 | 2 | 44.2 | 3 | 2.2 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 8.2 | 1 | 6.9 | 0 | 6 |
| Lisnasharragh | 5.6 | 0 | 27.9 | 2 | 28.8 | 2 | 8.9 | 1 | 11.1 | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 8.3 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 6 |
| Oldpark | 37.3 | 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 |
| Ormiston | 0.4 | 0 | 27.0 | 2 | 41.8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.4 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Titanic | 11.6 | 0 | 29.2 | 2 | 22.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.9 | 1 | 10.8 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 6 |
| 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 *
District results
Balmoral
2014: 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin
2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Alliance | Kate Nicholl* † | 20.00% | 1,842 | ||||||
| DUP | David Graham † | 15.62% | 1,442 | 1,447.44 | 1,494.44 | 1,705.44 | |||
| SDLP | Dónal Lyons* | 14.18% | 1,306 | 1,374.51 | 1,396.55 | 1,461.75 | 1,469.94 | 1,608.94 | |
| DUP | Sarah Bunting | 11.12% | 1,025 | 1,029.08 | 1,056.25 | 1,285.35 | 1,432.77 | 1,478.69 | |
| Sinn Féin | Geraldine McAteer* | 13.93% | 1,283 | 1,291.16 | 1,311.16 | 1,313.33 | 1,313.33 | 1,421.98 | |
| SDLP | Michael Mulhern | 8.82% | 813 | 863.15 | 896.55 | 930.31 | 934.86 | 1,233.18 | |
| Green (NI) | Caoimhe O'Connell | 5.47% | 504 | 616.37 | 752.02 | 862.6 | 870.79 | ||
| UUP | Jeffrey Dudgeon* | 7.16% | 660 | 696.71 | 745.74 | ||||
| People Before Profit | Pádraigín Mervyn | 2.19% | 202 | 215.94 | |||||
| UKIP | William Traynor | 1.44% | 133 | 134.53 | |||||
| Electorate: 17,864 Valid: 9,210 (51.56%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 1,536 Turnout: 9,326 (52.21%) | |||||||||
Black Mountain
2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x SDLP
2019: 6 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit
2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| People Before Profit | Matt Collins* | 16.14% | 2,268 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Ciarán Beattie* | 13.47% | 1,893 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Steven Corr* † | 13.26% | 1,864 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Arder Carson* | 11.63% | 1,634 | 1,686.78 | 1,710.65 | 1,715.95 | 1,773.95 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Micheal Donnelly | 10.92% | 1,535 | 1,569.32 | 1,572.82 | 1,583.57 | 1,623.65 | 1,667.66 | |
| Sinn Féin | Ronan McLaughlin | 9.36% | 1,316 | 1,354.22 | 1,444.87 | 1,510.07 | 1,567.35 | 1,614.95 | |
| Sinn Féin | Emma Groves* † | 10.18% | 1,431 | 1,465.32 | 1,470.43 | 1,473.98 | 1,520.58 | 1,590.64 | |
| SDLP | Paul Doherty | 5.57% | 783 | 903.9 | 906.35 | 908.05 | 1,175.18 | 1,432.89 | |
| Aontú | Eoin Geraghty | 5.34% | 750 | 796.02 | 797 | 797.9 | 861.98 | ||
| Green (NI) | Stevie Maginn | 1.45% | 204 | 282 | 283.05 | 283.8 | |||
| Alliance | Liam Norris | 1.52% | 213 | 256.16 | 256.93 | 257.43 | |||
| Workers' Party | Conor Campbell | 1.15% | 162 | 210.88 | 213.05 | 214.45 | |||
| Electorate: 26,022 Valid: 14,053 (54.00%) Spoilt: 345 Quota: 1,757 Turnout: 14,398 (55.33%) | |||||||||
Botanic
2014: 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2019: 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green
2014-2019 Change: Green gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Green (NI) | Áine Groogan | 14.39% | 1,401 | 1,419 | 1,423 | 1,436 | 1,447 | 1,632 | ||||||
| DUP | Tracy Kelly | 14.02% | 1,365 | 1,389 | 1,498 | 1,498 | 1,579 | 1,582 | 1,665 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Deirdre Hargey* † | 13.61% | 1,325 | 1,332 | 1,332 | 1,510 | 1,512 | 1,556 | 1,558 | 1,639 | ||||
| Alliance | Emmet McDonough-Brown* | 11.74% | 1,143 | 1,155 | 1,158 | 1,167 | 1,170 | 1,232 | 1,301 | 1,432 | 1,433.77 | 1,437.68 | 2,118.68 | |
| SDLP | Gary McKeown | 10.36% | 1,009 | 1,020 | 1,021 | 1,039 | 1,042 | 1,091 | 1,119 | 1,363 | 1,363 | 1,372.2 | 1,500.12 | |
| DUP | Graham Craig* | 6.32% | 615 | 633 | 653 | 653 | 700 | 702 | 829 | 878 | 916.35 | 916.58 | 931.17 | |
| Alliance | Micky Murray | 7.74% | 754 | 755 | 758 | 762 | 765 | 786 | 824 | 902 | 902.59 | 903.97 | ||
| Independent | Declan Boyle* | 6.25% | 609 | 612 | 613 | 616 | 623 | 634 | 663 | |||||
| UUP | Richard Kennedy | 3.42% | 333 | 341 | 363 | 363 | 437 | 445 | ||||||
| People Before Profit | Paul Loughran | 3.93% | 383 | 415 | 418 | 420 | 422 | |||||||
| South Belfast Unionists | Billy Dickson | 2.39% | 233 | 247 | 256 | 256 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Caitríona Mallaghan | 2.35% | 229 | 229 | 229 | |||||||||
| PUP | Ian Shanks | 1.75% | 170 | 178 | ||||||||||
| Workers' Party | Paddy Lynn | 0.89% | 87 | |||||||||||
| TUV | John Hiddleston | 0.84% | 82 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 21,987 Valid: 9,738 (44.29%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 1,624 Turnout: 9,842 (44.76%) | ||||||||||||||
Castle
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green
2014-2019 Change: Green gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Alliance | Nuala McAllister* † | 15.81% | 1,787 | |||||||||
| Sinn Féin | John Finucane † | 14.60% | 1,650 | |||||||||
| DUP | Fred Cobain | 12.73% | 1,439 | 1,440.35 | 1,440.35 | 1,443.34 | 1,446.44 | 1,458.44 | 1,460.53 | 1,939.53 | ||
| DUP | Guy Spence* † | 12.45% | 1,407 | 1,408.08 | 1,408.08 | 1,412.17 | 1,418.26 | 1,425.26 | 1,426.35 | 1,783.35 | ||
| Green (NI) | Mal O'Hara | 7.80% | 882 | 939.51 | 967.67 | 1,031.82 | 1,174.86 | 1,277.64 | 1,350.6 | 1,423.01 | 1,493.01 | |
| SDLP | Carl Whyte | 5.76% | 651 | 680.61 | 690.51 | 709.32 | 727.04 | 835.2 | 1,365.4 | 1,397.65 | 1,432.65 | |
| Sinn Féin | Mary Ellen Campbell* | 9.76% | 1,103 | 1,109.66 | 1,111.93 | 1,128.29 | 1,145.56 | 1,183.92 | 1,212.91 | 1,200 | 1,223 | |
| UUP | David Browne* | 8.97% | 1,014 | 1,022.46 | 1,024.64 | 1,027 | 1,033.27 | 1,042.72 | 1,049.35 | |||
| SDLP | Heather Wilson | 4.87% | 551 | 572.78 | 586.23 | 604.31 | 614.58 | 686.57 | ||||
| Independent | Patrick Convery* | 3.33% | 377 | 384.47 | 398.19 | 406.46 | 426.18 | |||||
| People Before Profit | Riley Johnston | 1.80% | 204 | 211.83 | 215.83 | 245.46 | ||||||
| Workers' Party | Gemma Weir | 1.38% | 159 | 166.92 | 171.32 | |||||||
| Independent | Cathal Mullaghan | 0.67% | 76 | 81.49 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 22,262 Valid: 11,300 (50.76%) Spoilt: 136 Quota: 1,615 Turnout: 11,436 (51.37%) | ||||||||||||
Collin
2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2019: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x People Before Profit
2014-2019 Change: People Before Profit gain from Sinn Féin
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Danny Baker* † | 18.15% | 2,196 | |||||||
| People Before Profit | Michael Collins | 12.93% | 1,565 | 1,601.54 | 1,667.96 | 1,738.96 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Séanna Walsh* | 11.58% | 1,402 | 1,666.81 | 1,672.81 | 1,684.44 | 1,684.44 | 1,700.07 | 1,762.07 | |
| Sinn Féin | Stephen Magennis* † | 13.35% | 1,616 | 1,646.66 | 1,653.5 | 1,658.5 | 1,659.5 | 1,673.92 | 1,708.76 | |
| SDLP | Brian Heading* | 8.02% | 970 | 980.92 | 1,002.97 | 1,044.39 | 1,094.39 | 1,430.39 | 1,682.23 | |
| Sinn Féin | Matt Garrett* | 10.44% | 1,264 | 1,342.75 | 1,351.17 | 1,360.8 | 1,362.8 | 1,391.64 | 1,465.53 | |
| Sinn Féin | Charlene O'Hara* | 9.81% | 1,187 | 1,205.48 | 1,210.48 | 1,213.9 | 1,213.9 | 1,226.53 | 1,268.56 | |
| Aontú | Nichola McClean | 5.54% | 670 | 675.67 | 681.67 | 691.67 | 702.67 | 743.67 | ||
| Alliance | Donnamarie Higgins | 3.66% | 443 | 445.31 | 460.31 | 538.94 | 637.94 | |||
| DUP | David McKee | 2.55% | 309 | 309 | 389 | 393 | ||||
| Green (NI) | Ellen Murray | 1.99% | 241 | 244.15 | 255.15 | |||||
| UUP | Fred Rodgers | 1.07% | 130 | 130 | ||||||
| Workers' Party | Paddy Crossan | 0.90% | 109 | 111.73 | ||||||
| Electorate: 23,300 Valid: 12,102 (51.94%) Spoilt: 221 Quota: 1,729 Turnout: 12,323 (52.89%) | ||||||||||
Court
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP, 1 x TUV
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP
2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from TUV
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| DUP | Frank McCoubrey* | 19.70% | 2,227 | |||||||||||
| DUP | Brian Kingston* † | 14.60% | 1,648 | |||||||||||
| DUP | Nicola Verner | 9.90% | 1,119 | 1,533.18 | 1,548.13 | 1,549.41 | 1,549.41 | 1,652.41 | ||||||
| PUP | Billy Hutchinson* | 8.20% | 929 | 1,016.48 | 1,018.08 | 1,023.35 | 1,024.35 | 1,077.13 | 1,077.55 | 1,090.55 | 1,096.55 | 1,264.73 | 1,622.32 | |
| Sinn Féin | Claire Canavan* | 12.80% | 1,447 | 1,447 | 1,447 | 1,455 | 1,466 | 1,467 | 1,467 | 1,489 | 1,565 | 1,468 | 1,569 | |
| Sinn Féin | Tina Black* | 12.30% | 1,396 | 1,396.27 | 1,396.28 | 1,405.29 | 1,458.29 | 1,458.29 | 1,458.29 | 1,473.29 | 1,549.29 | 1,552.56 | 1,560.56 | |
| People Before Profit | Cailín McCaffery | 6.10% | 686 | 686.27 | 686.33 | 724.33 | 765.6 | 767.6 | 781.88 | 864.88 | 968.89 | 985.43 | 1,010.75 | |
| UUP | Dave Anderson | 3.40% | 385 | 411.19 | 411.89 | 418.9 | 420.9 | 481.45 | 498.67 | 529.22 | 534.22 | 668.93 | ||
| Independent | Jolene Bunting* | 3.10% | 351 | 380.43 | 380.84 | 383.84 | 383.84 | 423.3 | 427.5 | 438.5 | 450.5 | |||
| SDLP | Tiernan Fitzlarkin | 2.60% | 298 | 298.54 | 298.54 | 306.54 | 320.55 | 320.55 | 320.55 | 359.83 | ||||
| Alliance | Ciara Campbell | 2.20% | 253 | 254.35 | 254.88 | 296.38 | 302.38 | 305.65 | 305.65 | |||||
| TUV | Eric Smyth | 2.30% | 259 | 287.43 | 287.97 | 287.98 | 287.98 | |||||||
| Workers' Party | Joanne Lowry | 1.50% | 166 | 166 | 166.02 | 180.29 | ||||||||
| Green (NI) | Sinéad Magner | 1.30% | 147 | 148.08 | 148.13 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 22,116 Valid: 11,310 (51.14%) Spoilt: 218 Quota: 1,616 Turnout: 11,528 (52.13%) | ||||||||||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Alliance | Michael Long* | 15.86% | 1,755 | ||||||||||
| Alliance | Eric Hanvey | 12.91% | 1,429 | 1,556.98 | 1,582.98 | ||||||||
| Green (NI) | Brian Smyth | 11.14% | 1,233 | 1,243.35 | 1,291.98 | 1,304.98 | 1,423.25 | 1,484.24 | 1,501.42 | 1,521.51 | 1,679.51 | ||
| DUP | David Brooks † | 13.37% | 1,479 | 1,479.72 | 1,481.72 | 1,503.81 | 1,507.81 | 1,510.9 | 1,563.9 | 1,577.9 | 1,578.9 | 1,774.9 | |
| DUP | Tommy Sandford* | 8.59% | 951 | 951.9 | 954.9 | 985.9 | 989.9 | 991.9 | 1,104.99 | 1,118.99 | 1,123.99 | 1,588.99 | |
| SDLP | Séamas De Faoite | 8.93% | 988 | 993.76 | 1,005.12 | 1,005.12 | 1,017.21 | 1,098.02 | 1,100.11 | 1,100.29 | 1,521.27 | 1,523.45 | |
| UUP | Chris McGimpsey* | 4.59% | 508 | 509.98 | 510.07 | 528.25 | 539.25 | 545.34 | 591.34 | 1,017.33 | 1,018.42 | 1,089.69 | |
| DUP | Aileen Graham* | 5.96% | 660 | 660.63 | 663.63 | 684.63 | 687.72 | 694.72 | 753.81 | 772.99 | 775.17 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Stevie Jenkins | 5.59% | 619 | 621.52 | 625.52 | 626.52 | 636.52 | 647.7 | 647.79 | 647.79 | |||
| UUP | Ben Manton | 3.75% | 415 | 416.44 | 419.44 | 434.44 | 440.44 | 451.44 | 520.44 | ||||
| PUP | Gwen Ferguson | 3.28% | 363 | 363.63 | 364.72 | 387.72 | 393.72 | 395.72 | |||||
| Independent | Kate Mullan* | 1.84% | 204 | 206.16 | 207.25 | 209.34 | 219.43 | ||||||
| Labour Alternative | Amy Ferguson | 1.45% | 160 | 160.27 | 191.54 | 195.54 | |||||||
| UKIP | Catherine McComb | 1.52% | 169 | 169.45 | 169.45 | ||||||||
| People Before Profit | Ivanka Antova | 1.20% | 133 | 134.71 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 20,783 Valid: 11,066 (53.25%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 1,581 Turnout: 11,182 (53.80%) | |||||||||||||
Oldpark
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x People Before Profit
2014-2019 Change: People Before Profit gain from PUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| SDLP | Paul McCusker* ‡ | 25.21% | 2,856 | ||||||||||
| DUP | Dale Pankhurst* † | 15.01% | 1,701 | ||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Ryan Murphy* | 10.46% | 1,185 | 1,326.6 | 1,333 | 1,333.04 | 1,333.04 | 1,341.44 | 1,341.44 | 1,362.2 | 1,835.2 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Shauneen Baker † | 9.77% | 1,107 | 1,264.44 | 1,278.48 | 1,278.76 | 1,279.24 | 1,298.12 | 1,302.12 | 1,374.24 | 1,680.72 | ||
| Sinn Féin | J. J. Magee* | 10.01% | 1,134 | 1,244.4 | 1,250.28 | 1,250.28 | 1,251.32 | 1,261.68 | 1,264.68 | 1,285.96 | 1,404.84 | 1,616.03 | |
| People Before Profit | Fiona Ferguson | 3.94% | 447 | 781.08 | 829.88 | 829.96 | 835.44 | 951.16 | 995.24 | 1,336.6 | 1,401.76 | 1,404.7 | |
| DUP | Gillian Simpson | 5.05% | 573 | 577.8 | 577.8 | 631.88 | 735.96 | 738.48 | 1,198.16 | 1,240.72 | 1,240.72 | 1,240.72 | |
| Sinn Féin | Mary Clarke* | 7.02% | 796 | 1,009.6 | 1,015.48 | 1,015.48 | 1,015.96 | 1,029.76 | 1,032.76 | 1,058.36 | |||
| Alliance | Jack Armstrong | 3.44% | 390 | 535.92 | 554.04 | 554.08 | 576.16 | 691.32 | 756.88 | ||||
| PUP | Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston* | 5.07% | 575 | 582.2 | 584.68 | 595.68 | 677.28 | 689.32 | |||||
| Green (NI) | Lesley Veronica | 2.03% | 231 | 296.76 | 320.6 | 320.8 | 331.28 | ||||||
| UUP | Jason Docherty | 2.11% | 239 | 242.84 | 242.84 | 244.84 | |||||||
| Workers' Party | Chris Bailie | 0.82% | 93 | 141 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 22,024 Valid: 11,327 (51.43%) Spoilt: 218 Quota: 1,619 Turnout: 11,545 (52.42%) | |||||||||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Alliance | Ross McMullan | 19.74% | 2,622 | |||||||
| Alliance | Peter McReynolds* † | 13.28% | 1,764 | |||||||
| Alliance | Sian O'Neill* † | 8.77% | 1,165 | 1,948 | ||||||
| Green (NI) | Anthony Flynn | 9.79% | 1,301 | 1,380.56 | 1,579.12 | 1,663.24 | ||||
| DUP | Tom Haire* | 11.00% | 1,462 | 1,465.6 | 1,470.08 | 1,507.8 | 1,629.64 | 1,633.96 | 2,183.96 | |
| UUP | Jim Rodgers* ‡‡ | 10.66% | 1,416 | 1,444.8 | 1,478.24 | 1,521.68 | 1,608.8 | 1,649.84 | 1,697.84 | |
| DUP | John Hussey* | 9.55% | 1,269 | 1,274.04 | 1,276.76 | 1,304.76 | 1,343.12 | 1,348.24 | 1,618.48 | |
| UUP | Peter Johnston* | 5.70% | 757 | 776.8 | 797.76 | 823 | 939.92 | 988.56 | 1,007.2 | |
| DUP | Gareth Spratt | 6.45% | 857 | 859.88 | 862.44 | 877.44 | 897.6 | 900.48 | ||
| PUP | William Ennis | 2.97% | 394 | 398.68 | 406.52 | 433.88 | ||||
| UKIP | Keith Lonsdale | 1.66% | 221 | 221 | 222.44 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Laura Misteil | 0.43% | 57 | 70.32 | 77.3 | |||||
| Electorate: 25,617 Valid: 13,285 (51.86%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 1,661 Turnout: 13,432 (52.43%) | ||||||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| DUP | George Dorrian* | 13.41% | 1,270 | 1,317 | 1,328 | 1,432 | |||||
| DUP | Adam Newton* | 9.64% | 913 | 928 | 932 | 961 | 997.9 | 1,520.9 | |||
| Alliance | Michelle Kelly | 11.28% | 1,068 | 1,072 | 1,079 | 1,094 | 1,094 | 1,100 | 1,353 | ||
| UUP | Sonia Copeland* | 9.00% | 852 | 890 | 1,096 | 1,230 | 1,247.22 | 1,277.68 | 1,307.68 | 1,410.28 | |
| PUP | John Kyle* ‡ | 10.85% | 1,027 | 1,079 | 1,104 | 1,209 | 1,216.38 | 1,257.3 | 1,309.3 | 1,368.7 | |
| Alliance | Carole Howard ‡ | 11.14% | 1,055 | 1,061 | 1,075 | 1,096 | 1,096.82 | 1,099.64 | 1,314.64 | 1,318.24 | |
| Sinn Féin | Mairead O’Donnell* | 11.64% | 1,102 | 1,103 | 1,103 | 1,103 | 1,103 | 1,103 | 1,145 | 1,145 | |
| Green (NI) | Ben Smylie | 6.77% | 641 | 652 | 656 | 680 | 680.82 | 680.82 | |||
| DUP | Lee Reynolds | 6.19% | 586 | 597 | 602 | 610 | 625.58 | ||||
| Independent | Karl Bennett | 4.73% | 448 | 468 | 473 | ||||||
| UUP | Colin Hall-Thompson | 2.94% | 278 | 286 | |||||||
| UKIP | Paul Girvan | 2.41% | 228 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 22,653 Valid: 9,468 (41.80%) Spoilt: 184 Quota: 1,353 Turnout: 9,652 (42.61%) | |||||||||||
Changes during the term
† Co-options
| Date co-opted | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 January 2020 | Castle | Sinn Féin | John Finucane | Conor Maskey | Finucane was elected to the House of Commons. | |
| 14 January 2020 | Botanic | Sinn Féin | Deirdre Hargey | John Gormley | Hargey was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
| 7 April 2020 | Castle | DUP | Guy Spence | Dean McCullough | Spence resigned. | |
| 4 May 2020 | Balmoral | DUP | David Graham | Gareth Spratt | Graham resigned. | |
| 1 September 2020 | Oldpark | Sinn Féin | Shauneen Baker | Nichola Bradley | Baker resigned. | |
| 17 November 2020 | Black Mountain | Sinn Féin | Emma Groves | Áine McCabe | Groves resigned. | |
| 16 February 2022 | Collin | Sinn Féin | Stephen Magennis | Caoimhín McCann | Magennis resigned. | |
| 26 May 2022 | Ormiston | Alliance | Peter McReynolds | Jenna Maghie | McReynolds was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
| 26 May 2022 | Ormiston | Alliance | Sian Mulholland (Formerly O'Neill) | Christine Bower | Mulholland was co-opted to the Killultagh DEA on Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council, replacing David Honeyford upon his election to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
| 27 May 2022 | Balmoral | Alliance | Kate Nicholl | Micky Murray | Nicholl was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
| 30 May 2022 | Castle | Alliance | Nuala McAllister | Sam Nelson | McAllister was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
| 30 May 2022 | Collin | Sinn Féin | Danny Baker | Joseph Duffy | Baker was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
| 7 June 2022 | Court | DUP | Brian Kingston | Naomi Thompson | Kingston was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
| 7 June 2022 | Lisnasharragh | DUP | David Brooks | Sammy Douglas | Brooks was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
| 29 November 2022 | Black Mountain | Sinn Féin | Steven Corr | Róis-Máire Donnelly | Corr resigned. | |
| 6 January 2023 | Oldpark | DUP | Dale Pankhurst | Jordan Doran | Pankhurst resigned. | |
‡ Changes in affiliation
| Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2019 | Ormiston | Jim Rodgers | UUP | Independent | UUP whip withdrawn following a controversial election leaflet about Alliance.[3] | ||
| 20 May 2021 | Ormiston | Jim Rodgers | Independent | UUP | UUP whip restored by outgoing UUP leader Steve Aiken.[4] | ||
| 12 December 2021 | Titanic | Carole Howard | Alliance | UUP | Defected from Alliance to UUP to more openly express her pro-Union views.[5] | ||
| 16 December 2021 | Titanic | John Kyle | PUP | Independent | Left the PUP over disagreements relating to the NI Protocol.[6] | ||
| 10 February 2022 | Titanic | John Kyle | Independent | UUP | Joined the UUP having previously left the PUP.[7] | ||
| 30 March 2023 | Oldpark | Paul McCusker | SDLP | Independent | Left the SDLP after feeling "frustrated and disheartened" with local politics and believing he was best placed to run in the upcoming council election as an independent.[8] | ||
Suspensions
None
Last update 30 March 2023.
Current composition: see Belfast City Council.
References
- ↑ "Cllr Michael Long". Allianceparty.org. Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ↑ McCormack, Jayne (6 May 2019). "Jim Rodgers has UUP whip withdrawn over Alliance leaflet". BBC News. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ↑ "Jim Rodgers has whip restored by outgoing UUP leader Steve Aiken". BBC News. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ↑ McCormack, Jayne (13 December 2021). "Alliance councillor Carole Howard defects to UUP". BBC News. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ↑ "John Kyle: Belfast councillor leaves PUP over NI Protocol". BBC News. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ↑ "Dr John Kyle joins UUP weeks after quitting PUP". BBC News. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ↑ McCormack, Jayne (30 March 2023). "Paul McCusker: Well-known SDLP councillor quits party". BBC News. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
