2011 Belfast City Council election
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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 Steady 0 Steady 0
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Alliance Ulster Unionist PUP
Seats won 6 3 2
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 4 Steady 0
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 1
Seat change Steady 0
2011 Belfast City Council Election Results, shaded by First Preference Votes.
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 Increase2 31.4 30.9 28,234 Increase0.1
  DUP 15 1 1 Steady0 29.4 23.4 21,353 Decrease2.3
  SDLP 8 1 1 Steady0 15.7 13.8 12,547 Decrease3.3
  Alliance 6 2 0 Increase2 11.8 12.6 11,540 Increase5.8
  Ulster Unionist 3 0 4 Decrease4 5.9 8.6 7,836 Decrease5.2
  PUP 2 0 0 Steady0 3.9 2.8 2,570 Increase0.1
  Independent 1 0 0 Steady0 2.0 1.4 1,283 Increase0.4
  Éirígí 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.3 2,062 New
  Green (NI) 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.4 1,320 Increase0.6
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.8 760 Increase0.1
  Irish Republican Socialist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.6 588 Increase0.6
  Socialist Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.5 434 Increase0.1
  People Before Profit 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.4 321 New
  TUV 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.4 349 New
  NI Conservatives 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.1 103 Decrease0.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Belfast City Council election, 2011
by district[2]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
Sinn Féin DUP SDLP Alliance UUP PUP Others
Balmoral 14.7 1 19.6 1 29.0 2 17.6 1 15.1 1 0.0 0 3.9 0 6
Castle 26.6 2 30.5 2 22.4 1 6.9 0 11.8 1 0.0 0 1.7 0 6
Court 2.8 0 64.4 3 1.5 0 1.2 0 6.0 0 9.7 1 14.4 1 5
Laganbank 17.3 1 14.1 1 27.4 2 19.0 1 11.5 0 0.0 0 10.8 0 5
Lower Falls 75.4 4 0.0 0 10.2 1 0.0 0 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 0.0 0 5.0 0 6
Pottinger 11.3 1 36.8 3 4.8 0 19.9 1 8.3 0 10.7 1 8.1 0 6
Upper Falls 67.8 4 1.4 0 18.1 1 1.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 11.3 0 5
Victoria 0.0 0 32.6 3 1.5 0 36.5 3 17.9 1 6.5 0 5.1 0 7
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

Balmoral - 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Alliance Tom Ekin* 17.70% 1,762                
DUP Ruth Patterson* 15.60% 1,553                
Sinn Féin Máirtín Ó Muilleoir 14.71% 1,465                
SDLP Claire Hanna 14.49% 1,443                
Ulster Unionist Bob Stoker* 9.26% 922 961.27 961.69 972.57 997.17 1,296.56 1,296.74 1,789.74  
SDLP Bernie Kelly* 7.09% 706 793.78 816.51 817.63 916.95 927.52 945.04 1,005.25 1,099.65
SDLP Niall Kelly 7.46% 743 767.15 782.57 783.13 831.22 836.25 852.18 874.21 903.21
Ulster Unionist Jim Kirkpatrick* 5.80% 578 655.91 660.75 665.71 693.72 817.05 817.14    
DUP Sharon Simpson 3.98% 396 412.38 415.8 516.92 541.93        
Green (NI) Mark Simpson 2.83% 282 349.41 400.34 403.3          
People Before Profit Andrew King 1.07% 107 120.86              
Electorate: 18,752   Valid: 9,957 (53.10%)   Spoilt: 139   Quota: 1,423   Turnout: 10,096 (53.84%)  

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

Castle - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Lydia Patterson 14.85% 1,489          
DUP Guy Spence 9.44% 946 949 1,529      
Sinn Féin Tierna Cunningham* 13.74% 1,377 1,404 1,404 1,433    
SDLP Patrick Convery* 13.64% 1,367 1,399 1,404 1,606    
Sinn Féin Mary Ellen Campbell 12.90% 1,293 1,310 1,310 1,326 1,335 1,335
Ulster Unionist David Browne* 11.78% 1,181 1,185 1,211 1,332 1,345 1,440.04
SDLP Cathal Mullaghan* 8.81% 883 903 904 1,120 1,255 1,255.64
Alliance David McKechnie 6.87% 689 726 732      
DUP Lee Reynolds 6.27% 629 632        
Workers' Party John Lavery 1.70% 170          
Electorate: 19,494   Valid: 10,024 (51.42%)   Spoilt: 223   Quota: 1,433   Turnout: 10,247 (52.56%)  

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

Court - 5 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP William Humphrey* 40.05% 2,643        
DUP Brian Kingston 20.77% 1,371        
DUP Naomi Thompson 3.59% 237 1,153.8      
Independent Frank McCoubrey* 11.42% 754 937.6 1,006.48 1,015.36 1,131.36
PUP Hugh Smyth* 9.70% 640 782.2 846.04 862.36 939.38
Ulster Unionist Bobby McConnell 5.98% 395 585.2 698.32 717.88 805.64
Independent Raymond McCord 3.02% 199 263.8 281.72 285.98  
Sinn Féin Karol McKee 2.79% 184 184.6 184.6 184.6  
Alliance Mark Long 1.18% 78 103.8 108.56 109.76  
SDLP Conor McNeill 1.50% 99 101.4 102.24 102.54  
Electorate: 13,455   Valid: 6,600 (49.05%)   Spoilt: 170   Quota: 1,101   Turnout: 6,770 (50.32%)  

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

Laganbank - 5 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Alliance Catherine Curran 18.95% 1,518      
Sinn Féin Deirdre Hargey 17.27% 1,383      
SDLP Patrick McCarthy* 16.99% 1,361      
DUP Christopher Stalford* 14.06% 1,126 1,138.35 1,148.26 1,168.34
SDLP Kate Mullan 10.40% 833 893.06 978.44 1,281.83
Ulster Unionist Michelle Bostock 11.50% 921 952.46 959.11 1,013.43
Green (NI) Clare Bailey 6.24% 500 557.59 727.74  
People Before Profit Mark Hewitt 1.80% 144 152.19    
Socialist Party Paddy Meehan 1.70% 136 139.25    
Workers' Party Paddy Lynn 1.10% 88 91.9    
Electorate: 16,314   Valid: 8,010 (49.10%)   Spoilt: 171   Quota: 1,336   Turnout: 8,181 (50.15%)  

Lower Falls

2005: 5 x Sinn Féin
2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Lower Falls - 5 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Sinn Féin Janice Austin* 19.66% 1,920        
Sinn Féin Steven Corr 16.10% 1,572 1,583.85 1,603.85 1,618 1,677
Sinn Féin Tom Hartley* 15.99% 1,561 1,566.1 1,581.1 1,602.25 1,666.25
Sinn Féin Jim McVeigh 15.33% 1,497 1,499.7 1,531 1,544.15 1,600.45
SDLP Colin Keenan 10.24% 1,000 1,003.15 1,058.15 1,214.15 1,326.15
Sinn Féin Breige Brownlee 8.33% 813 1,070.7 1,109 1,123 1,188.3
éirígí John McCusker 6.63% 647 647.6 723.6 748.6  
Workers' Party John Lowry 4.08% 398 398.45 430.45    
Irish Republican Socialist Jim Gorman 2.14% 209 209.75      
Socialist Party Pat Lawlor 1.52% 148 148.5      
Electorate: 17,238   Valid: 9,765 (56.65%)   Spoilt: 305   Quota: 1,628   Turnout: 10,070 (58.42%)  

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

Oldpark - 6 seats[8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Ian Crozier* 16.31% 1,770        
Sinn Féin Conor Maskey 14.49% 1,573        
DUP Gareth McKee 8.45% 917 1,108.04 1,115.52 1,150.84 1,570.84
Sinn Féin Gerard McCabe 13.75% 1,492 1,492 1,510 1,514 1,568
Sinn Féin Danny Lavery* 12.62% 1,370 1,370.48 1,382.48 1,391.48 1,459.6
SDLP Nichola Mallon 10.91% 1,184 1,185.56 1,217.68 1,334.68 1,430.48
Sinn Féin Mary Clarke 10.87% 1,180 1,180.12 1,189.12 1,203.12 1,255.12
Ulster Unionist Fred Rodgers 4.98% 540 551.76 556.76 613.12  
Irish Republican Socialist Paul Little 3.49% 379 379.24 398.24 406.24  
Alliance James McClure 2.79% 303 305.16 319.28    
Independent Martin McAuley 1.35% 146 146.84      
Electorate: 22,408   Valid: 10,854 (48.44%)   Spoilt: 405   Quota: 1,551   Turnout: 11,259 (50.25%)  

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

Pottinger - 6 seats[9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Alliance Máire Hendron* 19.89% 1,895                
DUP Gavin Robinson 15.99% 1,523                
Sinn Féin Niall Ó Donnghaile 11.31% 1,077 1,085.96 1,086.91 1,086.91 1,091.15 1,117.43 1,128.07 1,155.55 1,373.55
PUP John Kyle 10.73% 1,022 1,084.72 1,091.76 1,101.04 1,109.04 1,112.36 1,176.89 1,210.81 1,257.85
DUP May Campbell* 11.03% 1,051 1,085.24 1,110.76 1,117.19 1,120.05 1,121.05 1,167.41 1,196.81 1,206.01
DUP Adam Newton 9.83% 936 971.84 1,082.61 1,083.72 1,086.79 1,086.79 1,109.97 1,129.71 1,138.63
Ulster Unionist Philip Robinson 8.25% 786 871.76 884.74 890.13 894.09 896.41 964.04 1,007.9 1,048.01
SDLP Séamas De Faoite 4.79% 456 553.92 554.03 555.35 561.59 588.19 615.15 705.91  
Green (NI) David Newman 2.34% 223 353.88 355.31 360.23 394.11 413.99 480.99    
TUV John Hiddleston 2.01% 191 199.64 200.52 206.84 209.16 210.48      
Socialist Party Tommy Black 1.57% 150 163.12 163.67 165.07 177.67 190.27      
Workers' Party Kevin McNally 1.09% 104 111.68 111.79 115.43 125.31        
People Before Profit Donna Marie McCusker 0.73% 70 92.4 92.73 95.01          
Independent Karl Hedley 0.35% 33 42.28 42.83            
Independent Samuel Smyth 0.09% 9 10.6 10.93            
Electorate: 19,929   Valid: 9,526 (47.80%)   Spoilt: 190   Quota: 1,361   Turnout: 9,716 (48.75%)  

Upper Falls

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: No change

Upper Falls - 5 seats[10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Sinn Féin Matt Garrett 18.00% 2,250    
Sinn Féin Gerard O'Neill* 17.47% 2,184    
Sinn Féin Emma Groves 17.07% 2,133    
SDLP Tim Attwood* 16.12% 2,015 2,356  
Sinn Féin Caoimhín Mac Giolla Mhín 15.28% 1,910 1,952 2,009
éirígí Pádraic Mac Coitir 11.32% 1,415 1,428 1,474
SDLP Helen Walsh 2.00% 250    
DUP Eileen Kingston 1.43% 179    
Alliance Dan McGuinness 1.30% 162    
Electorate: 20,530   Valid: 12,498 (60.88%)   Spoilt: 298   Quota: 2,084   Turnout: 12,796 (62.33%)  

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

Victoria - 7 seats[11]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DUP Robin Newton* 16.62% 2,338                  
Alliance Mervyn Jones* 16.49% 2,319                  
Alliance Laura McNamee 11.92% 1,677 1,686.5 2,049.14              
Alliance Andrew Webb 8.08% 1,137 1,143 1,293.48 1,541.24 1,552.24 1,592.1 1,604.1 1,895.1    
Ulster Unionist Jim Rodgers* 9.63% 1,355 1,401.5 1,407.98 1,418.81 1,437.81 1,451.62 1,488.87 1,639.24 1,657.24 1,816.24
DUP Tom Haire 10.22% 1,437 1,555.5 1,558.62 1,562.04 1,565.04 1,568.53 1,584.97 1,617.21 1,622.21 1,759.21
DUP John Hussey 5.77% 812 1,149 1,151.64 1,154.11 1,158.11 1,166.36 1,184.86 1,210.54 1,217.54 1,476.12
Ulster Unionist Ian Adamson* 6.70% 942 955.25 962.69 967.25 989.5 1,003.69 1,028.19 1,112.99 1,131.9 1,228.49
PUP Robert McCartney 6.46% 908 926.75 930.59 932.68 938.68 946.87 963.37 1,005.54 1,028.54  
Green (NI) Ross Campbell 2.24% 315 317.25 322.53 325.95 334.14 353.14 359.14      
Ulster Unionist Stephen Warke 1.54% 216 222.5 224.42 226.32 232.51 237.51 246.51      
SDLP Magdalena Wolska 1.47% 207 207.5 211.58 215.76 217.76 222 223      
TUV Sammy Morrison 1.12% 158 160.25 160.25 161.01 162.01 175.01        
Independent Roy Hobson 1.01% 142 143.75 145.43 147.14 158.39          
NI Conservatives Garry Crosbie 0.73% 103 103.5 103.5 104.07            
Electorate: 25,814   Valid: 14,066 (54.49%)   Spoilt: 280   Quota: 1,759   Turnout: 14,346 (55.57%)  

References

  1. ^ "Niall Ó Donnghaile's year in mayoral chains". 3 November 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Belfast Council results". 11 May 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Balmoral Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Castle Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Court Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Laganbank Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Lower Falls Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Oldpark Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Pottinger Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Upper Falls Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Victoria Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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