Belfast City Council election, 2011

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Belfast City Council election, 2011

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  2005 May 5, 2011 (2011-05-05) 2014  

All 51 seats to Belfast City Council
26 seats needed for a majority

 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Sinn Féin DUP SDLP
Seats won16158
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2--

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Alliance UUP PUP
Seats won632
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 4-

 Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won1
Seat change-

Belfast City Council election, 2011 (Party with most votes by district).svg

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.

Belfast City Council local government body for the city in Northern Ireland

Belfast City Council 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 333,871 (2011), the largest of any district council in Northern Ireland, while also being the fourth smallest by area. Belfast City Council is the primary council of the Belfast Metropolitan Area, a grouping of six district councils with commuter towns and overspill from Belfast, containing a total population of 579,276.

Northern Ireland is divided into 11 districts for local government purposes. In Northern Ireland, local councils do not carry out the same range of functions as those in the rest of the United Kingdom; for example they have no responsibility for education, road-building or housing. Their functions include planning, waste and recycling services, leisure and community services, building control and local economic and cultural development. The collection of rates is handled centrally by the Land and Property Services agency of the Northern Ireland Executive.

Contents

Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party, and Niall Ó Donnghaile became Lord Mayor. [1]

Sinn Féin is a left-wing Irish republican political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Niall Ó Donnghaile Irish politician

Niall Ó Donnghaile[ˈnʲiəl̪ˠ oː ˈd̪ˠɔn̪ˠɣalʲə] is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has served as a Senator since April 2016. He previously served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2011 to 2012 and Councillor on Belfast City Council from 2011 to 2016.

Election results

Belfast Local Election Result 2011 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Sinn Féin 1631Increase2.svg 231.430.928,234+0.1
  DUP 1511Steady2.svg 029.423.421,353-2.3
  SDLP 811Steady2.svg 015.713.812,547-3.3
  Alliance 620Increase2.svg 211.812.611,540+5.8
  UUP 304Decrease2.svg 45.98.67,836-5.2
  PUP 200Steady2.svg 03.92.82,570+0.1
  Éirígí 000Steady2.svg 002.32,062+2.3
  Green (NI) 000Steady2.svg 001.41,320+0.6
  Workers' Party 000Steady2.svg 000.8760+0.1
  Irish Republican Socialist 000Steady2.svg 000.6588+0.6
  Socialist Party 000Steady2.svg 000.5434+0.1
  People Before Profit 000Steady2.svg 000.4321+0.4
  TUV 000Steady2.svg 000.4349+0.4
  NI Conservatives 000Steady2.svg 000.1103-0.1
 Procapitalism000Steady2.svg 00090

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

e    d  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
Balmoral14.7119.6129.0217.6115.113.906
Castle26.6230.5222.416.9011.811.706
Court2.8064.431.501.206.0024.125
Laganbank17.3114.1127.4219.0111.5010.805
Lower Falls75.440.0010.210.000.0014.405
Oldpark53.1325.4211.212.905.105.006
Pottinger11.3136.834.8019.918.308.206
Upper Falls67.841.4018.111.300.0011.305
Victoria0.0032.631.5036.5317.9111.607
Total30.91623.41513.8812.668.63051

District results

Balmoral [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Alliance Tom Ekin 1,762
DUP Ruth Patterson1,553
Sinn Féin Máirtín Ó Muilleoir 1,465
SDLP Claire Hanna 1,443
UUP Bob Stoker 922
SDLP Niall Kelly743
SDLP Bernie Kelly706
UUP Jim Kirkpatrick 578
DUP Sharon Simpson396
Green (NI) Mark Simpson282
People Before Profit Andrew King107
Turnout 9,957
Sinn Féin gain from Democratic Unionist
Castle [4]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Lydia Patterson1,489
Sinn Féin Tierna Cunningham1,377
SDLP Pat Convery 1,367
Sinn Féin Mary Campbell1,293
UUP David Browne 1,181
DUP Guy Spence946
SDLP Cathal Mullaghan883
Alliance David McKechnie689
DUP Lee Reynolds629
Workers' Party John Lavery170
Turnout 10,024
Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour
Court [5]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William Humphrey 2,643
DUP Brian Kingston 1,371
Independent Frank McCoubrey 754
PUP Hugh Smyth 640
UUP Bobby McConnell395
DUP Naomi Thompson237
Independent Raymond McCord 199
Sinn Féin Karol McKee184
SDLP Conor McNeill99
Alliance Mark Long78
Turnout 6,600
No change
Laganbank [6]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Alliance Catherine Curran1,518
Sinn Féin Deirdre Hargey1,383
SDLP Patrick McCarthy 1,361
DUP Christopher Stalford1,126
UUP Michelle Bostock921
SDLP Kate Mullan833
Green (NI) Clare Bailey 500
People Before Profit Mark Hewitt144
Socialist Party Paddy Meehan136
Workers' Party Patrick Lynn88
Turnout 8,010
Alliance gain from Ulster Unionist
Lower Falls [7]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Janice Austin1,920
Sinn Féin Steven Corr1,572
Sinn Féin Tom Hartley 1,561
Sinn Féin Jim McVeigh1,497
SDLP Colin Keenan1,000
Sinn Féin Breige Brownlee813
Éirígí John McCusker647
Workers' Party John Lowry 398
Irish Republican Socialist Jim Gorman209
Socialist Party Pat Lawlor148
Turnout 9,765
Social Democratic and Labour gain from Sinn Féin
Oldpark [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Ian Crozier1,770
Sinn Féin Conor Maskey1,573
Sinn Féin Gerard McCabe1,492
Sinn Féin Daniel Lavery1,370
SDLP Nichola Mallon1,184
Sinn Féin Mary Clarke1,180
DUP Gareth McKee917
UUP Fred Rodgers540
Irish Republican Socialist Paul Little379
Alliance James McClure303
Independent Martin McAuley146
Turnout 10,584
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
Pottinger [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Alliance Máire Hendron1,895
DUP Gavin Robinson1,523
Sinn Féin Niall Ó Donnghaile 1,077
DUP May Campbell1,051
PUP John Kyle 1,022
DUP Adam Newton936
UUP Philip Robinson786
SDLP Séamas de Faoite456
Green (NI) David Newman223
TUV John Hiddleston191
Socialist Party Thomas Black150
Workers' Party Kevin McNally104
People Before Profit Donna McCusker70
Independent Karl Hedley33
ProcapitalismSamuel Smyth9
Turnout 9,526
Sinn Féin gain from Ulster Unionist
Upper Falls [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Matt Garrett2,250
Sinn Féin Gerard O'Neill2,184
Sinn Féin Emma Groves2,133
SDLP Tim Attwood2,015
Sinn Féin Caoimhin Mac Giolla Mhín1,910
Éirígí Pádraic Mac Coitir1,415
SDLP Helen Walsh250
DUP Eileen Kingston179
Alliance Dan McGuinness162
Turnout 12,498
No change
Victoria [11]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Robin Newton 2,338
Alliance Mervyn Jones2,319
Alliance Laura McNamee1,677
DUP Tom Haire1,437
UUP Jim Rodgers 1,355
Alliance Andrew Webb1,137
UUP Ian Adamson 942
PUP Robert McCartney908
DUP John Hussey812
Green (NI) Ross Campbell315
UUP Stephen Warke216
SDLP Magdalena Wolska207
TUV Sammy Morrison158
Independent Roy Hobson142
NI Conservatives Garry Crosbie103
Turnout 14,066
Alliance gain from Ulster Unionist

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References

  1. "Niall Ó Donnghaile's year in mayoral chains". 3 November 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  2. "Belfast Council results". 11 May 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  3. Elections 2011: Balmoral, Belfast City Council
  4. Elections 2011: Castle, Belfast City Council
  5. Elections 2011: Court, Belfast City Council
  6. Elections 2011: Laganbank, Belfast City Council
  7. Elections 2011: Lower Falls, Belfast City Council
  8. Elections 2011: Oldpark, Belfast City Council
  9. Elections 2011: Pottinger, Belfast City Council
  10. Elections 2011: Upper Falls, Belfast City Council
  11. Elections 2011: Victoria, Belfast City Council