Belfast City Council election, 2005

Belfast City Council election, 2005

May 5, 2005

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

Party with the most votes by district.

Lord Mayor before election Tom Ekin Alliance Lord Mayor Wallace Browne DUP

Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 5 May 2005 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 2005[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	DUP	15					25.8	25,722
	Sinn Féin	14					30.6	30,53
	SDLP	8					17.1	17,058
	UUP	7					13.8	13,756
	Alliance	4					6.8	6,808
	PUP	2					2.7	2,713
	Independent	1					1.0	1,007
	Green (NI)	0					0.8	801
	Workers' Party	0					0.7	698
	Socialist Party	0					0.3	338
	NI Conservatives	0					0.2	243

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	10.3	0	22.2	2	33.1	2	12.9	1	19.7	1	1.8	0	6
Castle	18.6	1	38.6	2	27.1	2	2.5	0	10.5	1	2.7	0	6
Court	3.3	0	67.7	3	0.0	0	0.0	0	7.7	0	21.3	2	5
Laganbank	17.8	1	15.1	1	31.5	2	9.5	0	18.8	1	7.2	0	5
Lower Falls	85.2	5	0.0	0	11.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	3.5	0	5
Oldpark	47.5	3	22.3	1	15.9	1	0.0	0	7.9	1	7.0	0	6
Pottinger	8.9	0	41.7	3	6.3	0	7.5	1	22.0	1	13.5	1	6
Upper Falls	75.2	4	0.0	0	24.8	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Victoria	0.0	0	37.5	3	2.4	0	23.4	2	33.0	2	3.8	0	7
Total	30.9	16	23.4	15	13.8	8	12.6	6	8.6	3		0	51

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 18 June 2016.