2005 Belfast City Council election
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All 51 seats to Belfast City Council 26 seats needed for a majority | |||
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.svg) Party with the most votes by district. | |||
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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
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| DUP | 15 |  5
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25.8 | 25,722 | 7.7
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| Sinn Féin | 14 | 
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30.6 | 30,531 | 2.2
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| SDLP | 8 |  1
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17.1 | 17,058 | 0.3
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| UUP | 7 | 4
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13.8 | 13,756 | 4.5
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| Alliance | 4 | 1
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6.8 | 6,808 |
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| PUP | 2 | 1
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2.7 | 2,713 | 3.1
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| Independent | 1 |
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1.0 | 1,007 | 2.0
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| Green (NI) | 0 | New | 0.8 | 801 | New | ||||
| Workers' Party of Ireland | 0 |
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0.7 | 698 | |||||
| Socialist Party | 0 | New | 0.3 | 338 | |||||
| NI Conservatives | 0 |
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0.2 | 243 | |||||
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
| Ward | % |
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Total Cllrs |
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| colspan=2 bgcolor="Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" | SF | colspan=2 bgcolor="Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" | DUP | colspan=2 bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color"| SDLP | colspan=2 bgcolor="Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" | Alliance | colspan=2 bgcolor="Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | 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
- ^ "Niall Ó Donnghaile's year in mayoral chains". 3 November 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ "Belfast Council results". 11 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
