2011 Belfast City Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011

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.

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 2 0 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Alliance UUP PUP Seats won 6 3 2 Seat change 2 4 0   Seventh party   Party Independent Seats won 1 Seat change 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

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	2	31.4	30.9	28,234	0.1
	DUP	15	1	1	0	29.4	23.4	21,353	2.3
	SDLP	8	1	1	0	15.7	13.8	12,547	3.3
	Alliance	6	2	0	2	11.8	12.6	11,540	5.8
	UUP	3	0	4	4	5.9	8.6	7,836	5.2
	PUP	2	0	0	0	3.9	2.8	2,570	0.1
	Independent	1	0	0	0	2.0	1.4	1,283	0.4
	Éirígí	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	2,062	New
	Green (NI)	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.4	1,320	0.6
	Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	760	0.1
	Irish Republican Socialist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	588	0.6
	Socialist Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	434	0.1
	People Before Profit	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	321	New
	TUV	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	349	New
	NI Conservatives	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	103	0.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

^[2]

Results of the Belfast City Council election, 2011
by district

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
	UUP	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
	UUP	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
	UUP	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
	UUP	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
	UUP	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
	UUP	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
	UUP	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
	UUP	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
	UUP	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
	UUP	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%)