2019 Belfast City Council election


The 2019 election to Belfast City Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 60 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Results by party

Council composition

Following the previous election in 2014, the composition of the council was:
After the election, the composition of the council was:

Results by Electoral Area

Incumbent candidates are indicated by an asterisk *

Balmoral

2014: 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Fein, 1 x UUP

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Fein

2014-2019 Change: DUP gain one seat from UUP

Black Mountain

2014: 5 x Sinn Fein, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x SDLP

2019: 6 x Sinn Fein, 1 x People Before Profit

2014-2019 Change: Sinn Fein gain one seat from SDLP

Botanic

2014: 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2019: 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green

2014-2019 Change: Green gain one seat from UUP

Castle

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Fein, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Fein, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green

2014-2019 Change: Green gain one seat from UUP

Collin

2014: 5 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP

2019: 4 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x People Before Profit

2014-2019 Change: People Before Profit gain one seat from Sinn Fein

Court

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Fein, 1 x PUP, 1 x TUV

2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Fein, 1 x PUP

2014-2019 Change: DUP gain one seat from TUV

Lisnasharragh

2014: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2019: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green

2014-2019 Change: Green gain one seat from UUP

Oldpark

2014: 3 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP

2019: 3 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x People Before Profit

2014-2019 Change: People Before Profit gain one seat from PUP

Ormiston

2014: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Green

2019: 3 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green

2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain one seat from UUP

Titanic

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Sinn Fein

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP

2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain one seat from Sinn Fein

Changes during the term

† Co-options

‡ Changes in affiliation

None

– Suspensions

None
Last update 6 May 2020.
Current composition: see Belfast City Council.''