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2011 Northern Irish local government election
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 2011
2011 Belfast City Council election Northern Ireland Flag of Belfast.svg parliamentary no 2005 Belfast City Council election 2005 2011 05 5 y Belfast City Council election, 2014 2014 All 51 seats to Belfast City Council 26 Sinn Féin 16 2 Democratic Unionist Party 15 0 Social Democratic and Labour Party 8 0 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 6 2 Ulster Unionist Party 3 4 Progressive Unionist Party 2 0 Independent (politician) 1 0 File:Belfast 2011 election.svg 2011 Belfast City Council Election Results, shaded by First Preference Votes. Lord Mayor Pat Convery Social Democratic and Labour Party 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.
Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party, and Niall Ó Donnghaile became Lord Mayor.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20187336 Niall Ó Donnghaile's year in mayoral chains 3 November 2012 23 February 2014
Election results
Belfast local election result 2011https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/95z.stm Belfast Council results 11 May 2011 23 February 2014
Sinn Féin
16
3
1
2
31.4
30.9
28,234
0.1
Democratic Unionist Party
15
1
1
0
29.4
23.4
21,353
2.3
Social Democratic and Labour Party
8
1
1
0
15.7
13.8
12,547
3.3
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
6
2
0
2
11.8
12.6
11,540
5.8
Ulster Unionist Party
3
0
4
4
5.9
8.6
7,836
5.2
Progressive Unionist Party
2
0
0
0
3.9
2.8
2,570
0.1
Independent (politician)
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 Party Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.4
1,320
0.6
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.8
760
0.1
Irish Republican Socialist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.6
588
0.6
Socialist Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.5
434
0.1
People Before Profit Alliance
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.4
321
New
Traditional Unionist Voice
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.4
349
New
Northern Ireland Conservatives
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.1
103
0.1
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Belfast City Council election, 2011by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
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!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party"| SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Progressive Unionist Party" | PUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Balmoral
|14.7
|1
|19.6
|1
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|29.0
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|17.6
|1
|15.1
|1
|0.0
|0
|3.9
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Castle
|26.6
|2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.5
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|22.4
|1
|6.9
|0
|11.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|1.7
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Court
|2.8
|0
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|64.4
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|1.5
|0
|1.2
|0
|6.0
|0
|9.7
|1
|14.4
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Laganbank
|17.3
|1
|14.1
|1
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|27.4
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|19.0
|1
|11.5
|0
|0.0
|0
|10.8
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Lower Falls
|bgcolor="#008800"|75.4
|bgcolor="#008800"|4
|0.0
|0
|10.2
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|14.4
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Oldpark
|bgcolor="#008800"|53.1
|bgcolor="#008800"|3
|25.4
|2
|11.2
|1
|2.9
|0
|5.1
|0
|0.0
|0
|5.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Pottinger
|11.3
|1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.8
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|4.8
|0
|19.9
|1
|8.3
|0
|10.7
|1
|8.1
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Upper Falls
|bgcolor="#008800"|67.8
|bgcolor="#008800"|4
|1.4
|0
|18.1
|1
|1.3
|0
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|11.3
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Victoria
|0.0
|0
|32.6
|3
|1.5
|0
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|36.5
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|3
|17.9
|1
|6.5
|0
|5.1
|0
|7
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| 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 seatsBalmoral Result Sheet https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/e1/e1ec9d94-0fcf-4128-8edb-e62d5bb7e8b6.pdf EONI 8 July 2021
9
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Tom Ekin*
1,762
17.70%
Democratic Unionist Party
Ruth Patterson*
1,553
15.60%
Sinn Féin
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
1,465
14.71%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Claire Hanna
1,443
14.49%
Ulster Unionist Party
Bob Stoker*
922
9.26%
961.27
961.69
972.57
997.17
1,296.56
1,296.74
1,789.74
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Bernie Kelly*
706
7.09%
793.78
816.51
817.63
916.95
927.52
945.04
1,005.25
1,099.65
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Niall Kelly
743
7.46%
767.15
782.57
783.13
831.22
836.25
852.18
874.21
903.21
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Kirkpatrick*
578
5.80%
655.91
660.75
665.71
693.72
817.05
817.14
Democratic Unionist Party
Sharon Simpson
396
3.98%
412.38
415.8
516.92
541.93
Green Party Northern Ireland
Mark Simpson
282
2.83%
349.41
400.34
403.3
People Before Profit Alliance
Andrew King
107
1.07%
120.86
9
18,752
9,957 (53.10%)
139
1,423
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 seatsCastle Result Sheet https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/87/87b98096-a793-4ad2-b3e2-cf74796a3b8a.pdf EONI 8 July 2021
6
Democratic Unionist Party
Lydia Patterson
1,489
14.85%
Democratic Unionist Party
Guy Spence
946
9.44%
949
1,529
Sinn Féin
Tierna Cunningham*
1,377
13.74%
1,404
1,404
1,433
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Convery*
1,367
13.64%
1,399
1,404
1,606
Sinn Féin
Mary Ellen Campbell
1,293
12.90%
1,310
1,310
1,326
1,335
1,335
Ulster Unionist Party
David Browne*
1,181
11.78%
1,185
1,211
1,332
1,345
1,440.04
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Cathal Mullaghan*
883
8.81%
903
904
1,120
1,255
1,255.64
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
David McKechnie
689
6.87%
726
732
Democratic Unionist Party
Lee Reynolds
629
6.27%
632
Workers' Party (Ireland)
John Lavery
170
1.70%
6
19,494
10,024 (51.42%)
223
1,433
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 seatsCourt Result Sheet https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/fc/fc1433bd-c587-40d1-811c-c24afc78d555.pdf EONI 8 July 2021
5
Democratic Unionist Party
William Humphrey*
2,643
40.05%
Democratic Unionist Party
Brian Kingston
1,371
20.77%
Democratic Unionist Party
Naomi Thompson
237
3.59%
1,153.8
Independent (politician)
Frank McCoubrey*
754
11.42%
937.6
1,006.48
1,015.36
1,131.36
Progressive Unionist Party
Hugh Smyth*
640
9.70%
782.2
846.04
862.36
939.38
Ulster Unionist Party
Bobby McConnell
395
5.98%
585.2
698.32
717.88
805.64
Independent (politician)
Raymond McCord
199
3.02%
263.8
281.72
285.98
Sinn Féin
Karol McKee
184
2.79%
184.6
184.6
184.6
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Mark Long
78
1.18%
103.8
108.56
109.76
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Conor McNeill
99
1.50%
101.4
102.24
102.54
5
13,455
6,600 (49.05%)
170
1,101
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 seatsLaganbank Result Sheet https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/f1/f10c8b25-03a8-4ba3-a745-ae536b39d153.pdf EONI 8 July 2021
4
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Catherine Curran
1,518
18.95%
Sinn Féin
Deirdre Hargey
1,383
17.27%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McCarthy*
1,361
16.99%
Democratic Unionist Party
Christopher Stalford*
1,126
14.06%
1,138.35
1,148.26
1,168.34
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Kate Mullan
833
10.40%
893.06
978.44
1,281.83
Ulster Unionist Party
Michelle Bostock
921
11.50%
952.46
959.11
1,013.43
Green Party Northern Ireland
Clare Bailey
500
6.24%
557.59
727.74
People Before Profit Alliance
Mark Hewitt
144
1.80%
152.19
Socialist Party (Ireland)
Paddy Meehan
136
1.70%
139.25
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Paddy Lynn
88
1.10%
91.9
4
16,314
8,010 (49.10%)
171
1,336
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 seatsLower Falls Result Sheet https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/3b/3b768773-7d0a-429f-aa16-fc957d5a1e2a.pdf EONI 8 July 2021
5
Sinn Féin
Janice Austin*
1,920
19.66%
Sinn Féin
Steven Corr
1,572
16.10%
1,583.85
1,603.85
1,618
1,677
Sinn Féin
Tom Hartley*
1,561
15.99%
1,566.1
1,581.1
1,602.25
1,666.25
Sinn Féin
Jim McVeigh
1,497
15.33%
1,499.7
1,531
1,544.15
1,600.45
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Colin Keenan
1,000
10.24%
1,003.15
1,058.15
1,214.15
1,326.15
Sinn Féin
Breige Brownlee
813
8.33%
1,070.7
1,109
1,123
1,188.3
Éirígí
John McCusker
647
6.63%
647.6
723.6
748.6
Workers' Party (Ireland)
John Lowry
398
4.08%
398.45
430.45
Irish Republican Socialist Party
Jim Gorman
209
2.14%
209.75
Socialist Party (Ireland)
Pat Lawlor
148
1.52%
148.5
5
17,238
9,765 (56.65%)
305
1,628
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 seatsOldpark Result Sheet https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/8e/8e8e8440-9e79-4cd8-9025-bb928fa21a8d.pdf EONI 8 July 2021 9 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190903/https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/8e/8e8e8440-9e79-4cd8-9025-bb928fa21a8d.pdf dead
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Democratic Unionist Party
Ian Crozier*
1,770
16.31%
Sinn Féin
Conor Maskey
1,573
14.49%
Democratic Unionist Party
Gareth McKee
917
8.45%
1,108.04
1,115.52
1,150.84
1,570.84
Sinn Féin
Gerard McCabe
1,492
13.75%
1,492
1,510
1,514
1,568
Sinn Féin
Danny Lavery*
1,370
12.62%
1,370.48
1,382.48
1,391.48
1,459.6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Nichola Mallon
1,184
10.91%
1,185.56
1,217.68
1,334.68
1,430.48
Sinn Féin
Mary Clarke
1,180
10.87%
1,180.12
1,189.12
1,203.12
1,255.12
Ulster Unionist Party
Fred Rodgers
540
4.98%
551.76
556.76
613.12
Irish Republican Socialist Party
Paul Little
379
3.49%
379.24
398.24
406.24
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James McClure
303
2.79%
305.16
319.28
Independent (politician)
Martin McAuley
146
1.35%
146.84
5
22,408
10,854 (48.44%)
405
1,551
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 seatsPottinger Result Sheet https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/33/3394eba1-d697-4667-9484-9ca58ebaabc7.pdf EONI 8 July 2021
9
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Máire Hendron*
1,895
19.89%
Democratic Unionist Party
Gavin Robinson
1,523
15.99%
Sinn Féin
Niall Ó Donnghaile
1,077
11.31%
1,085.96
1,086.91
1,086.91
1,091.15
1,117.43
1,128.07
1,155.55
1,373.55
Progressive Unionist Party
John Kyle
1,022
10.73%
1,084.72
1,091.76
1,101.04
1,109.04
1,112.36
1,176.89
1,210.81
1,257.85
Democratic Unionist Party
May Campbell*
1,051
11.03%
1,085.24
1,110.76
1,117.19
1,120.05
1,121.05
1,167.41
1,196.81
1,206.01
Democratic Unionist Party
Adam Newton
936
9.83%
971.84
1,082.61
1,083.72
1,086.79
1,086.79
1,109.97
1,129.71
1,138.63
Ulster Unionist Party
Philip Robinson
786
8.25%
871.76
884.74
890.13
894.09
896.41
964.04
1,007.9
1,048.01
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Séamas De Faoite
456
4.79%
553.92
554.03
555.35
561.59
588.19
615.15
705.91
Green Party Northern Ireland
David Newman
223
2.34%
353.88
355.31
360.23
394.11
413.99
480.99
Traditional Unionist Voice
John Hiddleston
191
2.01%
199.64
200.52
206.84
209.16
210.48
Socialist Party (Ireland)
Tommy Black
150
1.57%
163.12
163.67
165.07
177.67
190.27
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Kevin McNally
104
1.09%
111.68
111.79
115.43
125.31
People Before Profit Alliance
Donna Marie McCusker
70
0.73%
92.4
92.73
95.01
Independent (politician)
Karl Hedley
33
0.35%
42.28
42.83
Independent (politician)
Samuel Smyth
9
0.09%
10.6
10.93
9
19,929
9,526 (47.80%)
190
1,361
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 seatsUpper Falls Result Sheet https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/09/095ac72d-1e29-4611-bc11-4bb08323083d.pdf EONI 8 July 2021 4 December 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221204050043/https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/09/095ac72d-1e29-4611-bc11-4bb08323083d.pdf dead
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Sinn Féin
Matt Garrett
2,250
18.00%
Sinn Féin
Gerard O'Neill*
2,184
17.47%
Sinn Féin
Emma Groves
2,133
17.07%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Tim Attwood*
2,015
16.12%
2,356
Sinn Féin
Caoimhín Mac Giolla Mhín
1,910
15.28%
1,952
2,009
Éirígí
Pádraic Mac Coitir
1,415
11.32%
1,428
1,474
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Helen Walsh
250
2.00%
Democratic Unionist Party
Eileen Kingston
179
1.43%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Dan McGuinness
162
1.30%
3
20,530
12,498 (60.88%)
298
2,084
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 seatsVictoria Result Sheet https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/57/571531c4-41ef-4c1f-877d-7352347cf343.pdf EONI 8 July 2021 9 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190207/https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/57/571531c4-41ef-4c1f-877d-7352347cf343.pdf dead
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Democratic Unionist Party
Robin Newton*
2,338
16.62%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Mervyn Jones*
2,319
16.49%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Laura McNamee
1,677
11.92%
1,686.5
2,049.14
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Andrew Webb
1,137
8.08%
1,143
1,293.48
1,541.24
1,552.24
1,592.1
1,604.1
1,895.1
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Rodgers*
1,355
9.63%
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
Democratic Unionist Party
Tom Haire
1,437
10.22%
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
Democratic Unionist Party
John Hussey
812
5.77%
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
Ulster Unionist Party
Ian Adamson*
942
6.70%
955.25
962.69
967.25
989.5
1,003.69
1,028.19
1,112.99
1,131.9
1,228.49
Progressive Unionist Party
Robert McCartney
908
6.46%
926.75
930.59
932.68
938.68
946.87
963.37
1,005.54
1,028.54
Green Party Northern Ireland
Ross Campbell
315
2.24%
317.25
322.53
325.95
334.14
353.14
359.14
Ulster Unionist Party
Stephen Warke
216
1.54%
222.5
224.42
226.32
232.51
237.51
246.51
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Magdalena Wolska
207
1.47%
207.5
211.58
215.76
217.76
222
223
Traditional Unionist Voice
Sammy Morrison
158
1.12%
160.25
160.25
161.01
162.01
175.01
Independent (politician)
Roy Hobson
142
1.01%
143.75
145.43
147.14
158.39
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Garry Crosbie
103
0.73%
103.5
103.5
104.07
10
25,814
14,066 (54.49%)
280
1,759
14,346 (55.57%)
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