Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 22 May 2014 – on the same day as other local government elections in Northern Ireland – as part of the process of local government reform provided for in the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.
The councils elected in the 2014 local elections across Northern Ireland operated in shadow form for one year, with the 26 councils which they replaced existing in parallel. The local government reorganisation and electoral administration is founded by the Local Government Bill.Text of Bill Northern Ireland Assembly
This reform saw the Belfast City Council area expand from 51 to 60 wards. Expansion saw some areas along the western, southern and eastern fringes of Belfast incorporated into the city, with a total of 53,000 additional residents and 21,000 households transferred from bordering council areas.Belfast City Council A total of 60 councillors were elected.Belfast City Council
Data derived from the Council website.Results
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Green !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | TUV !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Balmoral |17.1 |1 |21.5 |1 |13.9 |1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|23.7 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|1 |9.9 |1 |6.0 |0 |2.5 |0 |0.0 |0 |5.3 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Black Mountain |bgcolor="#008800"|68.0 |bgcolor="#008800"|5 |0.0 |0 |0.8 |0 |10.0 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |21.2 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|Botanic |14.7 |1 |14.1 |1 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|17.9 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|1 |16.7 |1 |8.5 |1 |3.9 |0 |8.6 |0 |5.7 |0 |9.9 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Castle |bgcolor="#008800"|25.1 |bgcolor="#008800"|1 |24.7 |2 |9.6 |1 |16.6 |1 |10.7 |1 |6.2 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |7.1 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Collin |bgcolor="#008800"|67.4 |bgcolor="#008800"|5 |0.0 |0 |3.8 |0 |14.1 |1 |4.3 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |10.3 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Court |24.0 |2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |1.1 |0 |4.9 |0 |5.7 |0 |19.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |7.3 |1 |6.3 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Lisnasharragh |6.1 |0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|32.8 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |24.6 |2 |8.4 |1 |13.0 |1 |6.0 |0 |4.6 |0 |0.0 |0 |4.5 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Oldpark |bgcolor="#008800"|44.6 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |18.1 |1 |3.0 |0 |8.8 |1 |3.5 |0 |7.3 |1 |0.0 |0 |3.0 |0 |11.6 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Ormiston |0.4 |0 |26.4 |2 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|27.1 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2 |0.7 |0 |19.3 |2 |5.5 |0 |6.4 |1 |4.9 |0 |9.2 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Titanic |11.7 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|26.1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |15.1 |2 |1.0 |0 |16.7 |1 |11.6 |1 |2.1 |0 |5.8 |0 |9.8 |0 |6 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |29.2 |19 |19.0 |13 |11.4 |8 |10.0 |7 |9.0 |7 |6.5 |3 |2.3 |1 |2.6 |1 |10.0 |1 |60
District results
Balmoral
2014: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
Black Mountain
2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x SDLP
Botanic
2014: 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
Castle
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
Collin
2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
Court
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP, 1 x TUV
Lisnasharragh
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
Oldpark
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x PUP
Ormiston
2014: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Green
Titanic
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP
* Incumbent
Changes during the term † Co-options Date co-optedElectoral AreaPartyOutgoingCo-opteeReason29 Oct 2014Balmoral Máirtín Ó MuilleoirGeraldine McAteerÓ Muilleoir was co-opted to the NI Assembly.16 Jun 2015Titanic Gavin RobinsonBrian KennedyRobinson was elected to the House of Commons.28 Jul 2015Balmoral Claire HannaDonal LyonsHanna was co-opted to the NI Assembly.1 Sep 2015Ormiston Laura McNameeSian O'NeillMcNamee resigned.14 Sep 2015Collin Bill GrovesSéanna WalshGroves resigned.24 May 2016Black Mountain Gerry CarrollMatthew CollinsCarroll was elected to the NI Assembly.26 May 2016Titanic Niall Ó DonnghaileMairéad O'DonnellÓ Donnghaile was elected to the Seanad Éireann.27 May 2016Balmoral Christopher StalfordLee ReynoldsStalford was elected to the NI Assembly.23 May 2016Oldpark Nichola MallonPaul McCuskerMallon was elected to the NI Assembly3 Jun 2016Balmoral Paula BradshawKate NichollBradshaw was elected to the NI Assembly26 Jun 2016Ormiston Mervyn JonesPeter McReynoldsJones died1 Nov 2016Titanic Brian KennedyGeorge DorrianKennedy resigned16 Nov 2016Ormiston Ross BrownGeorgina MilneBrown resigned19 Oct 2017Black Mountain Janice AustinOrla Nic BiornaAustin resigned6 Nov 2017Collin David BellDanny BakerBell resigned11 Jan 2018Oldpark Gerry McCabeRyan MurphyMcCabe resigned.11 Jan 2018Court Jim McVeighClaire CanavanMcVeigh resigned.27 Jan 2018Oldpark Gareth McKeeDale PankhurstMcKee resigned.14 Dec 2018Court Mary McConvilleChristina BlackMcConville resigned
‡ Changes in affiliation DateElectoral AreaNamePrevious affiliationNew affiliationCircumstance21 Nov 2015BotanicRuth Patterson Expelled.28 Oct 2016BotanicGraham Craig Defected.28 Feb 2017CourtJolene Bunting Resigned.19 Jun 2017BotanicDeclan Boyle Resigned.19 Jun 2017CastlePatrick Convery Resigned.19 Jun 2017LisnasharraghKate Mullan Resigned.
– Suspensions Ruth Patterson (Independent) was suspended from the council from 4 March 2019 to the end of her term in May.
Last update 24 March 2019.
Current composition: see Belfast City Council.
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