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.
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="" | Green !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PBP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Balmoral |13.9 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|26.8 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |20.0 |1 |23.0 |1 |5.5 |0 |2.2 |0 |7.2 |0 |0.0 |0 |1.4 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Black Mountain |bgcolor="#008800"|68.8 |bgcolor="#008800"|6 |0.0 |0 |1.5 |0 |5.6 |0 |1.5 |0 |16.1 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |6.5 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Botanic |16.0 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|20.3 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1 |19.5 |1 |10.4 |1 |14.4 |1 |3.9 |0 |3.3 |0 |1.7 |0 |10.4 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Castle |24.4 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|25.2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |15.8 |1 |10.6 |1 |7.8 |1 |1.8 |0 |9.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |5.4 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Collin |bgcolor="#008800"|63.3 |bgcolor="#008800"|4 |2.6 |0 |3.7 |0 |8.0 |1 |2.0 |0 |12.9 |1 |1.1 |0 |0.0 |0 |6.4 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Court |25.1 |2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |2.2 |0 |2.6 |0 |1.3 |0 |6.1 |0 |3.4 |0 |8.2 |1 |6.9 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Lisnasharragh |5.6 |0 |27.9 |2 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|28.8 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2 |8.9 |1 |11.1 |1 |1.2 |0 |8.3 |0 |3.3 |0 |4.7 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Oldpark |bgcolor="#008800"|37.3 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |20.1 |1 |3.4 |0 |25.2 |1 |2.0 |0 |3.9 |1 |2.1 |0 |5.1 |0 |0.8 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Ormiston |0.4 |0 |27.0 |2 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|41.8 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|3 |0.0 |0 |9.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |16.4 |1 |3.0 |0 |1.7 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Titanic |11.6 |0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|29.2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |22.4 |2 |0.0 |0 |6.8 |0 |0.0 |0 |11.9 |1 |10.8 |1 |7.1 |0 |6 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |28.2 |18 |21.5 |15 |15.7 |10 |9.1 |6 |6.0 |4 |5.2 |3 |6.2 |2 |3.1 |2 |5.1 |0 |60
Incumbent candidates are indicated by an asterisk *
District results
Balmoral
2014: 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin 2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Black Mountain
2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x SDLP 2019: 6 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit 2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Botanic
2014: 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2019: 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green 2014-2019 Change: Green gain from UUP
Castle
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green 2014-2019 Change: Green gain from UUP
Collin
2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2019: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x People Before Profit 2014-2019 Change: People Before Profit gain from Sinn Féin
Court
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP, 1 x TUV 2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP 2014-2019 Change: DUP gain 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 from UUP
Oldpark
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP 2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x People Before Profit 2014-2019 Change: People Before Profit gain 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 from UUP
Titanic
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP 2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from Sinn Féin
Changes during the term † Co-options Date co-optedElectoral AreaPartyOutgoingCo-opteeReason 6 January 2020 Castle John Finucane Conor Maskey Finucane was elected to the House of Commons. 14 January 2020 Botanic Deirdre Hargey John Gormley Hargey was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. 7 April 2020 Castle Guy Spence Dean McCullough Spence resigned. 4 May 2020 Balmoral David Graham Gareth Spratt Graham resigned. 1 September 2020 Oldpark Shauneen Baker Nichola Bradley Baker resigned. 17 November 2020 Black Mountain Emma Groves Áine McCabe Groves resigned. 16 February 2022 Collin Stephen Magennis Caoimhín McCann Magennis resigned. 26 May 2022 Ormiston Peter McReynolds Jenna Maghie McReynolds was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. 26 May 2022 Ormiston Sian Mulholland (Formerly O'Neill) Christine Bower Mulholland was co-opted to the Killultagh DEA on Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council, replacing David Honeyford upon his election to the Northern Ireland Assembly. 27 May 2022 Balmoral Kate Nicholl Micky Murray Nicholl was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. 30 May 2022 Castle Nuala McAllister Sam Nelson McAllister was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. 30 May 2022 Collin Danny Baker Joseph Duffy Baker was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. 7 June 2022 Court Brian Kingston Naomi Thompson Kingston was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. 7 June 2022 Lisnasharragh David Brooks Sammy Douglas Brooks was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. 29 November 2022 Black Mountain Steven Corr Róis-Máire Donnelly Corr resigned. 6 January 2023 Oldpark Dale Pankhurst Jordan Doran Pankhurst resigned.
‡ Changes in affiliation DateElectoral AreaNamePrevious affiliationNew affiliationCircumstance6 May 2019OrmistonJim Rodgers UUP whip withdrawn following a controversial election leaflet about Alliance.20 May 2021OrmistonJim Rodgers UUP whip restored by outgoing UUP leader Steve Aiken.12 December 2021TitanicCarole Howard Defected from Alliance to UUP to more openly express her pro-Union views.16 December 2021TitanicJohn Kyle Left the PUP over disagreements relating to the NI Protocol.10 February 2022TitanicJohn Kyle Joined the UUP having previously left the PUP.30 March 2023OldparkPaul McCusker Left the SDLP after feeling "frustrated and disheartened" with local politics and believing he was best placed to run in the upcoming council election as an independent.
Suspensions None
Last update 30 March 2023.
Current composition: see Belfast City Council.
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