2023 Belfast City Council election

The 2023 election to Belfast City Council is scheduled to be held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England.[2] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.[3]

Main article: 2023 Northern Ireland local elections
2023 Belfast City Council election
18 May 2023
All 60 council seats
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Michelle O'Neill[n 1] Jeffrey Donaldson Naomi Long
Party Sinn Féin DUP Alliance
Last election 18 15 10
Seats before 18 15 9
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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GPNI
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Leader Colum Eastwood Malachai O'Hara Eamonn McCann[n 2]
Party SDLP Green (NI) People Before Profit
Last election 6 4 3
Seats before 5 4 3
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
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PUP
Leader Doug Beattie Billy Hutchinson
Party Ulster Unionist PUP
Last election 2 2
Seats before 4 1
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

TBC

They will return 60 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Election results
2023 Belfast local election result
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Sinn Féin
  DUP
  Alliance
  SDLP
  Green (NI)
  People Before Profit
  Ulster Unionist
  PUP
  Independent
  Aontú
  Workers' Party
  TUV
  Irish Republican Socialist
  NI Conservatives

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
Results of the 2023 Belfast City Council election
by district
District Electoral Area (DEA)  %
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Cllrs
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Sinn Féin DUP Alliance SDLP Green PBP UUP PUP Independents and others
Balmoral 5
Black Mountain 7
Botanic 5
Castle 6
Collin 6
Court 6
Lisnasharragh 6
Oldpark 6
Ormiston 7
Titanic 6
Total 60

District results

Balmoral

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

2023:

2019–2023 Change:

Balmoral - 5 seats[4][5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
Sinn Féin Geraldine McAteer* 19.91% 2,037
Alliance Tara Brooks 15.80% 1,522 1,530.64 1,555.28 1,729.28
DUP Sarah Bunting* 14.79% 1,513 1,513.32 1,514.32 1,523.32
Green (NI) Lauren Kendall 3.26% 333 334.60 340.08
Ulster Unionist Joshua Lowry 5.39% 551 551.16 554.16 567.16
SDLP Donal Lyons* 15.80% 1,616 1,641.28 1,894.28
SDLP Sarah Mulgrew 3.16% 323 332.12
Alliance Micky Murray* 10.66% 1,090 1,096.72 1,121.16 1,197.16
Sinn Féin Seán Napier 4.17% 427 699.80 716.72 755
DUP Gareth Spratt* 7.99% 817 817 818 825
Electorate: 18,691   Valid: 10,229   Spoilt: 147   Quota: 1,705   Turnout: 10,376 (55.51%)  

    Black Mountain

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

    2023:

    2019–2023 Change:

    Black Mountain - 7 seats[4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234
    Sinn Féin Ciarán Beattie* 14.63% 2,336
    Alliance Ryan Brown 1.04% 166 171.04 171.39 185.53
    Sinn Féin Arder Carson* 12.98% 2,073
    People Before Profit Matt Collins* 8.24% 1,316 1,330.14 1,334.13 1,353.13
    SDLP Paul Doherty 10.55% 1,685 1,700.96 1,706.77 1,718.05
    Sinn Féin Michael Donnelly* 13.51% 2,158
    Sinn Féin Róis-Máire Donnelly* 9.62% 1,536 1,575.06 1,589.29 1,594.27
    Aontú Gerard Herdman 3.40% 543 544.96 545.66 547.66
    Green (NI) Stevie Maginn 0.43% 68 68.70 68.77
    Sinn Féin Aine McCabe* 11.51% 1,838 1,4848.50 1,853.12 1,860.40
    Sinn Féin Ronan McLaughlin* 10.27% 1,641 1,867.24 1,983.65 1,986.65
    Workers' Party Ursula Meighan 1.16% 185 186.82 188.36 188.36
    Irish Republican Socialist Dan Murphy 2.67% 426 429.78 431.53 432.53
    Electorate: 27,143   Valid: 15,971   Spoilt: 309   Quota: 1,997   Turnout: 16,280 (59.98%)  

      Botanic

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

      2023:

      2019–2023 Change:

      Botanic - 5 seats[4]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      TUV Billy Dickson
      Ulster Unionist Jeffrey Dudgeon
      Sinn Féin Emma-Jane Faulkner
      Sinn Féin John Gormley*
      Green (NI) Áine Groogan*
      DUP Tracy Kelly*
      DUP Darren Leighton
      Workers' Party Paddy Lynn
      NI Conservatives Idris Maiga
      Alliance Emmet McDonough-Brown*
      SDLP Gary McKeown*
      Socialist Party Neil Moore
      Alliance Chris Ogle
      People Before Profit Sipho Sibanda    
      Valid:   Quota:  

        Castle

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

        2023:

        2019–2023 Change:

        Castle - 6 seats[4]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234
        Sinn Féin Brónach Anglin 20.15% 2,479
        Sinn Féin Conor Maskey* 16.81% 2,068
        DUP Fred Cobain* 14.43% 1,775
        DUP Dean McCullough* 13.59% 1,671 1,673.31 1,673.85 2,021.85
        Alliance Sam Nelson* 11.31% 1,392 1,546.11 1,590.03 1,772.03
        SDLP Carl Whyte* 8.51% 1,047 1,378.98 1,511.28 1,608.53
        Green (NI) Malachai O'Hara* 7.96% 979 1,137.73 1,225.75 1,474.88
        Ulster Unionist Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston 4.50% 553 555.64 556.72
        People Before Profit Barney Doherty 2.03% 250 300.16 327.16
        Workers' Party Lily Kerr 0.70% 86 102.17 111.17
        Electorate: 23,442   Valid: 12,479   Spoilt: 179   Quota: 1,758   Turnout: 12,300  

          Collin

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

          2023:

          2019–2023 Change:

          Collin - 6 seats[4]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1
          People Before Profit Michael Collins*  
          Workers' Party Paddy Crossan
          Sinn Féin Joe Duffy*
          Sinn Féin Matt Garrett*
          Green (NI) Ash Jones
          Independent Tony Mallon
          Sinn Féin Caoimhín McCann*
          Aontú Luke McCann
          SDLP Gerard McDonald
          Independent Julieann McNally
          Alliance Eoin Millar
          Sinn Féin Clíodhna Nic Bhranair
          Sinn Féin Séanna Walsh*
          Valid:   Quota:  

            Court

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

            2023:

            2019–2023 Change:

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            Court - 6 seats[4]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            123456
            DUP Frank McCoubrey* 22.00% 2,645
            Sinn Féin Tina Black* 15.15% 1,822
            DUP Nicola Verner* 14.83% 1,783
            Sinn Féin Claire Canavan* 13.44% 1,616 1,616.70 1,697.65 1,698.65 1,698.74 1,712.04
            DUP Ian McLaughlin 8.26% 993 1,656.25 1,656.25 1,661.30 1,702.37 1,703.40
            TUV Ron McDowell 8.01% 963 1,090.40 1,090.50 1,093.50 1,098.73 1,098.73
            PUP Billy Hutchinson* 5.65% 679 789.25 789.35 790.35 795.63 795.63
            People Before Profit Cailín McCaffery 3.39% 408 409.05 411.40 411.40 411.52 436.62
            Irish Republican Socialist Michael Kelly 3.32% 399 399.00 402.5 402.5 402.53 406.78
            Alliance Ally Haydock 2.74% 329 333.20 333.80 336.80 337.43 337.48
            SDLP Olcan McSparron 1.46% 175 176.05 177.55 178.55 178.61 189.66
            Green (NI) Sara Haller 0.90% 108 110.45 110.8 111.8 111.92 117.97
            Workers' Party Tony Walls 0.71% 85 85.00 85.85 85.9 85.93
            Independent Geoffrey Wilson 0.15% 18 19.05 19.10
            Electorate: 23,779   Valid: 12,023   Spoilt: 252   Quota: 1,718   Turnout: 12,275 (51.62%)  

              Lisnasharragh

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

              2023:

              2019–2023 Change:

              Lisnasharragh - 6 seats[4]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              12345
              People Before Profit Nick Cropper 1.67% 200 200.34
              SDLP Séamas de Faoite* 13.19% 1,580 1,580.17 1,598.34 1,629.51 1,635.51
              DUP Davy Douglas 17.39% 2,083
              DUP Bradley Ferguson 8.85% 1,060 1,391.84 1,649.26 1,992.26
              TUV Stephen Ferguson 3.07% 368 375.14
              Alliance Eric Hanvey* 9.00% 1,078 1,078.68 1,099.02 1,160.36 1,205.36
              Alliance Michael Long* 12.00% 1,437 1,439.21 1,462.21 1,602.57 1,638.57
              Sinn Féin Stevie Jenkins 10.28% 1,231 1,231.17 1,250.17 1,250.17 1,250.17
              Ulster Unionist Bill Manwaring 6.85% 820 828.67 921.71
              Alliance Anna McErlean 8.03% 961 961.85 965.85 1,037.87 1,054.87
              Green (NI) Brian Smyth* 9.66% 1,157 1,158.19 1,273.53 1,422.91 1,491.91
              Electorate: 21,488   Valid: 11,975   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 1,711   Turnout: 12,091 (56.27%)  

                Oldpark

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

                2023:

                2019–2023 Change:

                Oldpark - 6 seats[4]
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                1
                Sinn Féin Nichola Bradley*
                SDLP Charlotte Carson
                Green (NI) Ange Cruz
                DUP Jordan Doran*
                People Before Profit Fiona Ferguson*
                Sinn Féin JJ Magee*
                Workers' Party Fiona McCarthy
                TUV Ann McClure
                Independent Paul McCusker*
                Sinn Féin Ryan Murphy*
                Sinn Féin Tomás Ó Néill
                Alliance Chris Shannon
                DUP Gillian Simpson
                Valid:   Quota:  

                  Ormiston

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

                  2023:

                  2019–2023 Change:

                  Ormiston - 7 seats[4]
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  1
                  Alliance Christine Bower*
                  People Before Profit Fiona Doran
                  Green (NI) Anthony Flynn*
                  TUV John Hiddleston
                  Ulster Unionist Carole Howard*
                  DUP James Lawlor
                  Alliance Jenna Maghie*
                  Sinn Féin Caitríona Mallaghan
                  DUP Andrew McCormick
                  SDLP Lorcan McGuirk
                  Alliance Ross McMullan*
                  Ulster Unionist Jim Rodgers*
                  Alliance Caitlin Sullivan
                  Valid:   Quota:  

                    Titanic

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

                    2023:

                    2019–2023 Change:

                    Titanic - 6 seats[4]
                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                    1
                    Alliance David Bell
                    DUP Ruth Brooks
                    Ulster Unionist Sonia Copeland*
                    Sinn Féin Pádraig Donnelly
                    DUP George Dorrian*
                    DUP Sammy Douglas*
                    Green (NI) Gillian Hamilton
                    Alliance Fiona McAteer
                    SDLP Elly Omondi
                    TUV Anne Smyth
                    Valid:   Quota:  

                      Notes
                      1. The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.
                      2. People Before Profit has a collective leadership but for the purposes of registration to the UK Electoral Commission Eamonn McCann is registered as the party's leader in Northern Ireland.[1]

                      References
                      1. "Registration Summary". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
                      2. "Local government elections in Northern Ireland". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
                      3. "NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
                      4. "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
                      5. "Balmoral". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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