See main article: 2014 Northern Ireland local elections.
Election Name: | 2014 Belfast City Council election |
Flag Image: | Flag of Belfast.svg |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2011 Belfast City Council election |
Previous Year: | 2011 |
Next Election: | 2019 Belfast City Council election |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Seats For Election: | All 60 council seats |
Majority Seats: | 31 |
Election Date: | 22 May 2014 |
Turnout: | 53.7% |
Leader1: | Martin McGuinness |
Party1: | Sinn Féin |
Seats1: | 19 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 31,894 |
Percentage1: | 29.2% |
Swing1: | 1.7% |
Leader2: | Peter Robinson |
Party2: | Democratic Unionist Party |
Seats2: | 13 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 20,751 |
Percentage2: | 19.0% |
Swing2: | 4.4% |
Leader3: | David Ford |
Party3: | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
Seats3: | 8 |
Seat Change3: | 2 |
Popular Vote3: | 12,478 |
Percentage3: | 11.4% |
Swing3: | 1.2% |
Leader4: | Alasdair McDonnell |
Party4: | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
Seats4: | 7 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 10,892 |
Percentage4: | 10.0% |
Swing4: | 3.8% |
Leader5: | Mike Nesbitt |
Party5: | Ulster Unionist Party |
Seats5: | 7 |
Seat Change5: | 4 |
Popular Vote5: | 9,804 |
Percentage5: | 9.0% |
Swing5: | 0.4% |
Image6: | PUP |
Leader6: | Billy Hutchinson |
Party6: | Progressive Unionist Party |
Seats6: | 3 |
Seat Change6: | 1 |
Popular Vote6: | 7,096 |
Percentage6: | 6.5% |
Swing6: | 3.7% |
Map Size: | 400px |
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.[1] The local government reorganisation and electoral administration is founded by the Local Government Bill.[2]
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.[3] A total of 60 councillors were elected.[4]
Data derived from the Council website.[5] [6]
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
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|- 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"|
2014: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x SDLP
2014: 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP, 1 x TUV
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x PUP
2014: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Green
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP
Date co-opted | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
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29 Oct 2014 | Balmoral | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir | Geraldine McAteer | Ó Muilleoir was co-opted to the NI Assembly. | ||
16 Jun 2015 | Titanic | Gavin Robinson | Brian Kennedy | Robinson was elected to the House of Commons. | ||
28 Jul 2015 | Balmoral | Claire Hanna | Donal Lyons | Hanna was co-opted to the NI Assembly. | ||
1 Sep 2015 | Ormiston | Laura McNamee | Sian O'Neill | McNamee resigned. | ||
14 Sep 2015 | Collin | Bill Groves | Séanna Walsh | Groves resigned. | ||
24 May 2016 | Black Mountain | Gerry Carroll | Matthew Collins | Carroll was elected to the NI Assembly. | ||
26 May 2016 | Titanic | Niall Ó Donnghaile | Mairéad O'Donnell | Ó Donnghaile was elected to the Seanad Éireann. | ||
27 May 2016 | Balmoral | Christopher Stalford | Lee Reynolds | Stalford was elected to the NI Assembly. | ||
23 May 2016 | Oldpark | Nichola Mallon | Paul McCusker | Mallon was elected to the NI Assembly[7] | ||
3 Jun 2016 | Balmoral | Paula Bradshaw | Kate Nicholl | Bradshaw was elected to the NI Assembly | ||
26 Jun 2016 | Ormiston | Mervyn Jones | Peter McReynolds[8] | Jones died[9] | ||
1 Nov 2016 | Titanic | Brian Kennedy | George Dorrian | Kennedy resigned[10] | ||
16 Nov 2016 | Ormiston | Ross Brown | Georgina Milne[11] | Brown resigned | ||
19 Oct 2017 | Black Mountain | Janice Austin | Orla Nic Biorna[12] | Austin resigned | ||
6 Nov 2017 | Collin | David Bell | Danny Baker[13] | Bell resigned | ||
11 Jan 2018 | Oldpark | Gerry McCabe | Ryan Murphy[14] | McCabe resigned.[15] | ||
11 Jan 2018 | Court | Jim McVeigh | Claire Canavan[16] | McVeigh resigned.[17] | ||
27 Jan 2018 | Oldpark | Gareth McKee | Dale Pankhurst[18] | McKee resigned.[19] | ||
14 Dec 2018 | Court | Mary McConville | Christina Black | McConville resigned[20] |
Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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21 Nov 2015 | Botanic | Ruth Patterson | Expelled.[21] | ||||
28 Oct 2016 | Botanic | Graham Craig | Defected.[22] | ||||
28 Feb 2017 | Court | Jolene Bunting | Resigned.[23] | ||||
19 Jun 2017 | Botanic | Declan Boyle | Resigned.[24] | ||||
19 Jun 2017 | Castle | Patrick Convery | Resigned. | ||||
19 Jun 2017 | Lisnasharragh | Kate Mullan | Resigned. |
Ruth Patterson (Independent) was suspended from the council from 4 March 2019 to the end of her term in May.[25]
Last update 24 March 2019.[26]
Current composition: see Belfast City Council.