2005 Belfast City Council election
Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 5 May 2005 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.
The DUP emerged as the largest party, and Wallace Browne became Lord Mayor.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.Districts summary
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | [Democratic Unionist Party|Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
District results
Balmoral
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Castle
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change
Court
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Laganbank
2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin,2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Lower Falls
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP2005: 5 x Sinn Féin
2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Oldpark
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: UUP gain from PUP
Pottinger
2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001-2005 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and Sinn Féin
Upper Falls
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: No change
Victoria
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP