2011 Belfast City Council election
Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 5 May 2011 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.
Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party, and Niall Ó Donnghaile became Lord Mayor.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.Districts summary
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
District results
Balmoral
2005: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP2011: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
Castle
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Court
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: No change
Laganbank
2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP2011: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Lower Falls
2005: 5 x Sinn Féin2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Oldpark
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Pottinger
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP
2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Upper Falls
2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: No change
Victoria
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance2011: 3 x Alliance, 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP