2023 Belfast City Council election


The 2023 election to Belfast City Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.
Voters returned 60 members to the council via single transferable vote. Typical for Northern Ireland, the council remained with no overall control but Sinn Féin remained the single largest party, but fell short of a majority despite a net gain of 4 seats.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Green
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PBP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | TUV
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Independents and others

District results

Balmoral

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin
2023: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Black Mountain

2019: 6 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit
2023: 6 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: SDLP gain from People Before Profit

Botanic

2019: 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green, 1 x SDLP
2023: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green
2019–2023 Change: No change

Castle

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green
2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Green

Collin

2019: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x SDLP
2023: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Court

2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP
2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV
2019–2023 Change: TUV gain from PUP

Lisnasharragh

2019: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green
2023: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green
2019–2023 Change: No Change

Oldpark

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x People Before Profit
2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and Independent gain from SDLP and People Before Profit

Ormiston

2019: 3 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green
2023: 3 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green
2019–2023 Change: No change

Titanic

2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from PUP