2023 Belfast City Council election|
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Ciaran Beattie |
George Dorrian |
Michael Long |
| Party |
Sinn Féin |
DUP |
Alliance |
| Leader's seat |
Black Mountain |
Titanic (defeated) |
Lisnasharragh |
| Last election |
18 seats, 28.2% |
15 seats, 21.6% |
10 seats, 15.7% |
| Seats won |
22 |
14 |
11 |
| Seat change |
4 |
1 |
1 |
| Popular vote |
44,202 |
26,621 |
19,841 |
| Percentage |
35.2% |
21.2% |
15.9% |
| Swing |
7.0% |
0.4% |
0.2% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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| Leader |
Carl Whyte |
Mal O'Hara |
Sonia Copeland |
| Party |
SDLP |
Green (NI) |
UUP |
| Leader's seat |
Castle |
Castle (defeated ) |
Titanic |
| Last election |
6 seats, 9.1% |
4 seats, 6.0% |
2 seats, 6.2% |
| Seats won |
5 |
3 |
2 |
| Seat change |
1 |
1 |
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| Popular vote |
9,690 |
5,965 |
5,123 |
| Percentage |
7.8% |
4.8% |
4.1% |
| Swing |
1.3% |
1.2% |
2.1% |
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Seventh party |
Eighth party |
Ninth party |
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PUP |
| Leader |
Matt Collins |
Ron McDowell |
Billy Hutchinson |
| Party |
People Before Profit |
TUV |
PUP |
| Leader's seat |
Black Mountain (defeated) |
Court |
Court (defeated) |
| Last election |
3 seats, 5.2% |
0 seats, 0.3% |
2 seats, 3.1% |
| Seats won |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Seat change |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| Popular vote |
4,492 |
3,482 |
679 |
| Percentage |
3.6% |
2.8% |
0.5% |
| Swing |
1.6% |
2.5% |
2.6% |
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First preference vote and seat totals by local electoral area. As this is a STV election, seat totals are determined by popular vote and preferences in each district electoral area. |
Council control before election
No overall control
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Council control after election
No overall control
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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.
