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    Belfast: 2023 local elections

    10 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 2022) (54 seats, our estimate)

    Sinn Féin 17 · Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P. 13 · Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 9 · SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party) 5 · People Before Profit Alliance 3 · Green 3 · Progressive Unionist Party of Northern Ireland 2 · Ulster Unionist Party 2

    After (end of 2023) (60 seats, our estimate)

    Sinn Féin 22 · Democratic Unionist Party - D.U.P. 14 · Alliance - Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 11 · SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party) 5 · Green 3 · Ulster Unionist Party 2 · Independent 1 · People Before Profit Alliance 1 · Traditional Unionist Voice - TUV 1

    Ward results

    Balmoral5 seats
    Geraldine McAteerSinn Féin2,037 ✓
    Dónal LyonsSDLP1,616 ✓
    Tara BrooksAlliance Party of Northern Ireland1,522 ✓
    Sarah BuntingDUP1,513 ✓
    Micky MurrayAlliance Party of Northern Ireland1,090 ✓
    Gareth SprattDUP817
    Joshua LowryUlster Unionist Party551
    Sean Patrick NapierSinn Féin427
    Lauren KendallGreen Party Northern Ireland333
    Sarah MulgrewSDLP323
    Black Mountain7 seats · turnout 60.0%
    Ciaran BeattieSinn Féin2,336 ✓
    Micheal DonnellySinn Féin2,158 ✓
    Arder CarsonSinn Féin2,073 ✓
    Áine McCabeSinn Féin1,838 ✓
    Paul DohertySDLP1,685 ✓
    Ronan McLaughlinSinn Féin1,641 ✓
    Róis-Máire DonnellySinn Féin1,536 ✓
    Matt CollinsPeople Before Profit1,316
    Gerard HerdmanAontú543
    Dan MurphyIRSP426
    Ursula MeighanThe Workers Party185
    Ryan BrownAlliance Party of Northern Ireland166
    Stevie MaginnGreen Party Northern Ireland68
    Botanic5 seats
    Gary McKeownSDLP1,881 ✓
    John GormleySinn Féin1,533 ✓
    Tracy KellyDUP1,372 ✓
    Emmet McDonough-BrownAlliance Party of Northern Ireland1,086 ✓
    Emma-Jane FaulknerSinn Féin1,048
    Áine GrooganGreen Party Northern Ireland1,006 ✓
    Chris OgleAlliance Party of Northern Ireland728
    Darren LeightonDUP649
    Jeffrey DudgeonUlster Unionist Party380
    Billy DicksonTUV312
    Sipho SibandaPeople Before Profit308
    Neil MooreSocialist Party (NI)149
    Paddy LynnThe Workers Party89
    Idris MaigaConservative52
    Castle6 seats
    Brónach AnglinSinn Féin2,479 ✓
    Conor MaskeySinn Féin2,068 ✓
    Fred CobainDUP1,775 ✓
    Dean McCulloughDUP1,671 ✓
    Sam NelsonAlliance Party of Northern Ireland1,392 ✓
    Carl WhyteSDLP1,047 ✓
    Mal O'HaraGreen Party Northern Ireland979
    Julie-Anne Corr-JohnstonUlster Unionist Party553
    Barney DohertyPeople Before Profit250
    Lily KerrThe Workers Party86
    Collin6 seats · turnout 57.0%
    Joe DuffySinn Féin2,559 ✓
    Caoimhín McCannSinn Féin2,350 ✓
    Matt GarrettSinn Féin1,924 ✓
    Clíodhna Nic BhranairSinn Féin1,649 ✓
    Séanna WalshSinn Féin1,521 ✓
    Michael CollinsPeople Before Profit1,193 ✓
    Gerard McDonaldSDLP903
    Luke McCannAontú526
    Eoin MillarAlliance Party of Northern Ireland492
    Julieann McNallyIndependent368
    Ash JonesGreen Party Northern Ireland228
    Tony MallonIndependent166
    Patrick CrossanThe Workers Party83
    Court6 seats · turnout 51.6%
    Frank McCoubreyDUP2,645 ✓
    Tina BlackSinn Féin1,822 ✓
    Nicola VernerDUP1,783 ✓
    Claire CanavanSinn Féin1,616 ✓
    Ian McLaughlinDUP993 ✓
    Ron McDowellTUV963 ✓
    Billy HutchinsonPUP679
    Cailín McCaffreyPeople Before Profit408
    Michael KellyIRSP399
    Ally HaydockAlliance Party of Northern Ireland329
    Olcan McSparronSDLP175
    Sara HallerGreen Party Northern Ireland108
    Tony WallsThe Workers Party85
    Geoffrey WilsonIndependent18
    Lisnasharragh6 seats
    Davy DouglasDUP2,083 ✓
    Séamas De FaoiteSDLP1,580 ✓
    Michael LongAlliance Party of Northern Ireland1,437 ✓
    Stevie JenkinsSinn Féin1,231
    Brian SmythGreen Party Northern Ireland1,157 ✓
    Eric HanveyAlliance Party of Northern Ireland1,078 ✓
    Bradley FergusonDUP1,060 ✓
    Anna McErleanAlliance Party of Northern Ireland961
    Bill ManwaringUlster Unionist Party820
    Stephen FergusonTUV368
    Nick CropperPeople Before Profit200
    Oldpark6 seats
    Nichola BradleySinn Féin1,870 ✓
    Paul McCuskerIndependent1,747 ✓
    JJ MageeSinn Féin1,619 ✓
    Ryan MurphySinn Féin1,430 ✓
    Tomás Ó NéillSinn Féin1,330 ✓
    Jordan DoranDUP1,263 ✓
    Gillian SimpsonDUP919
    Fiona FergusonPeople Before Profit700
    Ann McClureTUV595
    Chris ShannonAlliance Party of Northern Ireland453
    Charlotte CarsonSDLP245
    Ange CruzGreen Party Northern Ireland149
    Fiona McCarthyThe Workers Party46
    Ormiston7 seats
    Christine BowerAlliance Party of Northern Ireland2,661 ✓
    James David Warnock LawlorDUP2,397 ✓
    Andrew William McCormickDUP1,642 ✓
    Ross McMullanAlliance Party of Northern Ireland1,480 ✓
    Jenna MaghieAlliance Party of Northern Ireland1,299 ✓
    Jim RodgersUlster Unionist Party1,004 ✓
    Anthony FlynnGreen Party Northern Ireland999 ✓
    Caitlin SullivanAlliance Party of Northern Ireland889
    Carole HowardUlster Unionist Party847
    John Andrew HiddlestonTUV680
    Caitríona MallaghanSinn Féin174
    Fiona DoranPeople Before Profit117
    Lorcan McGuirkSDLP106
    Titanic6 seats
    Ruth Susan BrooksDUP1,690 ✓
    David BellAlliance Party of Northern Ireland1,360 ✓
    Pádraig DonnellySinn Féin1,284 ✓
    Sammy DouglasDUP1,214 ✓
    Fiona McAteerAlliance Party of Northern Ireland1,149 ✓
    Sonia CopelandUlster Unionist Party968 ✓
    Gillian HamiltonGreen Party Northern Ireland938
    George DorrianDUP658
    Anne SmythTUV564
    Elly OdhiamboSDLP129