2011 Belfast City Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011
2011 Belfast City Council election
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All 51 seats to Belfast City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Sinn Féin DUP SDLP
Seats won 16 15 8
Seat change Increase 2 Steady 0 Steady 0
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Alliance UUP PUP
Seats won 6 3 2
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 4 Steady 0
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 1
Seat change Steady 0
2011 Belfast City Council Election Results, shaded by First Preference Votes.
Lord Mayor before election

Pat Convery
SDLP

Lord Mayor

Niall Ó Donnghaile
Sinn Féin

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.[1]

  1. ^ "Niall Ó Donnghaile's year in mayoral chains". 3 November 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2014.