2014 Belfast City Council election

Main article: 2014 Northern Ireland local elections
2014 Belfast City Council election
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All 60 council seats
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout53.7% (Steady)
  First party Second party Third party
  Martin McGuiness
Leader Martin McGuinness Peter Robinson David Ford
Party Sinn Féin DUP Alliance
Seats won 19 13 8
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 2 Increase 2
Popular vote 31,894 20,751 12,478
Percentage 29.2% 19.0% 11.4%
Swing Decrease1.7% Decrease4.4% Decrease1.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
PUP
Leader Alasdair McDonnell Mike Nesbitt Billy Hutchinson
Party SDLP UUP PUP
Seats won 7 7 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 4 Increase 1
Popular vote 10,892 9,804 7,096
Percentage 10.0% 9.0% 6.5%
Swing Decrease3.8% Increase0.4% Increase3.7%
Belfast 2014 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs)

Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 22 May 2014 – on the same day as other local government elections in Northern Ireland – as part of the process of local government reform provided for in the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.

The councils elected in the 2014 local elections across Northern Ireland operated in shadow form for one year, with the 26 councils which they replaced existing in parallel.[1] The local government reorganisation and electoral administration is founded by the Local Government Bill.[2]

This reform saw the Belfast City Council area expand from 51 to 60 wards. Expansion saw some areas along the western, southern and eastern fringes of Belfast incorporated into the city, with a total of 53,000 additional residents and 21,000 households transferred from bordering council areas.[3] A total of 60 councillors were elected.[4]

Data derived from the Council website.[5][6]

  1. ^ "European Parliament and council polls on same day". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  2. ^ Text of Bill Archived April 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Northern Ireland Assembly
  3. ^ Belfast City Council
  4. ^ Belfast City Council Archived March 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Election 2014 - Belfast City Council". www.belfastcity.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  6. ^ Results