2005 Belfast City Council election

Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 5 May 2005 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.

The DUP emerged as the largest party, and Wallace Browne became Lord Mayor.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Balmoral |22.2 |2 |10.3 |0 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|33.1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |19.7 |1 |12.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |1.8 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Castle |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|38.6 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |18.6 |1 |27.1 |2 |10.5 |1 |2.5 |0 |0.0 |0 |2.7 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Court |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|67.7 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |3.3 |0 |0.0 |0 |7.7 |0 |0.0 |0 |10.7 |1 |13.9 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Laganbank |15.1 |1 |17.8 |1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|31.5 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |18.8 |1 |9.5 |0 |0.0 |0 |7.2 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Lower Falls |0.0 |0 |bgcolor="#008800"|85.2 |bgcolor="#008800"|5 |11.9 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |3.5 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Oldpark |22.3 |1 |bgcolor="#008800"|47.5 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |15.9 |1 |7.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |3.8 |0 |3.2 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Pottinger |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|41.7 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |8.9 |0 |6.3 |0 |22.0 |1 |7.5 |1 |11.0 |1 |2.5 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|Upper Falls |0.0 |0 |bgcolor="#008800"|75.2 |bgcolor="#008800"|4 |24.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Victoria |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.5 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |0.0 |0 |2.4 |0 |33.0 |2 |23.4 |2 |2.1 |0 |1.7 |0 |7 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |25.8 |15 |30.6 |14 |17.1 |8 |13.8 |7 |6.8 |4 |2.7 |2 |3.2 |1 |51

District results

Balmoral

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP 2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Castle

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: No change

Court

2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Laganbank

2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Lower Falls

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2005: 5 x Sinn Féin 2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Oldpark

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP 2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: UUP gain from PUP

Pottinger

2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance 2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2001-2005 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and Sinn Féin

Upper Falls

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: No change

Victoria

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance 2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

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