Main article: 2023 Northern Ireland local elections
2023 Belfast City Council election
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All 60 council seats 31 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Michelle O'Neill[n 1]
Jeffrey Donaldson
Naomi Long
Party
Sinn Féin
DUP
Alliance
Leader's seat
Not standing
Not standing
Not standing
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%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
GPNI
Leader
Colum Eastwood
Malachai O'Hara
Doug Beattie
Party
SDLP
Green (NI)
Ulster Unionist
Leader's seat
Not standing
Castle (defeated )
Not standing
Last election
6 seats, 9.1%
4 seats, 6.0%
2 seats, 6.2%
Seats won
5
3
2
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
9,690
5,965
5,123
Percentage
7.8%
4.8%
4.1%
Swing
1.3%
1.2%
2.1%
Seventh party
Eighth party
Ninth party
PUP
Leader
Eamonn McCann[n 2]
Jim Allister
Billy Hutchinson
Party
People Before Profit
TUV
PUP
Leader's seat
Not standing
Not standing
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%
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
Council control after election
No overall control
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.[2] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.[3]
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. [4]
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