See main article: 2019 Northern Ireland local elections.
| Election Name: | 2019 Belfast City Council election |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Belfast.svg |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Belfast City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2023 Belfast City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
| Seats For Election: | All 60 council seats |
| Majority Seats: | 31 |
| Election Date: | 2 May 2019 |
| Leader1: | Ciaran Beattie |
| Leaders Seat1: | Black Mountain |
| Party1: | Sinn Féin |
| Seats Before1: | 19 |
| Seats1: | 18 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Leader2: | Lee Reynolds |
| Leaders Seat2: | Titanic (defeated) |
| Party2: | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Seats Before2: | 13 |
| Seats2: | 15 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Leader3: | Michael Long[1] |
| Leaders Seat3: | Lisnasharragh |
| Party3: | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| Seats Before3: | 8 |
| Seats3: | 10 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Leader4: | Tim Attwood |
| Leaders Seat4: | Did not stand |
| Party4: | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Seats Before4: | 7 |
| Seats4: | 6 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Leader5: | Georgina Milne |
| Leaders Seat5: | Did not stand |
| Party5: | Green Party in Northern Ireland |
| Seats Before5: | 1 |
| Seats5: | 4 |
| Seat Change5: | 3 |
| Leader6: | Matthew Collins |
| Leaders Seat6: | Black Mountain |
| Party6: | People Before Profit |
| Seats Before6: | 1 |
| Seats6: | 3 |
| Seat Change6: | 2 |
| Leader7: | David Browne |
| Leaders Seat7: | Castle (defeated) |
| Party7: | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Seats Before7: | 7 |
| Seats7: | 2 |
| Seat Change7: | 5 |
| Leader8: | Billy Hutchinson |
| Leaders Seat8: | Court |
| Party8: | Progressive Unionist Party |
| Seats Before8: | 3 |
| Seats8: | 2 |
| Seat Change8: | 1 |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | No overall control |
| After Election: | No overall control |
| Map Size: | 450px |
The 2019 election to Belfast City Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, returned 60 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Green!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PBP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|
Incumbent candidates are indicated by an asterisk *
2014: 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin
2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from UUP
2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x SDLP
2019: 6 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit
2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
2014: 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2019: 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green
2014-2019 Change: Green gain from UUP
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green
2014-2019 Change: Green gain from UUP
2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2019: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x People Before Profit
2014-2019 Change: People Before Profit gain from Sinn Féin
2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP, 1 x TUV
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP
2014-2019 Change: DUP gain from TUV
2014: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green
2014-2019 Change: Green gain from UUP
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x People Before Profit
2014-2019 Change: People Before Profit gain from PUP
2014: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Green
2019: 3 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
2014-2019 Change: Alliance gain from Sinn Féin
| Date co-opted | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 January 2020 | Castle | John Finucane | Conor Maskey | Finucane was elected to the House of Commons. | ||
| 14 January 2020 | Botanic | Deirdre Hargey | John Gormley | Hargey was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | ||
| 7 April 2020 | Castle | Guy Spence | Dean McCullough | Spence resigned. | ||
| 4 May 2020 | Balmoral | David Graham | Gareth Spratt | Graham resigned. | ||
| 1 September 2020 | Oldpark | Shauneen Baker | Nichola Bradley | Baker resigned. | ||
| 17 November 2020 | Black Mountain | Emma Groves | Áine McCabe | Groves resigned. | ||
| 16 February 2022 | Collin | Stephen Magennis | Caoimhín McCann | Magennis resigned. | ||
| 26 May 2022 | Ormiston | Peter McReynolds | Jenna Maghie | McReynolds was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | ||
| 26 May 2022 | Ormiston | Sian Mulholland (Formerly O'Neill) | Christine Bower | Mulholland was co-opted to the Killultagh DEA on Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council, replacing David Honeyford upon his election to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | ||
| 27 May 2022 | Balmoral | Kate Nicholl | Micky Murray | Nicholl was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | ||
| 30 May 2022 | Castle | Nuala McAllister | Sam Nelson | McAllister was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | ||
| 30 May 2022 | Collin | Danny Baker | Joseph Duffy | Baker was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | ||
| 7 June 2022 | Court | Brian Kingston | Naomi Thompson | Kingston was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | ||
| 7 June 2022 | Lisnasharragh | David Brooks | Sammy Douglas | Brooks was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | ||
| 29 November 2022 | Black Mountain | Steven Corr | Róis-Máire Donnelly | Corr resigned. | ||
| 6 January 2023 | Oldpark | Dale Pankhurst | Jordan Doran | Pankhurst resigned. | ||
| Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2019 | Ormiston | Jim Rodgers | UUP whip withdrawn following a controversial election leaflet about Alliance.[2] | ||||
| 20 May 2021 | Ormiston | Jim Rodgers | UUP whip restored by outgoing UUP leader Steve Aiken.[3] | ||||
| 12 December 2021 | Titanic | Carole Howard | Defected from Alliance to UUP to more openly express her pro-Union views.[4] | ||||
| 16 December 2021 | Titanic | John Kyle | Left the PUP over disagreements relating to the NI Protocol.[5] | ||||
| 10 February 2022 | Titanic | John Kyle | Joined the UUP having previously left the PUP.[6] | ||||
| 30 March 2023 | Oldpark | Paul McCusker | Left the SDLP after feeling "frustrated and disheartened" with local politics and believing he was best placed to run in the upcoming council election as an independent.[7] | ||||
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Last update 30 March 2023.
Current composition: see Belfast City Council.