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
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!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
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * 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
 * }
 * 7
 * 6.8
 * 4
 * 2.7
 * 2
 * 3.2
 * 1
 * 51
 * }
 * }

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