2011 Belfast City Council election

Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 5 May 2011 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.

Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party, and Niall Ó Donnghaile became Lord Mayor.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Balmoral
 * 14.7
 * 1
 * 19.6
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|29.0
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 17.6
 * 1
 * 15.1
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 3.9
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Castle
 * 26.6
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.5
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 22.4
 * 1
 * 6.9
 * 0
 * 11.8
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 1.7
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Court
 * 2.8
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|64.4
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 1.5
 * 0
 * 1.2
 * 0
 * 6.0
 * 0
 * 9.7
 * 1
 * 14.4
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Laganbank
 * 17.3
 * 1
 * 14.1
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|27.4
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 19.0
 * 1
 * 11.5
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 10.8
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Lower Falls
 * bgcolor="#008800"|75.4
 * bgcolor="#008800"|4
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 10.2
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 14.4
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Oldpark
 * bgcolor="#008800"|53.1
 * bgcolor="#008800"|3
 * 25.4
 * 2
 * 11.2
 * 1
 * 2.9
 * 0
 * 5.1
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Pottinger
 * 11.3
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.8
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 4.8
 * 0
 * 19.9
 * 1
 * 8.3
 * 0
 * 10.7
 * 1
 * 8.1
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Upper Falls
 * bgcolor="#008800"|67.8
 * bgcolor="#008800"|4
 * 1.4
 * 0
 * 18.1
 * 1
 * 1.3
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 11.3
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Victoria
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 32.6
 * 3
 * 1.5
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|36.5
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|3
 * 17.9
 * 1
 * 6.5
 * 0
 * 5.1
 * 0
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 30.9
 * 16
 * 23.4
 * 15
 * 13.8
 * 8
 * 12.6
 * 6
 * 8.6
 * 3
 * 2.8
 * 2
 * 8.0
 * 1
 * 51
 * }
 * 6
 * 8.6
 * 3
 * 2.8
 * 2
 * 8.0
 * 1
 * 51
 * }
 * }

Balmoral
2005: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2011: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP

Castle
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Court
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent

2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent

2005-2011 Change: No change

Laganbank
2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

2011: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Lower Falls
2005: 5 x Sinn Féin

2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2005-2011 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Oldpark
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2005-2011 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Pottinger
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance

2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP

2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Upper Falls
2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2005-2011 Change: No change

Victoria
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance

2011: 3 x Alliance, 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP

2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP