2023 Belfast City Council election

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. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.

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.

Election results

 * colspan="2" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;text-align:center;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em" | 
 * style="text-align:right;" | 60
 * style="text-align:right;" | 124,914
 * style="text-align:right;" | 124,914
 * style="text-align:right;" | 124,914
 * style="text-align:right;" | 124,914
 * style="text-align:right;" | 124,914
 * style="text-align:right;" | 124,914
 * style="text-align:right;" | 124,914

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
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!rowspan=2|Total cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Green !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PBP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | TUV !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Independents and others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Balmoral
 * 24.08
 * 1
 * 22.78
 * 1 1
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|25.54
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2 1
 * 18.96
 * 1
 * 3.26
 * 0
 * 5.39
 * 0
 * 0.00
 * 0
 * 0.00
 * 0
 * 0.00
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Black Mountain
 * bgcolor="#008800"|72.52
 * bgcolor="#008800"|6
 * 0.00
 * 0
 * 1.04
 * 0
 * 10.55
 * 1 1
 * 0.43
 * 0
 * 0.00
 * 0
 * 8.24
 * 0 1
 * 0.00
 * 0
 * 7.23
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Botanic
 * bgcolor="#008800"|24.36
 * bgcolor="#008800"|1
 * 19.08
 * 1
 * 17.12
 * 1
 * 17.76
 * 1
 * 9.50
 * 1
 * 3.59
 * 0
 * 2.91
 * 0
 * 2.95
 * 0
 * 2.74
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Castle
 * bgcolor="#008800"|36.96
 * bgcolor="#008800"|2 1
 * 28.02
 * 2
 * 11.31
 * 1
 * 8.51
 * 1
 * 7.96
 * 0 1
 * 4.50
 * 0
 * 2.03
 * 0
 * 0.00
 * 0
 * 0.70
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Collin
 * bgcolor="#008800"|71.64
 * bgcolor="#008800"|5 1
 * 0.00
 * 0
 * 3.52
 * 0
 * 6.47
 * 0 1
 * 1.63
 * 0
 * 0.00
 * 0
 * 8.54
 * 1
 * 0.00
 * 0
 * 8.19
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Court
 * 28.59
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|45.09
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 2.74
 * 0
 * 1.46
 * 0
 * 0.90
 * 0
 * 0.00
 * 0
 * 3.39
 * 0
 * 8.01
 * 1
 * 9.83
 * 0 1
 * 6
 * align="left"|Lisnasharragh
 * 10.28
 * 0
 * 26.24
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|29.03
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2
 * 13.19
 * 1
 * 9.66
 * 1
 * 6.85
 * 0
 * 1.67
 * 0
 * 3.07
 * 0
 * 0.00
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Oldpark
 * bgcolor="#008800"|50.53
 * bgcolor="#008800"|4 1
 * 17.64
 * 1
 * 3.66
 * 0
 * 1.98
 * 0 1
 * 1.20
 * 0
 * 0.00
 * 0
 * 5.66
 * 0 1
 * 4.81
 * 0
 * 14.50
 * 1 1
 * 6
 * align="left"|Ormiston
 * 1.22
 * 0
 * 28.24
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|44.27
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|3
 * 0.74
 * 0
 * 6.99
 * 1
 * 12.95
 * 1
 * 0.82
 * 0
 * 4.76
 * 0
 * 0.00
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Titanic
 * 12.90
 * 1 1
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.79
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 25.20
 * 2
 * 1.30
 * 0
 * 9.42
 * 0
 * 9.72
 * 1
 * 0.00
 * 0
 * 5.67
 * 0
 * 0.00
 * 0 1
 * 6
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 35.39
 * 22 4
 * 21.31
 * 14 1
 * 15.88
 * 11 1
 * 7.76
 * 5 1
 * 4.78
 * 3 1
 * 4.10
 * 2
 * 3.60
 * 1 2
 * 2.79
 * 1 1
 * 4.40
 * 1 1
 * 60
 * }
 * 4.10
 * 2
 * 3.60
 * 1 2
 * 2.79
 * 1 1
 * 4.40
 * 1 1
 * 60
 * }
 * }

Balmoral
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin

2023: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Black Mountain
2019: 6 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit

2023: 6 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: SDLP gain from People Before Profit

Botanic
2019: 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green, 1 x SDLP

2023: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green

2019–2023 Change: No change

Castle
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green

2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Green

Collin
2019: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x SDLP

2023: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Court
2019: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP

2023: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV

2019–2023 Change: TUV gain from PUP

Lisnasharragh
2019: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green

2023: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Green

2019–2023 Change: No Change

Oldpark
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x People Before Profit

2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and Independent gain from SDLP and People Before Profit

Ormiston
2019: 3 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green

2023: 3 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Green

2019–2023 Change: No change

Titanic
2019: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP

2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from PUP