2023_Belfast_City_Council_election
2023 Belfast City Council election
Local election in Northern Ireland
Main article: 2023 Northern Ireland local elections
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]
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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]
More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | 22 | 4 | 0 |  4 |
36.67 | 35.39 | 44,202 | 7.24 | |
| DUP | 14 | 0 | 1 |  1 |
23.33 | 21.31 | 26,621 | 0.24 | |
| Alliance | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
18.33 | 15.88 | 19,841 | 0.21 | |
| SDLP | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
8.33 | 7.76 | 9,690 | 1.30 | |
| Green (NI) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5.00 | 4.78 | 5,965 | 1.23 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 2 | 0 | 0 |  0 |
3.33 | 4.10 | 5,123 | 2.09 | |
| People Before Profit | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
1.67 | 3.60 | 4,492 | 1.62 | |
| TUV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1.67 | 2.79 | 3,482 | 2.49 | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1.67 | 1.84 | 2,299 | 0.01 | |
| Aontú | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.00 | 0.86 | 1,069 | 0.40 | |
| Irish Republican Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.00 | 0.66 | 825 | 0.66 | |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
0.00 | 0.54 | 679 | 2.52 | |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.00 | 0.46 | 574 | 0.23 | |
| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0.00 | 0.04 | 52 | 0.04 | |
| Total | 60 | 124,914 | |||||||
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
More information District Electoral Area (DEA), % ...
| District Electoral Area (DEA) | % |
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| Sinn Féin | DUP | Alliance | SDLP | Green | UUP | PBP | TUV | Independents and others | |||||||||||
| Balmoral | 24.08 | 1 |
22.78 | 1 1 |
25.54 | 2 1 |
18.96 | 1 |
3.26 | 0 |
5.39 | 0 |
0.00 | 0 |
0.00 | 0 |
0.00 | 0 |
5 |
| Black Mountain | 72.52 | 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 |
| Botanic | 24.36 | 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 |
| Castle | 36.96 | 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 |
| Collin | 71.64 | 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 |
| Court | 28.59 | 2 |
45.09 | 3 |
2.74 | 0 |
1.46 | 0 |
0.90 | 0 |
0.00 | 0 |
3.39 | 0 |
8.01 | 1 |
9.83 | 0 1 |
6 |
| Lisnasharragh | 10.28 | 0 |
26.24 | 2 |
29.03 | 2 |
13.19 | 1 |
9.66 | 1 |
6.85 | 0 |
1.67 | 0 |
3.07 | 0 |
0.00 | 0 |
6 |
| Oldpark | 50.53 | 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 |
| Ormiston | 1.22 | 0 |
28.24 | 2 |
44.27 | 3 |
0.74 | 0 |
6.99 | 1 |
12.95 | 1 |
0.82 | 0 |
4.76 | 0 |
0.00 | 0 |
7 |
| Titanic | 12.90 | 1 1 |
35.79 | 2 |
25.20 | 2 |
1.30 | 0 |
9.42 | 0 |
9.72 | 1 |
0.00 | 0 |
5.67 | 0 |
0.00 | 0 1 |
6 |
| 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 |
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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
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Geraldine McAteer* | 19.91% | 2,037 | |||||||
| SDLP | Donal Lyons* | 15.80% | 1,616 | 1,641.28 | 1,894.28 | |||||
| Alliance | Tara Brooks | 14.88% | 1,522 | 1,530.64 | 1,555.28 | 1,729.28 | ||||
| DUP | Sarah Bunting* | 14.79% | 1,513 | 1,513.32 | 1,514.32 | 1,523.32 | 1,524.98 | 1,722.98 | ||
| Alliance | Micky Murray* | 10.66% | 1,090 | 1,096.72 | 1,121.16 | 1,197.16 | 1,324.15 | 1,501.12 | 1,788.12 | |
| DUP | Gareth Spratt* | 7.99% | 817 | 817 | 818 | 825 | 825 | 940 | 941 | |
| Sinn Féin | Seán Napier | 4.17% | 427 | 699.80 | 716.72 | 755 | 806.46 | 809.46 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Joshua Lowry | 5.39% | 551 | 551.16 | 554.16 | 567.16 | 574.63 | |||
| Green (NI) | Lauren Kendall | 3.26% | 333 | 334.60 | 340.08 | |||||
| SDLP | Sarah Mulgrew | 3.16% | 323 | 332.12 | ||||||
| Electorate: 18,691 Valid: 10,229 (54.73%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 1,705 Turnout: 10,376 (55.51%) | ||||||||||
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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
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Ciarán Beattie* | 14.63% | 2,336 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Michael Donnelly* | 13.51% | 2,158 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Arder Carson* | 12.98% | 2,073 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Ronan McLaughlin* | 10.27% | 1,641 | 1,867.24 | 1,983.65 | 1,986.65 | 2,037.59 | ||||
| SDLP | Paul Doherty | 10.55% | 1,685 | 1,700.96 | 1,706.77 | 1,718.05 | 1,720.72 | 1,838.15 | 2,029.15 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Áine McCabe* | 11.51% | 1,838 | 1,848.50 | 1,853.12 | 1,860.40 | 1,862.65 | 1,897.79 | 2,005.79 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Róis-Máire Donnelly* | 9.62% | 1,536 | 1,575.06 | 1,589.29 | 1,594.27 | 1,597.66 | 1,643.84 | 1,730.09 | 1,762.61 | |
| People Before Profit | Matt Collins* | 8.24% | 1,316 | 1,330.14 | 1,334.13 | 1,353.13 | 1,354.57 | 1,446.13 | 1,660.80 | 1,661.40 | |
| Aontú | Gerard Herdman | 3.40% | 543 | 544.96 | 545.66 | 547.66 | 547.90 | 563.18 | |||
| Irish Republican Socialist | Dan Murphy | 2.67% | 426 | 429.78 | 431.53 | 432.53 | 432.71 | 454.51 | |||
| Workers' Party | Ursula Meighan | 1.16% | 185 | 186.82 | 188.36 | 188.36 | 188.54 | ||||
| Alliance | Ryan Brown | 1.04% | 166 | 171.04 | 171.39 | 185.53 | 185.86 | ||||
| Green (NI) | Stevie Maginn | 0.43% | 68 | 68.70 | 68.77 | ||||||
| Electorate: 27,143 Valid: 15,971 (58.84%) Spoilt: 309 Quota: 1,997 Turnout: 16,280 (59.98%) | |||||||||||
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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
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SDLP | Gary McKeown* | 17.76% | 1,881 | |||||||||
| DUP | Tracy Kelly* | 12.95% | 1,372 | 1,372.42 | 1,382.48 | 1,525.54 | 1,529.54 | 1,717.90 | 2,342.90 | |||
| Alliance | Emmet McDonough-Brown* | 10.25% | 1,086 | 1,118.94 | 1,144.48 | 1,150.48 | 1,182.02 | 1,263.56 | 1,275.62 | 1,298.62 | 1,951.62 | |
| Sinn Féin | John Gormley* † | 14.47% | 1,533 | 1,543.80 | 1,560.22 | 1,562.22 | 1,584.28 | 1,587.34 | 1,588.46 | 1,591.46 | 1,602.18 | |
| Green (NI) | Áine Groogan* | 9.50% | 1,006 | 1,023.88 | 1,080.66 | 1,089.72 | 1,299.68 | 1,343.16 | 1,355.16 | 1,394.16 | 1,544.34 | |
| Sinn Féin | Emma-Jane Faulkner | 9.89% | 1,048 | 1,061.08 | 1,081.44 | 1,087.50 | 1,127.86 | 1,132.92 | 1,135.92 | 1,135.92 | 1,157.06 | |
| Alliance | Chris Ogle | 6.87% | 728 | 754.76 | 768.42 | 772.42 | 821.90 | 880.44 | 895.50 | 912.50 | ||
| DUP | Darren Leighton | 6.13% | 649 | 649.24 | 656.30 | 708.30 | 709.36 | 765.36 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Jeffrey Dudgeon | 3.59% | 380 | 381.98 | 399.16 | 477.28 | 484.34 | |||||
| People Before Profit | Sipho Sibanda | 2.91% | 308 | 310.58 | 406.88 | 408.88 | ||||||
| TUV | Billy Dickson | 2.95% | 312 | 312.30 | 316.36 | |||||||
| Socialist Party | Neil Moore | 1.41% | 149 | 150.68 | ||||||||
| Workers' Party | Paddy Lynn | 0.84% | 89 | 90.62 | ||||||||
| NI Conservatives | Idris Maiga | 0.49% | 52 | 52.66 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 23,049 Valid: 10,593 (45.96%) Spoilt: 162 Quota: 1,766 Turnout: 10,755 (46.66%) | ||||||||||||
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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
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Brónach Anglin | 20.15% | 2,479 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Conor Maskey* | 16.81% | 2,068 | |||||
| DUP | Fred Cobain* | 14.43% | 1,775 | |||||
| DUP | Dean McCullough* | 13.59% | 1,671 | 1,673.31 | 1,673.85 | 2,021.85 | ||
| Alliance | Sam Nelson* | 11.31% | 1,392 | 1,546.11 | 1,590.03 | 1,772.03 | ||
| SDLP | Carl Whyte* | 8.51% | 1,047 | 1,378.98 | 1,511.28 | 1,608.53 | 1,628.53 | |
| Green (NI) | Malachai O'Hara* | 7.96% | 979 | 1,137.73 | 1,225.75 | 1,474.88 | 1,553.88 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston | 4.50% | 553 | 555.64 | 556.72 | |||
| People Before Profit | Barney Doherty | 2.03% | 250 | 300.16 | 327.16 | |||
| Workers' Party | Lily Kerr | 0.70% | 86 | 102.17 | 111.17 | |||
| Electorate: 23,442 Valid: 12,479 (53.23%) Spoilt: 179 Quota: 1,758 Turnout: 12,300 (52.47%) | ||||||||
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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
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Joe Duffy* | 18.33% | 2,559 | ||||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Caoimhín McCann* | 16.83% | 2,350 | ||||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Matt Garrett* | 13.78% | 1,924 | 2,029.82 | |||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Séanna Walsh* | 10.89% | 1,521 | 1,910.62 | 2,186.77 | ||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Clíodhna Nic Bhranair | 11.81% | 1,649 | 1,671.44 | 1,700.54 | 1,880.34 | 1,892.34 | 1,900.68 | 1,923.04 | 2,024.04 | |||||
| People Before Profit | Michael Collins* | 8.54% | 1,193 | 1,208.40 | 1,219.95 | 1,220.95 | 1,250.55 | 1,271.55 | 1,338.14 | 1,469.95 | 1,479.69 | 1,481.45 | 1,581.67 | 1,730.09 | |
| SDLP | Gerard McDonald | 6.47% | 903 | 913.12 | 921.97 | 922.67 | 931.19 | 938.71 | 985.23 | 1,018.63 | 1,034.08 | 1,034.52 | 1,181.96 | 1,520.65 | |
| Alliance | Eoin Millar | 3.52% | 492 | 496.84 | 498.94 | 499.24 | 504.24 | 518.24 | 588.46 | 617.06 | 622.01 | 622.89 | 647.41 | ||
| Aontú | Luke McCann | 3.77% | 526 | 529.52 | 531.92 | 532.12 | 537.34 | 566.34 | 576.34 | 594.56 | 597.11 | 597.77 | |||
| Independent | Julieann McNally | 2.64% | 368 | 371.96 | 384.86 | 385.36 | 390.36 | 425.80 | 448.32 | ||||||
| Green (NI) | Ash Jones | 1.63% | 228 | 230.64 | 232.29 | 232.59 | 238.81 | 260.81 | |||||||
| Independent | Tony Mallon | 1.19% | 166 | 166.66 | 167.26 | 167.36 | 169.36 | ||||||||
| Workers' Party | Paddy Crossan | 0.59% | 83 | 84.32 | 86.12 | 86.12 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 24,938 Valid: 13,962 (55.99%) Spoilt: 255 Quota: 1,996 Turnout: 14,217 (57.01%) | |||||||||||||||
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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
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| DUP | Frank McCoubrey* | 22.00% | 2,645 | |||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Tina Black* | 15.15% | 1,822 | |||||||||||
| DUP | Nicola Verner* | 14.83% | 1,783 | |||||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Claire Canavan* | 13.44% | 1,616 | 1,616.70 | 1,697.65 | 1,698.65 | 1,698.74 | 1,712.04 | 1,780.04 | |||||
| DUP | Ian McLaughlin | 8.26% | 993 | 1,656.25 | 1,656.25 | 1,661.30 | 1,702.37 | 1,703.40 | 1,705.46 | 1,705.46 | 1,705.46 | 1,720.5 | ||
| TUV | Ron McDowell | 8.01% | 963 | 1,090.40 | 1,090.50 | 1,093.50 | 1,098.73 | 1,098.73 | 1,101.7 | 1,101.7 | 1,104.73 | 1,130.85 | 1,156.85 | |
| PUP | Billy Hutchinson* | 5.65% | 679 | 789.25 | 789.35 | 790.35 | 795.63 | 795.63 | 801.07 | 803.07 | 803.07 | 853.92 | 906.27 | |
| People Before Profit | Cailín McCaffery | 3.39% | 408 | 409.05 | 411.40 | 411.40 | 411.52 | 436.62 | 500.92 | 509.92 | 631.27 | 807.62 | ||
| Alliance | Ally Haydock | 2.74% | 329 | 333.20 | 333.80 | 336.80 | 337.43 | 337.48 | 440.33 | 465.33 | 477.43 | |||
| Irish Republican Socialist | Michael Kelly | 3.32% | 399 | 399.00 | 402.5 | 402.5 | 402.53 | 406.78 | 422.98 | 425.98 | ||||
| SDLP | Olcan McSparron | 1.46% | 175 | 176.05 | 177.55 | 178.55 | 178.61 | 189.66 | ||||||
| Green (NI) | Sara Haller | 0.90% | 108 | 110.45 | 110.8 | 111.8 | 111.92 | 117.97 | ||||||
| Workers' Party | Tony Walls | 0.71% | 85 | 85.00 | 85.85 | 85.9 | 85.93 | |||||||
| Independent | Geoffrey Wilson | 0.15% | 18 | 19.05 | 19.10 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 23,779 Valid: 12,023 (50.56%) Spoilt: 252 Quota: 1,718 Turnout: 12,275 (51.62%) | ||||||||||||||
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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
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Davy Douglas | 17.39% | 2,083 | ||||||
| DUP | Bradley Ferguson | 8.85% | 1,060 | 1,391.84 | 1,649.26 | 1,992.26 | |||
| Alliance | Michael Long* | 12.00% | 1,437 | 1,439.21 | 1,462.21 | 1,602.57 | 1,638.57 | 1,971.57 | |
| Alliance | Eric Hanvey* | 9.00% | 1,078 | 1,078.68 | 1,099.02 | 1,160.36 | 1,205.36 | 1,747.36 | |
| SDLP | Séamas de Faoite* | 13.19% | 1,580 | 1,580.17 | 1,598.34 | 1,629.51 | 1,635.51 | 1,669.51 | |
| Green (NI) | Brian Smyth* | 9.66% | 1,157 | 1,158.19 | 1,273.53 | 1,422.91 | 1,491.91 | 1,588.76 | |
| Sinn Féin | Stevie Jenkins | 10.28% | 1,231 | 1,231.17 | 1,250.17 | 1,250.17 | 1,250.17 | 1,258.17 | |
| Alliance | Anna McErlean | 8.03% | 961 | 961.85 | 965.85 | 1,037.87 | 1,054.87 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Bill Manwaring | 6.85% | 820 | 828.67 | 921.71 | ||||
| TUV | Stephen Ferguson | 3.07% | 368 | 375.14 | |||||
| People Before Profit | Nick Cropper | 1.67% | 200 | 200.34 | |||||
| Electorate: 21,488 Valid: 11,975 (55.73%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 1,711 Turnout: 12,091 (56.27%) | |||||||||
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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
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Nichola Bradley* | 15.12% | 1,870 | |||||||
| Independent | Paul McCusker* | 14.13% | 1,747 | 1,764.05 | 1,835.05 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | JJ Magee* | 13.09% | 1,619 | 1,637.15 | 1,665.60 | 1,668.60 | 1,714.05 | 1,714.05 | 1,877.05 | |
| Sinn Féin | Ryan Murphy* | 11.56% | 1,430 | 1,472.70 | 1,493.95 | 1,497.95 | 1,524.05 | 1,526.05 | 1,704.40 | |
| DUP | Jordan Doran* | 10.21% | 1,263 | 1,263.00 | 1,273.05 | 1,273.05 | 1,310.05 | 1,606.05 | 1,634.10 | |
| Sinn Féin | Tomás Ó Néill | 10.76% | 1,330 | 1,335.35 | 1,353.45 | 1,367.45 | 1,402.70 | 1,404.70 | 1,601.55 | |
| DUP | Gillian Simpson | 7.43% | 919 | 919.00 | 924.00 | 924.00 | 962.00 | 1,232.00 | 1,260.00 | |
| People Before Profit | Fiona Ferguson* | 5.66% | 700 | 704.65 | 830.85 | 849.85 | 1,114.15 | 1,125.15 | ||
| TUV | Ann McClure | 4.81% | 595 | 595.00 | 604.00 | 604.00 | 624.00 | |||
| Alliance | Chris Shannon | 3.66% | 453 | 453.75 | 578.45 | 597.45 | ||||
| SDLP | Charlotte Carson | 1.98% | 245 | 248.55 | ||||||
| Green (NI) | Ange Cruz | 1.20% | 149 | 149.35 | ||||||
| Workers' Party | Fiona McCarthy | 0.37% | 46 | 46.30 | ||||||
| Electorate: 23,871 Valid: 12,366 (51.80%) Spoilt: 193 Quota: 1,767 Turnout: 12,559 (52.61%) | ||||||||||
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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
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Alliance | Christine Bower* | 18.61% | 2,661 | ||||||||
| DUP | James Lawlor | 16.75% | 2,394 | ||||||||
| DUP | Andrew McCormick | 11.49% | 1,642 | 1,648.72 | 2,180.22 | ||||||
| Alliance | Jenna Maghie* | 9.09% | 1,299 | 1,681.72 | 1,684.47 | 1,688.27 | 1,797.27 | ||||
| Alliance | Ross McMullan* | 10.35% | 1,480 | 1,585.28 | 1,587.03 | 1,593.63 | 1,666.83 | 1,684.59 | 2,542.59 | ||
| Green (NI) | Anthony Flynn* | 6.99% | 999 | 1,042.20 | 1,044.45 | 1,053.45 | 1,200.94 | 1,226.89 | 1,438.69 | 1,919.69 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Jim Rodgers* | 7.02% | 1,004 | 1,010.40 | 1,024.40 | 1,157.00 | 1,162.00 | 1,532.42 | 1,557.42 | 1,644.42 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Carole Howard* | 5.93% | 847 | 863.96 | 881.71 | 965.51 | 978.08 | 1,282.15 | 1,303.51 | 1,365.51 | |
| Alliance | Caitlin Sullivan | 6.22% | 889 | 1,145.64 | 1,145.64 | 1,147.04 | 1,196.92 | 1,199.32 | |||
| TUV | John Hiddleston | 4.76% | 680 | 684.16 | 710.91 | 863.91 | 870.93 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Caitríona Mallaghan | 1.22% | 174 | 181.04 | 181.29 | 181.69 | |||||
| People Before Profit | Fiona Doran | 0.82% | 117 | 132.36 | 133.11 | 133.71 | |||||
| SDLP | Lorcan McGuirk | 0.74% | 106 | 111.12 | 111.12 | 111.72 | |||||
| Electorate: 26,314 Valid: 14,295 (54.32%) Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,787 Turnout: 14,379 (54.64%) | |||||||||||
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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
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Ruth Brooks | 16.98% | 1,690 | ||||||
| DUP | Sammy Douglas* | 12.20% | 1,214 | 1,216 | 1,244.35 | 1,440.35 | |||
| Alliance | David Bell | 13.66% | 1,360 | 1,392 | 1,395.75 | 1,403.75 | 1,680.75 | ||
| Alliance | Fiona McAteer | 11.54% | 1,149 | 1,176 | 1,176.75 | 1,181.90 | 1,597.90 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Pádraig Donnelly | 12.90% | 1,284 | 1,304 | 1,304.30 | 1,305.30 | 1,399.45 | 1,489.45 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Sonia Copeland* | 9.72% | 968 | 973 | 995.65 | 1,162.80 | 1,254.25 | 1,325.25 | |
| DUP | George Dorrian* | 6.61% | 658 | 660 | 842.70 | 1,012.10 | 1,033.30 | 1,040.30 | |
| Green (NI) | Gillian Hamilton | 9.42% | 938 | 969 | 970.95 | 984.10 | |||
| TUV | Anne Smyth | 5.67% | 564 | 567 | 577.05 | ||||
| SDLP | Elly Omondi | 1.30% | 129 | ||||||
| Electorate: 24,018 Valid: 9,954 (41.44%) Spoilt: 209 Quota: 1,423 Turnout: 10,163 (42.31%) | |||||||||
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† Co-options
- The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.
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