Members of Belfast City Council

This is a list of the 51 members of Belfast City Council, elected at the local elections on 5 May 2011.^[1]

Electoral Wards

Main article: Electoral wards of Belfast

Belfast City Council currently comprises 51 electoral wards, nominally one for each elected councillor. However, as the PR-STV voting system requires multi-seat constituencies, the 51 wards are grouped into nine district electoral areas (DEA) which elect between 5 and 7 councillors each:

• Balmoral (6)
• Castle (6)
• Court (5)
• Laganbank (5)
• Lower Falls (5)
• Oldpark (6)
• Pottinger (6)
• Upper Falls (5)
• Victoria (7)

Councillors

Name	District Electoral Area (DEA)		Party	Notes
Attwood , Tim Tim Attwood	Upper Falls		Social Democratic and Labour Party
Austin , Janice Janice Austin	Lower Falls		Sinn Féin
Browne, DavidDavid Browne	Castle		Ulster Unionist Party	High Sheriff of Belfast (2005). Appointed Alderman (2011).
Campbell , Mary EllenMary Ellen Campbell	Castle		Sinn Féin
Campbell , May May Campbell	Pottinger		Democratic Unionist Party	Appointed Alderman (2011).
Convery, PatPat Convery	Castle		Social Democratic and Labour Party	Lord Mayor of Belfast (2010-11).
Corr , Steven Steven Corr	Lower Falls		Sinn Féin
Crozier , Ian Ian Crozier	Oldpark		Democratic Unionist Party	Appointed Alderman (2011).
Cunningham , Tierna Tierna Cunningham	Castle		Sinn Féin
Curran , Catherine Catherine Curran	Laganbank		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Ekin, Tom Tom Ekin	Balmoral		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Lord Mayor of Belfast (2004-05). Appointed Alderman (2011).
Garrett , Matt Matt Garrett	Upper Falls		Sinn Féin
Groves , Emma Emma Groves	Upper Falls		Sinn Féin
Haire , Tom Tom Haire	Victoria		Democratic Unionist Party
Hanna , Claire Claire Hanna	Balmoral		Social Democratic and Labour Party
Hargey, Deirdre Deirdre Hargey	Laganbank		Sinn Féin
Hartley, Tom Tom Hartley	Lower Falls		Sinn Féin	Lord Mayor of Belfast (2008-09).
Hendron , Máire Máire Hendron	Pottinger		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Humphrey , William William Humphrey	Court		Democratic Unionist Party	High Sheriff of Belfast (2006). Appointed Alderman (2011).
Hussey , John John Hussey	Victoria		Democratic Unionist Party
Jones , Mervyn Mervyn Jones	Victoria		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Keenan , Colin Colin Keenan	Lower Falls		Social Democratic and Labour Party
Kelly , Bernie Bernie Kelly	Balmoral		Social Democratic and Labour Party
Kingston , Brian Brian Kingston	Court		Democratic Unionist Party
Kyle , John John Kyle	Pottinger		Progressive Unionist Party
Lavery , Danny Danny Lavery	Oldpark		Sinn Féin
Mac Giolla Mhín, Caoimhín Caoimhín Mac Giolla Mhín	Upper Falls		Sinn Féin
Mallon , Nichola Nichola Mallon	Oldpark		Social Democratic and Labour Party
Maskey , Conor Conor Maskey	Oldpark		Sinn Féin
McCabe , Gerard Gerard McCabe	Oldpark		Sinn Féin
McCarthy , Pat Pat McCarthy	Laganbank		Social Democratic and Labour Party	Lord Mayor of Belfast (2006-07).
McCoubrey, Frank Frank McCoubrey	Court		Independent	High Sheriff of Belfast (2009). Appointed Alderman (2011).
McKee , Gareth Gareth McKee	Oldpark		Democratic Unionist Party
McNamee , Laura Laura McNamee	Victoria		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
McVeigh , Jim Jim McVeigh	Lower Falls		Sinn Féin
Mullan , Kate Kate Mullan	Laganbank		Social Democratic and Labour Party
Newton , Adam Adam Newton	Pottinger		Democratic Unionist Party
Newton, Robin Robin Newton	Victoria		Democratic Unionist Party	High Sheriff of Belfast (1999). Appointed Alderman (2011).
Ó Donnghaile, Niall Niall Ó Donnghaile	Pottinger		Sinn Féin	Lord Mayor of Belfast (2011-12).
Ó Muilleoir, Máirtín Máirtín Ó Muilleoir	Balmoral		Sinn Féin
O'Neill , Gerard Gerard O'Neill	Upper Falls		Sinn Féin
Patterson , Lydia Lydia Patterson	Castle		Democratic Unionist Party
Patterson , Ruth Ruth Patterson	Balmoral		Democratic Unionist Party	High Sheriff of Belfast (2004). Deputy Lord Mayor (2011-12). Appointed Alderman (2011).
Robinson , Gavin Gavin Robinson	Pottinger		Democratic Unionist Party
Rodgers , Jim Jim Rodgers	Victoria		Ulster Unionist Party	Lord Mayor of Belfast (2001-02 & 2007-08). Appointed Alderman (2011).
Smyth, Hugh Hugh Smyth	Court		Progressive Unionist Party	Lord Mayor of Belfast (1994-95). Appointed Alderman (2011).
Spence , Guy Guy Spence	Castle		Democratic Unionist Party
Stalford , Christopher Christopher Stalford	Laganbank		Democratic Unionist Party	High Sheriff of Belfast (2010). Appointed Alderman (2011).
Stoker, Bob Bob Stoker	Balmoral		Ulster Unionist Party	Lord Mayor of Belfast (1999-2000). Appointed Alderman (2011).
Thompson , Naomi Naomi Thompson	Court		Democratic Unionist Party
Webb , Andrew Andrew Webb	Victoria		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

Aldermen

The Local Government (Modification of Borough Charters) Order (Northern Ireland) 1973 entitles the Council to appoint up to twelve of its members to the honorary position of alderman. The role of alderman is appointed at the first annual meeting following the election of the Council and does not carry any extra responsibilities other than the right to be referred to as an alderman rather than councillor. Following the local elections in 1997^[2] and 2005^[3] the Council voted not to appoint any of its members to the positions. All twelve places were filled after the May 2011 election and are listed below.^[4]

Name	District Electoral Area (DEA)		Party
Browne, DavidDavid Browne	Castle		Ulster Unionist Party
Campbell , May May Campbell	Pottinger		Democratic Unionist Party
Crozier , Ian Ian Crozier	Oldpark		Democratic Unionist Party
Ekin, Tom Tom Ekin	Balmoral		Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Humphrey , William William Humphrey	Court		Democratic Unionist Party
McCoubrey, Frank Frank McCoubrey	Court		Independent
Newton, Robin Robin Newton	Victoria		Democratic Unionist Party
Patterson , Ruth Ruth Patterson	Balmoral		Democratic Unionist Party
Rodgers , Jim Jim Rodgers	Victoria		Ulster Unionist Party
Smyth, Hugh Hugh Smyth	Court		Progressive Unionist Party
Stalford , Christopher Christopher Stalford	Laganbank		Democratic Unionist Party
Stoker, Bob Bob Stoker	Balmoral		Ulster Unionist Party

Results by party

Party		2011[5]	+/-	2005	2001	1997	1993	1989	1985	1981	1977	1973
	Sinn Féin	16	+2	14	14	13	10	8	7	0	0	0
	Democratic Unionist Party	15	=	15	10	7	9	8	11	15	7	2
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	8	=	8	9	7	9	8	6	6	8	7
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	6	+2	4	3	6	5	6	8	7	13	8
	Ulster Unionist Party	3	-4	7	11	13	15	14	14	13	15	25
	Progressive Unionist Party	2	=	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	0	0
	Other	1	=	1	1	2 ¤	2	6 †	4 †	9 ‡	5 †‡	9 †

Notes: † Workers' Party of Ireland (1973 = 2; 1977/85/89 = 1); ‡ Unionist Party of Northern Ireland (1977 = 2; 1981 = 1); ¤ Ulster Democratic Party (1997 = 1)

See also

• Belfast City Council
• Lord Mayor of Belfast
• High Sheriff of Belfast

References

1. ^ "Your Councillors". Belfast City Council. http://minutes.belfastcity.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=ALPHA&VW=LIST&PIC=0. Retrieved 2011-05-31. 
2. ^ "Minutes of the Annual Meeting of Council, Monday, 2nd June, 1997". Belfast City Council. http://minutes.belfastcity.gov.uk/Data/COUNCIL/19970602/Minutes/$minutes.doc.pdf#search=%22alderman%20election%22. Retrieved 2011-05-31. 
3. ^ "Minutes of the Annual Meeting of Council, Thursday, 26th May, 2005". Belfast City Council. http://minutes.belfastcity.gov.uk/Data/COUNCIL/20050526/Minutes/$minutes.doc.pdf#search=%22alderman%20appointment%22. Retrieved 2011-05-31. 
4. ^ "Aldermen". Belfast City Council. http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/lordmayor/aldermen.asp. Retrieved 2011-05-31. 
5. ^ "Belfast City Council election results 2011". Belfast City Council. http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/elections/resultsbyparty.asp. Retrieved 2011-05-10.